McGoo

I read a few more articles and I have decided this: For a feature rich CMS I should use Drupal, for a simple website creation I should use WordPress as it provides what I need but with less resources. I only need a simple website, the lower the resource overhead the better. WordPress it is. McGoo

Thanks, that pretty much answers my question regarding the updating of a CMS. If they are all the same I will probably go back and look through the available templates and let my favourite design dictate which one to use. I quite like the look of the responsive templayes. I chose Drupal after my last site was defaced and I can assure you that for the layman like me there is definietly a learning curve out there and a degree of effort required to becomone proficient at using a CMS. I will use the Lynda website for whatever CMS I choose and that should at least give me a head start. I have also purchased an O'Reilly book that teaches PHP, MySQL and Javascript so I will try and get some knowledge on that while I learn how to use the CMS and hopefully that will also help me. Thank you for the reply, it was very helpful. McGoo

I wonder if anyone can help answer my question... I'm looking for a CMS at the moment and I when I choose it I will spend a considerable amount of effort learning it, so I want to make sure I make a good choice. My requirements are this: I'd like to be able to install a theme and then be able to upgrade it without having other parts of the themes be incompatible with the latest version. I'd like it to be secure, by secure I mean not prone to being hacked easily if the CMS software is kept up-to-date. I'm not concerned with the CMS being easy to use as I will spend the time learning it. I tried Drupal and installed a theme/template and the shortly after I'd finished putting the site together (a lot of trial and error involved), a new version came out and parts of the theme I'd purchased were incompatible. I'm looking for a CMS that I can keep up-to-date easily when a custom theme/template has been purchased then installed. I don't need a blog although it would be helpful and the rest of the site will just be your normal webpage type stuff - no ecommerce requirement or anything like that, just the ability to build a professional looking website. My last attempt at a website was defaced so I'd like to go down the secure route this time and spend the time learning the CMS. Thanks! mcgoo EDIT: I'd be keen to use either Drupal, joomla or wordpress as they seem to have the most themes/templates available for purchase but I am open to suggestions.