Article in Folio comparing Open Source CMS environments.

It’s impressive that enterprise publishers, such as Us Magazine are using Drupal. Doesn’t it look great? Notice that they’ve even implemented pop-up windows.

So certainly Drupal provides a capable platform for high-end development. But according to the article Joomla is easier for basic users.

Now, let’s take a look at a Joomla site - Las Vegas Sports Magazine.

It’s very “template-ey”. It’s the current standard vanilla site. This would be poisonous to a world-class brand like Us, but certainly a lot less effort for a smaller publication. When it comes to personal web sites, it appears that Joomla would be the better choice unless you’re going after high concept design.