Joomla is one of the most popular content management systems. There are two reasons for popularity. The first is the universality of this CMS, the second is the availability of thousands of extensions and templates. With Joomla you can create almost any imaginable site. Joomla has its basic form after installation all the necessary modules and the functionality you need on a website. But usually you need to add some extra extensions to simplify some tasks or add some features that were not compatible with the original system.

Each Joomla user has different needs and approaches to solve problems. For every extra functionality in Joomla, there are at least some different extensions. It's up to you to choose the one that works best for you. Some extensions are free, while for others you have to pay. This does not mean that free extensions are not as good as the ones you have to pay. It just means you have one option.

There are many extensions to add ads such as AdSense, AdBrite or Amazon to the desired placement of the module. The alternative solution is to use a module to which you can add any code in any module position. These ads are nothing more than a few lines of code. Therefore, with some extension like CustomCode or Jumi, you can have full control over which code is added to your Joomla site. Google Analytics can also be solved with this universal extension, but you can also use a dedicated Google Analytics module.

Perhaps the most important aspect of any site is backup. You will need a copy of all files and databases if you need to recover your site after a serious server crash. Perhaps the best component for Joomla backup is JoomlaPack. It does everything for you. The end result of the backup is a single file containing all Joomla files and the database. All you need to do when the backup is complete is to download this file. To recover the site, you also need a small PHP kickstart script that decompresses the file and starts the Joomla installation process. JoomlaPack also lets you easily clone Joomla sites.

Another quite useful component of Joomla is JoomlaWatch. JoomlaWatch monitors the visitors and bots that visit your site in real time. While this may not seem like a major issue, there are many benefits to having this component installed. For each visitor, you will see where it came from, what pages you browse, how long it stays on our website, etc. It also has detailed statistics of the keywords people used to find your site, their IP addresses, countries come and if you see a malicious visitor you can easily block your IP address.

A good idea is also to have a site map of your site. It can be a simple page with links to all pages or an XML file downloaded by search engines. Xmap is a simple component of Joomla that automatically creates a site map from the menus we select. You can configure parameters such as page change frequency and priority.

Joomla is an excellent product and a universal visitor management system Even without further expansion, you can create a nice and useful site. But you can make it even more useful and beautiful with just a few extra modules and components.