CMS stands for 'Content Management System' which, as the name suggests, is software that offers you the ability to maintain the content of your website.

Developed for use by non-technical staff, a CMS facilitates the creation, organisation, control and publication of information and other content (such as images and multimedia files) within your site.

So what does Joomla! offer?

Once your Joomla! site is up and running, anyone with basic word processing skills can update it by adding content, managing images and keeping company-critical data up-to-date via a simple, browser-based interface. And because it's free and easy to use, you can focus your resources on the bit that really matters - the content.

Here are some of the core features of Joomla!

Joomla! is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that is used the world over to generate everything from simple personal home pages to complex corporate web sites.

Its predominant features are that it's simple to install, easy to use and very reliable. But, perhaps most importantly of all, it is an open source solution that is freely available to everybody.