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Webcom Resources builds most of our websites on 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.
Our choice: Jooma CMS
While some of the systems we have used for our clients are custom built from the ground up, many are based on the open source platform called Joomla. WebCom Resources currently uses Joomla CMS as it's preferred platform because of it's
- Powerful application framework
- Flexibility in adding custom modules
- Ease of use for the end user.
While there are hundreds of CMS options out there, and each site has unique needs, we believe that Joomla is the best choice in today's technology for most websites. Joomla shines as the foundation for the following types of websites:
- Corporate websites or portals
- Online commerce
- Small business websites
- Non-profit and organizational websites
- Government applications
- Corporate intranets and extranets
- School and church websites
- Personal or family homepages
- Community-based portals
- Magazines and newspapers
- the possibilities are limitless…
Who uses Joomla?
Here are just a few examples of Web sites that use Joomla:
How does Joomla compare?
In a comparison to some of the commerical options avilable for CMS platforms, Joomla actually offers more in many area. This comparision between Joomla and well known commercial CMS software is based on selected data from The CMS Matrix .
| Product |
Ektron CMS400.net Version 7.5 |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) 6.0 |
Joomla! 1.5.7 |
| Last Updated |
2/22/2008 |
8/10/2008 |
9/10/2008 |
| System Requirements |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) |
Joomla! |
|
Application Server
|
.NET
|
Windows 2000 or 2003 Server
|
Any that supports PHP (Apache recommended)
|
|
Approximate Cost
|
$15,000
|
$35,000
|
Open Source
|
|
Database
|
Oracle, SQLserver, MSDE
|
XML
|
MySQL
|
|
License
|
per URL
|
Per Server or ASP Monthly
|
GNU/GPL v2
|
|
Operating System
|
Windows 2000 / 2003 / XP / Vista
|
Microsoft Window, RedHat Linux
|
Any
|
|
Programming Language
|
ASP.NET, ASP, CFM, PHP, JSP
|
Deploys in an server extension.
|
PHP
|
|
Root Access
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Shell Access
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Web Server
|
IIS
|
IIS, Apache
|
Apache
|
| Security |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) |
Joomla! |
|
Audit Trail
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Captcha
|
No
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
|
Content Approval
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Email Verification
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Granular Privileges
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Kerberos Authentication
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
LDAP Authentication
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Login History
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
NIS Authentication
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
NTLM Authentication
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Pluggable Authentication
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Problem Notification
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Sandbox
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Session Management
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
SMB Authentication
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
SSL Compatible
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
SSL Logins
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
SSL Pages
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Versioning
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Support |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) |
Joomla! |
|
Certification Program
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Code Skeletons
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Commercial Manuals
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Commercial Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Commercial Training
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Online Help
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Pluggable API
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Professional Hosting
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Professional Services
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Public Forum
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Public Mailing List
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Test Framework
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Third-Party Developers
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Users Conference
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Ease of Use |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) |
Joomla! |
|
Drag-N-Drop Content
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Email To Discussion
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes |
|
Friendly URLs
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Image Resizing
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Macro Language
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Mass Upload
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Prototyping
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Server Page Language
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Site Setup Wizard
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Spell Checker
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Style Wizard
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Subscriptions
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Template Language
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
UI Levels
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Undo
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
WYSIWYG Editor
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Zip Archives
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Performance |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) |
Joomla! |
|
Advanced Caching
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Database Replication
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Load Balancing
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Page Caching
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Static Content Export
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Management |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) |
Joomla! |
|
Advertising Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Asset Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Clipboard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Content Scheduling
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Content Staging
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Inline Administration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Online Administration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Package Deployment
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Sub-sites / Roots
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Themes / Skins
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Trash
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Web Statistics
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Web-based Style/Template Management
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Web-based Translation Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes |
|
Workflow Engine
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Interoperability |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) |
Joomla! |
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
FTP Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
iCal
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
UTF-8 Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
WAI Compliant
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
WebDAV Support
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
XHTML Compliant
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Flexibility |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) |
Joomla! |
|
CGI-mode Support
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Content Reuse
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Extensible User Profiles
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Interface Localization
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Metadata
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Multi-lingual Content
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Multi-lingual Content Integration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Multi-Site Deployment
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
URL Rewriting
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Built-in Applications |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) |
Joomla! |
|
Blog
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Chat
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Classifieds
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Contact Management
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Data Entry
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Database Reports
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Discussion / Forum
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Document Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Events Calendar
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Events Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Expense Reports
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
FAQ Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
File Distribution
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Graphs and Charts
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Groupware
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Guest Book
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Help Desk / Bug Reporting
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
HTTP Proxy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
In/Out Board
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Job Postings
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Link Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Mail Form
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Matrix
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
My Page / Dashboard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Newsletter
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Photo Gallery
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Polls
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Product Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Project Tracking
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Search Engine
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Site Map
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Stock Quotes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Surveys
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Tests / Quizzes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Time Tracking
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
User Contributions
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Weather
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Web Services Front End
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Wiki
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Commerce |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) |
Joomla! |
|
Affiliate Tracking
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Inventory Management
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Pluggable Payments
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Pluggable Shipping
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Pluggable Tax
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Point of Sale
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Shopping Cart
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Subscriptions
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Wish Lists
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|