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TIKI: One of the most active projects on SourceForge

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By ricks99 - Posted on 15 February 2010

TikiWiki CMS/Groupware (http://tikiwiki.org), the open source, wiki-based content management system continues to be one of the most active projects on SourceForge, consistently ranking in the top 15 in terms of SVN code commits (http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/ran...).

According to Ohloh.net, Tiki is "one of the largest open-source teams in the world, and is in the top 2% of all project teams on Ohloh." (http://www.ohloh.net/p/tikiwiki/factoids/). This diverse and extensive community effort has fueled more than 800,000 downloads (http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/det...) plus countless one-click installations through control panel applications such as Fantastico.

TikiFests
This activity and growth comes on the heels of the recent TikiFest held in New York, NY, USA (http://tikiwiki.org/tikifest). TikiFests are a tradition of the TikiWiki community in which Tiki contributors who usually collaborate online, get an opportunity to meet in person. Future TikiFests are scheduled in Canada, Poland, Brazil, Germany, and the United States. Over 35 TikiFests have been held.

Alledia updates their Drupal and Joomla comparison

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By Bryan - Posted on 16 December 2009

In the world of open source CMS there is no comparison more attention getting than an article comparing Drupal and Joomla!. Probably, the grand daddy Drupal versus Joomla! comparisons of them all was posted over three years ago by the Joomla SEO company, Alledia. I extended the discussion Alledia started with my own comparison between Drupal and Joomla. My article evidently struck a chord in late 2006 and currently is approaching near 200,000 reads.

Good comparisons between Drupal and Joomla! are popular because quality comparisons between the two applications are rare. It's very difficult to have passion for one CMS, be well informed on both CMS, and in the end be non-bias in your comparison. In the three years since I wrote my article, I've only come across three additional comparisons between Drupal and Joomla! that I thought worthy to bookmark.

I haven't updated my own article comparing Drupal and Joomla because I have developed a bias opinion over the years that I can't overcome...I prefer Drupal over Joomla! Both are good applications in their own right, but in the end I almost always recommend Drupal over Joomla!. That's why I'm glad to see Alledia update their own comparison between these popular CMS with Joomla and Drupal - Which One is Right for You? Version 2.

The Drupal v. Joomla Survey Results Are In

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By raulreynoso - Posted on 11 May 2009

A couple months ago I posted an entry on this blog announcing Webology Solutions' Drupal v Joomla Survey.  Well now the results are in.

 

We had nearly 200 reponses from professional web developers versed in Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress and a number of other content management systems.  The results are available in two formats.  We have posted a pdf file containing summary results for each question asked in the survey.  We have also posted the detailed data in a comma separated file available for download (Personally identifying data has been removed).   The results of the survey are now posted on our blog.  You can download the files from our download section at WebologySolutions.com.

 

In the following weeks we will be posting analysis of the data, discussing issues such as what functions each CMS supports best and which CMS makes it easier to develop custom applications.

April 22, 2009 is World Plone Day

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By Bryan - Posted on 10 April 2009

In case you didn't know, the Plone community is planning on celebrating across the globally World Plone Day.  This “follow the sun” event takes place Wednesday on April 22, 2009 and currently involves at least 29 countries.

Plone, one of the open source software communities, is staging World Plone Day 2009 - a series of events around the globe on April 22nd to spread awareness of their product. Plone is a free and open source Internet publishing system that combines web content management, social software, collaboration, and enterprise portal features.

Build a Social Networking Website using Drupal 6 with New Book

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By Neha Shaikh - Posted on 07 April 2009

Packt is pleased to announce a new book on Drupal that will guide users in creating and managing their own social networking website, using powerful and feature rich social networking modules. Written by Content Management expert, Michael Peacock, Drupal 6 Social Networking will help users in promoting and marketing their website using the Drupal CMS platform.

Drupal is a free Open Source modular framework and Content Management System (CMS). Drupal is extremely scalable, making it ideal for both a simple personal website as well as an industrial strength commercial or institutional web presence. Written in the programming language PHP/MySQL, its power and flexibility combined with its exceptional design means it is one of the most popular choices for creating a CMS website.