Joomla Features

Developer:	Joomla
License:	Free / Open Source
User Rating:	(8 votes)
Official Website:	www.joomla.org
Platform:	Web-based

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Joomla is an award-winning open source content management system (CMS). Joomla was developed by Joomla Development Team. The software enables user to build Web sites and powerful online applications. It comes with many features as well as ease-of-use and extensibility. User can download Joomla for free from this CMS website.

Joomla Highlight Features:

• User Management – Allows users to configure personal options. There are nine user groups with various types of permissions on what users are allowed to access, edit, publish and administrate.
• Authentication – Supports multiple protocols, including LDAP, OpenID, and even Gmail. This allows users to use their existing account information to streamline the registration process.
• Media Manager – Lets user easily manage media files or folders and they can configure the MIME type settings to handle any type of file.
• Language Manager – Supports for many world languages and UTF-8 encoding. If user need their Web site in one language and the administrator panel in another, multiple languages are possible.
• Banner Management – It’s easy for user to set up banners on their Web site using the Banner Manager, starting with creating a client profile.
• Contact Management – Helps user find the right person and their contact information. It also supports multiple contact forms going to specific individuals as well as groups.
• Polls – It’s easy to create polls with multiple options.
• Search – Helps navigate user to most popular search items and provide the admin with search statistics.
• Web Link Management – User can sort links into categories, even count every click.
• Content Management – Lets user organize their content any way they want and not necessarily how it will be on the Web site.
• WYSIWYG Editor – Lets user combine text, images in an attractive way. Once articles ware created, there are a number of pre-installed modules to show the most popular articles, latest new items, newsflashes, related articles, and more.
• Syndication and Newsfeed Management – Lets visitor subscribe to new content in their favorite RSS reader.
• Menu Manager – Allows user to create as many menus and menu items as they need. They can structure their menu hierarchy (and nested menu items) completely independent of their content structure.
• Template Management – Lets user use a single template for the entire site or a separate template for each site section. The level of visual control goes a step further with powerful template overrides, allowing user to customize each part of their pages.
• Integrated Help System – Joomla has a built-in help section to assist users with finding what they need. A glossary explains the terms in plain English, a version checker makes sure they are using the latest version, a system information tool helps them troubleshoot and much more.
• System Features – Speedy page loads are possible with page caching, granular-level module caching, and GZIP page compression.
• FTP Layer – Allows file operations (like installing Extensions) without having to make all the folders and files writable, making user’s site administrator’s life easier and increasing the security of the site.
• Web Services – User can use Remote Procedure Calls (via HTTP and XML). They can also integrate XML-RPC services with the Blogger and Joomla APIs.
• Powerful Extensibility – The above features are just some of the basic Joomla features and the real power is in the way user customize Joomla.

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