Joomla is one of the most powerful open source content management systems (cms) around. Written in PHP, it is distributed under GNU General Public License. It is full of features that allow you to create any type of websites, whether it would be personal, corporate, blog, social network and more. Together with Drupal are the most popular cms in the world.
Joomla supports templating system that allows you to easily change the look and feel of your site. There are many free and paid professionally designed templates available. And most of them can be easily edited if you want to change some parts. In addition to templating system, this content management system supports extension system. The extension system extends Joomla functionality by adding new features. The so-called components add even more functionality to Joomla. There are more than 3000 extensions available in extension directory website.
List of features:
* User management – (add, edit users with various types of options and permissions)
* Media management – (manage media folders and files, configure MIME types, etc)
* Banner management – (rotate banners, add, edit, clicks etc.)
* Web Link management
* Content Management (publish articles, create static pages, edit content and more)
* Menu – manage menus
* Syndication and newsfeed
And much much more features. Check joomla.org website for more details on features, where to download joomla, support etc.
HostGator Joomla Review
I just installed Joomla on hostgator hosted website rsmkd.com. Works flawlessly and fast. You can access my joomla site at rsmkd.com/joomla/ . Though it is not advised to install Joomla via fantastico I installed it just for test purposes. Always install software manually, because the latest version is not always up to date on Fantastico one-click installer.