Drupal 6 RC2 was released yesterday.  And, I must also say that the more familiar I have become with Drupal 6, my previous opinion that building Drupal themes is not as straightforward as building Joomla! templates has mellowed quite a bit.

Why the change of heart, you ask?  Read on to find out...

I decided to take my tried and true (but somewhat dated) Joomla! template and create a theme for Drupal 6 that more or less has the same layout.  And I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it was not nearly as difficult and time-consuming as I had anticipated.  Much more straightforward than Drupal 5.

For a comparison of the two, take a look at my messy and disorganized Drupal 6 RC test site...and my equally messy and disorganized e Joomla! 1.5 RC test site.

Disclaimer: This is not saying that Drupal is better than Joomla! or vice versa.  I use both of them and think they are both outstanding examples of the goodness that open source brings...as is my old friend Wordpress and many other open source software packages I use or have used in the past