So you are searching the Internet for a content management system and you want to know what Joomla! is? This article will explain the basics.
What is Joomla!
Joomla! is a very powerful, open source, content management system, which will allow the user to build almost any type of website their imagination can come up with and all with very little web design knowledge and skills. In fact, some web hosting companies allow Joomla! to be installed with one click via their control panel. We have been using Joomla! for over 8 years now and it’s a fantastic system.
Extensions
You can expand your site easily with extensions, you may be familiar with WordPress, which is also a content management system and is also powerful, but Joomla! is more focused on content management whereas WordPress is more focused on blogging. However, WordPress is still a very powerful content management system and I will give an overview of it later on in another post. Joomla! is used on millions of websites worldwide for sites ranging from 1 page landing pages, to massive online communities. Joomla.org runs off their own software and it has a lot of traffic, which shows it can handle it.
You can install extensions for almost anything, such as SEO, newsletters, online stores, social networking platforms and the list goes on. There is a huge community of developers that build themes and extensions for Joomla! and you can find them on their website: http://www.joomla.org. You can also submit your own extensions to them, we have created several, some of free and some are paid, it’s a good way to get some extra money and traffic to your site. Here are all our plugins in case you want to take a look: http://www.webdesignservices.net/free-joomla-twitter-plugin.html
Joomla! Resources:
Joomla!’s main website: https://www.joomla.org
Download Joomla! https://www.joomla.org/download.html
Joomla! Documentation: https://docs.joomla.org/Main_Page
Joomla! Extensions: http://extensions.joomla.org
Joomla! Templates: https://www.joomlart.com/joomla/templates
Hi,
I’m new in web development stuff and stumbled on your article. If I’m about to build a website, is Joomla still relevant in the midst of WordPress-based websites? Some also say that Joomla is also more confusing with its extension and modules, demands more resources, and less secure.
Any ideas about this?
Thanks.
They are both good. Which one you choose depends on what you want to build. But both systems are great and I’ve been using both of them since they came out.
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one of our joomla site is also stable and great