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=**Learning Joomla! **= //Created by Thor Watson and Scott Staub//

=What is Joomla?= Joomla! is a content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and online applications. Joomla! is an open source that is freely available to everyone. To download Joomla! just go to []

=What's a content management system (CMS)?= A content management system is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your Web site, much like your local public library keeps track of books and stores them. Content can be simple text, photos, music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of. A major advantage of using a CMS is that it requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage. Since the CMS manages all your content, you don't have to.

=** More information on Joomla! **= Joomla! is designed to be easy to install and set up even if you're not an advanced user. Since Joomla! is easy to use, as a Web designer or developer, you can quickly build sites. If you or your clients need specialized functionality, Joomla! is highly extensible and thousands of extensions (most for free under the [|GPL license]) are available in the [|Joomla Extensions Directory]

Joomla! runs on PHP and MySQL software, two of the most popular and most effective website building softwares available.