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 is 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.

Joomla is used all over the world to power Web sites of all shapes and sizes. For example:

1. Corporate Web sites or portals
2. Corporate intranets and extranets
3. Online magazines, newspapers, and publications
4. E-commerce and online reservations
5. Government applications
6. Small business Web sites
7. Non-profit and organizational Web sites
8. Community-based portals
9. School and church Web sites
10. Personal or family homepages

Zen Cartâ„¢ truly is the art of e-commerce; free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software. The ecommerce web site design program is being developed by a group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think ecommerce web design could be and should be done differently.Some shopping cart solutions seem to be complicated programming exercises instead of responding to users' needs, Zen Cartâ„¢ puts the merchants and shoppers requirements first. Similarly, other shopping cart software programs are nearly impossible to install and use without an IT degree, Zen Cartâ„¢ can be installed and set-up by anyone with the most basic web site building and computer skills. There are hundreds of shopping cart programs available, but none come close to offering the level of options, features and support available with Zen Cartâ„¢. Even the commercial programs have a hard time competing.

Just a few of our features...

1. easy installation
2. multiple customer modes
3. unlimited category depth
4. multiple sales and discounts
5. multiple display modes

and...

1. XHTML template system
2. unlimited extra pages
3. multiple ad banner controller
4. multiple shipping options
5. multiple payment options

plus...

1. newsletter manager
2. discount coupons
3. gift certificates
4. featured products
5. quantity discounts

So, in short, the above CMS packages are the best avaialbe, with the largest support network and pool of modifications, componenets and plugins, allowing someone who has no website programming experience to build their site into a very professional website many would envy.