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Created Joomla Websites-Everything from Porsche to United Nations Website

Everything from Porsche to the United Nations have been created in Joomla! CMS format.

Build with the largest Open Source Content Management System in the world. Spend less, get greater value! It's like choosing a Toyota Camry over a GEO or Rolls Royce.

The GEO was for people who knew "no better" and a Rolls Royce is for people who have extra money to spend. A good Toyota is for people who want quality at an affordable price.

Matt Asay from CNET News Highlights The Cost Effectiveness of Joomla CMS in Comparison to Other CMS'

You just can't please everyone. I read this post from an irate Joomla! user who is incensed that he has to pay - drum roll, please! - $25 to $300 for a Joomla! theme. Let's be clear: This theme is not required to use the Joomla! web content management system. It's not even made by Joomla, so far as I can tell.

Instead, he's chafing at having to pay a third-party developer for the software:

...I ran into a very disappointing surprise regarding Joomla. As I searched for themes, (templates) all the ones I came across that looked halfway decent were "Paid" themes that you had to buy ranging from $25 to $300 dollars depending on the site and the subscription. A lot of the modules I was looking at also carried a hefty price tag to use with this "Open Source" software.

In conflating "open" with "free cost," this Joomla! user has completely missed the point of open source. He's also missed the point that $25 is a drop in the bucket compared to the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars he'd otherwise be paying Vignette, Fatwire, Interwoven, etc.

I'm not suggesting that this person is representative of the Joomla! community. I'm just annoyed that we still have people who feel that open source was divinely ordained to be free of cost. It's not. Get over it.

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CNN Money Recommends VirtueMart a Joomla Open Source Ecommerce

Well-known names include Ecommerce from Network Solutions (the popular MonsterCommerce software became part of Network Solutions in 2006), OsCommerce, Shopify, Virtuemart, Volusion, Zen Cart - and there’s still plenty more.

But don’t forget that when it comes to open-source software, free doesn’t exactly mean “without cost.” Expect to pay hosting fees of at least $30 to $50 per month, or transaction processing fees, and design, consulting or other fees might be necessary for the more complicated solutions. There is also the less tangible cost of the time you’ll need to learn the software.

“If your technical level is e-mail, you are probably going to have to spend $500-$1,000 to help set your site up,” says North, who also blogs at CompassDesigns.net, and wrote Joomla: A User's Guide. “But if you can set up your own hosting account or know FTP - file transfer protocol - you could probably do it yourself in a couple of hours” for minimal cost.

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Inc.Com Recommends Joomla For Running A Virtual Business

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Communications between employees, outsourcers, and contractors “is a well-oiled machine,” LaBrosse says. People use e-mail, weekly phone check-ins, and IM to stay in touch on daily business and projects. The company also uses wikis hosted by Joomla to collaborate on new initiatives, LaBroose says. “My corporate culture is strong even though people rarely see each other. Everyone prides themselves on being a Cheetah and I don’t need a specific location to make that come alive. I just need a really good information management system.”

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Inc. Recommends Joomla As One of The Top Blogging Software

Blog technology comes in as many flavors as ice cream. Some of the better known technology providers are:

WordPress -- This free, open-source blogging software from WordPress.org can be hosted on any computer server running PHP version 4.2 or later or MySQL version 4.0 or later. WordPress.com is a website that hosts free blogs written in WordPress.
Blogger -- The latest version of the free, Web-based blog service fromGoogle supports multiple authors, allowing for group blogs.
Movable Type and TypePad -- Movable Type is Six Apart’s blog publishing platform. Prices for the MT Enterprise Solution start at $295 for a five-user license. In December 2007, SixApart introduced the beta version of a free, open-source version of Movable Type called MTOS 4.1. TypePad is Six Apart’s free, Web-based blog service that’s based on Movable Type’s publishing platform.
Joomla -- Version 1.5 of this free, open-source content management system (CMS) debuted in January and includes blog software along with forums and chat software and many other features.

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ZDNet ranks Joomla! first for online communities

Dion Hinchcliffe declared Joomla! the number 1 platform for creating online communities in his ZDNet article Ten leading platforms for creating online communities.

Thanks for noticing, Dion! With Joomla! 1.5, developers have an object-oriented, pattern based API that follows best practices. The new MVC based component objects gives developers a platform for rapid application development and prototyping. Dion is absolutely right - Joomla! 1.5 is more than capable of empowering online communities.

Following Joomla! in this top 10 list is Drupal, PHP-Nuke, Zikula (formerly PostNuke), and Microsoft's Sharepoint. The next five include Dot Net Nuke, Community Server, KickApps, and ClearSpace Community.

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