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Joomla, an Open-Source Content Management System Solution — Interview with Sean Wheller about Joomla
October 9th, 2006 | Posted in Podcasts 8 Comments »
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Duration: 33 min.
Sean Wheller, from Johannesburg, South Africa, talks about one of the most popular open-source content management systems available today — Joomla.
Topics covered in this podcast include
- The meaning of “open source” applications
- Benefits of automated workflows and templates
- Uses of Joomla, from websites to newsletters
- Advantages of Joomla as a content management system
- Comparisons of Joomla with other open source content management systems
- Installation of Joomla and tips for learning how to use it
- The technical writing community in Johannesburg
Sean uses Joomla to power his websites:
For more on Joomla, go to Joomla’s website, http://joomla.org.
Note: The music in this podcast is from Anne Davis from Podshow.
It’s just too bad there was no coverage of the bugs, especially the Cross-site scripting exploits that are riddling most PHP based CMSes.
Basically it is impossible to set up a secure PHP CMS these days, it’s not Joomla, it’s any of them, PHP-Nuke etc.
Somehow, I am not able to access these podcasts! Can you suggest another way out?
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I love opensource. However Joomla is not easy (althoug it is very powerful). I have faced problems with it in past. But now, everything fine.
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Today, with 1.5.XX version, Joomla is one of the best solution to publish contents on the web. 2 or 3 hours only to learn the basics of publication. Installation is simple. And it’s opensource …