Thursday, August 23, 2012

WordPress v Joomla: The Final Fight; Design Experts Reveal Their Secrets; jQuery Rules Half the Web

Who wins our CMS showdown?  View this online.
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So, WordPress or Joomla? Which takes the prize in your eyes? We wrap up our six-part series comparing the two CMS giants this week. Maybe neither of them cut it; plenty of readers have dived into the comments section flying the flag for Drupal, Modx and more. Infact, look out for more articles regarding the content management system sphere soon ...

 

jQuery continues its climb to the peak of popularity: will it eventually be eclipsed? Is there another library or toolset round the corner with a die() method at the ready?

 

For the designers, check out our YouTube video we've launched in conjunction with our latest book, The Web Designer's Roadmap. Or just get building a funky CSS3 sliding menu. Till next time ...

- Tom Museth / Online Managing Editor
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