Powerful Joomla Extensions for increasing website functionality

Joomla is considered an efficient Content Management System, which is being made use of widely to create websites and easily manage content on them. Apart from the several useful features, what makes Joomla preferred over other CMSs is its extensibility which allows adding a number of desired functions to a site.

In this brief guide, we will highlight some of the powerful and popular Joomla Extensions that can substantially add value to a website.

JCE

As a Content Editor for Joomla, JCE allows to carry out a wide range of functions with utmost ease to create, edit and manage the content on the site as per the desired specifications.

Noticeable features:

• WYSIWYG editor tools that make working on HTML content as if one is working on a Word document

• Suitable features for easy management of Images

• Advanced code Editor

• Facilitates Link creation and handling

• Allows additional plugins

Community Builder (CB)

CB is a powerful Joomla extension which makes it quite easy to manage multiple social profiles and utilize the benefits of social networking. It helps in enhancing the social presence of a website.

Key Features:

• Allows creation of users lists and user profiles

• Facilitates interaction between members and allows them to add content

• Availability of additional plugins

• Is compatible with Joomla 1.6, 1.5 and 1.0 in their Native modes

Virtue Mart

Virtue Mart presents an appropriate solution for Ecommerce sites and helps in the effective and trouble-free management of various products.

Highlights:

• Efficient Order and Order-Status management

• Supports multiple languages

• Allows buyers to make payment in currency of their choice

• Based on the requirement, it can function as on online Shop or an online catalog

• Makes it easy to manage User Accounts

ExposeBridge

This Flash Based tool is quite handy in creation of slide-shows of images on the website. Some of its main features are:

• Images/photos or albums can be direct linked to

• Customizable interface elements

• Adjustments in size can be easily made

• Allows loading of a foreground/ background image

• Provides support for SEF URL's

Jumi

Jumi is a code extension which allows undertaking a lot many things to make a website effective.

Highlights:

• Allows inclusion of php, html, javascript scripts into the modules position, articles, category or section descriptions

• With Jumi, one can easily add Banners or text ads to a Joomla site

• Can be used for the development of simple as well as complex solutions related to php, javascript and html or dhtml scripts for modules and plugins

Apart from these, there are several other Joomla Extensions that can be utilized to incorporate useful and desired functional features in a website to make it friendly for users as well as developers.

About the author

SeoSemanticXhtml, a specialized division of ipraxa - a full service web agency, offering services like PSD to HTML and Integration with third party applications like PSD to Joomla, Drupal, Magento etc and many more.