Building a Website which CMS to use? Joomla or Drupal

[Mantash]

I have a little experience with html . I have not used either of these 2 CMS'es and am not quite sure which one will be more suitable for building a site with blog, ecommerce, forum, embedded video, social networking, but must also be secure and have good SEO.

I will most likely purchase/acquire a template and modify it to suit my functionality to cut down on time to market.
Any books I might need to read? Thanks

Feedback is most appreciated from those in the know

[MindVirus]

Use Joomla.

Drupal has a steep learning curve with its "node" structure. You will be up and running with Joomla in no time.

I must say though that Drupal is more robust and extensible for large deployments. If it is a simple website or corporate website without complicated bells and whistles then Joomla all the way.

[Mantash]

I guess its drupal then. How steep is the learning curve? Any books or resources you can recommend? I am looking @ Sams Learn Drupal in 24 hrs and a couple others
Thanks

[MindVirus]

Get your hand on some Lynda.com video tutorials.

[Mantash]

Get your hand on some Lynda.com video tutorials.

Good looking out, much appreciated

[fienefie]

U can also go to the Drupal website. They have some good materials on there. This is an example
http://drupal.org/node/1216118

Enjoy!

[Mantash]

U can also go to the Drupal website. They have some good materials on there. This is an example
http://drupal.org/node/1216118

Enjoy!

Thx boss