A Message from Open Source Matters

Since Joomla! launched in September 2005, it has grown to become one of the most popular content management systems in the world. As this book goes to press in July 2012, Joomla! has been downloaded over 32,000,000 times and provides support for 64 different languages. Joomla! has received multiple awards, and estimates indicate that approximately 2.8% of all Internet Web sites are using Joomla!.

The key to Joomla!’s success has always been the help and contributions freely given by a large and diverse group of volunteers from all over the world. The Joomla! project isn’t backed by venture capital firms, and it isn’t led by a single individual or corporation. It is volunteers who write the code and then test ...

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