New website

[adrianh]

I am looking for a simple website management tool. Something like Joomla. is there anything else that can be recommended?

[Dave A]

Joomla is hard to beat, especially if you find it simple.

[Faan]

What about Wordpress?

[FreelanceZA]

I strongly recommend WordPress. If you need help setting it up, then send me an email. I will help where I can.

[AndyD]

Joomla is hard to beat, especially if you find it simple.

I would also stick with Joomla! Why are you looking for an alternative?

[adrianh]

I've installed Wordpress. My one website is currently Joola based but I can't say I like it much. I've now done a bit of work with Wordpress and I really like it. Wordpress is really easy to use and does exactly what I need.

I think bot Joomla and Wordpress are really good but I prefer Wordpress for my purposes.

[Transport Exchange]

Wordpress it is then!

[basati]

Wordpress Rocks! try it!

[Mark Atkinson]

Nooooo! Adrian has been converted to the dark side!

I have to say that I'm still of the opinion that Joomla can't be beaten. Unless you're running a blog - then use Wordpress.

I'd be interested to see your completed site on Wordpress, though.

[Mark Atkinson]

Joomla is hard to beat, especially if you find it simple.

It seems Naaz isn't finding it too simple though. haha...

[Dave A]

It seems Naaz isn't finding it too simple though. haha...

Yep - but she's persistent!

[Mark Atkinson]

Yep - but she's persistent!

Persistence is all you really require.

Yes, Joomla comes with a bit of a learning curve, but if you take the time to understand it the possibilities really are endless.

[Faan]

Perhaps I still do not understand this whole internet / web design thing properly, but what is the idea behind having Joomla and also have e.g. cPanel? My impression is that I cannot see all the email addresses in Joomla while I can in cPanel or am I not looking in the right places. For the same website I see different aspects/things/detail in Joomla, cPanel and eStart.
When running another business which requires attention there is not always time to get into everything behind the scene.

[Mark Atkinson]

Hi Faan,

Basically your Cpanel (or equivalent) manages all things to do with your hosting account and domain name(s). It is the place where you can find all files stored on your hosting account, create email accounts for your domain, as well as run scripts etc for your domain name.

Joomla is simply a system which manages your content. It is almost like an application which creates a website and all your content which makes it visible to people when they go to your website address. Joomla provides an interface for you to create a website without actually coding anything. Simply put, you could say that Joomla acts as the middle man between you and the Cpanel.

If a person was to create a website by writing all the code manually, he would upload that code through the Cpanel and edit all the files manually. Joomla creates and edits these files for you automatically when you create content in the back-end.

I think the way to look at it is that your Cpanel manages all things to do with your domain and hosting, while Joomla manages all things to do with the content and design of your website.

Hope that helps you a bit?

[Faan]

Thanks Mark, I have a much better understanding now.