CHAPTER 7Joomla! Extensions
One of the undeniable reasons for Joomla's popularity is the broad spectrum of available extensions. Joomla's celebrated extensibility means much more than adding new templates. Through modules, components, and plug-ins, almost any type of web functionality can be incorporated into your site.
Popular additional features include shopping cart technology, RSS aggregation, shoutbox communication, forums, chat rooms, stock tickers, visitor maps, wiki collaborative authoring, inventory management, and customer relationship management (CRM) functionality. Essentially, Joomla can be expanded to fulfill nearly any web-related need. You can check out the broad range of extensions listed on the main Joomla site at http://extensions.joomla.org ...
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