to drupal or not to drupal?

[Copenhagen69]

I am needing to make a small business website, as well as a wedding website (which will be my testing grounds haha - shhh dont tell the fiance) I was wondering if Drupal is one of the better options out there? I have some basic knowledge of coding websites but nothing amazing. A few buddies recommended Drupal so that is why I am asking here.

What do you think I should start with or test out before deciding on one?

 

[Ken g6]

Drupal's not bad. Wordpress (potentially on Wordpress.com ) might be easier. How technical do these sites need to be? Are you looking to do online ordering for your small business, for instance?

 

[Copenhagen69]

Drupal's not bad. Wordpress (potentially on Wordpress.com ) might be easier. How technical do these sites need to be? Are you looking to do online ordering for your small business, for instance?

the small business is going to be a transportation type company. So not really online ordering but not extreme basic either...

 

[Staples]

I am sure you know what a Wordpress site looks like because almost all act the same way. With Drupal, you are able to customize it to however you want (it is really just a CMS), but beware, it isn't easy to customize. If you can live with Wordpress, then that is the route you should go unless you are willing to invest lots of time into customization. I hear Joomla is in between these two but I have zero experience with it.

 

[GregGreen]

I can't recommend Drupal to anyone. I know some people love it, but I've found it to be a real PITA to use.

If you can't do it in WordPress (which doesn't always look the same if you know what you are doing, unlike a previous respondent said), then you are probably better off learning a PHP framework/Rails/Django (or hiring someone to do that part) and doing it that way instead of working in Drupal.

This is just one man's opinion. Good luck and no learning experience is a bad one. Even if it doesn't work out, you know what to do/what not to do for next time.