Joomla! is all about allowing you to create a site that matches your vision. The possibilities are limitless. However, you have to do ALL THE WORK to bring your vision to life. Or hire some professional talent to get your website looking GREAT in no time flat!

What you are viewing on this website, is your starting point after you install a website. This is not merely a portion of a Joomla website. This website is an actual, complete, Joomla website after you install the whole, entire website software. While the frontend of this website is pretty terrible to look at, there is so much more under the hood.

Behind the scenes in what is commonly called the website "backend", is a powerful software interface that provides the freedom to create almost anything you have ever seen on a website. It is awesome. Stunning, professional websites are built on the Joomla! platform. The big bonus is all Content Management Systems (CMS) like Joomla empower average people - with no special computer skills - to update their website content with ease. While you can save money and update your website on your won, a CMS does not allow average people with no special skills to set-up, build, design and organize a customized website that is beautiful and feature rich.

The big benefits of a CMS.

• Different "Users" can be assigned different levels of access to the website backend. This way your staff can update some things on your website without them having complete access to core features of the website.
• You or a staff member can update or add, articles, blog posts, calendar events, products for sale listings, and so much more.
• Your or a staff member can work with customer orders and information.
• You won't need to pay a web guy or gal to handle many of these things if you are willing to learn a little. If you can handle Microsoft Word, you can update and add Posts on your site.
• You will only need to look at the simpler parts of the website backend to update your content.

You will definitely need a professional web person to set-up and handle the big stuff. A Content Management System is designed so many people, of many skill levels, can get in there and work on a website. Nonetheless, the CMS is made up of "thousands and thousands of core files" and auxiliary programs that make it function. You will never need to look at them, but they are in there.

• You will need someone with technical skills at a Web Developer level.
• You will need someone with great graphic design skills, who also knows the multi-media limitations and usability issues that effect websites in a mobile phone world.
• You will need someone with SEO skills. Search Engine Optimization is so important.
• You will need someone with project management skills. A website is a synthesis of so many parts and so many disciplines. Your website includes wrangling together all these pieces from various places and people - CLIENT CONTENT SUBMISSIONS, SOFTWARE ACQUISITION, BRANDING, VISUAL DESIGN, COPYWRITING/EDITING, NAVIGATION, & TECHNICAL FUNCTIONALITY, to name a few.

www.JohnsonCreativeMedia.com is the way to get YOUR OWN website setup and looking beautiful so you can take control of running your website for free. If you need extra help later on, JCM can help when you get stuck.