What Is Joomla - Landau Design Reviews

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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

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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

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Does Joomla Perform Well?

• Optimization of site and server
• Just like any other site
• How its built is how well it will perform
• Joomla developers take security seriously

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What is a CMS?

• CMS Content Management System
• Site is managed by a database
• Dynamic content generation - page doesnt exist
  until a user calls for it.
• Joomla, Database Template work together to
  create your website

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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

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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

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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.

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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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Who uses Joomla?
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Examples of Joomla Sites

• Thoughtful China
• The Capri Hotel
• Move, Play, Thrive
• Opticarts
• Valley Family Health Care
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Questions?

• What questions do you have about Joomla?

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More questions?
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