According to the surveys on the Internet, printing some basic characteristics to the extent of their importance: 1) Free – hence the conclusion, to free the vast majority of people are inclined. 2) Ease of use and control – very important characteristics. Few systems are simple and also very convenient administration panel system. If we talk about convenience, here is a better look at the direction of development of this engine (the main appointment). 3) Security – the third criterion which is often overlooked. Naturally, the larger the system is used, the more vulnerabilities will be found in it, so do not look at prizritelno number of errors, but think it is worth. 4) The load on the system – also a very important factor if the system load is between 50 and 000 visits per day, then you should better buy the boxed version a commercial version of 1C-Bitrix, Netcat, UMI.CMS, free only alternative is to Joomla. 5) The widespread use of the network – by this I mean a factor is not primarily the popularity of the system, and that is the result – that there are many plugins, modules, templates, hacks, etc.
I will CMS to consider an average attendance of a site, because I threw out a list of 1C-Bitrix, Netcat, UMI.CMS (especially since I do not want to pay money if all you can do for free). About joomla tell apart – it's very flexible, virtually unlimited in system capabilities. BUT! to create a very high quality, beautiful site with lots of features, you need a lot of time … in my case it is not suitable, particularly in server load … no throw from the list. Now, what should to decide – the direction (which site? what he should do? that like?) I will call the following areas: 1) Forum to create a forum I use: a) Vbulletin (very high level of security, performance, availability multiple templates on the Internet) b) IPB (speed, security, templates …