Joomla Reviews

Joomla is especially great for complex sites where non-technical clients won't be using administration. I use Joomla for my clients that want a robust CMS where, between extensions and customizations, I can create very specialized website projects. I'm not a big fan of any of the e-commerce extensions for Joomla, but the social network capabilities of some of the extensions are excellent! I do highly recommend using a dedicated server so server settings can be tweaked to optimize Joomla, though it will run on a shared hosting for a simple site.

Joomla! is one of the best open-source to create and build web portal and applications. Especially related with e-Commerce project. From the beginning of its appearance until now, Joomla already received many awards in the IT industry. With this extensive and flexible features, this Joomla! platform will suitable for many industries from small to corporate company.
Again there will be no silver bullet for all purpose. For someone that require very high customization on their website then Joomla! is not for them.

Joomla! is a great open source software that can handle most website needs. Some of the extensions can be difficult to use.

Joomla! is the latest technology used CMS with which one can use the front as well as back end of website very easily.

Managing users is again an advantage while you can not see these things in Blogger.

Joomla! is best suited for developer-types and those with more advanced knowledge of navigating CMS systems. I find it difficult to manage SEO-centric websites as opposed to ones with more visual assets. More creative departments or marketing teams may not be best suited for Joomla! and may prefer a more user-friendly interface like WordPress.

Joomla! is great for giving lots of different users access to individual pages. If you want to manage a website but not have to receive countless emails requesting updates, you can give users the opportunity to make changes and updates themselves (and manage their access so that they can only edit what they're assigned). For an individual or a smaller company though, this may not be the best or simplest solution (something like Squarespace may better serve your needs).

Joomla! is good for a lot of different people/businesses - but especially if other people need to learn the system and never used it before. It is pretty easy to learn and pass off for edits (content wise). It's also easy to build if you don't need a highly customized website.

Not to sound too cliche, but it depends. There is no formula for recommending any platform for any use case. We have worked with all three (major) platforms, namely WordPress, joomla!, and Drupal and have found that it depends on things like previous experiences of the maintainers (for client sites). Tt depends on off the shelf extensions for the business goals at hand; it depends on brand name when VC (Venture Capital) is desired or required (in the US, joomla! isn't well received by VC, also opposed to Europe where WordPress is a hindering block)
My recommendation is to have a conversation about the project and weigh all options. If anyone ever tells you 'platform XYZ is the best' re-evaluate their validity.

Joomla! does not require a full-time developer on staff to manage it day-to-day. If evaluating other content management systems, the question to ask is whether you have in-house resources to support a different CMS.

In order to work with Joomla! you have to feel comfortable with software that is in perpetual beta testing. Joomla! is Open Source meaning that its programmers are volunteers and its maintenance is based on community support. You become part of that community of users when you use the platform. The various vendors create add-ons that cost for annual subscriptions for their support and updates. In fact, you also have to be comfortable with the idea that you don't own any of the software, rather you are leasing it under the Open Source license from these vendors who offer varying levels of help.

Joomla! is best used for projects that are stand-alone and created by developers who are used to the Open Source LAMP (LINUX/Apache/MySQL/PHP) environment as well as working in the browser rather than an organization structured around an IT department and its software development protocols. You build the site on your computer inside your browser and test it on the Internet. When your users are happy, you move the site to its home on the host server. You can also build the site directly on the host but hide it until it is built, but the bottom line is that Joomla! can be created by a single person or a small team but is not appropriate for an Enterprise organization.

Joomla! requires a hosting service that offers access to their root and provides high priority to the servers, high memory allocation, and the ability to display and upload large files. It is very I/O intensive. Always purchase a business-class hosting service with plenty of storage and bandwidth. Most Joomla! designers (vs. programmers) like to use a host that offers CPanel as its graphical user interface to the server.

Joomla is one of those products that can fit many aspects. What is nice out of the box you have a powerful solution for your site. Adding on to Joomla with 3rd party extensions and custom development just enhances the site. Joomla is really strong with SEO which is important for many organizations.

Joomla! is very user freindly and easy to use.

I know others have said this, but I concur: Joomla is middle ground. WordPress is easier to learn but offers less functionality and scalability. Drupal offers more of latter but is harder to learn for the newbie. I choose Joomla time and time again for my clients for those reasons and use it myself for the same.

While Joomla! is highly flexible and scalable, projects oftentimes require custom solutions that are either hardcoded or better suited with other CMSs or frameworks (for example, an eCommerce site may need something like BigCommerce, Magento, etc.) So when, then, is Joomla! the solution? Joomla! is great for those mid-sized interactive websites which require users, multidimensional sitemaps (Joomla!'s easy creation and organization of content is great), and client access to the CMS and settings. It's good for the websites that aren't all static content, but also aren't greatly complex and custom. Add some powerful plugins into the mix, and you've got a great solution for those mid-sized projects.

I think Joomla! is best for web applications and full web sites. If you are looking for a stand along blog only solution WordPress would be a better fit. However even if you don't need a CMS you can use the Joomla! framework to build your application.

Joomla is well suited for people with average to advanced [experience] looking to build a DIY website. If someone were looking for an app to do just that, I would recommend Joomla and a handful of others.

When selecting a CMS, it is important to understand the Server requirements. Though most hosting providers now automatically support CMS apps like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla... you can select a less than adequate hosting system which will lead to frustration with the product. Always check Joomla requirements against what a hosting provider offers, less is not always the best way to go. With the correct server configuration a user will experience few issues.

Many clients tend to ask if Joomla! is good for complex sites and I would always say absolutely. Joomla! is very flexible and you can make your site as complex as you need it to be. Many Fortune 500 companies and enterprise level businesses have used the Joomla! platform to present their products and represent their web presence. Like I stated before, the possibilities are endless, from your simple personal blog site to an E-commerce store with thousands of products.

When a powerful CMS is needed for a business I would recommend Joomla! over its competitors. Joomla! is great for handling data driven applications such as real estate, online shopping and so forth. Querying the database for properties and clothes is much faster than with competitors and the extraction of data into other systems for reporting is quite simple.

Joomla is well suited for projects that either start out small and will need room to grow, or need to start out as medium to large. It can be a blog, social network, store, real estate system with fully integrated organic MLS (list of houses in the local listed house database), online e-course system, restaurant reservation and take out order system, it can be a hotel reservation system, video chat system, customer service system, RSVP system for events. The list can go on and on. It is hard to imagine something that would not be possible in Joomla.

It should be noted that Joomla is the base for all of these possibilities. Much of the functionality comes from third party plugins that utilize the structure and flexibility of the Joomla core. Many of these plugins cost money, but that depends purely on the plugin and third party developer's pricing policies. Some plugins are free, such as K2 (blogging) and some lower end Real Estate systems.

Overall, Joomla is highly flexible and will provide a great starting place for any sized site one can imagine, whether it is to Frankenstein parts of the core for another project, or to install plugins that enhance the features and build on the Joomla foundation.

Joomla works great for non-profit organizations that want to utilize the web for managing their donations and memberships online. It can be a lot more cost-effective than other vendors that have monthly cost for these services. For simple websites that do not need all the bells and whistles that a non-profit may need Joomla works well for also, although depending on the client's tech level and how often they'll be updating their website, I may choose a different CMS for their business.