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Presentation | September 28, 2009

 Joomla - 

Advantages and Disadvantages

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About Joomla• Award-winning CMS, which enables you to build Web sites

and powerful online applications.• Most popular open source CMS currently available as

evidenced by a vibrant and growing community of friendly users and talented developers. 

• Started its roots in 2000• 200,000 community users and contributors• Joomla is PHP and MySQL based• Joomla is eligible for Best PHP Open Source CMS  • Available at http://www.joomla.org

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Who is using Joomla?

• MTV Networks Quizilla (Social networking) - http://www.quizilla.com

• IHOP (Restaurant chain) - http://www.ihop.com• Harvard University - Graduate school arts and sciences

(Educational) - http://gsas.harvard.edu  Just to name a few....

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Advantages of using Joomla

• FREE and Open Source• Full fledged CMS• More powerful and robust than wordpress• Admin out of of the box - user management, search, polls,

template management, and integrated help• Admin much more than just articles• SEO Friendly with SEF plug-in• Other plug-ins - Events and Event Registration, E-

commerce, Chats, Forums, Communities• Deep level navigation, sections in sections, categories etc… • Tons of info in youtube videos or searching for tutorials as

well

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Disadvantages of using Joomla

• Bigger learning curveo Wordpress is better for simpler sites

• Not SEO friendly out of the box• Javascript and CSS can get bulky

o Slower loading timeo Possible additional hosting costs

• Development is too clumsy if you want to change the layout• Some Plugins cost money while many are free with

wordpress.• May need a developer for some of the changes

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Why not Wordpress for a CMS?

• Articles are more “bloggy” sorted by publish dates• Limited on components / extensions• Lightweight / limited on power• Limited on Administration of other areas• Database queries may be very heavy• Not a Full CMS Product• It has fixed pages, posts and categories.

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For Further Information...

Go to Joomla's website• http://www.jooomla.org

 View Joomla Advantages and Disadvantages Video•  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVP9kVZ54Gk

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