I over heard a couple of guys chatting about the never ending battle of the Content Management Systems and thought I'd make a quick post. I wonder does it ultimately boil down to this, or is there more to it than meets the eye?

1) Need a lot of custom extension work specific to your site AND have a reasonable large budget available? = DRUPAL.

2) Have a tight budget and don't forsee the need to expand your website any time soon to anything needing a little more advanced extensions functionality = WORDPRESS.

3) Want to being able to produce a functionally advanced small to medium size biz website without costing an arm and a leg that doesn't require re-invent the wheel specific functionality but are happy to use an extensive pre-existing extension pool = JOOMLA!

Is it really that simple? How capable the CMS is of handling SEO, usability and ease of integration with some other functionalities such as Mobile devices etc. obviously also play in. There is a reason of course that all 3 aforementioned are among the finest CMS options out there and that is that they all do at the very least serve their own niche very well.

David McKillen Web Strategies Inc.

1) Need a lot of custom extension work specific to your site AND have
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>money to pay for this? = DRUPAL.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>2) Don't have a lot of money and don't forsee the need to expand your
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>website any time soon to anything needing a little more advanced
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>extensions functionality = WORDPRESS.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>3) Want to being able to produce a functionally advanced small to medium
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>size biz website without costing an arm and a leg that doesn't require
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>tons of re-invent the wheel specific functionality but are happy to use
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>an extensive pre-existing extension pool (as is the case with many
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>clients) = JOOMLA!