Joomla: An Effective Content Management System Tool

Joomla has become one of the most popular CMS because of the features it offers. Joomla helps in developing any kind of website and can create simple as well as complex websites . It provides better platform to create corporate applications and web portals. Joomla provides a complete Web Development support and its environment is very flexible which meets the needs of different user accordingly.

Characteristics of Joomla

• Completely database driven site engines. Each and every element in joomla is stored in a centralized database.
• The content that is displayed on the website can be scheduled as per the requirement of the web editors.
• Another good feature by Joomla is the use of extensions. These extensions provide additional functionality to a site. Joomla provides different extensions which can be easily installed within a Joomla site.
• Runs on any platform including Windows, Linux, several Unix versions, and the Apple OS/X platform. It also depends on PHP and MySQL database to deliver dynamic content.
• Joomla CMS can be used with a great ease by any user with a little knowledge. New pages can be easily added and modified using the CMS system it provides. One can easily add content, images and can perform text formatting using the editor support in this.
• A group of people working on the same site, then Joomla is a solution for that . Different authors of the site can easily upload their content instead of waiting for programmers or Designers. Uniform website template used in Joomla provide a consistent look to the whole site.
• Fully customizable layouts - there are thousands of templates to choose from so it is easy to change the look and feel of the site without affecting the main content.
• Joomla supports multiple languages.This feature will give user friendliness to your website because visitors can easily view the content in a language of their choice.
• News feeds from various websites can be gathered using the News Feed Manager available in Joomla.
• It is easy to give multiple user authentications in a Joomla website. Number of people can log on to the site simultaneously with their individual permissions. Similar feature in a traditional website will require a lots of development work by the developer, which can be easily done in a Joomla site.
• Joomla offers a good template support. Joomla templates can be chosen based on the theme of the site. This template can also be changed in future whenever the site want to be makeover. Uniform template support will give the same look to all the web pages and all the new pages created in site will automatically adopt the existing template design.

A lot of internet users including bloggers, marketers etc use the web to publish content. Web content management has proved to be the way if one wants to create a website from scratch. Joomla is one of the best open source content management system for the same. Here are a few advantages of the Joomla Content Management System:

• Joomla being a universal and open source management system can be adapted and used for almost any person that a person wants to.
• Joomla can also be used for making blogs in a fairly simple way instead of using the WordPress.
• It is also possible to add on to more features and functions using various extensions which will in turn make Joomla a lot more universal.
• Existing extensions can be modified or new ones can be formed as required to suit your needs.
• Customization of the core system is again a great advantage of the Joomla content management system.
• The desired functionality can be achieved by changing a Joomla file easily.

Advantages of Joomla:
Joomla has become the most popular open source CMS tool and is increasingly accepted by most of the organizations all over the world. Joomla has few edges over other CMS tools. Here are some of the advantages of Joomla discussed.

• Variety of templates: A lot of templates are also available online to customize your website.
• SEO: Joomla has inbuilt features for generating unique SEO friendly URLs and adding Meta tags to your websites pages.
• User friendly: One of the major advantages of using Joomla is it does not require sound technical knowledge to manage and maintain websites.
• Easy set up: It is very easy to install and set up. Many web hosting services providers offer a single-click install and get your new website ready within few minutes.
• Components and Modules: Joomla, comes with pre-developed components and modules that cut down development time and cost in key areas.
• Large Contributors: Due to the large number to contributors a lot of modules are available for popular features, free of cost or at a small nominal fee.

Applications of Joomla:
Joomla can be used in many ways,

• Corporate Web sites or portals
• E-commerce and online reservations
• Small business Web sites
• Non-profit and organizational Web sites
• Personal or family homepages, etc.
• Maintain complex business directories
• Reservation systems
• Online magazine, news papers
• Custom product catalogue, etc.
• Real Estate Website.
• Online Commerce
• Hotel and Tourism Websites.
• Small Business Websites.
• Government Applications.
• Corporate intranets and Extranets.
• School and Church Websites.

As Joomla is user-friendly software, organization can build and maintain the website itself.The possibilities are endless... Joomla! can be used to easily manage every aspect of your website, from adding content and images to updating a product catalog or taking online reservations.Once Joomla! is installed, configured, and running, it is simple for even non-technical users to add or edit content, update images, and to manage the critical data that makes your company or organization go.

For more details about JOOMLA Content Management System, please feel free to contact Prevaj Consultants at prevaj@prevajconsultants.com or call +91-8144760745. To purchase the CMS templates, please check here