Joomla or Wordpress

Drupal... and that's not an opinion, it's official -> http://www.packtpub.com/award

Learning curve can be steep if you have no php knowledge. With limited knowledge you can do pretty well. If you decide on this post again... I'll post some great links for Drupal beginners that got me started.

Ubercart with Drupal - as an e-store solution is great.

Wordpress can be used as a CMS and has some very nice plugins. The Wordpress Shop plugin is not too shabby either... http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce/

Jack Mancer can tell you about Joomla.

EDIT: You only need PHP if you're going to be doing more advanced theming. If you want to use and edit using CSS using a current template you won't need any.

I agree Drupal has the most potential. It has the largest community as well. We can help with Drupal related questions here on creativebits (which is also running on Drupal btw).

Well I had no education in CMS systems and very very basic php knowledge and I found Joomla pretty easy to get into, took me a weekend. Not sure if Drupal is the same. I heard Drupal is of slightly higher quality but for now I want to get better in CMS in general so learn Joomla, then take a step to Drupal.

I think Joomla has more users though, so there might be more tutorials/help forums/extensions for Joomla.

I can't compare the required learning curve as I don't know Drupal.

If you have any questions about Joomla I'll be around ;-)

Here is a good comparison between Joomla and Drupal.
http://cmsreport.com/content/2006/12/drupal-and-joomla-comparison

Alright, well I'm glad i posed the question :)

So I need to take a good look at Drupal then. I have some CSS and HTML know how, but nothing in PHP, looks like i need to learn something new then :)

If anyone DOES have some links for Drupal beginners that would be awesome.

thanks again, the input is very much appreciated.

Some Drupal tasty titbits. (Ivan, if you want I can do a full post on this...)

Drupal and Modules must haves:

1. Latest version of Drupal. (cur. V6.x)
2. CCK (content construction kit) allows you to build your own content types - like blog, pages, product, image page, anything else you can imagine. Also download CCK image field, CCK file field. http://drupal.org/project/cck; http://drupal.org/project/imagefield; http://drupal.org/project/filefield
3. Views is a must have for any serious Drupaler. Views enable you to create multiple views of just about any kind of content from image galleries to shopping pages. http://drupal.org/project/views
4. Image API, Imagecache - these will help you with manupulation of images for thumbnails, adding effects, frames etc. http://drupal.org/project/imageapi; http://drupal.org/project/imagecache
5. Pathauto - to create beautiful clean URLs (also requires Token) http://drupal.org/project/pathauto; http://drupal.org/project/token
6. Spam - For spam protection. http://drupal.org/project/spam
7. Ubercart - awesome Drupal shopping cart. Remember to also install all of Ubercart's required modules. These are listed in the Ubercart download. http://www.ubercart.org
8. For ease of use I also suggest Admin Menu and Vertical Tabs. http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu; http://drupal.org/project/vertical_tabs

Other essential downloads - Get a "starter theme".
My favourite is "Framework". For someone who knows XHTML and CSS this is a great start since it contains no graphics, just the HTML and CSS.

1. Zen : http://drupal.org/project/zen
2. Genesis : http://drupal.org/project/genesis
3. ATCK : http://drupal.org/project/atck
4. Basic : http://drupal.org/project/basic
5. Beginning : http://drupal.org/project/beginning
6. Blueprint : http://drupal.org/project/Blueprint
7. Clean : http://drupal.org/project/clean
8. Flexible2 : http://drupal.org/project/flexible
9. Foundation : http://drupal.org/project/foundation
10. Framework : http://drupal.org/project/framework
11. Hunchbaque : http://drupal.org/project/hunchbaque
12. Tendu : http://drupal.org/project/tendu

Learning the "Drupal" vocabulary is essential. If you get what someone means when they say "taxonomy" you'll understand the forums so much better. Save yourself a lot of time and spend some time in the Drupal "Library" - http://drupal.org/handbooks

Searching Drupal.org can be a nightmare. Use Drupalsearch.org

Other great links:

1. Drupal Theming - http://www.nerdliness.com/article/2007/09/10/drupal-theming
2. Extreme Drupal Theming with PHPtemplate - http://www.nicklewis.org/node/841
3. Create a Killer Band Site - http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/create-a-killer-band-site-in-drupal-part-5-drupal-admin/
4. Drupal theming for designers, continued. - http://neemtree.com.au/drupal-theming-designers-continued
5. Drupal Dude - http://www.drupaldude.com/

Consider getting:

1. Pro Drupal Development - http://www.drupalbook.com/
2. Front End Drupal - http://www.amazon.com/Front-End-Drupal-Designing-Scripting/dp/0137136692

As you get into don't be afraid to ask questions. The Drupal community is [mostly] friendly.

Agreed with the rest, Drupal.
I played about with it a few years ago and the company I work for now uses it for their corporate sites. Considering we've got one of the countries busiest eCommerce sites I have to recommend Drupal for being the rock solid solution.

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