Why We Choose Open Source Technologies
SM2 have been using the Joomla! (and previously Mambo) open source content management frameworks for the last five years. We continue to provide value back into the community by releasing open source and commercial licences components, modules and plug-ins.
SM2 uses the award winning Joomla! Open
Source as the core content management system powering our solutions.
With open source, the technology is yours to use freely. You gain control over
your own future and importantly, there are no contracts to sign and license
fees to pay! Joomla! Open Source is supported by an active community of
hundreds, if not thousands, of developers so development lifecycles,
enhancements and bug fixes can be rapidly deployed. The source code is freely
available thus providing an unparalleled degree of flexibility for
customisation to exactly what you need. With an open-source solution too, the
reliance on a single vendor for all support and upgrades is eliminated. The
advantages of open source continue to grow stronger. Joomla is licensed under
the GPL.
SM2 are Joomla! Experts
Joomla's! powerful application framework
provides an excellent foundation for SM2 to rapidly develop and deploy simple
to very complex content managed solutions. We have extensive experience
building custom Joomla extensions (components, modules and mambots) and have
been working extensively within the Joomla Open Source environment since it was
established, attaining in-depth knowledge and expertise, positioning SM2 as a
leading global Joomla! web development company. We have designed and built
simple extensions to complex $400k plus systems. Additionally we are actively
involved in the developer community and have released a number of free and
commercially licensed to the global community (see www.sm2extensions.com).
Joomla! Custom Development
Joomla! is an award-winning, free, open source Content Management System (CMS) that helps you build websites and other powerful online applications that are used worldwide. Joomla! includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching, and language internationalisation. Joomla! is licensed under the GPL, and is the result of a fork of Mambo.
Joomla! Plugin Development
Joomla consists of many different parts, which are built to be as modular as possible, allowing extensions and integrations to be made easily. An example of such are extensions called "Plugins". (Previously known as "Mambots".) Plugins are background extensions that extend Joomla with new functionality.
SM2 is able to assist other development firms in developing a custom plug-in for your client’s site, or as part of your web development service as a whole as provided by SM2.
Samples of SM2 developed plugins include; SM2Session, SM2 Registered Redirect Plugin / Bot.
Contact our team of expert Australian Joomla! developers to assist with your latest development.
Joomla! Component Development
In addition to Plugins, more comprehensive extensions are available. Components are a means of extending the functionality of Joomla. Components allow users to perform such tasks as build a community by expanding user features, backup a website, send email marketing campaigns, manage your clients via a client management system, perform database checks for example.
Samples of components SM2 have developed include, SM2 Email Marketing, SM2 DB Health Check, SM2 Email Marketing Lite, Service Skills Design Improvement Register, Olympus E-pro Site, Olympus Imaging Australia Product Catologue, Government Skills Careers Gov Directory, Axelis Content Download and Package, Service Skills Careers Gateway and many more.
Contact our team of expert Joomla! developers to assist with your latest development.
Joomla! Module Development
Modules perform such tasks as displaying a calendar, sign up to a newsletter or allowing custom code to be inserted within the base Joomla code. SM2 can create for your application a module for an existing component, or create a module as part of your custom component development.
Samples of modules SM2 have developed include SM2 Admin Development Module, SM2 Section Headers, SM2 Hosting Status Module, SM2 Email Marketing Sign Up Module…
SM2 has vast experience in Joomla (and previously Mambo) module and component development and extension, contact our team of expert Australia based Joomla! developers to assist with your latest development.
For more information about the range of free and commercial Joomla modules and components SM2 have already developed, please visit http://sm2extensions.com/
Or visit the SM2 listings on the official Joomla! extension directory.
Giving back to the Joomla! Community
Joomla has an official and many unofficial communities. As of December 2007, the official Joomla! forum had more than 220,000 threads and over 1.1 million posts from over 150,000 registered members in 40 languages.
As part of SM2's commitment to the Joomla! community, SM2 has a collection of free and low cost designs, templates, modules and components available for download at http://sm2extensions.com/.
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