Joomla
Joomla! is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla! the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.
What's a content management system (CMS)?
A content management system is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your Web site, much like your local public library keeps track of books and stores them. Content can be simple text, photos, music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of. A major advantage of using a CMS is that it requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage. Since the CMS manages all your content, you don't have to.
What are some real world examples of what Joomla! can do?
Joomla is used all over the world to power web sites of all shapes and sizes. For example:
Corporate web sites or portals
Corporate intranets and extranets
Online magazines, newspapers, and publications
E-commerce and online reservations
Government applications
Small business web sites
Non-profit and organizational web sites
Community-based portals
School and church web sites
Personal or family home pages
Quick Joomla! Test Drive
Take a one-time quick Joomla ride. It will give you a good idea about the feel of Joomla before you start building your own site. The website is set up just for you, so you can make as many changes as you want.
Scroll down on their page to the Quick Joomla! Launch Test Drive button to go to their Control Panel to try it out.