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For those of which are unfamiliar with what a CMS is, or what it can be used for. A CMS is computer software that is used in organizing and collaborating the creation of content and other documents. CMS is a combination of large database, File System, and other related software modules, which are used to store and retrieve huge amounts of data when required.

These web-publishing systems are different from the databases in the sense that these can index text, audio clips, video clips, or images in a database. So Content Management Systems are one of the most significant ways a company can improve its website effectiveness, and simply being able to edit your own website without any HTML knowledge needed.

Joomla versus Wordpress

As I stated previously the two heavy-weights we have decided to review today are 2 of the most notorious CMS systems out there: Joomla vs Wordpress. Although, we have vast experience in both – each have their benefits and disadvantages.

Joomla

Joomla is open source solution for CMS (content Management System) which helps you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Joomla is easy to use and good for extensibility, this made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best thing is that, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone. It is extremely robust and there are a TON of extensions readily available for Joomla at: Joomla Exensions

Web Applications Developed With the Help of Joomla

E-commerce websites or portals

Online publications websites

Corporate website or portals

Small business websites

Government and NGO websites

School and collages websites

Personal websites

Advantages and Disadvantages with using Joomla

Joomla Pros

• Full fledged CMS

• More powerful and robust

• Admin Users and PW protected areas

• Admin much more than just articles

• SEO Friendly, with SEF plugin

• Overall more under the hood

Joomla Cons

• Bigger learning curve

• Not SEO friendly out of the box

• Slower loading times

• Javascript and CSS can get bulky

Wordpress

Wordpress is most popular open-source and free blogging software. Wordpress is written in PHP using MySQL. It has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on hundreds of thousands of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day. We’ve found that Wordpress works MAGIC with blogs, but lacks as a primary CMS (in our eyes) – but they’re getting much closer! Here are a list of free themes, extensions, and plugins for Wordpress: http://wordpress.org/extend/

Web Applications Developed With the Help of Wordpress

• Free Powerful personal publishing system

• Customize Template driven design

• File/picture uploading

• Differentiated between Categories

• Allowed html tags

• Password protection

• Allow Meta tags

Wordpress offers many more features. Wordpress is undoubtedly the most popular platform today for content management or blogging. WordPress is a giant of the industry. With the largest plug-in and theme collection of any platform on the market. Wordpress is the easiest when it comes to installing in any system and incredibly easy to use and expand.

Advantages and Disadvantages with using Wordpress

Wordpress Pros

• Excellent blogging software right out of the box

• SEO Friendly right out of the box

• Easier Installation

• Friendlier graphical user interface (GUI)

• Administrate articles, comments, and blogs easier

• Lightweight and easy to use

Wordpress Cons

• Articles are more “bloggy” sorted by publich dates

• Limited on components / extensions

• Lightweight / limited on power

• Limited on Administration of other portions

We can see many movies from Hollywood that tell us heroic stories about the FBI and we are so amazed by them. FBI has its own unique method of handling cases. The unique methods are by using the high technology tools and with the extra experienced officers. Maybe you wonder how this institution is able to be the modern police system. This institution has succeeded to gather the best officer and combine them with the modern technology to capture the criminals.

The answer to all the questions is only one; the answer is the FBI College. This college is the college for the police officers that wish to join the FBI crew. This is not only for the police officer. The students from another college can also join this FBI College by fulfilling some tests. The tests are including the academic examination, the health check, the martial art ability, and other checks. You have to prepare your best if you wish to attend this College.

You can start by gather more information by checking on the website Fbicollege.com. Prepare yourself now if you want to be the FBI officers. This college will only accept the best from the best, for the best action to fight against crimes.

Would you waste money on an opera ticket for this guy?

‘Of course I love opera,’ he said, foot tapping restlessly.

Research has shown that the old adage is true: Actions (such as a foot tapping) do speak louder than words. So when we write, we should ’show’ with actions, not ‘tell’ with words.

Kids like to state outright: ‘Michael was in a bad mood.’ However to make it convincing they should actually show Michael in action.

List what a teenager would do if he came home annoyed:

* Slam the front door

* Throw his bag into the bedroom

* Kick off his shoes

* Head to the kitchen – and the fridge

* Complain there was no food.

So now you have the ideas, it’s easy to put this all together into a paragraph.

She was just powering down the computer when the door slammed. Michael was home.

‘Hi,’ she called. ‘How was school?’

There was a grunt, barely heard, and then the sound of a bag hitting the bedroom floor hard. Not good. She sighed and headed into the kitchen. Michael was already there, staring with slumped shoulders into the open fridge.

‘Darn,’ he said, shoving the door shut hard. ‘There’s never anything to eat in this house!’

She took a deep breath and counted to ten before she replied.

Showing, (not telling) takes longer to do, but it brings characters to life and is far more convincing too.

Ask your kids to brainstorm about 20 things that ’show’ a Dad hates gardening.

e.g. the weeds are 30 cm tall.

e.g. he goes off to the hardware store – and takes 4 hours to get back.

When the list is long and interesting, get kids to pick a few things and write a paragraph to ’show’ exactly what Dad feels about gardening.

I often give younger kids an opening sentence as it helps them to focus.

‘What great weather we’ve got for the working bee,’ said Mum, pulling on her gardening gloves.

They can ignore this of course if they have a better idea.

To reinforce the skill, students can do this every morning for a week. Here are some sample topics:

A teacher is about to get married.

e.g. Her nails are always painted so she can flash the ring around.

Opening sentence: ‘Now, next term I won’t be here of course,’ said Miss Bettersley…

A parent and a kid are always fighting about playing computer games.

e.g. Kid flicks the screen off every time the parent comes in.

Opening sentence: ‘How did the Maths test go?’ I was barely home from school and Mum was on my back again.

The new neighbours are a pain.

e.g. The radio plays loud sport every weekend in their back garden.

Opening sentence: ‘Hey Mate, can you turn the footy down a bit?’ yelled Dad over the fence.

A girl thinks a guy is really hot, but is too shy to tell him. (Or vice versa)

e.g. She stammers and mumbles when they talk.

Opening sentence: ‘Isn’t that Ken over there?’ asked Shelly.

Remember the chunking concept. Don’t get kids to write a whole story, just one paragraph.

(c) Jen McVeity, National Literacy Champion.