I am in the process of updating my site to Joomla - an open source content manager system (CMS).  I am very impressed with Joomla for both its power and ease of implementation. 

Coming from a background as a developer in Microsoft shops, I was initially dismissive and apprehensive of open source software development tools such as PHP and MySQL. My initial apprehension of these tools was quickly eliminated as I found them to be not only more reliable than Microsoft tools but also more developer friendly.

I did not have the same initial opinion of Open Source applications and found them both unreliable and difficult to implement and use. Joomla has dispelled my apprehension for Open Source applications. Who needs Microsoft anymore?

Joomla! features:

• Completely database driven site engines
• News, products or services sections fully editable and manageable
• Topics sections can be added to by contributing authors
• Fully customisable layouts including left, center and right menu boxes
• Browser upload of images to your own library for use anywhere in the site
• Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting booth for on-the-spot results
• Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX server, Solaris and AIX

Extensive Administration:

• Change order of objects including news, FAQs, articles etc.
• Random Newsflash generator
• Remote author submission module for News, Articles, FAQs and Links
• Object hierarchy - as many sections, departments, divisions and pages as you want
• Image library - store all your PNGs, PDFs, DOCs, XLSs, GIFs and JPEGs online for easy use
• Automatic Path-Finder. Place a picture and let Joomla! fix the link
• News feed manager. Choose from over 360 news feeds from around the world
• Archive manager. Put your old articles into cold storage rather than throw them out
• Email-a-friend and Print-format for every story and article
• In-line Text editor similar to Word Pad
• User editable look and feel
• Polls/Surveys - Now put a different one on each page
• Custom Page Modules. Download custom page modules to spice up your site
• Template Manager. Download templates and implement them in seconds
• Layout preview. See how it looks before going live
• Banner manager. Make money out of your site

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