Why use JOOMLA?

Question to JOOMLA users: why do you use it? How does it compare to other CMS? What are the, hidden and obvious, costs involved? Please don't paste Joomla's "Why use joomla" page here. I'm interested in ACTUAL USERS' reasons for and experiences in using Joomla.

Thanks in advance

 

joomla has

* a great community
* tons of extension

and joomla is very complex and flexible cms and there is no cost for it. most of the extensions are gpl

 

It has without doubt the biggest support community which is makes its strongest point. One can get mods and components for nearly anything and if there are none available, there are plenty of developers available to develop custom ones.

 

Great plugins, very easy admin interface to work with, easily understood.
I use joomla, and i prefer it over many CMS's.

 

Is it easy to setup and use?

 

And don't forget that its open source . The problem with joomla its mysql server resource consumption.

 

Any fixes to this?

 

Free, Easy, open source, many plugin. It's my reason to use Joomla

 

I'm using joomla for:

- ...rocketthemes, joomlart and other great themes.
- ...ijoomla magazine, sidebars and mosets (commercial components)
- ...security

 

Hi,

I also am interested in Joomla since I am looking at a redesign of links dot com. However, so far I haven't heard any specifics. The reasons given in this thread are pretty much the same as I hear for WordPress and Drupal. Does anyone have any specific advantages that they can name/explain? Thanks.

Rich

 

i use joomla because i found it the easiest to get started with once you got over the initial learning curve.

it has a lot of great extensions which you can get mostly for free.

it basically did everything i wanted and looked the part.

i know i am doing this guy a huge favour keep posting links to his website but if you look at www.kongceptdesign.co.uk
that is a cool looking joomla site.

achievable by anyone really

I was reading about a comparison and competition of all of the CMS's and drupal won. Joomla just looked easier to me.

 

for me, joomla has everything you need.. a lot of component can be use in joomla. such as forum, chat room, e-shopping cart, picture gallery, blog and many more.. so, if you thing your website need to use forum, just install the forum component and ready to use.

basicly you should know what your website are about.. if it a web portal that has forum, pic gallery, i recommend use joomla. if you want to add download section, just install the component... easy to use and install. and a lot of support. every country have their own joomla support.

here a some of website use joomla:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4186222118757927821&hl=en

 

-Looks great
-Good Extensions
-Easy to handle (good backend)
-iJoomla Magazine (as someone else pointed out above, its a very very useful mod)

 

What about Drupal? It ain't too shabby.

 

joomla is excellent...the only drawback i've seen yet is the member content submission system that comes with it...its too complicated for the average user.

someone needs to make a custom submission component.

otherwise, joomla is a dream to work with.

 

its open source, its easy to setup and use...

 

Can a complete noob use it? Does it have easy customization tools?

 

It takes a little bit of getting used to, but with their incredible support community to help, it is just a matter of time before you're making powerful, feature rich, kick-ass websites!

 

1 word , Community Community Community

 

There shouldn't be any probs with server load unless you're running a ton of components or some of the heavy hitters (like the SEF extensions), have high traffic or you're on a shared server with limited resources anyway. The "fix" is to be economical with your use of extensions/mods/components, discard anything you don't use and if you're serious run your installation on a dedicated server where you can tweak & optimise the performance.