What is a CMS?

CMS stands for Content Management System. Michaelson Design uses Joomla exclusively for CMS

To Michaelson Design clients it means: a web based software that connects to a website and enables an administrator to easily Add, Update, Edit and Delete content which may be text, images, documents or video. It makes the task of managing a website much simpler and enables people to achieve quite complex tasks without much technical knowledge.

To Michaelson Design it means: As my client you benefit from >

Core layout files are tableless: New for Joomla! 1.6, all core output files are written in XHTML 1.0 Strict. HTML 5 is also supported in Joomla! 1.6.

New core templates: Joomla! 1.6 ships with new core templates. On the administrator side, Bluestork is the default template, and Hathor is a fully accessible template to support those with various types of disabilities. On the site side, Joomla! 1.6 ships with Atomic and Beez2 (yes, the bees are gone!), plus the legacy Milkyway template.

Template styles: On occasion, you want a slightly different look to one page or a handful of pages on the site. Previously, this might mean coding a completely different template. Now, with template styles, you can easily create minor template variations, which can then be assigned to specific pages on the website.

Template overrides vs Layout overrides: In Joomla! 1.5, you could change the look of some of Joomla’s output files via template overrides. However, you couldn’t change those output files just for a few pages. With the new improved layout overrides, you can alter the look of specific menu items, components, modules, and categories.

Legacy layer in Milkyway: Did you use the core Joomla! output files (without template overrides) in a Joomla! 1.5 site that you need to upgrade to Joomla! 1.6? If so, use the legacy layer in the Milkyway template for quick compatibility of look and feel, without reworking your CSS to match the new tableless output in Joomla! 1.6. (The html folder will be available as separate download.)

Codemirror editor: Finally, there’s a color-coded editor for easier HTML and CSS editing in Joomla!

Media Manager improvements: The Flash-based media uploader is back! Once more, you can upload multiple images at once to the Media Manager.

SEO features: Meta-keywords and meta-descriptions can be assigned to articles, categories, and menu items, and you can easily add a site name to the HTML page title.

Nested categories: With infinite layers of categories, creating a representation of your site map in Joomla! is a breeze.

Easy extension updates: You know you should keep Joomla! up-to-date, but do you keep your extensions up-to-date as well? You can easily update those extensions from within Joomla!, without visiting dozens of extension developer’s websites, in Joomla! 1.6.

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Rob has over 15 years of experience as a graphic and interactive designer. Over the course of his fifteen-year career he has worked for a number of interactive companies, where he was responsible for creating the information architecture, user interface, search engine optimization (SEO) and HTML/CSS production for a variety of websites.

His unique design sensibility is informed by his background as a graphic designer and art historian. His enthusiasm for learning extends naturally to keeping current with new technologies. As he says, “I am always teaching myself and interacting with other experts in the field.”