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