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Tuesday, 29 January 2008 |
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Joomla Core provides content management, taxonomy for organizing content (Sections and Categories), menus, and a way to install thousands of extensions that make Joomla do anything from host a forum to "email-your-friend" about your website. If you don't find an extension you need on extensions.joomla.org, you can always hire a freelancer on Joomlancers.com to build it for you.
My definitions for Joomla terms (disclaimer - may look similar to other definitions out there):
Extension - component, module, mambot, or tool
Component - the function
Module - the display block
Template - The HTML and position tags
Section - Highest level of linear taxonomy
Category - Under section
Article - Same as Content Item
Content Item - Same as Article
Static Content - Any content that falls outside of your Section/Category hierarchy
I've tried to explain Joomla to many tech savvy folks, interested in how its content management, components, modules, and templates fit together. So, in 5 minutes or less, I made the following diagram. Hope you have that aha moment you're looking for (note -- my graphical rendering for content and components should be switched).
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