What is Joomla?

What is a Joomla Website?
Joomla is an award-winning Open Source (free) Content Management System (CMS), which means it’s an application that allows you to manage and edit the content of your website through a login in the back end admin. Read more about the Benefits of a CMS Website…

What is a CMS?
We build all sites on a CMS (Content Management System). CMS websites allow customers to easily manage their own website, from adding content and images to updating a product catalog or taking online reservations. The CMS interface is very user friendly and doesn’t require that you have any prior experience with complicated HTML code. If you can use Microsoft Word, you can maintain your own site.

Why Use Joomla?
Probably the biggest advantage to using Joomla is the ease in updating your own site. Businesses are no longer at the mercy of their webmasters schedule and don’t have to pay each time they need something changed. Add pages, menu items, articles, components, a store – basically whatever you need in a matter of minutes.

There are thousands of Extensions available for Joomla. Many free, but some of the more complex are either donation or relatively affordable. Extensions can range from interactive event calendars, forums, online chat, to ecommerce solutions. Just click install, and configure away!

Stats
Tells how many times your articles have been hit so you can customize your message pertaining to what your visitors are most interested in.

User Interface
The Joomla User Interface is comparable to a word processing program. It’s built around WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) technology, so basically you can input the text and photos, arrange it and see how it will look live - no writing code or webmaster expertise required!

Who uses Joomla? (info from Joomla.org)
Joomla sites are used by all types and sizes of businesses. Here are some popular sites:
Guggenheim Museum - New York
Harvard
ihop
Friendswood Development Company
Everything Peru
M+H Architects
Senso

What can Joomla be used for?
With thousands of extensions readily available, and opportunity for editing or adding code, the possibilities are endless! Here are some examples of how Joomla can be used:

• Community Forums
• Classified Ads
• Online Newspaper/Magazine
• Social Networking Sites
• Educational website (complete with online registration and classes)
• Government website (since Joomla sites can pass many Section 508 standards)
• eCommerce to sell products, services, digital downloads, ebooks, etc
• Thousands more possibilities!!

How can Joomla work for me?
Whether you are looking for a custom Joomla website design, or Joomla maintenance, we are fully prepared to help. We also offer support and employee training on how to manage your CMS once it has been completed to your satisfaction.