Joomla! Cloud Hosting

Quick, Simple, and Scalable Joomla! Cloud Hosting

What is Joomla! Cloud Hosting?

Using Joomla! Cloud hosting through Steadfast Networks means that your organization will have access to an award-winning content management system renowned for helping to build websites and other powerful applications to be used online. Written in PHP, Joomla! is one of the most popular open source pieces of software, having been downloaded more than 25 million times and incorporating over 8,600 free and commercial extensions – in fact, the only CMS estimated to have more users on the internet is Wordpress!

Why Joomla!? Because by using object-oriented programming techniques and software design patterns, Joomla! is able to offer clients a host of features that are incredibly simple and user friendly. Things like RSS feeds, page caching, search functionality, support for language internalization, polls, blogs, news flashes, and the ability to create printable versions of pages.

In a nutshell, Joomla! can help to power websites of all shapes and sizes, and is currently used just about everywhere. Some examples of the way current users apply it include: government applications; homepages for individuals or families; websites for schools; websites for churches; community-based portals; websites for non-profits; small business sites; newspapers, online magazines, and other types of publications; websites and web portals for corporations; corporate intranets and extranets; e-commerce sites; online reservation sites.

And Joomla! users aren’t just a bunch of nameless, faceless sites you’ve never heard of. Just a few examples of well-known companies whose sites are powered by Joomla! include:

IHOP
MTV Networks’ Quizilla
Harvard University
Citibank (Financial institution intranet) - Not publicly accessible
Outdoor Photographer
The Green Maven
Senso Interiors
PlayShakespeare.com

How Can You Get Joomla! Cloud Hosting from Steadfast Networks?

Steadfast Networks offers Joomla! to clients who utilize our Cloud Platform services, which start at $20/month. We are able to do this because of our relationship with JumpBox, which provides Joomla! – along with dozens of fantastic open source applications – to our Cloud Platform users.

If you are a Cloud Platform customer and you would like to get Joomla! for your organization, the process is beyond easy. Just select the Joomla! JumpBox template. To do this, go to Operating System and select Ubuntu, then choose JumpBox Joomla!. You’ll be able to start using this popular open source software without a complicated setup and installation processes.

System Requirements for Joomla! Cloud Hosting

Joomla! 1.6/1.7/2.5 requires you to have:

PHP 5.2.4+
MySQL 5.0.4+
Apache 2.x+
Microsoft IIS 7

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