Here are some areas in which Drupal and Joomla can be compared, as well as some thoughts about how they match up:

1. Scalability. Both Joomla and Drupal are scalable. However, Drupal is better for larger sites in this regard. If you have a small- or medium-sized site, Joomla is a better bet.
2. Ease of use. Joomla tends to be easier to use than Drupal, while Drupal tends to offer greater flexibility.
3. Data accessibility. If your site collects data, whether that’s in a membership site scenario, ecommerce scenario, or a data collection gateway, Drupal is probably the right choice. It’s easier to pull data from Drupal than it is to pull data from Joomla.
4. Community. As open source products, both Drupal and Joomla have strong community support. The Drupal community tends to be a bit chaotic and decentralized. Joomla, in contrast, has a core development group that’s (more…)

What is HTML5 and why do you need it?

Technology sometimes changes literally overnight. Today’s hot tech is in tomorrow’s garbage bin. Some technologies, though, stick around for a while and have a huge impact while they do. That’s certainly been the case with HTML.

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the base “code” used to create the web. The last major version of HTML – HTML4 – appeared in 1997.

So, has the web changed since 1997?

Of course it has. Plugin technologies – most notably those of Java, Flash, and Silverlight – have done things that HTML couldn’t do. They’ve enabled a higher-quality user experience than the basic web would allow.

Proprietary technology, limited applications

Unfortunately, other tech advancements have made those plugin technologies less useful. Apple, for example, (more…)