NEW YORK, NY, Sep 13, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Joomla, one of the world's most popular open source content management systems (CMS), today announced that it has been downloaded more than 25 million times. The organization also announced some other key milestones that illustrate the significant number of people benefiting economically from the free open source CMS, including:

Joomla 1.7 Demo

Technical Requirements For Joomla 1.6 and Joomla 1.7

 

Software	Recommended	Minimum	More information
PHP	5.3 +	5.2.4 +	http://www.php.net
MySQL	5.0.4 +	5.0.4 +	http://www.mysql.com
Apache (with mod_mysql, mod_xml, and mod_zlib)	2.x +	2.x +	http://www.apache.org
Microsoft IIS	7	7	http://www.iis.net

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.7.0. This is a security release. This is also the first release made within the new six-month release cycle that started with the delivery of Joomla 1.6 in January 2011.

The Production Leadership Team's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! developement at the Developer Site.

Version 1.6.5 will reach end of life one month from today, on 19 August 2011. All users of version 1.6 should update to version 1.7.0 before that time. The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available here.

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.

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

Here are just a few examples of Web sites that use Joomla:

• MTV Networks Quizilla (Social networking) - http://www.quizilla.com
• IHOP (Restaurant chain) - http://www.ihop.com
• Harvard University (Educational) - http://gsas.harvard.edu
• Citibank (Financial institution intranet) - Not publicly accessible
• The Green Maven (Eco-resources) - http://www.greenmaven.com
• Outdoor Photographer (Magazine) - http://www.outdoorphotographer.com
• PlayShakespeare.com (Cultural) - http://www.playshakespeare.com
• Senso Interiors (Furniture design) - http://www.sensointeriors.co.za

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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.

The Joomla Project is a volunteer-based project with contributors from all over the world working in many different capacities. The project is led by the Core Team with support from the various Working Groups and community at large.