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Power in Simplicity
Mambo is industrial strength Content Management System (CMS) software that that anyone can use to manage an ambitious Web site. It is simple enough for small Web sites, yet powerful enough for large-scale commercial Web sites. These are some of the advantages to using Mambo:

  • It is relatively easy use.
  • It has a simple and unique Administration interface to manage Web site content.
  • It is flexible enough to create custom Web site designs using the template system.
  • It is easy to add content and images.
  • It is designed with simplicity and flexibility for everyone. From the non-technical Webmaster to the advanced Programmer, it is designed to make it simple to add content.

Mambo is one of the finest Open Source Web Content Management Systems available today. Mambo makes it easy to communicate and publish on the web. Have you ever wanted to design and publish your own Web site with the ease of point and click, but never understood how to achieve this?

Well, don't fear! Mambo is just the ticket for you!

Mambo takes the worry out of creating Web pages without having to understand how to program. If you know how to use a standard word processor, like Microsoft Word or Open Office Writer, then you can manage a Web site using Mambo! Through the Mambo Administrator Web Interface, just enter your content, add a picture or two and click the save button!

Simple... Quick... And easy!

Mambo can be used for many different types of Web sites, such as:

  • Portals
  • Commercial Web sites
  • Non-profit Web sites
  • Personal Web sites
  • Integrated Flash Web sites

The key feature is the ability to allow any authorized user to add and edit content directly on the Web. Multiple people can manage content within a Mambo Web site. They do not need to know any programming languages, such as HTML, to update their site because an 'online WYSIWYG editor' (What You See Is What You Get) is included for formatting the text and inserting images. There is no need to 'upload' your documents with hard to understand FTP (File Transfer Protocol) programs. Just Save and Publish your content and your Web page is online for everyone to see!

Mambo is being used for these applications:

  • Updating 'Home' and 'News' Web pages, with news, articles and images·
  • Creating your own dynamically created content menus like 'Products > Hardware >DVD Recorders, Products > Hardware > CD Recorders'
  • Uploading MS Word, MS Excel and Acrobat PDF documents for online viewing
  • Managing header, footer or side Banners (advertisement etc.)
  • Creating Polls
  • Managing Web links
  • Managing FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
  • Managing News Flashes
  • Managing multimedia Flash, .jpg, gif, bmp and .png images
  • Managing News Feeds, from different news source Web sites
  • Managing Contact and email form pages
  • Managing Users with special access levels
  • Managing Archive pages
  • Managing 3rd party developer's Components, Modules and Templates. For example: E-commerce, forums, image galleries, calendar and agenda components, help desk etc.

Mambo requires one MySQL database, and will live comfortably on any of our hosting plans. While it can be used in a subdirectory, it makes sense to use this in your base directory. While it is fairly easy to manage a Mambo website, you can expect to spend more time learning how to use Mambo than some of the less powerful CMSes. On the other hand, you aren't as likely to outgrow Mambo.

You may notice similarities between Mambo and Joomla. The development team split into two, with some continuing to develop Mambo, and others heading off in a slightly different direction with Joomla. Some third-party products work with both Mambo and Joomla; others work with only one or the other. It isn't easy for us to tell which one is "better". You may want to install one, play around with it, then install the other, and play around with it, to see which one suits your fancy. You may also choose one or the other on the basis of wanting a skin that's available for one but not the other.

You can install Mambo with only a few clicks, using Fantastico, or you can ask us to perform a manual install, at no extra charge.