Comments on: The Death of Joomla http://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html Genesis and Thesis Development Thu, 17 May 2012 11:49:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20725 By: Charleshttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html/comment-page-1#comment-18858 Charles Tue, 15 May 2012 20:27:40 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=1231#comment-18858 There is one comment up there that did it for me as well. "The part where if you wanted to create a Page, click: “Add New Page”. No more EXPLAINING HOW TO DO THIS IN JOOMLA – which took 3 hours and two Excedrin."That's exactly what did it for me. It seemed like I could never fully hand someone a site. Never ending phone calls on how do I do this? Limiting their options and not even bothering to tell them you have to go make a module , put it in a position that doesn't exist and then make a page and insert the module by id, it's that simple to put a gallery on your new page. You should have it in a week or two. Then after hour 3 and the last Excedrin you just jump in there and do it yourself. 50-60 times of doing this while thinking, you know none of my WP clients call me asking how to insert a gallery?...... hmmm. In the end, I changed my own site to WP because now most of my work comes from there. Farewell joomla! There is one comment up there that did it for me as well.
“The part where if you wanted to create a Page, click: “Add New Page”. No more EXPLAINING HOW TO DO THIS IN JOOMLA – which took 3 hours and two Excedrin.”

That’s exactly what did it for me. It seemed like I could never fully hand someone a site. Never ending phone calls on how do I do this? Limiting their options and not even bothering to tell them you have to go make a module , put it in a position that doesn’t exist and then make a page and insert the module by id, it’s that simple to put a gallery on your new page. You should have it in a week or two. Then after hour 3 and the last Excedrin you just jump in there and do it yourself. 50-60 times of doing this while thinking, you know none of my WP clients call me asking how to insert a gallery?…… hmmm. In the end, I changed my own site to WP because now most of my work comes from there. Farewell joomla!

]]> By: rAINYhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html/comment-page-1#comment-18620 rAINY Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:44:41 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=1231#comment-18620 Joomla! is dead, OMG i have to resurrect a 2010 joomla shopping cart fiasco, and there is no upgrade path. virtuemart doesn't even support it on its own web site. Joomla~! IS INDEED DEAD. BLECH, THE STENCH Joomla! is dead, OMG i have to resurrect a 2010 joomla shopping cart fiasco, and there is no upgrade path. virtuemart doesn’t even support it on its own web site.
Joomla~! IS INDEED DEAD.
BLECH, THE STENCH

]]> By: Greg Rickabyhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html/comment-page-1#comment-16807 Greg Rickaby Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:38:49 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=1231#comment-16807 Joomla now has less than 0.50% of the CMS market, while WordPress has over 6%. http://trends.builtwith.com/cms Joomla now has less than 0.50% of the CMS market, while WordPress has over 6%. http://trends.builtwith.com/cms

]]> By: Samhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html/comment-page-1#comment-16792 Sam Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:57:39 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=1231#comment-16792 I can help you out migrating your website from Joomla to Wordpress. I will first need to evaluate the website and its functionality to find out how much time it will take. If it has some kind of components or modules in Joomla which is not readily available in WP you will need to custom develop those plugins. My e-mail is saminternetmarketing@yahoo.com. I can help you out migrating your website from Joomla to WordPress. I will first need to evaluate the website and its functionality to find out how much time it will take. If it has some kind of components or modules in Joomla which is not readily available in WP you will need to custom develop those plugins. My e-mail is saminternetmarketing@yahoo.com.

]]> By: Frank Weberhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html/comment-page-1#comment-2982 Frank Weber Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:30:40 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=1231#comment-2982 Where is Joomla today? (11/11/2010) Is it still on the downward spin? I am technically inclined so whats the best CMS out there today? Where is Joomla today? (11/11/2010)
Is it still on the downward spin?
I am technically inclined so whats the best CMS out there today?

]]> By: Ira Bhattacharyahttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html/comment-page-1#comment-2847 Ira Bhattacharya Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:28:44 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=1231#comment-2847 Doeas anyone know who to contact if I wish to leave Joomala? The site was set up by someone else , I inherited and I am ending up paying a massive annual fee. Thanks for help Doeas anyone know who to contact if I wish to leave Joomala? The site was set up by someone else , I inherited and I am ending up paying a massive annual fee. Thanks for help

]]> By: Raymondhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html/comment-page-1#comment-2700 Raymond Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:40:38 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=1231#comment-2700 You will become a code-prophet! Lol...and you are absolutely right on all points. I've been using Wordpress now for almost 4 years, am no code-guru, but have managed to set-up, build, and modify my own Wordpress-based websites--I even taught my 13-year-old niece the Wordpress ropes and SHE built her own little nifty "web-apartment"--all by herself--using Wordpress!I'm STILL trying to figure-out Joomla! Well, I WAS until not too long ago. Just gave it up. Even if I were some silver spoon trust-fund dude with nothing but time on his hands (which I'm not) I still wouldn't waste the time it takes to learn Joomla's complicated designing construct. Even to this day I have no idea how to create a page using Joomla; however; I've created thousands using Wordpress ;-) You will become a code-prophet! Lol…and you are absolutely right on all points. I’ve been using WordPress now for almost 4 years, am no code-guru, but have managed to set-up, build, and modify my own WordPress-based websites–I even taught my 13-year-old niece the WordPress ropes and SHE built her own little nifty “web-apartment”–all by herself–using WordPress!

I’m STILL trying to figure-out Joomla! Well, I WAS until not too long ago. Just gave it up. Even if I were some silver spoon trust-fund dude with nothing but time on his hands (which I’m not) I still wouldn’t waste the time it takes to learn Joomla’s complicated designing construct. Even to this day I have no idea how to create a page using Joomla; however; I’ve created thousands using WordPress ;-)

]]> By: L’hebdo WordPress : VaultPress – Multisites – astuces | WordPress Francophonehttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html/comment-page-1#comment-2653 L’hebdo WordPress : VaultPress – Multisites – astuces | WordPress Francophone Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:35:11 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=1231#comment-2653 [...] C’est un vieil article qui date de plus d’un an mais qui n’a pas perdu une ride concernant un utilisateur qui explique de manière très argumentée, ses choix pour être passé de Joomla! à WordPress. C’est détaillé, imagé et assez complet. [...] [...] C’est un vieil article qui date de plus d’un an mais qui n’a pas perdu une ride concernant un utilisateur qui explique de manière très argumentée, ses choix pour être passé de Joomla! à WordPress. C’est détaillé, imagé et assez complet. [...]

]]> By: BiGhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html/comment-page-1#comment-2637 BiG Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:51:40 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=1231#comment-2637 I sort of think same about Spip, even if it's still better than WP in terms of performance (1 WP request exhausts a server as 100 of Spip's). I sort of think same about Spip, even if it’s still better than WP in terms of performance (1 WP request exhausts a server as 100 of Spip’s).

]]> By: Mike Schinkelhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/05/the-death-of-joomla.html/comment-page-1#comment-2633 Mike Schinkel Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:27:22 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=1231#comment-2633 I kinda felt the same about Drupal after a client offered me $$$ to do a WordPress project when there were no $$$ for a Drupal project for me at the time. After a little time mourning the loss of CCK and a few other things I realized I actually enjoyed coding for WordPress (something I couldn't say about Drupal) and I've never looked back. Now that WordPress has Custom Post Types, I don't even have to mourn the loss of anything Drupal anymore... I kinda felt the same about Drupal after a client offered me $$$ to do a WordPress project when there were no $$$ for a Drupal project for me at the time. After a little time mourning the loss of CCK and a few other things I realized I actually enjoyed coding for WordPress (something I couldn’t say about Drupal) and I’ve never looked back. Now that WordPress has Custom Post Types, I don’t even have to mourn the loss of anything Drupal anymore…

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