TOP TOOLS
Joomla!
Joomla! is a powerful Content Management
Systems. It is used all over the world
for everything from simple websites to complex
corporate applications
| Website |
joomla.org/ |
| Cost |
Free |
| Availability |
Download |
|
Platform |
Fully operational web server
(Apache is the optimum), a database (MySQL is the
optimum) and the server side scripting language PHP
together with specific modules that are activated
within PHP for MySQL, XML, and Zlib functionality
amongst others. |
|
2007 ranking |
- |
|
2008 (Spring) ranking |
110= |
Comments from those who selected it as one of
their Top 10 Tools in 2008
- "The open source content management system
that powers my web site, my personal blog and helps me
keep track of content of interest."
Guy Boulet
- "Any organisation that wishes to support
learners at their point of need, as well as during
formal "courses" needs an effective content management
system. It needs to be searchable. It needs to allow
administrators (and even users) to add content easily.
And it needs to be flexible in terms of appearance and
navigation. There are many content management systems
out there. The commercial ones are tending to aim at
high-end usage; with multi-format publishing, workflows,
faceted search etc. For many applications, the range of
open source solutions is more than adequate. Each one
has its particular strengths; some have highly
comprehensive configuration interfaces, some are better
for bespoking, some provide immediately usable
out-of-the-box solutions. But I had to choose one for
this list. Joomla appears to have a strong development
team. The modules available, both in the standard
package, and as add-ons, are incredibly powerful. It
does require careful configuration, and good support, as
a complex site can become complex to change. At the
moment, though, this is tending to be top of my list for
content management.
"
