Joomla! open-source content management system Becca Stroebel Deidra Townsend Gail Yerbic Jennifer Adams

Training Resources Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Joomla! Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Joomla! Manuals and books Manuals and books Online videos Online videos Conferences & workshops Conferences & workshops

Skills Required Familiar with terms in beginner’s guide Familiar with terms in beginner’s guide Basic working knowledge of Joomla’s language Basic working knowledge of Joomla’s language

Support Joomla! community Joomla! community Online forums Online forums Documentation wiki Documentation wiki Others Others

Costs Financial Financial Open source ≠ Free Open source ≠ Free Time Time Management Management Training Training

User-Friendliness Novice to experienced designer Novice to experienced designer Easy download instructions Easy download instructions

User Interfaces & Organization Content editor Content editor Page layout Page layout Article (content) sorting Article (content) sorting Importing & exporting Importing & exporting

Extensions Form builders Form builders Document management Document management E-commerce & shopping cart engines E-commerce & shopping cart engines Forum & chat software Forum & chat software Banner advertisements Banner advertisements Paid subscriptions Paid subscriptions

Navigation Menus Menus and menu items are unlimited Menus and menu items are unlimited Each menu is capable of a different structure Each menu is capable of a different structure Bread crumbs are automatically generated Bread crumbs are automatically generated

Customization & Features Customize to fit almost any need Customize to fit almost any need Basic to advanced features Basic to advanced features

Compatability Microsoft Microsoft Adobe Fireworks & Photoshop Adobe Fireworks & Photoshop Dreamweaver Dreamweaver

Accessibility: Section 508 Does not offer tool Does not offer tool Suggests using an accessibility validator Suggests using an accessibility validator

Links Created, edited, & saved within modules Created, edited, & saved within modules Globally updated Globally updated

Speed High traffic can overwhelm a server High traffic can overwhelm a server

Metadata, Taxonomy, & Searching Global metadata configuration Global metadata configuration Meta description Meta description Meta keywords Meta keywords No taxonomy No taxonomy Basic search Basic search Search extension available Search extension available

Image & Multimedia Library Browser upload of images and files Browser upload of images and files PNG PNG PDF PDF DOC DOC XLS XLS GIF GIF JPEG JPEG

Previewing & Expiration of Articles (Content) Previewed via article manager Previewed via article manager Select article and edit Select article and edit Project to create an extension for frontend editing underway Project to create an extension for frontend editing underway Content does not yet automatically expire Content does not yet automatically expire

Versions Joomla! 1.0 Joomla! 1.0 Versions applied to articles on frontend only Versions applied to articles on frontend only Egxact Revision Manager ($90 download fee) for Joomla! 1.0 or 1.5 Egxact Revision Manager ($90 download fee) for Joomla! 1.0 or 1.5 Identifies changes between versions Identifies changes between versions Frontend & backend management Frontend & backend management Joomla! 1.5 Joomla! 1.5 Frontend, backend, restore, merge Frontend, backend, restore, merge

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