Joomla! Alternatives

Joomla! reviews and mentions

• Deploying Joomla CMS: Two Tier Architecture on AWS With EC2 and RDS
  1 project | dev.to | 31 May 2026

  cd /var/www/html sudo curl -L -o joomla.zip https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/releases/download/3.9.28/Joomla_3.9.28-Stable-Full_Package.zip

• 16 Best CMS Platforms for Websites in 2025
  5 projects | dev.to | 25 Jul 2025

  Joomla is free, open-source CMS that gives more structure and flexibility than WordPress, making it ideal for complex websites. It has strong user access controls, multilingual support, and a loyal developer community. It’s best suited for users with some technical background.

• Connecting third-party PHP libraries in Joomla
  1 project | dev.to | 26 Dec 2024

  use Joomla\CMS\Helper\LibraryHelper; use Joomla\CMS\Cache\Cache; /** * Function called before extension installation/update/removal procedure commences. * * @param string $type The type of change (install or discover_install, update, uninstall) * @param InstallerAdapter $adapter The adapter calling this method * * @return boolean True on success * * @since 1.0.0 */ public function preflight(string $type, InstallerAdapter $adapter): bool { if ($type == 'uninstall') { return true; } /** * * Joomla when updating extensions of the library type, it actually deletes them (along with the data in the database), * and then installs it again. * In order to avoid losing library data from the database, we are writing this crutch. * * @see https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/39360 * */ if ($type == 'update') { $lib_params = LibraryHelper::getParams('Webtolk/Amocrm'); $jconfig = $this->app->getConfig(); $options = array( 'defaultgroup' => 'wt_amo_crm_temp', 'caching' => true, 'cachebase' => $jconfig->get('cache_path'), 'storage' => $jconfig->get('cache_handler'), ); $cache = Cache::getInstance('', $options); $cache->store($lib_params, 'wt_amo_crm_temp'); } return true; }

• Preparing extensions for Joomla 6. CMSObject -> stdClass.
  1 project | dev.to | 21 Dec 2024

  PR on Joomla GitHub

• Understanding Content Management Systems (CMS): A Comprehensive Guide
  4 projects | dev.to | 18 Dec 2024

  Joomla.org. (n.d.). Joomla! The popular open-source CMS. Retrieved from https://www.joomla.org/

• The 50 best open-source alternatives to popular SaaS software
  73 projects | dev.to | 10 Jul 2024

  Website: Joomla

• Joomla 5 Upgrade on new 4.4 website fails code 0 "libraries/src/Event/AbstractEvent.php on line 225"
  1 project | /r/joomla | 20 Oct 2023
• Joomla! 4.3 on OpenBSD 7.3: Install
  6 projects | dev.to | 5 Sep 2023

  Joomla! is one of popular PHP content management systems (aka CMS). It is good for portal-like websites as well as blogging platforms. The first version was released in 2005 and, after long progress, the latest major one was done two years ago (on 2021-08-17).

• What is a Headless CMS: a Visual Guide
  1 project | dev.to | 31 Aug 2023

  CMSs have long been the backbone of digital content creation and delivery. Traditional CMS platforms, including open-source solutions like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal, have been popular due to their ease of use and integration of content creation and presentation.

• What is a Visual Headless CMS (aka Visual CMS)?
  6 projects | dev.to | 17 Jul 2023

  This post will be discussing a cutting-edge concept known as a Headless Visual CMS, or Headless Visual Content Management System. This is not your ordinary CMS; we are not referring to platforms like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Sanity.io, Contentful, or anything like that. Instead, we're talking about a fusion of the best headless CMS features and the simplicity of site builders like Wix or Squarespace.

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