Joomla! and Drupal: the next learning step
Posted By Luana on June 14, 2011
Yesterday I mentioned my experimenting with a different, more difficult to use CMS – Joomla! – for my attempt at a first working experience, which failed alas. I have Joomla! installed on sonyqrio.luanasworld.it, an old subdomain of mine I thought of re-creating for this learning experiment – no, my Sony QRIO fanpage won’t be hosted there, but on qrio.sweet-loves.net, as soon as I can re-create it. My plan is to schedule 2-3 Joomla! learning sessions per week, in order to get acquainted with the administration panel, its functionalities and article posting options. I’m going to skip template editing for the moment: I need to focus on the CMS in itself, without having the graphic design aspect get in the way.
The other website builder I plan on learning to use soon is Drupal (drupal.org), which is said to have an even slower learning curve than Joomla!. I’m not starting with this one until September/October 2011, but I’ve begun to explore its docs pages, and I have installed its latest version on lovelyrobots.luanasworld.it (another old subdomain of mine). At a first glance, the admin panel reminds a lot of the WordPress Dashboard, but it might be a ‘sight’ trick. 
There’s more to it, I’m sure. Hehe.
Why this sudden resolution in wanting to learn new CMSs? That would be a legitimate question on your behalf. Well, I can give you two answers:
1. I feel the inner push to learn new things, IT related;
2. I need to learn how to use these two CMSs for my future job: knowledge of either Joomla! or Drupal may be required, like it happened with the story I told you in my last post.
It’s a good personal challenge, one I’m going to stick to. 
What’s yours?
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Hi! My name is Luana. I'm a 26 years old Italian girl living in a province of Rome.
I'm engaged to my one and only soulmate Simone (and married to a Transformer, 
I worked with Joomla a few months back, working on a website for a small company. IT WAS SO CRAP. I tried to learn as much as I could but it was a pain in the backside. I would stick with WordPress any day, I just think it’s so much easier. I haven’t tried Drupal though.
It is true (and I also read your other post about work experience) that some companies want employees with professional experience. It’s hard to find anything for beginners right now… it’s annoying, to be honest! But I am sure you will find something out there for you, suitable for a beginner. ^_^
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