As critical is it to build a great looking website that is easy for the visitors to use, it is also very important to choose the right platform and web technology to build the website. There are numerous choices available in terms of web technologies for building websites based on different frameworks.
PHP and ASP.Net remain to be the most preferred frameworks with 43% and 35% share respectively to the total websites built globally. There are many open source CMSs (Content Management Systems) built using the PHP framework. The most popular ones are WordPress, Joomla, Magento and Drupal. All of these CMSs have their own characteristics and unique features making them the first choice for a lot of companies looking to build a website. Today, we will look at reasons to choose the Joomla CMS to build your website. Joomla currently powers 6% of all websites globally and has a 10% share of all websites globally if we consider only Open Source technologies. Let us look at some of the advantages of using Joomla :-
- Joomla is free and open source.
- It is easy to install. You can download and install Joomla in about 10 minutes.
- Joomla includes the most commonly used features like Contact Forms, RSS, Blog, SEO support, Media manager, Multi-language support, etc.
- Joomla has thousands of readily available extensions that can be used for developing your website or web app easily.
- Joomla is highly customizable - be it the header, logo, footer, images, videos or content of the website.
- Joomla has a lot of tools and tutorials available online for supporting you with any queries you may have when you are working with Joomla. There is also a discussion board that can be used to get answers to specific questions.
- It is easy to update the software directly using a web browser as and when it is released.
- Joomla provides an advanced administration that can be used by advanced users for better control of the website.
- Joomla provides a great framework for developers to create their own extensions or custom modules.
