What is Joomla?
Joomla is a content management system (CMS), which enables you to build powerful online custom websites. Many of Joomla’s features include its ease-of-use and extensibility this has made Joomla the most popular website software available. The best of all is that Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.
What is a content management system (CMS)?
A content management system is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your website similar to your local public library in the way it keeps track of books and stores them. Content can consist of text, photos, music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of. One of the major advantages of using a CMS is that it requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage. Since the CMS manages all your content, you don't have to.
What type of website can Joomla accommodate?
Joomla is used world wide to power websites of all shapes and sizes. For example:
- Corporate websites or portals
- Online magazines, newspapers, and publications
- E-commerce and online reservations
- Government applications
- Small business Web sites
- Non-profit and organizational Web sites
- Community-based portals
- School and church Web sites
- Personal or family homepages
How can I be sure there will be Joomla! support in the future?
Joomla is the most popular open source CMS currently available as evidenced by a vibrant and growing community of friendly users and talented developers. Joomla's roots go back to 2000 and, with over 200,000 community users and contributors, the future looks bright for the award-winning Joomla Project.
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