Is Drupal Easy to Learn?

Is Drupal easy to learn?

Drupal is hard to use if you don't have experience in development, unless you are using the simple, core version.

Without the modules, Drupal would be worse than Wordpress. And Wordpress is blogging for dummies, based on a lot of the blogs I've seen.

Drupal rivals WordPress as one of the biggest content management software systems on the market.

That doesn't change my original statement one whit.

Drupal is harder to use as a general user or blogger than Wordpress. Drupal is customizable, but that gives it a steeper learning curve.

One of the advantages of Drupal is that it is easy to add on modules to get new functionality.

Drupal was designed for developers, and its modules specifically for easy plug and play.

From an admin point of view.

Joomla has extensions, but they are harder to add and integrate than Drupal's. And Drupal modules are free.

Drupal itself is free.

Drupal's modules are designed to play well together. Upgrading one shouldn't break the others, which makes it easier to experiment and work with.

So the learning curve is steep but not a black diamond ski slope I'll fall down.

Drupal has relatively straightforward maintenance. Once you get the basics as a user, becoming an admin won't be too tough.

I would prefer to work with software that's easy to use from both an admin side and user side. What about Joomla, since that's the middling CMS package?

Joomla is like the worst of both worlds. It is tougher to use as a basic user than Wordpress, while it is harder to administer than Drupal.

So I need to learn Drupal.

It is used by sites as diverse as Fox News, Mother Nature News and the Economist.

At least one of those is not reputable, but I can't decide which one is the worst.

[SM-ltyr]

SHAME on u GUYS for insulting JOOMLA! Guys, the entire World knows that more and more ex customers of Drupal moved to JOOMLA because Drupal Coders are rare to find, being charged a fortune to maintain website.