Joomla Web Platform Introduction And Advantages

Joomla is a content management system that allows the user to make websites and create strong web applications. Joomla is written in PHP and it uses OOPS , object oriented programing concepts for software design and the data is stored in MySQL data base .It is an open source CMS which is gaining popularity day by day as it is downloaded about 23 million times from march 2007 to February 2011. The first version of Joomla, Joomla 1.0 was released in September 16 2005 .Joomla has improved enormously till the last version of Joomla, Joomla 2.5.0 was released last January 2012. Joomla 2.5.0 incorporates enhanced security and better migration.

Joomla can be installed manually from a system running a server which supports PHP applications with the help of a virtual appliance. The main advantage of using a content management system is that it is not necessary that the user have technical knowledge to use a CMS say Joomla. Let us now take a look of the various advantages of Joomla that make it the favorite.
Joomla has database driven site engines. Each element in Joomla is stored in a centralized data base.

The web editors can decide the order of content which has to be displayed in the website.

The lay outs available in Joomla can be customized according to the users wish. A large number of plug ins are available in Joomla

Joomla supports multiple languages

Joomla will run in almost any platform including windows, Linux and MAC os

News feed manager is a tool available in Joomla which helps to collect news feed from other websites

Joomla is designed such that it can be easily installed and setup even if you are not a programmer. Once Joomla is installed and configured it can be managed even by non-technical persons. Image and data uploading , editing and other works can be done in ease in Joomla

Joomla has modular architecture which enables the user to develop a wide range of components and associated modules. This provides flexibility to Joomla and makes it more popular than other content management systems.

A number of Joomla templates are available which can transform the looks of your website. All you have to do it just download a template that will suit your website and apply to the CMS of Joomla. Pre-defined module positions are available in many templates so it will be easy to arrange the modules in the way the user desires

SEO or search engine optimization is one of the main factors one has to consider while managing a website. SEO means enhancing the visibility of the website by optimizing the code and by using some other techniques. Joomla is SEO friendly as it provide search engine friendly links.