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What Is It?

Joomla! is considered a powerful and award-winning Open Source Content Management System that users worldwide have relied upon for simple Web sites to complex corporate applications. The first stable release occurred on 15 Sep 2005, and the latest release, Joomla! 1.0.13, occurred on 21 July 2007. Joomla! is led by members of a core team responsible for overall project management. The Core Team is also a global group with members located in 11 countries throughout the globe.

The Joomla! project also supports several working groups that have been created to utilize the wealth of knowledge provided by a user community. Each of these groups focuses on a specific aspect of Joomla! essential to the project’s growth and development. These working groups provide an essential communication channel between the community and the core team to bring concerns to light, advocate changes, and disseminate information.

Who Is it For?

Joomla!, like any other content management system, requires a learning curve for inexperienced users. However, Joomla! is designed to be easy to install, simple to manage for most users, and reliable. Most people have no trouble getting the software up and running, and – once installed – anyone with basic word processing skills can learn to manage a Joomla! Site. Additionally, plenty of support is available for newbies. This software group provides a growing, active community of more than 150,000 friendly users and developers on our forums who are eager to help any new user.

On the other end, Joomla! offers a powerful application framework that makes it easy for developers to create sophisticated add-ons that extend the power of Joomla! into virtually unlimited directions. Using the core framework, developers can create tools such as integrated e-Commerce systems, inventory control systems, custom product catalogs and more.

Features

Out-of-the-box features within Joomla! include the ability to manage content, update images, and manage data. Users can manage a Joomla! site through a simple browser-based interface. The site provides a demo to get a taste of what this software can provide for any Web site.

The true power behind Joomla!, however, lies in the application framework that adapts to add-ons and extensions. Some of these tools include directories, e-Commerce and shopping cart engines, calendars, forums and chat software, image and multimedia galleries, blogging software and more. This management system also can handle advertising systems, subscription services, and other monetized programs.

Compatibility

To successfully install and use Joomla! users must have a fully operational web server (Apache is the optimum), a database (MySQL is the optimum) and the server side scripting language PHP together with specific modules that are activated within PHP for MySQL, XML, and Zlib functionality amongst others.

Joomla! is developed and tested primarily on the Apache web server versions 1.3.x + and 2.x +. While Joomla! may work with other systems such as Windows IIS, these systems are not supported necessarily within the technical support community. Unfortunately, the same is said about the database where other database choices other than MySQL are chosen, even when the necessary configuration is applied.

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