What Is joomla - Landau Design Reviews

Create an easy-to-maintain, dynamic website using the most popular CMS around. presenter: Bonnie Landau From Landau Design Reviews

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

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

Does Joomla Perform Well?  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

What is a CMS?  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

What is Open Source?  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

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

How the Template Works  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.

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

Who uses Joomla?

Examples of Joomla Sites  Thoughtful China  The Capri Hotel  Move, Play, Thrive  Opticarts  Valley Family Health Care  Landau Design Reviews

Questions? ďƒœ What questions do you have about Joomla?

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