Flyteblog highlighted some of the best reasons for individuals and companies to use a CMS - specifically for creating a site with Joomla. Once installed, Joomla has a very well laid out, graphical interface. This is a big plus for those who aren’t so technically savvy. But the biggest advantages, are in the easy way that content can be added and managed.

That content includes articles, videos, photos, and other files. It means you don’t have to spend money all the time getting a webmaster to update your content.

And because Joomla is a robust content management system with a lot of features (and more you can add to the package that comes with the regular install), you can take advantage of features that are hard to get when using traditional html to build a website.

This includes the automatic creation of RSS feeds. People can subscribe to your RSS feeds so they find out when you add new content. They’re a great way to get publicity and traffic.

There are also modules that allow visitors to comment on your articles - which is great for getting feedback. And people like being able to add comments. It’s excellent to get an idea of what your audience really wants - and in fact, who your audience really is.

There are modules that allow you to build a directory, so you can create a resource for your visitors, as well as exchange links (which can result in extra traffic to your site, though it probably won’t do much for your actual search engine rankings).

Joomla has a huge community supporting it, and many of these extra features are available for free - just like joomla! The only downside for those who aren’t experts in using content management systems, is that Joomla can be hard to configure. This goes down to the most basic level of how you organize your content. But it also reaches into what settings you need to set to get your site working well.

For this reason, we created a simple, step-by-step Joomla tutorial. This video series will get your site up and running in no time. It’s very straightforward, and avoids the confusion of a lot of ebooks on Joomla that deal with more esoteric subjects.