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Joomla is a free and open-source content management framework (CMS) for publishing web content. It is built on a modelviewcontroller web application framework that can be used independently of the CMS.

Joomla is written in PHP, uses object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques (since version 1.5[3]) and software design patterns,[4][5] stores data in a MySQL, MS SQL (since version 2.5), or PostgreSQL (since version 3.0) database,[6][7] and includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search, and support for language internationalization.

As of July 2013[update], Joomla has been downloaded over 35 million times.[8] Over 6,000 free and commercial extensions are available from the official Joomla! Extension Directory, and more are available from other sources.[9] It is estimated to be the second most used content management system (CMS) on the Internet after WordPress.[10][11]

Joomla was the result of a fork of Mambo on August 17, 2005. At that time, the Mambo name was trademarked by Miro International Pvt. Ltd., who formed a non-profit foundation with the stated purpose of funding the project and protecting it from lawsuits.[12] The Joomla development team claimed that many of the provisions of the foundation structure went against previous agreements made by the elected Mambo Steering Committee, lacked the necessary consultation with key stakeholders and included provisions that violated core open source values.[13]

Joomla developers created a website called OpenSourceMatters.org (OSM) to distribute information to users, developers, web designers and the community in general. Project leader Andrew Eddie wrote a letter[14] that appeared on the announcements section of the public forum at mamboserver.com. A little more than one thousand people had joined OpenSourceMatters.org within a day, most posting words of encouragement and support, and the website received the Slashdot effect as a result. Miro CEO Peter Lamont gave a public response to the development team in an article titled "The Mambo Open Source Controversy 20 Questions With Miro".[15] This event created controversy within the free software community about the definition of "open source". Forums at many other open source projects were active with postings for and against the actions of both sides.

In the two weeks following Eddie's announcement, teams were re-organized, and the community continued to grow. Eben Moglen and the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) assisted the Joomla core team beginning in August 2005, as indicated by Moglen's blog entry from that date and a related OSM announcement.[16][17] The SFLC continue to provide legal guidance to the Joomla project.[18]

On August 18, Andrew Eddie called for community input on suggested names for the project. The core team indicated that it would make the final decision for the project name based on community input. The core team eventually chose a name that was not on the list of suggested names provided by the community. On September 22, the new name, "Joomla!," was announced. It is the anglicised spelling of the Swahili word jumla meaning "all together" or "as a whole"[19] which also has a similar meaning in at least Arabic and Urdu. On September 26, the development team called for logo submissions from the community and invited the community to vote on the logo; the team announced the community's decision on September 29. On October 2, brand guidelines, a brand manual, and a set of logo resources were published for the community's use.[20]

Joomla won the Packt Publishing Open Source Content Management System Award in 2006, 2007, and 2011.[21][22][23]

On October 27, 2008, PACKT Publishing announced that Johan Janssens was the "Most Valued Person" (MVP), for his work as one of the lead developers of the 1.5 Joomla Framework and Architecture. In 2009 Johan Janssens received the "Most Valued Person" award for his role as Joomla architect and development coordinators.

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