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e-mehmet says:
Good cms  
5.0
 
written about 1 year ago

A content management system that I use very satisfied

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Darrell Ulm says:
Joomla, excellent and Flexible CMS  
5.0
 
written almost 6 years ago

Joomla is an excellent and Flexible PHP MySQL / MariaDB based CMS. Has nice themes and user interface for complex sites.

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simas says:
Easy and powerful  
5.0
 
written over 10 years ago

Extremely easy and powerful, already use the years of development alive today and it has benefited many customers.

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davidjoly says:
What a great community  
5.0
 
written over 14 years ago

From the simplest to the most complex project you can't wish for a more friendly and competent community of developers. Chances are if you're looking for something specific that you can find it the extensions that are available.

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...Shigorin says:
Insecure and immature  
1.0
   
written over 14 years ago

Short version: among php/mysql ones, look closer at Drupal for something like Joomla but created with security in mind -- or at TYPO3 if you need *really* flexible high-end CMS. Joomla is neither.

Longer version: over the years mambo/joomla folks managed to surprise me with both hideous security flaws constantly found in it (believe me, I do remember the very similar buzz on phpnuke and reading up bugtraq@ to patch it real quick week after week) -- and the immaturity feeling: licensing jumps, the lack of proper automatic navigation means, "in a year we'll have some more TYPO3 features".

I've hosted joomla sites and consulted on replacing another one with TYPO3-based one after it being broken through -- TYPO3 *is* hard but getting stuck with stuff like Joomla or Windows, no, thanks.

2 developers: sorry, I don't want to hurt your feelings, but I just don't use/recommend your product due to what's described above -- still hoping that this will change.

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...s Jesson says:
Joomla is Incredible Platform  
5.0
 
written over 14 years ago

I have been using Joomla for a while now and absolutely love it. It is missing one critical element, better access control, seems Joomla 1.6 to be addressing this.

It’s easy install and setup by just mouse. The user and administrative interface for Joomla was one of the best designed among other CMS.

I’m building websites on this incredible platform and when it comes to mission critical, Joomla saves the day. I appreciate all the hard work that has gone into the development. I can't praise Joomla enough. I have been using Joomla on shared and VPS server environments and have had not one problem. It’s a good choice.

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lanesa says:
I Love Joomla!!!!  
0.0
 
written over 15 years ago

This is the first experience I've had with a CMS that was as easy to install as Joomla and add to the look and feel and functionality. I lovvvveee it!!!

5 Kudos for the JOOMLA Developers and Designers and especially those that have taken the time to write books, tutorials and create trainings.

Lanesa

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...ifeFight says:
Joomla! is clunky and inflexible  
2.0
   
written over 15 years ago

I've use to work with Joomla! on many occasions and use to be a big advocate, until I saw what you really should be able to do with a CMS (if you can call Joomla a CMS) and I have vowed never to use it ever again.

If all you want is to get a prepackaged theme and use the core components and modules, you'll probably get by. But as soon as you want to customize the fine grained details (e.g. pagination, permissions, etc) you will keep hitting brick walls trying to find a component or module that does what the Joomla! core should have been able to do in the first place.

The administration interface can be very confusing and cluttered with distracting and vague fields and attributes.

If you're making a small site which is just a hobby and will probably not grow or expand, Joomla will probably work for you. Otherwise I would look in to more flexible systems like Drupal, eZ Publish or django.

Remember, the foundation you lay for your website can crumble as you continue to build your site if you do not choose the right concrete (CMS).

2 out of 5 users found the following review helpful.
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j says:
Joomla is a great, if not the best ...  
5.0
 
written over 15 years ago

Joomla is so great!

I mean, there are a few negatives but here are the positives to using Joomla. Joomla is easily to install, and if you need any help you can always refer to the manual. Joomla also has a great modification base, making endless possibilities to the site you may want to have. Joomla also has a great support and development base, which means that if you ever need help you can get it at their forums.

Joomla is constantly being developed on, no matter if it's the core itself, or maybe a modification, but Joomla is always going to come out with something to excite you and make your site better.

But as there are pros to a good CMS such as Joomla, there are cons.

A major con is the modifications, and how they can only support either J 1.0 or J 1.5. Which version is totally up to your preference, but sometimes a modification may only be for another version, which may be a bummer. 1.5 has this neat thing called 1.5 Legacy, but that doesn't always work out as planned. So one of the cons of Joomla is that not all modifications you want can be used in your version.

The same thing goes with skins. That's a bummer.

Another con of Joomla is that it has set usergroup and permissions for you, which sort of makes it hard to set things such as a person who just does the skins for your site, and the person who makes the articles and such. But there are workarounds, I've seen two modifications that fix this.

Another con is also the SEO/SEF that Joomla has. It's not a major con because there are many great mods that fix it, but the SEO/SEF isn't built in.

I guess that's pretty much it about my feelings about Joomla. It has a great learning curve, and it is one of the best CMS there is. So why haven't you tried it? (I love this project so much that I have put effort into translating J! into another language.) You should try it.

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TitanKing says:
It is great!  
0.0
 
written almost 16 years ago

I have been using Joomla for many years from the Mambo days, it is awesome. It is missing one critical element, better access control. Attention to this area seems to be ignored all these years, Joomla 1.6 seems to be addressing this.

1 out of 3 users found the following review helpful.
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