What exactly is Joomla?

Joomla! has become 'the' most powerful Open Source Content Management System on the planet. It is a 'free' open source framework and content publishing system designed for quickly creating highly interactive multi-language Web sites, online communities, media portals, blogs and eCommerce applications. The name 'Joomla' is Swahili for 'all together'.

Who uses Joomla!... apart from us?

Joomla! is used all over the world to power everything from simple, personal homepages to complex corporate web applications. It can be used to easily manage every aspect of a website, from adding content and images to updating a product catalogue, processing credit card payments or taking online reservations.

The difference between Joomla! and commercial CMS solutions?

Unlike commercial solutions that offer different versions according to your budget, Joomla! is available in just one 'all encompassing' version - and it is cost free.

Is a CMS web site difficult to maintain?

Once Joomla! is installed and running, it is simple for even non-technical users to add or edit content, update images, and to manage the critical data that makes your company or organization effective. Anybody with basic word processing skills can easily learn to manage a Joomla! site.

See our 1 minute demo video which shows just how easy it is to update your CMS website and publish it online... in just one minute!

Via a simple, browser-based interface you will be able to easily add new press releases or news items, manage staff pages, job listings, product images, and create an unlimited amount of sections or content pages on your site.

Is a Joomla! CMS website expensive?

The emergence of powerful, flexible, Open Source CMS's is truly a revolution in web technology. Firms like Interwoven, Broadvision, and of course Microsoft, have in the past dominated the CMS market with offerings that start at Euro 12,000 (plus plus PLUS)! Whilst it may seem too good to be true, highly functional CMS platforms are now available without licensing costs. It is true!
Today, 'Navega Bem - Web Design' can develop a Joomla based (CMS) web site for almost the same cost as a static site.

What is LAMP technology?

As an effective alternative to expensive proprietary software, LAMP technology (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP) Open Source technologies are leading the websites and applications development market and have become the platform of choice for developing robust dynamic web solutions at an affordable cost.

What about multi-lingual web sites?

Probably one of the biggest advantages of the Joomla CMS solution is its ability to run multi-lingual web sites - and there is only one 'back office' to manage it all! Joomla recognises a users operating system and automatically displays a site in the users language if it is available. Of course users may switch to other languages as they wish.

Decentralised Editing on any browser!

Editing can be done with any normal web browser from anywhere in the world.

Why use 'Navega Bem' to develop your CMS website?

You have read some really amazing things about CMS on this page. Having a web site that you can manage yourself is the perfect solution for most companies.
However, you do need a professional company to design and develop your site. Navega Bem are professional Joomla developers. Our sites are featured in many online design portfolios. Our sites don't only look good - we market them so that they perform well and bring you traffic and business. A complete Real Estate Agent website is certainly the affordable solution for any agency that needs a professional, high ranking web site that is easy to find in the search engines. You can learn much more about CMS and Joomla on our corporate web site: www.navegabem.com