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What is Joomla?

Joomla! is a free and open source content management system used to publish web content. Included features are page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, a search function, and support for language internationalization.

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What is Joomla?

Joomla! is a free and open source content management system used to publish web content. Included features are page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, a search function, and support for language internationalization.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Paligo, headquartered in Stockholm, offers their component content management system (CCMS), supporting the creation and publishing of technical documentation and help systems.

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Product Demos

Joomla! 3 Quickstart Installation Step by Step Guide

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JA Elastica - Free Responsive Design Template for Joomla 2.5!

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Template Creator CK 3 - Overview, simple demo, create your Joomla template in 7minutes

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Template Creator CK 3 - Overview, simple demo, create your Joomla template in 8 minutes

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Features

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

8.6
Avg 8.1

Platform & Infrastructure

Features related to platform-wide settings and structure, such as permissions, languages, integrations, customizations, etc.

7.3
Avg 7.6

Web Content Creation

Features that support the creation of website content.

8.4
Avg 7.7

Web Content Management

Features for managing website content

7.9
Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is Joomla?

Joomla! is a free, open source content management system used to publish web content. Joomla is written in PHP, uses object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques and stores data in a MySQL, MS SQL, or PostgreSQL database. Included features are page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, a search function, and support for language internationalization. Its dashboard organizing administrator tasks into context menus, from which content is edited, permissions set and changed, contacts managed, and messages sent to users. Extensions modify functionality in widely varying ways and provide flexibility.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Joomla! is a free and open source content management system used to publish web content. Included features are page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, a search function, and support for language internationalization.

Drupal, Kentico Xperience, and Plone are common alternatives for Joomla.

Reviewers rate Admin section highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Joomla are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Joomla!: the only CMS you will ever need.

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 19, 2024
  • More core features than wordpress
  • Greater security than competitors
  • Blazing speed without using cache plugins.
  • Cleaner interface for admin users.
Cons
  • There are numerous ecommerce components but it would be good to see one with the ubiquity of woocommerce.

Great Product for the Easy User

Rating: 6 out of 10
December 27, 2023
Vetted Review
Verified User
Joomla!
1 year of experience
  • Simple editing
  • Easy page setup
  • Great templates
Cons
  • Has a steep learning curve
  • Must have a basic understand of website development
  • Must understand the language

New Joomla! 4 jumps ahead of the others

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 06, 2021
PW
Vetted Review
Verified User
Joomla!
12 years of experience
  • Security. Its got many new features in the new Joomla! 4 which make the already good security even better. I like the ability to use my Yubi keys to log in with the new webauth standard, I don't think any other CMS has that built in
  • W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (with AA compliance)
  • Really good SEO that gets our sites to the top of the search engines again without the need for any extra things
  • Speed, it gets a really good score (100%) in the google lighthouse on our server, can't beat that
Cons
  • There is not much. I think perhaps a built in cookie system but thats planned for 4.1
  • Always welcome more tutorials but they seem to have a fair few
  • Not all extensions have been converted to [Joomla!] 4 but the important ones are there

We are creating creative websites with unparalleled ease

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 11, 2021
SG
Vetted Review
Verified User
Joomla!
3 years of experience
  • We use Joomla to build our websites and web applications because of its incredible intuitiveness and tools to make everything more manageable.
  • Its working environment is quite comfortable for my development team, and its web design resources significantly speed up our work when carrying out web development projects.
  • It allows you to use blocks to create and visually manage websites and divide them into different categories without programming knowledge.
Cons
  • Its interface is complicated to understand; it is not as friendly as other tools and text editors to develop web pages.

Be satisfied with Joomla

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 29, 2021
FM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Joomla!
2 years of experience
  • Easy for portals with forums
  • Easy setup
  • Framework is robust
  • Variety of useful features
Cons
  • Dashboard should have more options
  • It can't create a very complex website
  • Some extensions should have a free version
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