What is Joomla?
Joomla is one of the most popular free content management systems (CMS) in the world that allows you to easily create and manage a dynamic website. It has an intuitive management interface to control all the features and functionality this powerful CMS possesses. Furthermore, there are hundreds of free extensions written for Joomla that allows users to extend its functionality and customize it to their own objectives. Joomla Content Management System is supported by a large and friendly community where newbies could really rely on assistance from more experienced members. Joomla counted more than 30 million downloads in 2012 and is growing so if you have decided to start a website on Joomla CMS, you are on the right track!
Joomla Website Management
Joomla Hosting
In order to go live, you need hosting for your site. Joomla is easy to install on almost any web server with PHP and MySQL and there are many hosts who claim to support Joomla. Few providers however, provide the quality of service you will find at SiteGround.com and the dedicated support that will walk you through the setup and later management of your Joomla. Learn more about our Joomla hosting offer.
Joomla hosting by SiteGround includes:
When hosted by SiteGround your Joomla site will enjoy top speed, unmatched security and expert support!
- Free Joomla Installation
- Expert 24/7 Joomla Support
- Autoupdates
- Free Daily Backup
- Unlimited Traffic & Emails
- Free CDN Service
Joomla Installation
How to install Joomla is the first question you will ask when you start. Don’t worry though! If you use SiteGround hosting, we will install Joomla for you, or if you want to give it a try yourself, we provide you with Softaculous script installer (located in your account’s cPanel), which will auto-install the CMS for you in just a few seconds.
Joomla Templates
There are plenty of Joomla templates that are distributed for free in the net and of course many that are paid. SiteGround offers free Joomla templates and free installation of your chosen template!
Joomla Tutorial
Once your Joomla is installed, you are ready to start creating pages, adding content and activating extensions for the functionality you need. We provide you with a detailed tutorial on how to manage your Joomla.
Joomla Extensions
If you have tried other CMS applications you probably know how hard it could be to keep track of all your pages, menus, users, etc. With Joomla's easy to.
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