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By Daylon Jackson on Feb. 27, 2008

Joomla is an offshoot of Mambo, so they are quite similar, even to the point of sharing some templates. The other two are quite different.

I think you should spend the time to kick the tires of each app. to see what's the best for you.

Otherwise you can provide some more information about the types of applications you are looking to implement...

By Eric Chen on Feb. 27, 2008

All of the above mentioned projects are a great example of the power of the community in putting together quality applications! Ultimately it all depends on what kind of site you want to build.

My Favorite is Joomla! Mambo is going to die a slow death as more and more users switch to Joomla.

It is more difficult to get nice templates for Postnuke, which is much easier on Joomla as well.

Xoops is however more SEO-ready out of the "box", for Joomla you need to work a bit harder, but can easily be facilitated using available patches.

If you want to test them before installation, go to www.opensourcecms.com there you can see the front-end as well as log in to the back-end of all above and more!

Picking a "best" overall is not so easy as said, it depends on your needs. FYI - most of my sites are build with Joomla!

By Roger Gillette on Feb. 27, 2008

I would go with Mambo. it is highly recommended and used by several SME's. Also, there is a great community of developers that supports Mambo and a lot of available templates.

By Don Chase on Feb. 27, 2008

I would go with Joomla or Drupal - both awesome products with very active communities behind them. Both these killer apps give you a platform that can scale very easily and a host of modules that can be easily integrated into your site.

By Saleem Tuteli on Feb. 27, 2008

I second Don's comment about Drupal. They are easily the best CMS out there and the recent infusion of $6 million will result in substantial enhancements in the near future.

The other good news is that IBM uses/tests Drupal extensively and scale is not an issue with Drupal

By Byrne Reese on Mar. 04, 2008

While not on your list, I would recommend you also consider Movable Type. It is an incredibly powerful open source blogging and publishing tool that allows users to manage multiple sites in a single install.

Unlike Drupal it produces an excellent separation layer between the published look and feel of your web properties and the admin. That means the admin can be streamlined to be easier to use, while the public facing component can evolve independently.

MTOS also has global templates/block/modules so that you can easily share components between your various sites. MTOS also automatically aggregates content across your install allowing to quickly and easily spin up new sites and resources around different content areas.

MTOS's asset management framework is second to none as well. It integrates seamlessly with YouTube, Flickr, Fliqz, Amazon and more. It has podcasting support, beautifully designed photo galleries, and many other solutions to choose from.

*Disclaimer: I work for Six Apart*

By Ross Goodman on Mar. 04, 2008

I have not used any of the software that you have listed. I use Wordpress to run my site, have you considered that?

Ross

http://www.RossGoodman.com