Joomla is a open source content management system. Though WordPress can be used very successfully as a CMS, Joomla is a more feature rich system. If you are currently using WordPress and feel that you need more features, such as an e-commerce system, then my personal recommendation is to upgrade to Joomla.
Though Joomla is very easy to use and understand, the administrator backend is slightly different from WordPress. Instead of creating content and it automatically appearing on the front page, in Joomla you must specify where the content will appear. This is done by creating the content first and then placing links to the content from the assorted menu options. Joomla has an excellent user manual that is available online for free. Many of the most popular add-ins for Joomla are also free. I have included a simple list below that links directly to some of the more useful and popular add-ins.
1.0. The main reason is that most of the add-ins currently available will not perform properly in There are currently two versions of Joomla available: Joomla 1.0 and Joomla 1.5. For beginners, I would recommend the latest stable release of JoomlaJoomla 1.5. Since it is a relatively new release, the volunteer developers responsible for creating most of the components and modules have not had time to rewrite their programs to work with 1.5. In addition, most of the templates that are currently available will only work with Joomla 1.0.
A great resource for Joomla templates, components, and training is JoomlaShack.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would say that the typical Joomla install is about a five or a six. You certainly don’t have to be an expert, but you should be comfortable using FTP and ‘power user’ level technology.
Of course, if you have any general questions, please feel free to contact me.
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