Easy Web development

Joomla! is a free, award-winning Content Management System (CMS, written in PHP), which allows users to publish their content on the world wide web and intranets without any fuss and virtually no knowledge of code necessary. It’s supported by a large online community and came into being in 2005 when it evolved from a similar web application called Mambo. ‘Joomla’ is the phonetic spelling for the Swahili word ‘Jumla’, meaning “all together” or “as a whole”. The name should be written with an exclamation mark at the end, but this is commonly omitted.

Simple To Use

Joomla! is exceptionally user-friendly and straightforward to operate, winning the Packt Publishing Open Source Content Management System Award in both 2006 and 2007. It has an official and many unofficial communities and there are a range of free tutorials available to get you fully acquainted with how it works so your website can be up and running in no time.

Unique

Joomla! is very robust, and once learned it is very easy to use. It’s run by individuals and teams of people who contribute their skills to its development as well as its support systems. Joomla! is different to the normal models of CMS as it’s been developed for everybody to use and anyone can develop it further. Users can adjust the settings from the ‘back end’ and also control the list of users who have access to the system.

Features

Joomla! can be used to easily manage every aspect of your website, from adding content and images to updating a product catalogue or taking online reservations. The system includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching and language internationalisation. There are many different parts to the software, which are built to be as modular as possible, allowing extensions and integrations to be made easily. Joomla! is a great choice if you want to build a sophisticated website with a solid navigation and common content types such as news items or events. Joomla! has a great graphics interface in a separate area of the site. It has a wide selection of free and commercial offerings and is the most popular open source CMS on the planet with over 60,000 registered users in the official Joomla! community.

Freebies

The wonder of Joomla! is that anyone can harness its power for their website as it’s freely available to everyone. Registered users can also download free templates and products. If you have any trouble using the software there is a free online manual available, an online forum and a vibrant community which often answer any questions within the hour. You can also put a project up for bid on freelancing sites such as Joomlancers if you have something you’d like to outsource. There are currently over 200 unique templates and free template themes that can you can view on the template gallery and are available for download today.

All You Need

Joomla! is used all over the world to power everything from simple, personal websites to complex corporate web solutions and applications. It has the flexibility and power needed for intricate, feature-rich web applications and is also simple to use for creating basic websites. You’ll find that your sites are easy to update, even for the layperson; aesthetically pleasing when it comes to both design and contents and perfect for attaining high search engine rankings, thanks to the downloadable ‘SEO-Friendly’ patch.

Design

Effective websites are the result of effective design and with Joomla! there are numerous free template themes to choose from and if you happen to prefer the range of professional templates you won’t have to pay a fortune for the privilege of downloading them. Simply visit one of the many Joomla-based websites like JoomlaShack to view the latest designs and take your pick. Modern websites are constantly being updated with bigger and better designs that ever before, and now is your chance to stand up and be counted.

With just a little know-how you’ll find Joomla! is easy to get up and running, and with our new exciting JoomlaKit™ you can wave goodbye to web designers and do it all yourself!