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WordPress Greek Community

December 23, 2015
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  1. Χαρακτηριστικά App based CMS (vs. Post/Node based CMSs) Multiple extension

    types for more granular control (components, modules, plugins, libraries, templates) Modern MVC framework Advanced ACL & multi-user features Native multi-lingual features Translated in almost any language (even Esperanto!) Feature-full by default (site wide tagging, banners, contact form, content versioning, media manager, advanced search, newsfeeds & more) Override everything (MVC templates & layouts) Easy upgrades Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED) built-in (“Install From Web” feature) Native caching (partial & page) Secure (even in older releases)
  2. Κοινότητα Vibrant third party developer community Thousands of extensions listed

    in the JED 50M+ downloads Used by 3% of the web (W3Techs) Used by 38% of all CMSs in GR (CMSCrawler) Massive official forum (1M+ members) forum.joomla.org Hundreds of events worldwide every year (JoomlaDays, J And Beyond, Joomla World Conference, JUGs) Ελληνικές κοινότητες (of course…) joomla.gr / joomlafans.gr
  3. Who uses Joomla! hint: millions ;) ebay McDonald’s Carrefour CNN

    Peugeot Harvard United Nations MTV IKEA Linux Foundation
  4. Pros & Cons Pros Great for newbies, awesome for Professionals

    Well thought CMS architecture Killer 3PD extensions Amazing & mature templates Massive community Cons Messed up upgrading from version 1.5 to 1.6+ Blurry roadmap Somewhat stale features Too focused on the underlying framework Community fatigue & leadership issues