A content management system is a software that tracks every piece of content on your website including text, photos, music, videos, and documents.
Joomla is an award winning content management system that enables you to build websites and powerful online applications. In the current scenario, with a number of content management systems, Joomla stands out with its capabilities. What makes it so popular you wonder? To give you an idea:
It is an open source content management system.
It is free and most of the components are also available for free.
It caters to the small to mid-sized sites.
The GUI backend is standard, well organized, and easy to learn and use.
It is easy to install with a simple .zip package.
It is extensible and can be easily changed in terms of functionality and design.
Much has been written about the positive quality of code.
The documentation is extensive and caters to the target audience.
Furthermore, Joomla is good for displaying content like company home pages, shopping and the like. It has customized user management features like:
Setting the User Registration Policy
Customizing the Login Form Module
Adding New Users
Changing User groups
Resetting User Passwords
Listing a User on a Contacts Page
Dealing with a Problem User
Sending an E-mail to a User
Sending an E-mail to a Group of Users
Sending a Private Message to a User
Reading a Private Message from a User
The latest version, Joomla 1.6 comes packed with interesting new features keeping in mind the end-users and site administrators.
Enhanced access controls - This helps in viewing and editing content with configurable user groups and viewing levels.
A user-defined category structure that starts from an easy one-level to complex multi-level categories.
Installation allows for multiple extension installations in one package and can be updated with a single click.
Extended language support for easy production of multi-lingual sites.
Fresh new templates that are a pleasure to see.
Newer template styles.
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