Are Joomla Templates Better than Wordpress Ones?

We are developing Wordpress themes and we enjoy it a lot, as the feedback from users is mostly positive. This has encouraged us to consider putting more efforts into web design for free CMS solutions like Wordpress, Drupal or Joomla. However, browsing the web to see what’s available, we discovered excellent resources for Joomla templates, like this one in the previous link, where you can get free themes and extensions for your Joomla site, and even more that that: a dedicated support team of developers to help you through setting up your website. That’s Joomla Bear, a membership site with fairly affordable rates and even a free membership for those of you who don’t feel like buying before they try.

After seeing several showcase websites, I started to wonder if Joomla layouts are nicer than Wordpress ones. I know the platform actually doesn’t matter, that it’s the web designer who makes the layouts, yet from what I’ve seen so far, lots of authority sites are based on Joomla, especially those which involve interactivity and an online community of members. This is why I’m writing this post: I’m curious what your thoughts are regarding this issue. So, this is the question: are Joomla templates better than Wordpress themes and why.

Thank you so much for taking time to give us an answer.

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White Cappuccino - Free Wordpress Theme

White Cappuccino is a variation of Cappuccino theme. It is Wordpress 2.3.x compatible and it’s widgetized. It contains above the content Popular post or Featured posts and Recent posts. The subscribing section is also above the fold and it is “very” visible.

For the Popular posts you have to install the Popularity Contest plugin, which you can find it in the plugins directory from the archive. But if you don’t want to install this plugin, in that box will be displayed your Featured posts, which you have to edit them.

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CappuccinoV2 - Free Wordpress Theme

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For the Popular posts you have to install the Popularity Contest plugin, which you can find it in the plugins directory from the archive. But if you don’t want to install this plugin, in that box will be displayed your Featured posts, which you have to edit them.

View a live demo of the CappuccinoV2 theme.
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Financial TicTacToe - Free Wordpress Theme

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Cappuccino - Free Wordpress Themes

Cappuccino theme is Wordpress 2.3.x compatible; it has 2 columns and it’s widget ready. The theme contains above the content Popular post and Recent posts. The subscribing section is also above the fold and it is “very” visible.

For the Popular posts you have to install the Popularity Contest plugin, which you can find it in the plugins directory from the archive.

Changes: I’ve made some changes, like: if you don’t want to install the Popularity Contest plugin, in that box will be displayed your Featured posts, chosen by you. I also decrease the size of some images used in this template, so it will be load faster.

View a live demo of the Cappuccino theme.
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