Free installation of Joomla with each web hosting package
Countless associations, companies and public services use Joomla Webhosting to build their websites and applications. Combell installs Joomla for free, upon request, with each web hosting package.
Why choose Joomla Webhosting?
Joomla hosting is so much more than just a powerful content management system. Below, you will find a list of all the out-of-the-box features. The true power of Joomla hosting lies however in the scalability of this system.
User management
Joomla includes a registration system that allows users to configure their personal options. There are nine user groups with endless types of permissions regarding things that users can access or that users can edit, publish and manage.
Authentication is an important part of user management and Joomla supports a wide range of protocols, including LDAP, OpenID, and even Gmail. This allows users to use their existing account information to streamline the registration process.
Media Manager
The Media Manager is a tool that allows to effortlessly manage media files or folders. You can configure the MIME settings in order to be able to use about any file type. The Media Manager is integrated into the Article Editor tool, so that you can also use images and other files at any time.
Language management
There is international support for many world languages, as well as UTF-8 encoding. If you want to have your website in one language and your management panel in another, it is possible to work with multiple languages.
Banner management
Setting up banners on your website is easy thanks to the Banner Manager. Start with creating a client profile. Once you add campaigns and as many banners as necessary, you can set the number of impressions, special URLs, etc.
Contact management
The Contact Manager helps your users find the right person as well as his/her contact information. The feature also includes several contact forms linked to specific people and groups.
Polls
If you want to find out more about your users, you can easily create polls with multiple options.
Search
Help users navigate to the most popular search items and provide your system manager with search statistics.
Web link management
Providing link sources to site users is easy. You can sort links into categories and even count every click.
Content management
Joomla's simplified triple system of articles allows you to organize your content in no time. You can organize your content according to your needs and not necessarily how it will appear on your website. Your users can rate articles, e-mail them to a friend or automatically save a PDF (with UTF-8 support for all languages). System managers can archive content for a later use, hiding it from site visitors.
On public websites, the built-in cloaking feature protects e-mail addresses from spambots. Creating content is easy with the WYSIWYG editor, which allows even novice users to combine text and images in an attractive way. Once you have written your articles, there are several preinstalled modules to show the most popular articles, the latest subjects, related articles, etc.
Syndication and newsfeed management
With Joomla Webhosting, you can easily syndicate the content of your website, allowing users to subscribe to new content in their favourite RSS reader. It is equally easy to integrate RSS feeds coming from other sources and aggregate them all on your website.
Menu management
The Menu Manager allows you to create as many menus and menu items as you need. You can structure your menu hierarchy (and nested menu items) completely independent of your content structure. Put one menu in multiple places and in any style you want; use rollovers, dropdown, flyouts and just about any other navigation system you could think of. Also automatic breadcrumbs are generated to help your users navigate your site.
Template management
In Joomla, templates are a powerful way to make your site look exactly the way you want; you can use a single template for the entire website or you can use different templates for each site section. The level of visual control goes a step further with powerful template overrides, allowing you to customize each part of your pages manually according to your needs.
Built-in help system
Joomla webhosting has a built-in help section to assist users with finding what they need. A glossary explains the terms in plain language, a version checker makes sure you are using the latest version, a system information tool helps you troubleshoot, and, if all else fails, you will also find links to numerous online sources for additional help and support.
System features
Pages can be quickly loaded with page caching, granular-level module caching and GZIP page compression.
If your system manager must solve a problem, features such as debugging and error reporting are priceless. The FTP layer allows file operations (such as installing extensions) without having to make all folders and files writable, making your system manager's life much easier and increasing the security of your website.
System managers can communicate quickly and efficiently with users one-to-one through private messaging or with all site users via the mass mailing system.
Web services
With Web Services, you can use Remote Procedure Calls (via HTTP and XML). You can also integrate XML-RPC services with the Blogger and Joomla APIs.
Powerful extensibility
These are just some of Joomla's basic features and the real power of the system lies in the way you can customize Joomla Webhosting to your personal needs. Visit Joomla's Extensions Directory to discover thousands of ways to make Joomla suit your needs.