April 19, 2007
Joomla Templates for Web Design
Written by: Juanchito
I think I’m finally convinced that I need to start working on Joomla. I’ve seen too many Web 2.0 websites that have been very successful using Joomla. Plus, an open source content management system is the future of creating cool websites where the content needs to be easily updated. I have one website that I’ve created called Spoil My Spouse which was coded by hand. That’s great and all, but I really think that was a mistake. I’m really considering taking Spoil My Spouse and converting it to Joomla so that it is much easier to expand. The key will be taking the current design and creating Joomla Templates to match the look and feel. Luckily there are lots of nice resources online like the 5 Easy Steps to Make a Joomla Template or the 100k registered users in the Joomla Forum.
The next problem after Joomla templates is trying to figure out which Joomla extensions are useful. There are way too many and I don’t know how you start to figure out which ones are good and which ones you need. Regardless, as a web designer it’s so much nicer to be able to let someone else code something nicely and then I just need to integrate it. That’s perfect for the hack of a web designer that I am.
Oh yea, and Joomla can integrate WordPress. Always a good thing if it involves WordPress.
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Joomla, WordPress and Magento are in my opinion the best choices for a small website owner /developer to start building a website these days.
The Open Source community is very powerfull and there are a huge number of mods, plugins, templates and themes available.Also for almost any imaginable issue or bug simply search the forums or google and the solution will be there.