Create an easy-to-maintain, dynamic website using the most popular CMS around.

presenter: Bonnie Landau

From Landau Design Reviews

What is Joomla?
Joomla means all together in Swahili It is an international software project developed and supported by millions of people around the world. A CMS (Content Management System)

Open Source development

Why Use Joomla?

Sites are built faster Client can update quickly and easily Provides advanced functionality without development costs - over 9,000 extensions available

Easy to customize
Active and strong support community

Does Joomla Perform Well?

Optimization of site and server Just like any other site How its built is how well it will perform Joomla developers take security seriously

What is a CMS?
CMS = Content Management System

Site is managed by a database

Dynamic content generation - page doesnt exist until a user calls for it. Joomla, Database & Template work together to create your website

What is Open Source?

The code is not locked, so anybody can edit and customize it. Generally free, but not always. Joomla is given away for free. Popular types of open source software:
web browsers
customer relationship management (CRM) systems project management systems nug tracking systems message boards blogging platforms

Why would developers not lock the code and give it away for free?

Firefox is a popular example

How Joomla Works

Content is separate from style
Content is stored in the database as data

Style is dictated by your template - also called a skin

How the Template Works

Combination of code types to generate look and feel
PHP, HTML, CSS

Contains styling information:

Graphic design Page structure Text/color/spacing styling

Template is like a filter. All content goes through template to get styling information for presentation on website.

How Extensions Work

Extends the functionality of the Joomla core Like mini-programs Because Joomla is open-source, 1,000s of extensions are developed each year 7,594 extensions to date Easy to find a developer to build something custom

Who uses Joomla?

Examples of Joomla Sites

Thoughtful China The Capri Hotel Move, Play, Thrive Opticarts Valley Family Health Care Landau Design Reviews

Questions?
What questions do you have about Joomla?

More questions?
Bonnie Landau
Landau Design Reviews

Bonnie@LandauDesign.com

805-640-1458