Intro to Joomla

Joomla!

-By Prashanth Swaminathan (byteofprash)

What Joomla is NOT!

• Joomla is NOT a software to design websites• Joomla is NOT a language• Joomla is NOT a substitute to coding• Joomla is NOT for your personal

webpage

Contd..

• Joomla is NOT for a small website where the content is updated rarely

• Joomla is NOT the ONLY content management system

• Joomla is NOT for those people without creativity :D

So, WTF is JOOMLA!• Joomla is a content management system• Joomla is what you need when you have a LOT

of content to publish• Joomla is awesome for dynamic websites• Joomla has won the best CMS award• Joomla is an easy way to Publish large content

online.• It’s better to call Joomla as a content publishing

tool

Well, what’s a CMS??

• A content management system manages your content :D

But why Joomla?• IT IS OPEN SOURCE (Yeah, shout it loud!)• It is written in php• It has a HUGE user group• It has a HUGE collection of modules and

extensions• It is so powerful but so damn easy• It has a beautiful administrator backend

Contd...

• Joomla is very easy to install• JOOMLA IS FREEEEEEE

• Joomla can help you earn money ;)

Nice, but should I believe you?

• You needn’t. See it yourself

Who uses joomla?1. McDonalds

2. Pizza hut

3.General electric

4.Sony Pictures

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• Our headquarters , www.linux.com

TYPE intranet/administrator

• HAHAHAHA, look who’s secretively using Joomla :D

Is Joomla the only option?

Let’s get our hands dirty