Joomla has taken the web design industry with a storm. Joomla is one of the leading content management systems in the world. A content management system is a software that allows a website owner to update the website content themselves without prior web design or technical skills. Joomla has seen a steady increase in demand as organisations require websites that can be updated on a frequent basis.
Today it is a common practice for businesses to demand websites that can be updated in-house without specialist technical skills. Businesses today understand the importance of content on a website and its impact on search engine ranking. Businesses require complete control over the content on their website and require a system that will allow them to make regular updates. Joomla allows web design companies to meet this challenge by providing powerful content management capabilities to websites.
Joomla provides a competitive advantage
By offering customers websites built with Joomla, a Web design company can gain a competitive advantage over its competitors. Joomla enables a web design company to design websites that are rich with many powerful features which in turn allows businesses to add value to their web presence.
Cost effective and scalable
Joomla has become popular with web design companies all over the world who are using Joomla to design powerful yet easy to use websites for businesses small or large. Joomla enables web designers to provide customers with a powerful and cost effective solution which is easily scalable to future enhancements.
Web designers can use Joomla equally effectively for smaller businesses who have limited budgets. Web designers can use Joomla to develop powerful dynamic websites in a cost effective manner. Web designers are able to develop dynamic websites that would have otherwise been out of reach for smaller due to high cost of development.
Open Source
Joomla is free open source software. Open source software provides web designers and software developers with complete flexibility to modify and enhance the system to suit specific requirements of a business. It does not limited designers and developer in any way who have full control over the code.
Joomla is Easy to use
Joomla is easy to understand and use. Unlike many other web and software applications, Joomla is easy to install and use. It can be hosted easily on most web hosting infrastructure. Web designers without knowledge of programming are also able to use Joomla with ease.
Joomla has an established community on the Internet
Joomla has a large established community on the internet. Information and tutorials are easy to find and there are many specialist blogs and forums that cater to the Joomla web design and development community. Resources are easy to find and access on the internet. The wide availability of a large selection of free add-on modules and components for Joomla further offers the opportunity to include many new features. A web designer can save time by using add-on modules and components to offer new powerful features on websites.
The time saved can be used to focus on other important issues that would have otherwise been overlooked. With practice Joomla can significantly reduce the development time of a project.
Joomla has been developed by experienced web designers and programmers who have already addressed most important factors into the software. Vital security and design issues have also been addressed and incorporated.
Training and resources are easily available
There are many tutorials and developer documentation freely available for use online. Web design companies find it easy to train their team in Joomla with the help of such readily available resources. There are many active Forums and Blogs specific to Joomla where technical queries can be posted and a quick response or support is usually available free of charge.