Security, ease of updates, and upgrades with the built in J! installer tied into the JED. Large number of turnkey extensions, CCKs, and extension development well, extensions, so you can build your own (i.e., Zoo and K2) applications like help desks, carts, comment systems, blogs, and so on. 

On the front-end, it is all about the template with Joomla, or a template framework which will allow you to build your layouts and page theme(s) on-the-fly (more like how Drupal works). Naturally, because Joomla is so robust with extensions, you can also lock down a J! site easily with application and port level firewalls and other security extensions to easily bolt it down. These can also push notifications to the admin of the site when incorrect logins occur, or there are too many bad passwords (possible brute force attack), so you can react, block the IP address, or the whole IP subnet if you want, then respond almost effortlessly to attacks. 

Overall, the speed in which you can take a CMS and make it a full-blown shopping cart with analytics tracking, SEO, user accounts, security, and ease of use through a robust framework of modules and plugins to enhance and promote-related content is about as turnkey as it gets with Joomla.

I like to tell people to think of Joomla like a bare bones PC that you just bought. That PC has an operating system like Windows, but nothing else: no word processor, no bookkeeping, no browser, and no apps to do much of anything.

With it, you get the core basics: Web pages, user logins if desired, basic form creation, templates for loo, layout, and some content modules, which are fairly empty and certainly not able to say, "be a shopping cart" or a helpdesk with just Joomla installed. You can build it like any extension developer can, but now you are not just building websites. Like that PC, if you are building apps in Visual Studio or some other IDE, you are not just a PC user, but your "regular" users will want to install something on the site to extend it with features to do more. Joomla is a bare PC that needs to be extended by hand or with ready to go extensions. Over 8000 of them to choose from alone from the JED (Joomla Extension Directory).

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Joomla is a complete and easy-to-use content manager system. It's possible to create a website, to manage its structure and contents, and to add features using hundreds of extensions. The most valuable thing for us though, is the easy way you update content, add articles, modify structure, and apply SEO tags and info.

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Joomla is one of the most popular CMSs today. I've used it with a lot of sites I've built. One of the features that I like with Joomla is the built-in caching it provides. Page loads can be improved with its page caching. You can use gzip page compression and even granular-level module caching.

Its extended debugging mode and error reporting are also invaluable, especially when you need to troubleshoot an issue with your website. If you're an administrator and want to message all users, all you have to do is utilize its messaging system via the mass mailing system or communicate with them one-on-one through the private messaging.

Do you want to manipulate files? Not a problem. Joomla has an FTP layer that allows you to manipulate files easily. It allows file operations which allow you to install extensions without having to mess with folder and file permissions.

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This CMS is very easy to use and can be enhanced with various modifications (most of them are free).

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Categories, Components and the ease in creating new pages are the most valuable features.

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• Simplicity and security are basic elements to build a website quickly and safely. With JoomShaper it was for me even easier.
• Joomla themes are to be found in Youtube.
• Specific questions are answered in Joomla forums.
• Google Webmaster Tools helps a long way regarding on how to be found on the internet.

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A robust and scalable platform for creating varieties of web applications including (E-commerce).Round the clock assistance from vast and proactive community members.Thousands of ready made extensions available. View full review »