Introducing Joomla!

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Joomla! is an open-source content management system platform which allows people to easily and seamlessly create websites and other applications.

Since its launch in 2005, Joomla! has focussed primarily on its ease of use and the ability for Joomla! to be modified and improved by developers. Since then, it has grown and has been downloaded over 85 million times, attracts 1 million new downloads monthly, is updated with 5 new extensions daily and has millions of monthly visitors to its website.

Joomla! is completely free and open-source available to anybody who has a desire or need to build a dynamic and modern website which is robust and can be used for a variety of purposes. Of course, the CMS still needs a decent hosting to run on, but the monthly hosting expenses rarely exceed the price of a pint of craft beer.

Joomla! has been used to create some of the internet’s most recognised websites including MTV, Holiday Inn, iHop and Harvard. Joomla! is capable of creating websites across a variety of niches and industries, including corporate websites, blogs, e-commerce sites and social networks.

Joomla! has a large and active community of developers behind it who constantly produce extensions and new templates. In fact, with all of the extensions and templates currently available, Joomla! is currently one of the largest site building platforms available.

It is its community which has seen it become such a widespread success and makes it a great choice for developers who are looking for a platform on which they can produce work and receive support from their peers.

Joomla! is not just a limited platform on which you can build a website, but a robust tool which makes it possible to create a variety of websites. It has a lot of integrated features which enables people to create innovative and modern websites.

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Author Bio:

Josh Wardini, Editorial Contributor and Community Manager at websitebuilder.org. With a preliminary background in communication and expertise in community development, Josh works day-to-day to reshape the human resource management of digitally based companies. When his focus trails outside of community engagement, Josh enjoys the indulgences of writing amidst the nature conservations of Portland, Oregon.