Tags: Your Development Method
Mon, 09/07/2009 - 08:42 | 
Choosing “how to build” your website depends on your needs, including not only the website requirements (what content and features it offers and what types of visitors it is targeted to), but also your requirements in terms of time, budget, and skills you have available.
Step 2: Choosing a development method and platform
Step 1: Identifying your needs
Although this step reads like simply applying common sense, a surprisingly large number of website designer-developers miss out on this very important step. As a new domain administrator (we are assuming YOU are the one who is ultimately responsible for the content, features, and services offered in your website), you have to have a very clear understanding of what your website will be, what it will offer, and who are its target visitors. Is it an online business where visitors can buy your products?
How to Build a Website: a Getting Started Guide for Newbies
Joomla! or Drupal? Which is better?
If you're thinking about using an open source CMS to build your website, no doubt you've come across Joomla! and/or Drupal. These two popular open source CMS platforms have an old rivalry, and if you're starting to learn about them the inevitable question that pops out is: "Which is better?", or, even more importantly, "Which one should I use for my website?"
In this article we compare the two most popular open source CMS platforms and review some of their features according to ease of use, flexibility, security, and other aspects of interest.