Joomla - The CMS Powerhouse

Joomla! has become 'the' most powerful Open Source Content Management System on the planet. It is a 'free' open source framework and content publishing system designed for quickly creating highly interactive multi-language Web sites, online communities, media portals, blogs and eCommerce applications. The name 'Joomla' is Swahili for 'all together'.

Who uses Joomla!... apart from us?

Joomla! is used all over the world to power everything from simple, personal homepages to complex corporate web applications. It can be used to easily manage every aspect of a website, from adding content and images to updating a product catalogue, processing credit card payments or taking online reservations.

Examples of companies & organizations that use Joomla:

• US Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.spl.usace.army.mil/cms/index.php
• United Nations: http://www.unric.org/en/
• Oklahoma State University: http://osu.okstate.edu/welcome/
• Baltimore Police Dept. http://www.baltimorepolice.org
• City of Boulder, CO: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/
• Guggenheim Museum: http://www.guggenheim.org/
• PureStream Technology: http://purestreamtechnology.com/
• and tens of thousands of other major websites and corporate intranets...

The difference between Joomla! and commercial CMS solutions?

Unlike commercial solutions that offer different versions according to your budget, Joomla! is available in just one 'all encompassing' version - and it is cost free.

Is a CMS web site difficult to maintain?

Once Joomla! is installed and running, it is simple for even non-technical users to add or edit content, update images, and to manage the critical data that makes your company or organization effective. Anybody with basic word processing skills can easily learn to manage a Joomla! site.

Via a simple, browser-based interface you will be able to easily add new press releases or news items, manage staff pages, job listings, product images, and create an unlimited amount of sections or content pages on your site.

The benefit to using Joomla is the reduction in cost and time in building and maintaining a site. Using a content management system means that you don't have to hand code the whole site and you don't have to know HTML in order to edit/update.

Is a Joomla! CMS website expensive?

The emergence of powerful, flexible, Open Source CMS's is truly a revolution in web technology. Firms like Interwoven, Broadvision, and of course Microsoft, have in the past dominated the CMS market with offerings that start at $3,000 (plus plus PLUS)! While it may seem too good to be true, highly functional CMS platforms are now available without licensing costs. Your company only pays for the cost of visual customization and implementing the functionality you need.

Today, mezzoa can develop a Joomla based (CMS) web site for roughly the same cost or less than the cost of a static site.

What is LAMP technology?

As an effective alternative to expensive proprietary software, LAMP technology (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP) Open Source technologies are leading the websites and applications development market and have become the platform of choice for developing robust dynamic web solutions at an affordable cost.

What about multi-lingual web sites?

A unique advantage of the Joomla CMS solution is its ability to run multi-lingual web sites - and there is only one 'back office' to manage it all! Joomla recognises a user's operating system and automatically displays a site in the user's native language if it is available. Of course users may switch to other languages as they wish.

Decentralized Editing on any browser!

Editing can be done with any normal web browser from anywhere in the world, without the need for HTML knowledge or proprietary editing software.

Why use mezzoa to develop your CMS website?

We are professionals. We have spent years developing the skills that allow us to optimize your web presence. Yes, you can build a site for yourself or have your nephew do it, but if your business depends on putting forth a professional image, trust it to a pro.