What Does Joomla Actually Do?
January 18, 2010 under FAQ
I just installed Joomla to see if it could help me develop PHP scripts and create menus, etc. Since installation, I haven’t found anything but a menu editor and article editor. Is this all Joomla really does?
BTW: Please excuse my ignorance about the subject as a whole. I’ve never used a CMS. I’ve written HTML, CSS, and some PHP in Notepad++.
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its help maintain your site content so your site is easy to manage and control new data
Joomla is a content manager. It manages content. It is useless.
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Joomla! is not only a CMS, it is a development platform. You can add custom functionality to your website by writing components and modules for Joomla!.
Joomla is a Content Management System. Basically, all it does is help you organize and manage all content on your website. I am not sure it’ll help you develop PHP scripts unless you’re planning to take it apart, recode or modify it code-wise.
Joomla is a content management system that is built on top of the Joomla framework. Its an application for managing content and is not useful for developing PHP scripts, menus etc.
It sounds like what you are looking for is a simple PHP framework that will assist you in quickly building your own PHP scripts. There are several good frameworks around and these are designed as a development tool. CakePHP (http://cakephp.org) is a good one, especially for smaller scripts. The download is small and there is enough documentation and online help to get you up to speed quickly.