Drupal Review

Drupal is a CMS similar to Joomla!, but I personally found Drupal almost easier to navigate.  The one aspect I enjoyed the most was how every option is to the left in a sidebar and depending on which category you are in the options expand or compress.  I really liked that because it keeps things organized.  Also having the large categories break down into smaller categories helps narrow your search with each click.  I found posting articles or stories was especially simple.  Within a couple seconds I had found the article maker and posted my first article.  The themes were really easy to change as well.  Everything is right where you would expect to find it.  It’s possible someone who is an expert at using Content Management Systems would find Drupal flawed, but as someone who knows very little I found Drupal’s learning curve really low.  Creating a poll was extremely easy as well and changing the name of any of the editors was really simple and quick.  The advanced options displayed at the bottom of every content manager was really simple and even nicer than Joomla in my opinion.  I liked the ease and organization of the drop down arrows and how easy it was to change the appearance or author of a post.  I have few problems with Drupal, but one was updating my installation.  Getting into the finer details like changing the position of the polls or blogs seemed a little more difficult than the initial setup, but with more practice and familiarity I figured it out.  Drupal had a great first impression and part of me enjoyed using it more than Joomla.  If you haven’t tried Drupal yet I recommend going to opensourcecms.com and trying out the free demo.