A slideshow version of the popular HTMLcut's ( http://www.htmlcut.com ) article. There is a great variety of CMSs on the Web now. WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal are definitely among the leaders today. Each of them has its own specialty and suits some particular objectives. Knowing that difference as well as their strengths and weaknesses can be very helpful when choosing a CMS for your own website. The presentation explains the advantages and disadvantages of WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, as well as the specifics of design to CMS conversion. Read more at http://www.htmlcut.com/blog/before-converting-psd-to-wordpress-or-joomla-is-cms-choice-right.html .

1. © 2011 html cut.com Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

2. Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True? © 2011 html cut.com Converting designs into themes for WordPress, Joomla! or other content management system (CMS) is one of the main trends in web development now. But Are you sure that the chosen CMS is the most appropriate for your website and business goals?

3. © 2011 html cut.com WordPress, Jo omla! and D rupal are the leaders amid the free open-source CMSs. Each has its own specialty and suits particular objectives. Do you know the difference? Their strengths and weaknesses? Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

5. Simplify content publication and editing

6. Reduce site maintenance and update costs

7. Increase data security, control the access to data

8. Improve content contribution for visitors Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

10. Editorial features: text editors, spell-checkers, adding video

11. Social media add-ons and integration

12. Multilingual support, localization or translation

13. Security requirements

14. Who will manage the site – you or a 3-rd party vendor Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

15. © 2011 html cut.com Step 2: Collate Possible Candidates Let's consider the most popular free open source content management systems in more detail. Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

17. popular add-on modules available for free

18. No server experience required

19. Friendly theming system Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

21. specific requirements

22. 3-rd party modules can cause unexpected

23. results and conflict with each other

24. Quite vulnerable to hacker attacks, often

25. targeted by spammers Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

27. A lot of off-the-shelf extensions available

28. Possibility to develop additional modules

29. and custom design

30. Flexible modification and tuning Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

32. Can be security concerns with 3-rd

33. party components

34. Hard to scale up to a large website

35. Requires additional efforts to make it

36. entirely SEO friendly

38. Extremely developer friendly

39. Dozens of functions and modules available

40. Supports custom themes

41. Integrated with Google Analytics Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

43. Not designed for out of the box business

44. websites

45. Not very designer and user friendly Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

46. © 2011 html cut.com Step 3: Try It Out 1). Don't stop at a demo, install a regular version onto your server and probe whether it is convenient in work and maintenance. 2). Review available plug-ins for this CMS, especially free ones, and what they can do. This may help to define more realistic and detailed requirements to the CMS and refine the preliminary website design. Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

48. © 2011 html cut.com PSD to CMS Conversion Distinctions 1). The HTML coding and file structure should comply with additional rules to be correctly integrated into the CMS environment. 2). The coder should be more careful because of a specific file interconnection and interrelation. 3). Every CMS has ‘bottlenecks’ that should be known to implement some design or functional features. Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

49. © 2011 html cut.com Summary The choice of CMS is very important for development, maintenance and upgrade of your website. But every CMS has strengths and weaknesses you should be aware of. Hope these tips will help you to make the right decision. Read more on our blog www.htmlcut.com/blog Before PSD to WordPress or PSD to Joomla Conversion – Is Your Choice of CMS True?

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