I’ve always liked and stood by Wordpress as the tried and true CMS framework to work by, probably because that’s what I was taught. However, we’ve just had a project roll through that will require to use the Joomla Framework. As this is a great opportunity to expand my comfort level and learn more about the great open source community on the net, I also wanted to take the time to analyze the different CMS Frameworks available to developers, designers, and people who just want to make a site.

Some of the articles that I thought were particularly useful were:

http://www.goodwebpractices.com/other/wordpress-vs-joomla-vs-drupal.html

http://www.playingwithwire.com/2009/03/open-source-and-usability-joomla-vs-wordpress/

http://spyrestudios.com/free-content-management-systems/

http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/discover-culture/choose-the-best-free-cms

When the project is completed I will make a second post on how it was and some personal comparisons and even preferences.

Chow!