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#152207

Not sure if any of you have seen this article, but just wondering what you think . . .

http://community.joomla.org/mag-v1/article/545-top-5-drawbacks-of-joomla.html

One of the particular “reasons” that jumps out at me is:

4. Joomla! is not for the elite.

Elite design companies use specialized tools. They like to use things… the elite use. So forget Joomla – apparently masses of people are now using Joomla. There are hundreds of thousands of registered Joomla developers and a whole heap more of people using Joomla Web sites. Joomla has become very common indeed.
The bottom line: Joomla isn’t for the sophisticated anymore. Stick to your Mac and your iPhone!

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[uniquebiz Friend uniquebizJoin date: February 2010Posts: 596Downloads:0Uploads:40 Thanks: 33 Thanked: 156 times in 119 posts]

#348722

That point is rubbish if you look at thecomputerdude who frequents here, He is not JUST a web designer but offers complete customization of JA templates, so while I won’t insult him by calling him elitist 😉 His company does more with Joomla at a higher level than the backyard web designer category that I guess I fit into. So he would be the higher level specialist the article says doesn’t use Joomla
and I’m sure there are many more companies that make their entire living from Web design that also survive very well using joomla

Just my thoughts
Shannon

[miessence a Friend miessence aJoin date: August 2010Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#354307

I totally agree uniquebiz. Ive been checking out the source code from sites built by one of the major site building players in my city, and many of them are Joomla.

[rayemoore Friend rayemooreJoin date: January 2011Posts: 4Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#374209

Joomla can be good for a particular site of the parish, but I think of solutions that are a little broader, as a site for an archdiocese that integrates and aggregates every room of the parish with a distributed in various groups and communities.

[caz_blue Friend caz_blueJoin date: October 2010Posts: 30Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 12 Thanked: 22 times in 7 posts]

#374216

It reads like the title suggests, tounge and cheek… and it is from the joomla Magizine.

Plenty of high end sites with specilist odds and bods operate under it 😀

<blockquote>The bottom line: Joomla isn’t for the sophisticated anymore. Stick to your Mac and your iPhone!</blockquote>

Makes me smile.

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