Modularity
One of the tremendous advantages offered by Joomla for website design and development lies in its modular approach to the layout. Myriad possibilities and solutions can be derived by creatively using module positions to publish content, provide additional functions, and - most importantly, customize individual pages within a website to specific user and/or market environments. To get an idea how the modules can work, here is a screenshot of the module positions used in Hardwook Creek Farm's Joomla website that I created this winter:
Other Joomla templates offer more module positions, but the complexity really derives from the ability to stack or juxtapose content within a position. This means that you can use the right or left columns (as an example), to place a calendar, menu, login form, search box, poll, or any other piece of content or feature that can find an effective residence in a side column.
Here's an example of stacked modules in the right and left positions from the website of St. Christopher's Church in Roseville, MN:
Listed in order from top to bottom in the left column, the website home page runs:
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Main menu
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User menu (only appears after registered users have logged in)
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Church calendar
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Login Form
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Pro Musica - this is another menu that only appears to a select group of registered users (in this case, the Choir), thus giving them exclusive access to parts of the website relevant to their group.
Each of these modules cam not only be customized or updated according to the liturgical season, special events, or whatever, but their positioning can be customized as well from page to page within the website. This gives you extraordinarily fine-tuned control over the user-interface, a key advantage for making your website accessible, functional, informative... and even fun!
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