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Joomla is a free web-based system used to create and manage websites or blogs. It is very simple and easy to use. Using Joomla, you can easily manage all of your articles, blog posts, photos, videos, user comments, website layout and functionality. That is why Joomla is called a   powerful Content Management System (CMS).

The word ‘Joomla’ means ‘all together’ in Swahili language. Joomla was started in year 2005 as a fork from Mambo CMS. Since then its popularity has risen very rapidly with more than 15 million downloads due to its powerful features, vast availability of free extensions and templates. There are more than 200,000 Joomla developers and millions of websites are being developed using Joomla.

Joomla has been used to build a wide variety of websites including personal blogs, corporate portals, ecommerce sites, small business websites, non-profit organization sites, government websites, online newspapers, school websites etc. Since Joomla and most of its extensions, modules and templates are available completely free of cost, you save a lot of money and time.

For creating websites in Joomla you only need a Web Browser with internet connection. You don’t even need to know any programming or web designing. Joomla does all the coding part for you with its extensions and templates. Joomla is Operating System independent and Browser independent.

You can install Joomla on your machine locally for testing purposes or on a remote web server. There are only a few easy steps to follow to install Joomla and quickly get started.

Joomla Templates control how your website will be laid out. You can change the look and feel of your website instantly by customizing the template or choosing another Joomla Template. There are lots of free Joomla templates available for your use.

If you want to build complex websites or online web applications, Joomla provides more than 4000 extensions or modules to help you build that functionality. Joomla components are driven by a menu item and Joomla modules provide lightweight functionality.

Using Joomla you can even build a multilingual multi-user website. Joomla can recognize your website visitor’s language preference and display him the page in that language.

So, whether you want a build a sophisticated website or a simple blog or work for creating websites for others, Joomla is the right choice for you.