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Joomla is a powerful, web based, content management system that puts you in control of your own web presence. No more having to rely on one "webmaster" to keep information up to date on your site. Now you and others in your organization can take control of your website.
Anyone that has deployed a website struggles with two basic elements:
- Look and Feel
- Fresh Content
And just about the time you get the site mature, your organization deems it's time to "refresh" it. There is a third dynamic that has been emerging the past few years. "Community Building." Ideally you want your web-front to be a place that strengthens relationships with those entities that currently do business or will do business with your organization. This third dynamic is where the Googles, E-Bays, MSNBCs, and a myriad of other web titans are today. Not only do they provide you with information but they engage you for information. Google tracks your web trails in order to better target ads for you. The news services take polls on articles in order to determine what you like to read. This community building dynamic is often referred to as Web 2.0.
If you have deployed a website with any level of complexity you realize there is a significant cost associated with making your site look good and keeping the information fresh. When you add in the capability to engage your audience on a community building level the costs go up exponentially. Enter Joomla!
Joomla! is a Content Management System that enables an average computer user to deploy rich content sites for pennies on the dollar. Our customers have received quotes as high as $50K for custom website development and then deployed with Joomla for under $5K with more capabilities.
What makes Joomla! so powerful? Look at the three areas of pain normally associated with websites:
| Look & Feel |
+ Utilize 1,000's of pre-defined templates + Adjust the templates to your color scheme in minutes + Time to update your look and feel two years from now? No problem, select a new template and INSTANTLY have a complete look and feel for the entire site! + Integrated Search Engine for easy content retrieval. |
| Fresh Content |
+ Built on the publishing world premise you can have multiple people that write "Articles" for your website. These "Articles" are synonymous with web pages. + Ad a blog to your site and illicit feedback. + Create forums where visitors contribute content. + Expose the Articles you create to news services via the built-in RSS feeds capabilities. + Display Articles from industry feeds on your website to help keep your site fresh with industry news. + Automatic Content Archival. Your articles never die! |
| Community Building |
+ Interactive Polls. + Article Rating. Let's your audience judge how relevant your content was. + Google Analytics integration. Get detailed reports on who is visting and from where. + Registered vs. Pubic users. Simple site registration allows you to provide "extra value" to registered users who sign-up with your site. + E-Commerce integration. |
- Your customers
- Your employees
- Your partners
- Your vendors
Other than creating media (e.g. Photos, Flash, Audio) Joomla provides a complete portal, including editors, for you to use. This means you don't have to purchase thousands of dollars of web site creation software.