Joomla!Day Definition

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A Joomla! Day is an event open to everyone, and the only fee charged should be that necessary to cover costs. Joomla!Days should not used as a commercial enterprise for profit raising purposes.

The aim of a Joomla!Day is to provide an opportunity for Joomla! users to meet and learn together. There should be speakers on a wide variety of topics and usually an opportunity for a representative of the Joomla! Project to make a presentation.

A Joomla!Day is an event created exclusively for Joomla! users and related projects. It is not acceptable to name an event "Joomla!Day" if other open source projects or commercial products which are not related to Joomla! are presented or featured.

Joomla!Days may be organised on a national, regional, or city basis. There should be only one Joomla!Day each year in a given location, but there could be several in larger countries such as China, Canada or the USA (e.g. Joomla!Day USA West and Joomla!Day USA East).

Joomla!Days usually last one day, although they may have other events around them.
 

What is Joomla?

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Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.


What's a content management system (CMS)?

A content management system is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your Web site, much like your local public library keeps track of books and stores them. Content can be simple text, photos, music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of. A major advantage of using a CMS is that it requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage. Since the CMS manages all your content, you don't have to.


What are some real world examples of what Joomla! can do?
Joomla is used all over the world to power Web sites of all shapes and sizes. For example:

Corporate Web sites or portals
Corporate intranets and extranets
Online magazines, newspapers, and publications
E-commerce and online reservations
Government applications
Small business Web sites
Non-profit and organizational Web sites
Community-based portals
School and church Web sites
Personal or family homepages