Joomla Overview

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What Is Joomla! ?

Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.

Cutting Edge Content Management


Why Use Joomla! ?

Simplicity■ Intuitive Graphical Web User

Interface (WebUI)

Flexibility■ Highly configurable and tailorable

Robust■ Extremely stable core infrastructure

Extensible■ 3rd Party Extension and Plug-In

capabilities

Open Source Code■ You can modify anything you like

Published API■ Windows in the code allowing 3rd Party

extension

Dynamic Content■ MySQL database driven

Pro-Active Support■ Joomla! Teams and Community

members


How Can Joomla! Be Used? Simple Websites Community Portals Magazines,Newspapers Corporate Intranets WebLog (Blog) Sites E-Commerce Shops B2B & B2C Frameworks Customer Self-Service Member/Directory Sites NGO,Churches,Schools

■ and much, much more…

Top Three ReasonsFor using Joomla!

Community Poll February 2007

1. The Community2. Ease Of Use3. Extensible


Who's Using Joomla! ?Jetstar is Australia's and Singapore’s new low fares airline for Australia and the Asia-Pacific.

Our aim is to provide consistent low fares to Australian, New Zealand and Asian leisure travellers.

We started flying within Australia on the 25th of May, 2004 and within Asia just over six months later, offering customers a simple and fresh travel experience. Our bold and distinctive brand is indicative of the fresh and vibrant approach toward low cost travel in the region.


Who's Using Joomla! ?Hannover Fairs Australia is a subsidiary of the leading global trade fair company Deutsche Messe AG , organiser of the world’s largest trade fairs including CeBIT, Hannover Messe, and Biotechnica.

Based in Sydney, Hannover Fairs Australia specialises in the organisation of international business-to-business trade shows. Our events – which include CeBIT Australia – deliver real opportunities for businesses to showcase their products and services to key audiences, enabling them to develop new relationships with other businesses from Australia and around the world.


Who's Using Joomla! ?The most successful show in the world,The Chaser's War On Everything, is now on ABC TV at 9 pm on Wednesdays.

Filmed in front of a studio audience, the Logie Award-winning team of both CNNNN and The Chaser Decides will be doing what they do best – confronting and lampooning key players from the world of politics, business, religion, media and culture. These signature Chaser ambushes will form the core of the new series – alongside news-of-the-week analysis, comedy sketches, and their uniquely irreverent field experiments


Who's Using Joomla! ?iTWire is Australia's most informative, opinionated and in your face IT & Telecommunications news and information resource. We cover what goes on in the ICT sectors, digging up and ferreting out news and views that impact all stakeholders in these fast moving industries.

iTWire was founded with the merger of TheBeerFiles and Exchange Alert, bringing together Stan Beer and Stuart Corner, two of Australia’s most respected and experienced media commentators on the IT and Telecommunications sectors.


Who's Using Joomla! ?The United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) opened in Brussels on 1 January 2004. The Regional Centre replaces nine UN Information Centres based in Europe (Athens, Bonn, Brussels, Copenhagen, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome), which closed on 31 December 2003, following a decision by the UN General Assembly at its 58th session.

UNRIC services Western Europe and provides information and documentation to the countries of the region. Its information outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint projects and events are organized with key partners, including governments, the media, NGOs, educational institutions and local authorities.


Who's Using Joomla! ?For most Europeans, the Eurovision Song Contest is a well-known institute and an irreplacable part of European culture. Around since 1956, when the first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano (Switzerland), the contest quickly became a true European tradition. In 2007, the contest will be held in Helsinki, Finland, celebrating its 52nd anniversary.

Without interrpution, the Eurovision Song Contest has been broadcast every year since 1956, which makes it one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. The competition has been broadcast throughout Europe, but also in Australia, Canada, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Jordan, Korea, New Zealand and the United States, even though these countries do not participate.


Who's Using Joomla! ?64 is a 64-page mini-magazine about everything there is to do in Melbourne.

Well — except for cricket, hanging out at grandma’s and those other things we don’t talk about.

Whether you’re in town for a weekend or you grew up in Carlton, 64 will help you out with what’s on, what’s new, which bars are hippest and where to shop. Plus there’s cinema and gig guides for going out and DVD and CD reviews for staying in. You can find 64 in inner city bars, cafés, galleries and human habitats starting in October.


Who's Using Joomla! ?11°south showcases a compelling mix of Australian and New Zealand urban, regional and resort locations. A variety of experiences will be featured – guaranteeing wide appeal and encouraging readers to stop daydreaming and get moving to the next destination.

11°south caters to the exciting new target market of passionate and discerning visitors to Australia, who are more numerous than ever before. 11°south will hit the streets on November 29.


Who's Using Joomla! ?Mitsubishi Venezuela

The history of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation dates back to 1870, the year that the Tsukumo Shokai shipping company was founded. Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries, which can trace its origins to Tsukumo Shokai, launched the "Mitsubishi Model-A" project in 1917, one of the pioneers of Japanese mass-production passenger cars.


Who's Using Joomla! ?Porsche Brazil

The Porsche Principle is our Magna Carta. It is based on values and philosophies that together create our added value. The Porsche Principle is about a company that knows size isn’t everything. It’s also about a company that consistently goes its own way.

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