So I’ve got an idea, a Deviantart type Web site for a more selected market.
So I’d like a site similar to Deviantart with complex features such as user profiles, user blog, a marketplace (to sell items made by users), user comments on profile pages and user content (pictures, artwork etc), a forum, and numerous other features of Deviantart.
Would Joomla, Drupal or Wordpress(?), be able to handle all this? Or which CMS could or does this require an entire custom job?
well, Just shooting from the hip, You can integrate Wordpress with Vbulletin and share users,etc. I guess you could use something like Magento to run your marketplace and use wordpress and vbulletin to run the social side of the house.
If you have the time and/or money you can’t go wrong with building something from the ground up though.
Thats only my .02 there might be more advanced people on here with a better perspective.
Good Idea, good luck with it!
Joomla is just PHP and MySQL at the core. So anything you could achieve with PHP you can with Joomla. Is everything you want automated, no but it can be created and integrated into the system flow given the correct knowledge. The same can be said for all other PHP based content management frameworks. Joomla and Drupal were created to be extended and customized so they would be perfect for something like what you are doing. On the otherhand, Wordpress is a blog and anything behind that really involves hacking the core functionality. Its just not meant to be extended though many people have hacked other functionality into it. Besides, Wordpress is a dirty mess when and I would save yourself the frustration of needing to deal with core code. Drupal and Joomla though not perfect and with their flaws are miles beyond Wordpress in programming quality and flexibility.
LOL. I like it, its like telling a person with no arms or legs, don’t bother with public transport, drive yourself, and have fun.
The point is to get an understanding of whether Joomla and the other CMSs i’ve listed are capable of something ‘like’ DeviantArt.
I have developed a PHP/PostgreSql site before but nothing on this scale, so i want to get a developer to build it but first want to know is it possible with Joomla etc.
not really sure what kind of response you’re trying to get. Go for it.
Figure what features you want; what u can do better than deviantart. Create a database design ERD, Design the website, code it. and have fun while you’re doing it. …
Thanks Glen, but Im looking for a more complete solution, something that seamless.
Loving the overwhelming responses from the sitepoint forum!(:
Here’s the deal: it can often take you longer to learn an existing program and how to modify it to suit your needs than to build one yourself. There are no shortcuts when it comes to a custom site. That’s why people continue to build their own.
What you are suggesting is a major project. It will be a lot of work no matter what you do.
Your best bet would be to head over to the forum at Joomla and ask over there. The people who developed it and extended it will know more than people who haven’t.