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How does DMXReady CMS Suite compare to Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal ?
|
Features |
DMXReady CMS Suite |
WordPress |
Drupal |
Joomla |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Installation | Easiest - just upload! | Fairly easy, but sometimes there are problems configuring the wp-config.php file | Some technical expertise required | Fairly easy |
| Database | Pre-built - no configuration required | Have to configure (some hosting packages allow easy configurations) | Have to configure | Have to configure |
| Ease-of-Use | Easy - tool tips available at every step plus full documentation | Fairly easy | Technical | Fairly easy |
| Administration | Easy through one centralized dashboard and built-in WYSIWYG editors and code editors for advanced customization | Fairly easy | Technical | Fairly easy |
| Adding Plug-Ins | Already built in and ready to manage PLUS you have the ability to add in many of your own apps or other DMXReady v1 applications (full documentation included) | Easy, though third-party apps can cause problems with functionality; no standards regulation | Flexible, but technical | Not as easy as WordPress |
| SEO Friendly? | Yes - use either "reader-friendly" URLs or spider-friendly URLs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Selection of skins/templates/themes? | Built-in options plus the ability to take any template turn it into a DMXReady CMS v2 Suite template (full documentation included) | Excellent | Good | Very good |
| WYSIWYG Editors? | Yes - for design, plus built-in code editors | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Server/Programming Language | ASP (Windows) | PHP | PHP | PHP |
| Ecommerce? | Yes - automatically integrates with your PayPal Merchant account | Yes - setup required | Yes - setup required | Yes - setup required |
| Time to install? | Fast - download, extract, upload - database is already built-in | Fairly fast - about 30 minutes including database setup | Fairly fast - not including database setup | Fairly fast - not including database setup |
| When to use? | Small to medium websites, esp. for companies who prefer to use Windows-based servers. Little expertise required to use/skin; technical expertise varies for complex customization | Small to medium websites - some technical experience required | Large, complex websites - technical expertise required | Medium websites - technical expertise required |
| Customizable? | Yes - great documentation that covers many customization projects, with resources for many more. Many customers say they've learned programming simply by customizing DMXReady applications. | Yes - requires some technical expertise | Yes - requires technical expertise | Yes - requires technical expertise |