Chapter 1. Content Management Systems and an Introduction to Joomla!
In This Chapter
On today’s Internet, if your website doesn’t have rich functionality or fresh content, you will find yourself at a disadvantage. The idea of powering websites with content management systems (CMSs) has been around for some time, but it is only recently—thanks to high-quality open source CMS scripts such as Joomla—that you and I can now use these powerful CMS tools.
In this chapter, I explain in detail the difference between a traditional website and one that uses a CMS. I also provide a look at the history of Joomla and give an overview of some of its features. This chapter answers the following questions:
• What is a CMS, and how is it different from a traditional ...
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