| A web CMS is a content management system | | | | * Corporate intranets and extranets |
| software used for managing content for the web. | | | | * School and church websites |
| The software manages content (text, graphics, links, | | | | * Personal or family homepages |
| etc.) for distribution on a web server. Usually the | | | | * Community-based portals |
| software provides tools where users with little or no | | | | * Magazines and newspapers |
| knowledge of programming languages and markup | | | | * the possibilities are limitless... |
| languages (such as HTML) can create and manage | | | | Joomla! can be used to easily manage every aspect |
| content with relative ease of use. Most systems use | | | | of your website, from adding content and images to |
| a database to hold content, and a presentation layer | | | | updating a product catalog or taking online |
| displays the content to regular website visitors based | | | | reservations. |
| on a set of templates. Management of the software | | | | Advanced use of Joomla! |
| is typically done through a web browser, but some | | | | Out of the box, Joomla! does a great job of |
| systems may be modified in other ways. | | | | managing the content needed to make your website |
| A Content Management System (CMS) differs from | | | | sing. But for many people, the true power of Joomla! |
| website builders like Microsoft FrontPage or | | | | lies in the application framework that makes it |
| Macromedia Dreamweaver in that a CMS allows | | | | possible for thousands of developers around the |
| non-technical users to make changes to an existing | | | | world to create powerful add-ons and extensions. |
| website with little or no training. Website building tools | | | | Here are just some examples of the hundreds of |
| like FrontPage and Dreamweaver require more | | | | available extensions: |
| technical knowledge and training on average. A CMS | | | | * Dynamic form builders |
| is an easy-to-use tool that gives authorized users the | | | | * Business or organizational directories |
| ability to manage a website. A CMS is a website | | | | * Document management |
| maintenance tool rather than a website creation tool. | | | | * image and multimedia galleries |
| Let's talk about Joomla! Content Management | | | | * E-commerce and shopping cart engines |
| System now. | | | | * Forums and chat software |
| Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source | | | | * Calendars |
| Content Management Systems on the planet. It is | | | | * Blogging software |
| used all over the world for everything from simple | | | | * Directory services |
| websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is | | | | * Email newsletters |
| easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable. | | | | * Data collection and reporting tools |
| One of the ways people use Joomla! CMS: | | | | * Banner advertising systems |
| * Corporate websites or portals | | | | * Subscription services |
| * Online commerce | | | | * and many, many more... |
| * Small business websites | | | | You will probably ask yourself what's the catch? |
| * Non-profit and organizational websites | | | | There is no catch. Joomla! is free, open, and available |
| * Government applications | | | | to all under the GPL license. |