| The Joomla! Content Management System (CMS) | | | | processing knowledge will be able to build, |
| Explained | | | | edit and manage their website via the simple |
| | | | web browser based interface. |
| 12th March 2007 | | | | |
| | | | Straight out of box, the software is an |
| | | | incredibly powerful application for managing |
| | | | and editing content, but for many the true |
| Joomla is an extremely reliable and powerful | | | | power of Joomla is realised by the fact that |
| open source Content Management System (CMS) | | | | there are literally hundreds of add-ons (or |
| written in PHP and utilising a MySQL database | | | | extensions as they are commonly known) that |
| that is freely available to everyone. It is | | | | can be used to enhance your website |
| used in numerous applications from simple | | | | functionality. Examples of some of the |
| personal websites and blogs to large scale | | | | sophisticated add-ons available include: |
| corporate applications. | | | | Image Galleries, Blogging Software, Banner |
| | | | Advertising Systems, eCommerce Integration, |
| This feature packed application is designed | | | | RSS Syndication, Calendar and Event |
| to be easily installed and most people have | | | | Management, User Management, Guest Books, |
| very little difficulty getting the software | | | | Forums, Dynamic Form Building Software, |
| up and running straight out of the box. A | | | | Multimedia, Newsletters and much more. |
| number of web hosts are also known to offer | | | | |
| fully automated installs that can be | | | | Many commercial organisations offer |
| performed by complete novices. In these | | | | professional Joomla services including: Full |
| instances, the installation process takes | | | | Website Design & Hosting, Website Templates |
| seconds and you don't need to know how set up | | | | and Custom Software Programming. |
| MySQL databases configure file or directory | | | | |
| permissions or any of the other complex tasks | | | | The Joomla project is led and managed by a |
| usually associated with installations. | | | | 'Core Team' and is further supported by |
| | | | thousands of developers all over the world |
| Once you have Joomla installed and running, | | | | creating exciting new extensions and add-ons. |
| even users with limited technical experience | | | | There is also an active support forum |
| should have little difficulty adding or | | | | subscribed to by over 90,000 users. With |
| editing content. One of the key features of | | | | Joomla, and the spirit of the Open Source |
| Joomla is that anybody with basic word | | | | Community the possibilities are endless. |