Most CMS's

CMS = Content Management System

Are used to organize and facilitate collaborative content creation. Many of them are built on top of separate content management frameworks. The list is limited to notable services.

What is WordPress?

A content management system is a software platform that lets you build and manage digital content without writing code. Created in 2003 by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, WordPress replaced manual HTML and CSS coding with an intuitive dashboard. It is written in PHP and uses a MySQL or MariaDB database.

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About Joomla!

Joomla! is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content. Over the years Joomla! has won several awards. It is built on a model–view–controller web application framework that can be used independently of the CMS that allows you to build powerful online applications.

Joomla! is one of the most popular website softwares, thanks to its global community of developers and volunteers, who make sure the platform is user friendly, extendable, multilingual, accessible, responsive, search engine optimized and so much more.

Joomla! in the real (online) world

Joomla! is used all over the world to power millions of websites of all shapes and sizes.

Joomla! can be used for:

  • Corporate websites or portals, intranets and extranets
  • Small business websites
  • Online magazines, newspapers, and publications
  • E-commerce and online reservations
  • Government, non-profit and organisational websites
  • Community-based, school and church websites or portals
  • Personal or family homepages …

Being a web agency, how can Joomla! help me?

If you’re an agency who develops websites for your customers, Joomla! is the perfect tool for you (have a look at our benefits and features). Designed to be easy to install and set up, even if you’re not an advanced user. With a short learning curve you’ll be able to quickly build sites for your clients. Then, with a minimal amount of instruction, you can empower your clients to easily manage their own sites themselves.
If your clients need specialised functionality, Joomla! is highly extensible and thousands of extensions (most for free under the GPL license) are available in the Joomla! Extensions Directory.

As a developer, can I use Joomla! in a more advanced way?

Some companies and organisations have requirements that go beyond what is available in the Joomla! Core package. In those cases, Joomla’s powerful application framework makes it easy for developers to create sophisticated add-ons that extend the power of Joomla into virtually unlimited directions.

The core Joomla! Framework enables developers to quickly and easily build:

  • Inventory control systems
  • Data reporting tools
  • Application bridges
  • Custom product catalogs
  • Integrated e-commerce systems
  • Complex business directories
  • Reservation systems
  • Communication tools

Since Joomla! is based on PHP and MySQL, you’re building powerful applications on an open platform anyone can use, share, and support.
To find out more information on leveraging the Joomla! Framework, visit the Joomla! Framework site.

There is also extensive developer documentation on manual.joomla.org. 

Joomla! seems the right solution for me. How do I get started?

Joomla! is free, open, and available to anyone under the GPL license. Read Getting Started with Joomla! to find out the basics.

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About Xoops

XOOPS is a web application platform written in PHP for the MySQL database. Its object orientation makes it an ideal tool for developing small or large community websites, intra company andncorporate portals, weblogs and much more.

The main Project websites are:

Project development: http://github.com/xoops
Project and community support: https://xoops.org
nModules: http://github.com/XoopsModules25x
Themes: http://github.com/XoopsThemes

XOOPS is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and is free to use and modify. Itnis free to redistribute as long as you abide by the distribution terms of the GPL.