Joomla Platform Overview
Joomla is one of most popular open source CMS (content management system) in the world. With an estimated 2.7% of the global websites running on Joomla. This web solution is used by individuals, small & medium-sized businesses, and large organizations worldwide to easily create and build a variety of websites and web-enabled applications.
Through our own experience of Joomla development feel it’s certainly one of the top 3 solutions and with thousands of custom developed plugins and extensions available for free so any needed functionality may be achieved very fast and simple. There are many providers of themes which can then be customised further saving on design costs.
We can offer full range of custom Joomla services
- Joomla hosting
- Joomla installation and set-up help
- Joomla custom configuration
(custom login, custom fields and pages, custom forms and blocks)
- Joomla management and updating
- Custom Joomla modules and plug-ins writing
- Joomla bridging and linking with various open-source and licensed software
- Joomla themes design and custom templates creation
- Joomla regular backup and restore
- Migration from and to Joomla
- Custom Joomla development
Open source or licensed software
Joomla is completely free and open-source and this means no upfront costs, just the time to set up and then hosting and any backup charges.
Joomla is subject to on-going improvements and new features in order to keep pace with the competitors and also changes in the search engines and web browsers, so the developers' community of Joomla produce new releases.
Main uses and applications for Joomla
Joomla is very good for building professional looking web solutions and web applications due to its flexibility and robust working.
It's started as just simple site creation software, but has evolved to be used as full Content Management System and so much more through the thousands of plugins, widgets, and themes; now Joomla is limited only by your imagination.
How do we start our Joomla solution development
Webefficient complete a detailed review of your requirements so that these can be assessed against the solution being considered if there are missing features we rank these in order to understand the priority and effects on the businesses and if they are not standard features or modules available free or be purchased or whether this functions is new development and produce estimates. By following a logical approach to the business needs and cost control we don’t waste money!
Just some of the Joomla features included:
Visual themes for Joomla – offer the ability to choose between many different visually stunning themes for your site.
Modules for Joomla – in this moment there are more than 8000 custom modules for Joomla available on their site for free download. So in most cases desired custom functionality beside the standard installation can be achieved very fast. For custom modules development for Joomla you can contact us.
- Example Joomla modules:
- Joomla e-Commerce
- PayPal API and other payment gateways
- Address builder APIs
- Web forms
- Forums modules
- Joomla bridging modules
- Clients and Communities
- Feedback modules
- And many more.
Of course you may require some custom Joomla functionality that will require some custom Joomla development services. We can provide custom modules and plugins development for Joomla as well as Joomla core modifications.
What to consider when deciding on content management solutions:
Is the solution subject to regular updates so that improvements to the code and functionality are continually being made? The answer is yes. The size of the community using the solution has a clear relationship to the improvements plan as large numbers will demand enhancements and improvements.
Joomla’s community size: around ONE MILLION globally.
Open-source.
Is the solution open-source or licenced. This can have an effect on the set up costs and also possible restrictions as if the solution is licenced there may not be the possibility to get access to the full code library which could impact on your needs if you have very specific development improvements in mind that are specific to your business needs.
Hosting and on-going costs are an important factor to consider as well as support for future customisation and of course backups of data and the site itself.
Please check our special offers for Joomla hosting and development
Integration Options
Ability to link up with or integration with other software like: address builder, payments gateways, accounts software, CRM software and newsletter solutions like constant contact and vertical response.
Joomla: May be bridged and linked to CRMs, e-commerce solutions, existing web-sites.
SEO
Any website needs to be search engine friendly so the site and all its content get indexed by the search engines and your investment in online selling can be found!
Joomla offers a lot of well-developed SEO modules and extensions. Also we can create a custom SEO for Joomla if you wish.
Our conclusion
There are a large number of Content Management Solutions available, but we think Joomla is one of the better solutions, but before we suggest a particular solution be used we complete a detailed review of your requirements.
Overview (1 tab title)
Overview
- Scoping & Analysis
- Workflow Analysis
- Specification developmnt
- Design
- Development
- Project management
- Testing
- Documentation and user guides
- Support and customisation
- Migrations and upgrades
- API / Integration
Resource (tab 2 title)
Resource
- Wikipedia: Joomla
- Joomla site
Special offers & Discounts (tab 3 title)
Special offers & Discounts
- For our web development services, we offer:
- 1) Web 25.
- 2) Discounts for technical resource and customisation work where there is a hosting contract in place.
- 3) Discounts are available for nonprofit organisations.
Quote & Inquiry (tab 4 title)
Quote & Inquiry