SCOPE OF JOOMLA

The dynamic developer team of the Joomla! constantly strives to give you a satisfying customer experience. This includes giving you a wide range of extensions and sub-extensions. Let’s take a look at the kind of extensions on offer.

Joomla! has released 18 extension categories, each containing sub-categories. These categories correspond to the different requirements of a web content management project. These categories are broadly listed as –

• Admin Tools – include add-ons for backup, reporting, file management, statistics, etc.
• Banner Ads & Affiliates – include advertising banners and classified ads.
• Calendars – provide for your needs related to events (birthdays, event calendar etc.) and reservations (primarily useful for hotels or guest houses etc)
• Communication – provides for a chat, comments, forums, polls, guestbook, newsletter, mailing list etc on your website.
• Content & News – this category of extension helps you include a blog, clock, weather, quiz, news, RSS, e-cards, ratings and reviews, tips and notes etc on the website.
• Core Enhancements – group access, categories/sections, cache, credits, security etc. are the categories you may find here
• Documentation/Document Management – this extension provides for FAQs, glossary and dictionary, bibliography, Wiki and downloads.
• e-Commerce – the extensions under these categories are those pertaining to the shopping cart, auction, payment systems, donation, electronic data interchange and Amazon.
• Extension Specific Plugin – These plugins can be used only when certain extensions are already installed as the plugins are for specific extensions. E.g. if you want to install Banners Manager Plugins, then you need to install Banners Manager extension first. Other such plugins include AdsManager Plugins, Community Builder plugins, dcs FlashGames plugins, VirtueMart Plugins, DOCMan Plugins etc.
• Forms – this extension helps you create various kinds of forms (e.g. forms for surveys, guestbook, polls etc)
• Gallery & Multimedia – the extension category includes subcategories like a gallery, podcasting and Streaming Media. These primarily help in adding pictures/images, audio and videos, providing radio and video streams etc.
• Intranet & Groupware – CRM, Contacts, LDAP, Project and Task Management are the areas addressed by this extension category. It contains address book, blogs, calendar, organisers, etc.
• Languages – Languages extension is designed to help you with translation and also provides the option of multilingual content.
• Miscellaneous – help desk, religion, quotes, recipes, portfolio, sports/games, etc are the subcategories included in this extension category.
• Search & Indexing – it comprises of Search, Sitemap, Google and Directory.
• Vertical Markets – Vertical markets extension contains categories such as education, real estate, auto and vehicles, boat and yachting etc.
• WYSIWYG Editors – it helps manage editor profiles for the users, manage content, images, links, etc.

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