There are many differences between using a content management system and regular HTML to develop a website. In today's world of rapid development, no one has time for planning, and websites are constantly changing, even while they are being built. Using a content management system eases the impact of these changes by breaking the content into parts that can be live-edited and handled to composition of all these parts. The other option is to completely plan and follow a strict order of process when developing a website, this is almost impossible. One of the primary benefits of using a database-driven content management system is time saving for both content and design changes.

With a content management system, multiple people can be contributing content to the site at the same time. Concurrently, changes to the design are handled by templates that update across the entire site instantly. HTML pages suffer many problems in a quickly changing environment. When a button name changes or a page gets renamed, they need to be updated manually or with a 'find and replace' in an editor like Dreamweaver or FrontPage. This means that you need to call your web designer and ask for a change. Most likely, you will be billed by the hour for these simple changes. If you are interested in trying out a CMS for your website, our Joomla! Website package is right for you. Although the initial start up cost is occasionally more costly, you end up saving money on maintenance two-fold.

Joomla! Benefits

Joomla! offers web site owners and developers great features and benefits. Pre-built functions for common needs:

• Dynamic form builders
• Image and multimedia galleries
• E-commerce and shopping cart engines
• Forums and chat software
• Calendars
• Blogging software
• Email newsletters
• Data collection and reporting tools
• Banner advertising systems
• Subscription services

Below is a list of some other features and benefits of Joomla CMS:

• Database driven site engines- helps separate content from code and design.
• Content sections fully editable and manageable - you don’t’ need to be a developer to add content.
• Article content can be added to by contributing authors
• Fully customizable layouts - there are thousands of templates to choose from so you can change the look and feel of your site without affecting the main content
• Browser upload of images to your own library for use anywhere in the site
• Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting booth for on-the-spot results
• Tons of third party extension eg subscription site, alternative editors
• Runs on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, MacOSX server, Solaris and AIX Extensive Administration
• Change order of objects including news, FAQs, articles etc. Random Newsflash generator
• User manager - allow or disallow user registrations
• Menu manager helps make your site navigation a breeze.
• Restricted content - you control access to articles for eg public or registered
• Remote author submission module for News, Articles, FAQs and Links
• Content hierarchy - as many sections, categories and articles as you want
• Image library - store your multi-media content online for easy use
• Automatic Path-Finder. Place a picture and let Joomla! fix the link
• News feed manager. Choose from news feeds from around the world
• Archive manager. - Put your old articles into cold storage rather than throw them out
• Email-a-friend, PDF and Print-format for every story and article
• In-line Text editor for easy article writing.
• Polls/Surveys - You can put a different ones on various pages
• Template Manager. Download templates and implement them quickly
• Layout preview -  See how it looks before going live