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Web Designer issue 182 is available from today, so here’s our regular preview of the latest cover and some info on the major highlights in the mag and on the coverdisc
Web Designer issue 182 is available from today, so here’s our regular preview of the latest cover and some info on the major highlights in the mag and on the coverdisc…
- Main Features
Joomla!: Is it time to quit WordPress for a better CMS?
- What it is, why you need it and a look at the developer community that makes Joomla such a strong contender
concrete5: Solid CMS?
- A first-look overview of the rapid editing platform causing a storm in the web publishing community
Pro File with Mutado
- A journey to fashionable Milan for a tour with these mobile masters
Design diary: GR/DD
- How this London agency built a site fit for a hamster
- Also inside…
- Build a site using HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery
- Location-based mashups with the Bing Maps API
- Design a side-scrolling site with jQuery from scratch (part 2)
- Serve up next-gen styles in legacy browsers with CSS3 PIE
- Build sites for every device with media queries
- Van Ganeva of Corporate Edge hails the wireframe
- Career Path looks at the challenge of going freelance
- Covermount CD
RSS News Ticker from Flash Reseller worth £3
Acolinis WordPress Theme from Simple WP Themes
Neubank font family from Nick’s Fonts worth £13
35 button sounds from Ultrashock worth £15
47 Drink and Wrather Icons from Symbolicons
4 Vector Packs worth £10 from Vandelay Premier
CSS Fundamentals Part 1 from Ten Ton Books
Business of Web Design Podcast from KillerSites
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Great mag! I recommend it to everyone!
It is debatable as to whether Joomla is “a better CMS” than WordPress. In fact, depending on the project I wouldn’t even touch WordPress, let alone Joomla.
“Better CMS”
That is a matter of opinion. My client’s have always found the WordPress Admin interface MUCH more intuitive and it is just as powerful of a CMS as Joomla.
If you’re looking for a CMS that’s as powerful as Joomla! but user friendlier (and more extendable than WordPress) you should check out concrete5, which is also listed in this issue.
(Full disclosure: I’m a member of the concrete5 core team, so I’m hardly unbiased :-) but we’re pretty proud of our CMS.)
I use Joomla from 1 page sites to mega sites. It fits every occasion!!!!
WHERE CAN I BUY THIS MAGAZINE, I CANT FIND IT!!!
I think word-press is the best CMS because it’s very user friendly compare to Joomla
I think word-press is the best CMS because it’s very user friendly compare to Joomla because one gr8 example is http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/ in word-press not in joomla
Concrete 5 is the best CMS! Been using it for a while. Amazing product for both developer and end user.
It all depends on what you are looking to achieve. Tried all the others and so far Concret5 seems to tick all the right boxes. There are more powerful CMS’s out there but when it comes to ease of use and customer support you cant get better.
Having to teach your client how to use your chosen CMS is surely a waste of your time.. why not give them something they already know how to use. That’s truly how intuitive the interface is.
Concentrating on delivering a solid, user friendly CMS, Concrete5 have undoubtedly delivered what’ll become your clients preferred CMS.
I am in no way associated with Concrete5 but have been blown away by their dedication to offering us an open source CMS that does exactly what it says on the tin.
Click on my URL.. http://www.concrete5.org/r/-/43928 .. need good Karma… and the Concrete5 team deserves your time.
If you want your website up and running in less time than anay other CMS; Give Concrete5 5 mins and you’ll see how it’ll save you hours. Converted!
In terms of comparing Joomla or WordPress in terms of functionality or what it can be used for, I would say Joomla wins hands down.
Basically to sum it up, if you want a true Powerful CMS go for Joomla, but if you want a blogging platform then WordPress is for you.
WordPress is probably easier to use, but once the learning curve with Joomla has been overcome their is no turning back and I gurantee, you will be using Joomla all the way.
Trying out Concrete5 at the moment and it looks very promising. As mentioned above the learning curve for clients is minimal and is therefore much more acceptable to them. I have had clients request a different admin panel after sign off, such as Tiny MCE because they are familiar with it, one difference from what they are used to can be a game breaker. But I can envisage that Concrete5 will overcome this.
Nice Media Query article in this issue as well.
I am a new reader of Web Designer Magazine. I liked your magazine very much as it gives lot of knowledge not available elsewhere.
The side scrolling jquery template only works when you keep the tags as as soon as you change that to the whole thing doesn’t display anything, I cannot work out whats causing it, please help.
The side scrolling jquery template only works when you keep the tags as html as soon as you change that to !doctype html the whole thing doesn’t display anything, I cannot work out whats causing it, please help.
I’m a new reader here. I’m going to be a Web Designer and i’m glad to see people with such a big experience in this domain and to learn from them. From today webdesignermag.com it’s one of my favorite blogs. I like your magazine very much , cause you are full of knowledge in this domain. Regards
we are an agency and have used many CMS solutions for our clients over the years. If its primarily a blogging platform WordPress will possibly be best. Whilst I am not really familiar with Joomla, I totally recommend Concrete5 as a proper CMS because of the flexibility it gives a customer who is not familiar with HTML/CSS.
imaging editing a webpage page, where the user can simply add a block (a piece of functionality) where they want, say a Twitter feed. They just choose the block, answer a few questions and its added in a minute with recent tweets shown, no need to call your web developer or hack PHP. And if they decide to move this from say a sidebar to the main content area, just drag and drop. You can even add layout easily, specify 3 columns for example with 20px of spacing and its done, and then you could add three different blocks into each column, a text editor, video, gallery or whatever is available from the drop down. And that is the real beauty of Concrete 5 – What else can do this so easily with no coding for the customer. So many other systems present complex admin areas that are just confusing.
If you know what you’re doing you can add your own custom blocks that make it really easy for a customer to just add some text, choose an image etc for that section – so its a real pleasure for the customer to use with a short learning curve. Go check it out, Concrete5 is a up and coming CMS with great appeal for both developer and customer.
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I think webmaster will gonna need that tool for a couple designs in building website, I like the feature and uses with that toll; It’s very helpful tool.
Joomla is a very good platform to start your CMS based website.
I stumbled across this mag and have to say I am very impressed so far i didn’t realise there was anything like this on the market.
I’ve developed sites in WordPress, Joomla! and have adopted Concrete5 as my 1st choice for the great majority of websites which I do.
WordPress is clearly the best environment for blogs. It sets up easily, typically is straightforward for end users to work with. And, it can be extended to some degree with innumerable add-ons. But, the default editor probably should be replaced. And, it’s difficult to adapt the architecture to a complete website.
Joomla!’s great strength, IMHO, is the wide variety of sophisticated add-ons available. If a client has a specific need that is satisfied by one, then that’s likely the way to go. A lot of good modules for membership, eCommerce, etc. At the same time, the editing interface is clumsy, too much logic is “magic” and incorporated into the template rather than the foundation proper.
Concrete5 was started as a CMS effort after a frustrating experience of developers on Mambo — a predecessor to C5. Rather than starting with the model of a blog, or an on-line newspaper (WordPress & Jooma! respectively), C5 works on the model of web development. So, there’s a minimal amount of work needed to adjust good web site development to the environment.
Benefits?
1. C5 has an industry-standard editing interface. Log in. Navigate to the page you want to edit. Click “Edit Page”. All editable content appears with a red border. Content is based on blocks — of which about 20 are available out of the box. All content can be modified in its native style — words changed on rich text blocks, choice of image and metadata on graphics, etc.
2. Creating a theme and multiple-page templates is very straightforward. Out of the box, you have standard themes with multiple different page formats. It’s straightforward to convert an HTML/CSS based website to C5.
3. Additional functionality is easily created with the “block” concept which provides a straightforward model for communicating with the backend database.
4. There’s a solid “framework” under the CMS, so from a developer’s point of view, one can gradually increase customization and sophistication as needed.
One always makes an investment of time learning an environment. In my experience with WordPress and Joomla!, much of that time was spent learning workarounds for what I wanted to accomplish. WIth C5, that time has been invested a well-designed framework which I gives me more control over the resulting product.
All three are excellent CMSes, and I’ll likely develop on all 3 as time goes on according to client need. At the same time, C5 will continue to be my first choice for websites which address general business needs.
Happy development!
WordPress and Joomla cannot be substituted for each other satisfactorily. In other words, WP works better for certain sites than Joomla, and vice versa. May be at one point there will be a seamless integration.
Sounds like it could be an interesting issue to read!
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