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The last decade showed a rigorous change in the way we comprehend and use Information Technology for business. Progress in IT research and development has led to technologies such as distributed computing, content management, data mining and processing, all of which fulfil a wide range of business needs. ‘Content Management’ though relatively new, is a well known term for businesses that use and maintain their websites. It refers to the principles and practices for the development, management, maintenance and deployment of web content within an organisation and even across multiple organisations. An open source content management system or CMS provides free, professional and simple-to-use website content management that helps to create and maintain websites effectively. WordPress, Drupal and Joomla are some of the better known open source CMS tools.
Joomla is a popular content management system that has enabled the building of thousands of websites and powerful online applications. Its ease of use and extensibility has made Joomla one of the best tools for CMS. Joomla has been used for the development of corporate web portals, e-commerce applications, personal websites, educational websites and even social networking websites. Besides these, Joomla has also been used to develop numerous online magazines, newspapers and journals.
This open source CMS tool enables website creations with HTML layout. Joomla websites can be very search engine friendly with the use of some good SEO extensions and tools. With Joomla the search engine crawlers get to read the website content without any nested tables or query strings in URLs. Editing web content or managing web pages is also a piece of cake with this easy-to-use open source CMS.
Joomla displays a strong personality for dynamic web solutions and this too comes with fast uploading and downloading speed! The multi lingual support feature of this tool offers facilities for content syndication and display scheduling. The flexible open source CMS is perfect for the creation of picture galleries, event galleries and media galleries while also being the ideal solution for discussion forums and interactive online communities!
With Joomla you can develop and customise your websites as per your precise requirements. There are several options to create simple website templates as also designer templates that can be used by any business or non-business organisation. Your website maintenance should be hassle free and Joomla indeed makes content management and editing of web content real simple and quick!
If you wish to know more about the process of Joomla design and are looking for a Birmingham web design that can deliver your requirements, there are a few local companies that have a strong reputation and background in Joomla, so be sure to ask for references and example sites that they’ve developed.
Author (shruti). Submitted on Wed, 1 Feb 2012