4. Applications Corporate websites or portals Online commerce Small business websites Non-profit and organizational websites Government applications Corporate intranets and extranets School and church websites Personal or family homepages Community-based portals Magazines and newspapers
5. Here are just some examples of the hundreds of available extensions: Dynamic form builders Business/organizational directories Document management Image and multimedia galleries E-commerce and shopping cart engines Forums and chat software Calendars Blogging software Directory services Email newsletters Data collection and reporting tools Banner advertising systems Subscription services
6. Joomla! for Developers Integrated e-commerce systems Inventory control systems Data reporting tools Custom product catalogs Complex business directories Reservation systems Communication tools Application bridges
7. Administration:Â 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
8. 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 siteÂ
20. Comparison with Drupal and Vignette Web CMS (commercial) Feature Drupal Joomla Vignette Shell Access For installation (other than ftp) No No Yes Audit Trail (Track of changes made) Yes No Yes Granular Privileges (for each section/pages) Yes No Yes Session Management (user tracking) Yes Yes No Drag and Drop Content Add on No Yes Web Statistics Yes Yes Cost extra Trash (Recycle Bin) No Yes Yes
21. Comparison with Drupal and Vignette Web CMS (commercial) Feature Drupal Joomla Vignette FTP Support (to upload internal content) Limited Yes No Product Management Add On Yes Yes Mail Form Add On Yes Costs Extra Blog Yes Yes Costs Extra Chat Add On Add On No Discussion / Forum Yes Add On Costs Extra Package Deployment No No Yes