Installed Drupal

I finally got around to installing Drupal on a spare domain I had. There is a huge list of setup options. I am not sure what they all mean yet, but I have turned almost everything on. I have installed a different theme, which was fairly painless.

Forums and user blogs are inbuilt and I believe there is a way users can upload pictures to the site. All of these things require separate components in Joomla.

It feels like any new software at the start. It is so easy to get used to an application and as soon as you start using something different, it all seems too complex – which is where I am at with it right now.

I am no expert with Joomla, but I have been using it for around a year now and can get most things done with it that I want.

I think knowledge of these open source content management systems is invaluable if you wanted to create websites for people. Potentially a profitable little side business. By installing a few different modules you can create a fairly decent website with no programming knowledge in a matter of hours.

Any areas you are a bit rusty on you could easily outsource to an offshore company.

You could do it all so inexpensively, make a decent profit and still be able to charge a competitive rate.