I decided to have another crack at using Joomla to develop a site today, having installed and played around with it a year ago, I quickly gave up. However having used SharePoint, a new motivation has developed for me to learn how to manipulate this open source CMS, one of the main reasons being that if I can offer clients a way to manage and update sites I have developed for them – it makes a more cost effective and time efficient solution for both myself and them in the long run.

Some concerns with Joomla include securing the application, customising templates and scoping out its limitations.