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What is Joomla?
This document discusses Joomla, a popular open-source content management system (CMS) that enables easy website creation and maintenance. It highlights Joomla's advantages, including rapid site development, easy client updates, extensive customization options, and a large selection of extensions. The presentation also explains how Joomla separates content from design, the functionality of templates and extensions, and provides examples of websites that utilize Joomla.
What is Joomla?
- 1. Create an easy-to-maintain, dynamicwebsite using the most popular CMS around. presenter: Bonnie Landau From Landau Design Reviews
- 2. What is Joomla? Joomla means “all together” in Swahili It is an international software project developed and supported by millions of people around the world. A CMS (Content Management System) Open Source development
- 3. Why Use Joomla? Sites are built faster Client can update quickly and easily Provides advanced functionality without development costs - over 9,000 extensions available Easy to customize Active and strong support community
- 4. Does Joomla PerformWell? Optimization of site and server Just like any other site How it’s built is how well it will perform Joomla developers take security seriously
- 5. What is aCMS? CMS = Content Management System Site is managed by a database Dynamic content generation - page doesn’t exist until a user calls for it. Joomla, Database & Template work together to create your website
- 6. What is OpenSource? The code is not locked, so anybody can edit and customize it. Generally free, but not always. Joomla is given away for free. Why would developers not lock the code and give it away for free? Popular types of open source software: • web browsers • customer relationship management (CRM) systems • project management systems • nug tracking systems • message boards • blogging platforms Firefox is a popular example
- 7. How Joomla Works Content is separate from style • Content is stored in the database as data • Style is dictated by your template - also called a skin
- 8. How the TemplateWorks Combination of code types to generate look and feel • PHP, HTML, CSS Contains styling information: • Graphic design • Page structure • Text/color/spacing styling Template is like a filter. All content goes through template to get styling information for presentation on website.
- 9. How Extensions Work Extends the functionality of the Joomla core Like mini-programs Because Joomla is open-source, 1,000s of extensions are developed each year – 7,594 extensions to date Easy to find a developer to build something custom
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- 11. Examples of JoomlaSites Thoughtful China The Capri Hotel Move, Play, Thrive Opticarts Valley Family Health Care Landau Design Reviews
- 12. Questions? What questionsdo you have about Joomla?
- 13. More questions? Bonnie Landau LandauDesign Reviews Bonnie@LandauDesign.com 805-640-1458
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