University of PalestineCollege of Information TechnologyManagement Information Systems

Supervised ByMS .  Rasha Ragheb Atallah 26. Dec. 2009

Prepared By

Soheir Al-mursheidiManar abd elrahman

CMSContent Management System

Joomla

Today, users are demanding more from Web sites. It’s not enough to have static text on your Web site — not if you

want a steady stream of visitors.

You’ve got to update your pages continually, making your site fresh and keeping it new.

You’ve got to have an attractively, professionally formatte site.

You’ve got to have tons of extras: polls and e-mail signups and newsflashes and menus, and more.

What's a content management system (CMS)?

A content management system is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your Web site, much like your local

public library keeps track of books and stores them.

Content can be simple text, photos, music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of.

A major advantage of using a CMS is that it requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage.

Now you can. Content management systems ( CMSes(

letting people put together spectacular sites with very little work.Want to publish a new article on your site? No problem. Want to

let usersrate your articles with a clickable bar of stars? Also no problem.

Want to linkyour articles with a cool system of drop-down menus? No trouble.

Want tolet people log into your site to gain special privileges? No worries.

Want to letusers search every page on your site?

no problem at all

Examples of site management

Drupal

Joomla

infinity

Word press

Arab portalt

php-fusion

Mem HTPortal

Data life

Welcome To The New Era

Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online

applications.

Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available.

Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.

What is Joomla?

What are some real world examples of what Joomla! can do?

For example:

Corporate Web sites or portalsCorporate intranets and extranets

Online magazines, newspapers, and publicationsE-commerce and online reservations

Government applicationsSmall business Web sites

Non-profit and organizational Web sitesSchool and church Web sites

Personal or family homepages

Advantages of Joomla :

FREE and Open Source Full fledged CMS

More powerful and robust than wordpress user management, search, polls,

template management, and integrated help Admin much more than just articles

Other plug-ins - Events and Event Registration, E-commerce, Chats, Forums, Communities

Tons of info in youtube videos or searching for tutorials as well

Disadvantages of Joomla

Wordpress is better for simpler sites

Java script and CSS can get bulky -Slower loading time

Development is too clumsy if you want to change the layout

May need a developer for some of the changes .

Sites using Joomla

www.up.edu.ps

http://www.nzmac.com

http://www.ropl.org

http://www.jenerate.com

Thank You!Thank You!