Back in the day it was a challenge to have your own website. Completing your first webpage was a feeling not unlike doing your first oil change. Using your physical and mental muscles to complete what was a formidable task pumps adrenalin like few other experiences.

Now days nearly everyone has a website. However, for those of us who are focused on building an Internet business, just having a website is not nearly enough. That’s where a CMS, or Content Management System comes into the picture. And that’s what Joomla is all about.
Joomla is your friend and will soon, if you’re really serious about growing a business, be your very best friend. I hasten to add, I am not trying to sell you on Joomla so you’ll buy the system from me. It’s not for sale!

Joomla represents a brand new application of open source code. This means you can use it without paying a dime for the system. You don’t need to know what that means because there are dozens of forums with thousands of friendly folks waiting to answer your questions and get you up to speed.

Joomla is a brand new open source CMS that began its rise toward Internet supremacy in 2005. Following a steady course of development and expansion Joomla is now a primary system for literally thousands of developers and companies. Adding us neophytes to the mix makes this a system that is impacting the lives of millions of Internet businesses.

Joomla is working in many different applications for as many different users. There are those who use it for personal pages. There are business web pages, newspapers, newsletters, magazines, Government portals and much much more.
Joomla now has more than 100,000 on its development team throughout the world. More than 40 languages are supported and the numbers continue to explode.

Joomla has its own working groups, much like Microsoft, but different. Its main, core team has subgroups that work through a group leader for continuity. The infrastructure is simplistic and the processes are smoothly established to ensure stability.

Makingspaces Design prefers Joomla for all websites it builds on a CMS platform. For more information, go to the official website, or contact us

First of all, what is a Content Management System? A Content Management System, or CMS for short, is an application designed to facilitate the creation and management of content. Whether or not you may need a CMS solution depends on the size of your website, the amount of traffic you receive, your skills as a web master, the number of users who will be adding content to the website, and many other factors. The content of a large website can be very difficult and tedious to maintain if a content management system is not used. Most CMS solutions will store the content in a database in an organized fashion. The administration interface of the CMS should provide an easy way to manage the content. On the other hand, a CMS solution for a small website may be overkill. A website with a small number of pages is easy to maintain, but may need a content management system solution as it grows. A content management system can be an easy solution for a webmaster who lacks the necessary skill set to create their own website. Most CMS solutions contain a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. The editor allows for the creation of website content without HTML or other website specific knowledge. Makingspaces Design use a variety of CMS solutions depending on the job at hand. For a majority of our websites, we use Joomla CMS, as it is easy to use, flexible and well supported.