Joomla
Joomla is at this moment the most widely used Content Management System (CMS) in the world. It frequently wins awards in the category "best CMS" and an increasing number of mayor companies, like e.g. Vodaphone, Danone, TNT and ABN-AMRO, chooses the best Open Source CMS, Yoomla.
Here you see a figure with the Google search results for the five most popular Content Management Systems. Joomla leads with a mile over the rest. This means that a major part of the world is actively looking for information related to Joomla. This might not say everything about the quality of the system, but it does about the size of the group that supports it and works with it. This is an important factor to keep in mind when choosing for an Open Source System. Users and developers are free to choose and can choose not to use and support the system anymore. This has happened to thousands of Open Source Systems in the past. Therefore it is wise to choose the system with the greatest support. Considering the millions of users everywhere in the world there is, in our view, only one possible choice: Joomla.
The advantages of Joomla
- Independence - Your organisation can maintain its website without help from outside.
- Stability - The huge group of users and developers provides a very stable environment.
- Joomla itself costs nothing - you only invest in the development of your own design, template or extra component.
- Flexibility - Joomla can be extended with a lot of extensions (components). Thus you can provide your website with more functionality. Open Web Creation s offers extensions as well at Joomla extensions.
Open source
Joomla is Open Source software. This means that anyone may view the program source code and may suggest improvements. Joomla has one of the largest user groups in the world. The developers of Joomla keep an open eye on the input of this group.
Open Source software is public property. No one is allowed to ask money for this software, which is an additional advantage.
There are however some drawbacks to Open Source software. You can hold no one responsible for bugs in the software and you have to be very careful when installing updates or new functionality. Open Web Creations has much experience with the development of Joomla websites for customers who demand stability and safety. So we can assist you to in the right way to enjoy all benefits of Open Source.software.
Demo
Do you want to see for yourself what the interface of Joomla 1.5 looks like? We have put a demo online in which you can create and modify content items.
The front side, the actual website a visitor would see:: http://www.demo.openwebcreations.nl
The back side, the operating panel where you can create articles:: http://www.demo.openwebcreations.nl/administrator
