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Cutting Edge Content Management
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Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.
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I think the blogging metaphor was a good first step.
But when one thinks of the web as a personal tool, you need more. Sometimes you need a simple blog, sometimes forums, maybe a wiki, and of course there are always websites and webpages.
What attracts me to “content management” is that it is sort of the web version of the “unified field theory”. You can pull all you ever create into it, never lose a bit or a byte, and reuse it as you see fit. You can’t be held hostage to an ISP by free space (space is now so cheap), a WSP (that induces you to use its free tool that locks your data, or any number of lesser lockins by client-side software (i.e., Publisher, FrontPage).
It’s more work than a free blog at WordPress. But, as I am learning, free can be very very expensive.
Reinke Faces Life 