Why does amor favour the use of Joomla!?
This award-winning Open Source Content Management System is multi-functional, not only in that it allows users to manage the content of the website, but also by offering web owners the utmost flexibility through the vast number of Joomla! Extensions that can be incorporated into the design.
With over 5000 available Extensions to choose from, some of the most popular are:
Content Editor – Joomla! has a standard content editor, however it is possible to use one of the many other Open Source content editors to increase functionality.
Shopping Cart – These e-commerce components allow business owners to offer online shopping facilities to their customers, including features such as stock control, payment gateways, shipping/delivery tools, and order tracking.
Property/Real Estate - Allows Estate Agencies and Rental Agents to display properties, including an availability checker and a reservation manager.
Search Engine Optimisation – A module that allows you to amend the automatically generated URL (Universal Resource Locators) page titles to Search Engine Friendly versions, thus effectively optimising your site organically. Also allows the input of Keywords and Meta Data to encourage indexing by the search engine robots.
Events Calendar – Allows site owners to build a ‘What’s On’ database, with external links to other websites.
Translation – Allows the site to be automatically translated into multiple languages. Web owners can override the automatic translations and input the data manually.
Image Gallery – Allows either a photo album or slideshow display of selected images.
E-Mail Newsletters – Allows web owners to create a template, add content and mass email those subscribers who have opted to receive newsletters.
Weather Feeds – Allows a website to display Weather Forecasts pertinent to a specific location.
The Joomla! software developers are constantly updating its functionality, meaning that it can adapt easily to advances in technology, improved web standards or indeed any change in user methods; it could well be described as ‘future proof’.
