What is Joomla?

Joomla is a free content management system (CMS) used to create websites. Joomla is a rebranded release of Mambo. Joomla is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.

Joomla allows web designers to construct sites by combining modules, and requires no knowledge of programming to use. Joomla's framework is written in PHP, as are the modules used to customize websites. There is a wide variety of modules available, including RSS feeds, polls, and language internationalization, which make it easy for Joomla users to publish content to the web, even with minimal web design experience. Joomla can also be used to publish information on intranets, making it a useful organizational tool.

Joomla is very easy to use and can be used by a person that doesn't know anything about coding. Almost anything is configurable or editable through the included admin panel and there are tons of third party modules and templates available for it. There are approximate 2 million websites using Joomla on the Internet. Joomla is arguably the most popular open source CMS in use today.