JOOMLA A WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

JOOMLA A WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Mr. C.A. Patil
Jaysingpur College, Jaysingpur
of code and to make the website

Abstract

development process more flexible. CMS

This is a research paper on Content
Management

Systems.

Content

Management Systems are getting used in

building number of websites now a day.

platforms allow users to centralize data

editing, publishing and modification on a
single back-end interface. CMS platforms
are often used as BLOG Softwares.

This document discusses the difference

between building a website using a CMS

II.

than to building a web application using

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

the existing web technologies like J2ee,dot

net, php etc. It also discusses the
advantageous as well as disadvantageous
of

Content

Management

System.

Keywords - CMS Content Management

Systems

WHAT

IS

CONTENT

A content management application

will allow content manager and author to
manage the creation, modification and
removal of content from activity operators
website. This means one can easily add
content to web site without having to be a
developer. A CMS may also provide tools

I. INTRODUCTION

for one-to-one marketing. This is the

A Content Management System
(CMS) is a computer program that allows
publishing, editing and modifying content
as well as maintenance from a central
interface.

Such

management

systems

provide

of

content

procedures

to

ability of the website to tailor its content

and advertise to a visitor's specific
characteristics. It does this by using
information that is either provided the
visitor themselves, or gathered by the
website.

manage workflow in a collaborative

environment. These procedures can be

III. MAIN FEATURES

manual steps or an automated cascade. The

first content management system (CMS)
was announced at the end of the 1990s.
This CMS was designed to simplify the

The core function of content

management

is

to

present

information on web sites. CMS features

vary widely from system to system.

complex task of writing numerous versions

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Simple systems showcase a handful of

bottom line. Your site content must be

features, while other releases, notably

updated instantly and constantly, and the

enterprise systems, offer more complex

site must be up all the time--with zero

and

CMS

tolerance for errors and bad information,

include Web-based publishing, format

from any source. Perhaps a product

management, revision control (version

manager,

control), indexing, search, and retrieval.

communications or both must approve

The CMS increments the version number

changes before they're posted to the site.

when new updates are added to an already-

It's likely that you're handling purchases

existing file. A CMS may serve as a central

and other transactional content online. As

repository containing documents, movies,

your sites become more critical and

pictures, phone numbers, and scientific

complex, you need tools to automate

data. CMSs can be used for storing,

management. CMS is the option for you.

controlling,

In short we can summarize the need of

powerful

functions.

revising,

Most

semantically

enriching and publishing documentation

IV.

NEED

OF

CONTENT

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

someone

in

corporate

CMS as follows. To save money rather

than keep paying web designers for every
update. To help you show up on the first
page of Google CMSs have become

What is the actual need of CMS

commonplace and easy to use You can do

over the web technologies? Consider an

update your site quickly and easily

example in which your site complexity has

yourself. it is easier and easier to put up

exploded. Dynamic content of all kinds is

Web pages with no knowledge of HTML.

assembled on the fly from back-end

databases

and

middle-tier

application

servers, coded in multiple scripts and

V. PROBLEMS WITH TRADITIONAL

WEB TECHNOLOGIES

languages, and served via Web server

Lots of time and money are spent

farms distributed across the country and

managing static content: especially with

around the world. The number of hits has

sites that have hundreds or thousands of

increased exponentially, and the content

pages Sites are growing and increasingly

has changed too. Now, your humble Web

have lots of content. Successful sites

site is a portal and a place of business--not

rapidly accumulate large amounts of

just a showcase or information repository.

content. Managing the Content: There is

A broken link or bad code isn't just

no easy way to manage it and secure it.

embarrassing; it has an impact on the

Keeping the Content Consistent: The

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design of pages and the 'style' of the site

automated checks and balances to ensure

are inextricably linked with the content

that pages get placed correctly, that

itself - to updating content you must use

navigation

people with HTML experience or risk

maintained, and that the appropriate

errors and style problems Maintaining the

people control the process along the way.

Content: Significant IT time and financial

To make this happen, good Web content

resources are being used on managing

management packages separate content

content. Separating the originators of the

(written material, images, streaming audio,

content from the authors: this costs time

video and anything else that makes up

and money, and accuracy and currency A

Web pages) from presentation of content

site needs a CMS if it requires/needs any

(templates), and they include strong

of the following:

workflow capabilities.

Database orientation
Particularly if High volume
High number of hits
High peaks
Multiple sites
Changing content
Varying content sources
Brand identity
Multiple authors, contributors, and

editors
Personalization
Differential display
Integration of related functions
Openness
Division of labor
Need for flexibility

trees

are

created

and

When more than one person is

responsible for generating new content the
issues get more involved, particularly
when the authors are not in the same
location. Typically at

this

point

of

complexity web sites have turned to some

form of dynamic content, where the web
page is built by an application, which
gathers the different components into some
organized structure either dynamically
(e.g. for each user request) or statically
(e.g. writing out the generated web page
periodically perhaps whenever new
content arrives).

VI.

IDEAL

CONTENT

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Adding

few

additional

capabilities to this dynamic content, such

In their most basic form, Web

as security, auditability, and search and

content management systems should allow

concurrency control brings us into the

each content producer to create pages and

realm of content management. Content

feed them to the publishing system. The

Management

system

administering web sites with extensive or

must

have

customized

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complex content, or web sites where

phone numbers, and scientific data. CMSs

access to the content must be controlled.

can be used for storing, controlling,

A good content manager makes it

easy for the authors of content to publish

revising,

at the same time make it easy for the user

of the web site to find and access to the
content they require and are allowed
access to. Content Management can handle

enriching

and

publishing documentation.

their material onto the web site, without

conflicting with other authors, and should

semantically

Broadly the different CMS can be

classified as under.
1. Web content management system:
2. Component content management system
3. Enterprise content management systems

the complex issues of online catalogs and

their related e-commerce functionality,

VIII.

tying dynamic content seamlessly with

Management System)

web applications.

Content

content management system (CMS) for

Depending upon the scenario & the

need different types of CMS are available.
The core function of content management
systems is to present information on web

publishing web content. It is built on a

modelviewcontroller web application
framework that can be used independently
of the CMS.

sites. CMS features vary widely from

to

(Web

Joomla is a free and open-source

VII. TYPES OF CMS

system

JOOMLA

system.

Simple

systems

Joomla is written in PHP, uses

object-oriented

programming

(OOP)

showcase a handful of features, while

techniques

other releases, notably enterprise systems,

software design patterns, stores data in a

offer

powerful

MySQL, MS SQL (since version 2.5), or

functions. Most CMS include Web-based

PostgreSQL (since version 3.0) database,

publishing, format management, revision

and includes features such as page

control (version control), indexing, search,

caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of

and retrieval. The CMS increments the

pages, news flashes, blogs, search, and

version number when new updates are

support for language internationalization.

more

complex

and

added to an already-existing file. A CMS

may

serve

as

central

repository

containing documents, movies, pictures,

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(since

version

1.5)

and

As of November 2016, Joomla! has

been downloaded over 78 million times.
Over
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extensions are available from the official
Joomla! Extension Directory, and more are
available

from

other

sources.

It

is

estimated to be the second most used

content

management

system

on

the

Internet, after WordPress.

IX. AWARDS (Joomla)
The Joomla! CMS has received

2012- Infoworld Bossie Awards - Best

Open Source Application
2014 - CMS Critic People's Choice
Awards - Best Open Source PHP CMS
2015 - CMS Critic People's Choice
Awards - Best Free CMS
2016 - CMS Critic People's Choice
Awards - Best Free CMS
X. JOOMLA FEATURES:

many awards and recognitions since it was

created back in 2005

As an award winning CMS led by

an international community of more than a

2005 - Linux & Open Source Awards in

London Best Linux / Open Source Project

half million active contributors, helping

2006 - Packt Open Source Awards - Best

Open Source CMS UK Linux & Open
Source Awards Best Linux / Open Source
Project - Joomla! Wins Again at UK
LinuxWorld

web developer make their digital visions a

the most inexperienced user to seasoned

reality.
Here are some of the Joomla! Features you
will love.

2007 - Packt Open Source Awards - Best

PHP Open Source CMS
2008 - Packt Open Source Awards Open
Source CMS Most Valued Person Personal award Johan Janssens 1st
Runner-up Best Open Source CMS 1st
Runner-up Best Overall Open Source
CMS

1) Multilingual:
Joomla! is the most popular and widely
supported open source multilingual CMS
platform in the world, offering over 65
languages.
creators

Webmasters

can

create

and

websites

content
to

be

2009 - Packt Open Source Awards Open

Source CMS Most Valued Person Personal award Louis Landry 1st Runnerup Packt Hall of Fame CMS 2nd Runnerup Best Open Source CMS

presented in multiple languages, without

2010 - Packt Open Source Awards - 2nd

Runner-up Hall of Fame CMS

set of capabilities that can make websites

2011 - Packt Open Source Awards - Best

Open Source CMS

much larger audience.

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ever needing to step outside of the options

available in the Joomla! core software.
This is a big step forward and represents a
much more accessible, reaching out to a

2) Well Supported
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Our

worldwide,

enthusiastic

community is filled with individuals, and

the Super Users on the site an email

notification.

teams of world class developers and

4) Integrated Help System

business consultants who actively help at

Joomla! has an in-app contextual help

no cost in the forums.

There are thousands of professional
Joomla! Service providers throughout the
world who can help build, maintain and
market

your

Joomla!

Projects.

The

Joomla! Community has a vetted directory

of just some of these providers at the
Joomla! Resources Directory.
3) Easy Updates
One of the big challenges with any
software is keeping it up to date.
Fortunately, Joomla! has a "One Click

system to help every level of user to

operate their Joomla. Most pages have a
help button in the top right, helping you
fully understand all options on that page.
There is also a glossary explaining the
terms in plain English, a version checker
makes sure you're using the latest version,
a system information tool helps you
troubleshoot. If all else fails, links to a
wealth of online resources for additional
help and support are available, such as
Joomla! Documentation and User Forum.

Version Update" feature to make this

process super easy for users of any skill

5) Media Manager

level.
The built-in updater also has an
automated checker which notifies you if
anything needs updating; this includes
notifications of the core software and
Joomla! extension that utilize this feature.
Keeping your site up to date is the single
best thing you can do to secure your web
assets and Joomla! gives you the tools to
do this with little effort. As of Joomla!

The Media Manager is the tool for

easily uploading, organizing and managing
your media files and folders. You can even
handle more types of files, thanks to the
configurable MIME settings. The Media
Manager is integrated into the Article
Editor so you can access images and all
other media files for easy usage and
enhancement of your written content.
6) Banner Management

3.5.0, thanks to the new email update

notification plug-in, your Joomla! website
checks for the availability of new Joomla!
Versions and when one is found it sends
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With the banner manager you have the

possibility to easily add advertising and
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monetize your website. The tool allows

great features that make organising and

you to create clients and campaigns, to add

managing your content a breeze. Content

as many banners as you need, even custom

creation is made very easy by the inbuilt

codes, to set impression numbers, track the

WYSIWYG editor and allows you to edit

clicks and much more...

content without any knowledge of code.

After you created your content you'll find

7) Contact Management

a lot of possibilities to show it on the

Not enough with just one contact form

frontend. Next to different layouts, you're

on your site? The contacts component

able to use several pre installed modules to

allows you to add several contacts,

show the most popular articles, latest

departments and categories, and extend the

items, related articles and more.

basic

contact

information

with

miscellaneous information and an image.

Easily set up a contact form for each
contact you create and allow access to the
public or just to some registered users, or
create a listing of these contacts.
8) Search better, Search Smarter
With the built in search and smart
search, your website visitors will be able
to quickly and easily find the appropriate
information on your site. And even more,

As of Joomla! 3.5, adding an image is

as easy as dragging and dropping it from
your computer directly into the content.
This works anywhere that you are using
the default TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor.
And if you want to add a module into an
article, Joomla! 3.5 makes it really easy
with a button directly on the editor toolbar.
You dont need to learn any syntax or
remember the module details as the user
interface does it for you.

thanks to the statistics you can analyze

your visitors needs and streamline your

10) Nested categorization

content even better to serve them. You

have the ability to use the included smart

When you are managing content,

indexing, advanced search options, auto

organization is a key requirement. Being

suggest searches - making Joomla! search

able to create categories with nesting and

the best in class right out of the box.

no limits on depth is a great plus in helping

9) Content Management

manage large websites.

11) Tagging

Joomla! is a Content management

system at heart and has some seriously
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When categorization is not enough to

XI. CONCLUSIONS

structure your content, it's time to look at a

flat organization structure which is best
served by tagging. What's more, tagging in
Joomla! also supports nesting, so limits are
just not there!

for management of contents instead of any

complex business logic. Maintenance of a
of data is somewhat critical and also not

Editing content should be easy and

fast. You are reading through your site's
content and see a change you need to
No

application is especially going to be used

web application dealing with vast amount

12) Frontend Editing

make.

CMS can be used when the web

need

to

login

to

the

economical. CMS suits in such cases

which

concentrating

on

just

maintenance of data. Still CMS is not ideal

solution for a complex web application.

administrative section any more for simple

edits of content and modules.

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XII. REFERANCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system
https://www.joomla.org/abozut-joomla.html
Content Management Bible, 2nd Edition Bob Boiko (ISBN- 0-7645-7371-3)
Web Content Management: System, Features, and Best Practices 1st EditionDeane Barker (ISBN 978-1491908129)