The CMS Advantage

There is a long discussion going on about which one of the three leading open-source web content management systems (CMS) is better: Joomla, Drupal or Wordpress. Here is our view on the topic.

Joomla today announces that its core files have been downloaded more than 30 million times from Joomla.org. Joomla now averages around 1 million downloads every month.

Joomla’s Popularity Grew by 40% in 2011, with 3100 Government Agencies Using Joomla for Websites, Blogs and Intranets

We conducted a small feasibility study researching a possibility of creating dozens of web sites for link building purposes. Below are our findings. There are no major revelations away from what is already available on the net, but some important factors are clarified, so enjoy, and if you have something to add, don't be shy to use the Comments field.

A new website with high visibility on search engines might seem prohibitively expensive to small business owners.

Starting out exclusively as an SEO firm in 2001 under the name of Anna Tulchinsky Web Consultancy, Joomla Bliss was launched to help small business owners market their services on a shoestring but without sacrificing quality or professionalism.

Joomla Bliss appreciates that a website design project involves multiple stakeholders; it requires clear and consistent communications and disciplined project management practices. We understand that some rework is unavoidable and will work until we are ensure that the client is fully satisfied with the results. Based on our experience and client feedback we developed what we believe is a “ZERO-RISK” strategy for our clients:

Designed-in quality:

• Use cases are mapped out in granular detail and discussed with the client
• Live prototype of a website and navigation/usability flow is created early in the project (design-from-the-end strategy)
• Coding and QA are conducted by a professional software developer

Prompt communications protocol:

• All emails are acknowledged
• Replies are provided promptly
• Meetings are scheduled upon client request at no additional charge

Granular project management:

Fixed-cost all-inclusive contract:

Client involvement in the design process:

Joomla, a popular open source content management system, was recently upgraded to a 3.0 release (as of September 27, 2012) with enhanced database integration, administrative tools and optimization for mobile devices. A 3.01 security fix went out Tuesday, October 9, 2012.

"The Joomla CMS can now display content on mobile devices as clearly and distinctly as it does on a personal computer or Mac," according to a statement issued by the project after this version's completion late last month."This innovation makes Joomla the first major CMS that includes the Twitter Bootstrap framework that enables it to be 100 percent mobile-friendly by default."

In order to get success in developing PHP sites it is necessary to have a good development environment. While producing websites it is often necessary to edit HTML, CSS and JavaScript files. That is why usable IDE should supply all those file types and provide full set of tools for effective development.

This article includes reviews of the most popular IDEs: Codelobster PHP Edition, Eclipse PDT, Komodo IDE, NetBeans IDE, PHPStorm, NuSphere PhpED.

How to Translate Your Website Contents into Various Languages Using Joomla 1.7

Joomla 1.7 does not require JoomFish or other components to enable multilingual support. This support is built in Joomla 1.7 natively, although we don't find it particularly intuitive. There is a couple of steps that one needs to know to get it all going smoothly.

Below is a simple step-by-step summary of how to enable multilingual feature in Joomla 1.7:

Graphic Makeover for Your Website: Building a website is not unlike building a house. Supporting and growing your website is also very similar to decorating your house.

Website Graphics on a Shoestring : First of all, get used to the idea that there is no end to it.

You can always do more for your website! You can always find yet better images, better icons, better image rotators, newer plugins and modules to highlight various content elements on your site, and so on. You need to know where to stop. Remember, your revenue won't come from graphics. So long as your website looks nice, pleasant and professional - you are fine!