Joomla! a great tool that needs to continue to improve CMS admin usability
June 30, 2015
Joomla! a great tool that needs to continue to improve CMS admin usability
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
1.5.23
Modules Used
- Breadcrumbs
- Banners
- Footer
- Resources
- Example Pages
- Login Form
- Polls
- Who's Online
- Advertisement
- Random Image
- Syndication
- Newsflash
- Latest News
- Popular
- Top Menu
- Search
Overall Satisfaction with Joomla!
A professional photographer needed a CMS tool that would allow her to have full control of content. I felt that Joomla! provided the tools needed for her request with expandability to handle her changing needs. There was a lot of good plugins to represent her photos, which was the core of what we were trying to do with her site.
- Display photos using Lightbox
- Sort content inside the Joomla! admin tool
- Allow the developer (myself) alter the code inside the templates easily for personalization.
- Not SEO friendly
- Some Joomla! plugins cost while same is free in WordPress
- Much bigger learning curve than WordPress out of the box
- Increased sales
- Strong brand shows serious competitor
- Point of contact
Joomla! competes against my WordPress developed sites. Joomla! has a harder learning curve than WordPress, but has been better suited for non blog sites up until recently when WordPress went head on to develop a CMS that wasn't geared specifically for blogging. This, I believe, has hurt Joomla!. Joomla! needs to continue to make the CMS user experience as easy as possible for the novice.