So you have decided to create your real estate portal, but are yet confused where to get started? As a real estate company or even as an individual agent, there are multiple aspects that your Content Management System (CMS) needs to take care of. These aspects are not just limited to the CMSs, but pan over templates and themes that the CMS offers.

If you are confused about which Content Management System (CMS) to go ahead with when creating your dream portal, you are not alone. With the ever increasing options for CMSs, one tends to get lost with their choices. As a user, the website I am accessing needs to be fast, responsive, quick to load, and of course a pleasure to view. Even if one of these factors are missing, the complete “user experience” takes a hit.

When someone wants to invest their hard earned money in buying a house, seeing is believing. Lets face it even buying something as trivial as a loaf of bread needs for us to inspect it well because it is going to consumed by you and your loved ones. So, why wouldn’t someone want to see the house before investing in it where he wants his loved ones to dwell?

Were you planning to start a Travel portal? After the ground work of creating a website is completed, the only thing that remains is making the site look appealing. For users to get engaged with your website, the layout and color palette of your site needs to be classy and sophisticated.

Comdev brings Travellist Joomla Booking template. Why should you go for Travellist? Travellist was developed after research that involved understanding the optimum layouts that ensure the user stays on the site longer.

Looking for a Business Directory, responsive, bootstrap-based template? Then look no further! Meet Business Pages - directory template for Joomla that includes all the design aesthetics you’ve come to expect from us. Built on a brand-new version of Warp 7 theme framework that offers lighting fast rendering and multiple configuration options.

We have re-designed our flag extension JomDirectory to get you stunning Directory Website based on Business Pages Template and Directory extension - JomDirectory. These two works with great harmony to get you 100% complete working site! 

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Estate Guide is the ideal template for real estate companies and estate agents. The modular build lets you set up a layout for a single company site or a large property portal.

This template can be used with our popular JomEstate extension to cover everything needed in a real estate website with any other components or modules. This multi function template comes with a color variations to allow for customisation.

Estate Guide has been build with latest mobile standards and it is responsive ready!

We have made necessary code changes in all our extensions to get best compatibility with Joomla 3. We use best  features that Joomla 3 offers and make sure that extensions will work properly. For each extension there is same install package, installer knows which Joomla version is being used: 2.5 or 3. There is no need to download separate package.

Today we released our new Ajax Map Search Module for JomDirectory. it offers live search of the listings and display them directly on the map with nice looking markers. Large number of listings are grouped into 1 marker with number in it. Clicking on that marker takes us to more detailed map where individual listings are being shown within the area.

If you have been in dire need to develop Java desktop, then NetBeans IDE is the tool for you. This tool is also used in developing applications that can be supported on the web and mobile platforms. There are also other abundant tools that C/C++ and PHP developers can make use of. The best part is that the tool is free.
Supports the latest Java innovations

There is a new version of Joomla and it comes with the latest updates that you should exploit. There are a number of updates that are made not forgetting the main update which is the tagging system. You can now tag across different contents.

Browsing through a number of website requires that you organize your tags in a manner that will make it easy for you to go through them. Joomla latest update ensures that you do this with ease. The ease of going through all you tags is not what makes Joomla v3.1 to be ideal. Rather there is the additional benefit of tagging other aspects such as feeds and your contacts. The effective tagging system ensures that you can tag different contents as you browse. In addition to tagging different aspects, you are also freed from the long process of visiting the tagging feature to be able to access your tags. Simply tag what you find to be interesting in the content using the tag app in Joomla v3.1. Talking about apps, it is now possible to integrate your apps using the API feature. You will also be enjoying the idea of creating Parent tags and other smaller tags. A while ago tagging was done using other softwares but now things have changes with the introduction of the latest version. Joomla itself ensures that you can do all the tagging without using 3rd party programs.Joomla v3.0This version was introduced in late 2012Up to 3% of websites globally use this open source coreFeatures include: •    fast and reliable mobile design •    easy to install•    prompt upgradesJoomla v3.1•    Bug fixes•    Variety of packages e.g. OpenStreetMap•    Tagging feature- in the latest update Drupal and WordPress are the two main competitors of Joomla and they had already taken a competitive advantage over Joomla by ensuring that the tagging feature was available to its users. Well, it is a healthy competition now that Joomla has followed the trend and offered this tagging feature in their latest v3.1 update. Truly speaking this was an unpredicted move. Right now we cannot predict the surprises that would be there in Joomla v3.2. We just have to sit back and hope that the existing competition would be an added advantage to us. Make the best out of the tagging feature that is not incorporated in Joomla V3.1.

We have great news for all users waiting for the new release of the JomEstate component, finally after months of development version 2.0 has been released. It shares the best features from the previous version with addition of the new functionality. It has been rewritten from scratch by best coders and the best database optimisation techiques to handle large data for portal sites. JomEstate is based on the same famous framework of our other extensions, offering smooth upgrade and compatibility it is also extremely expandable.

One of the most popular content management systems (CMS) is Joomla. There is no doubt that. Users have the opportunity/ability to track or control every aspect of their own websites. It boasts of an amazingly easy to use dashboard. Navigation using this dashboard is extremely easy. The main reason as to why this system is popular is the fact that people on different levels of technical knowledge can easily use it. Both experienced and first timer web designers and developers can make excellent use of Joomla. The fact that it is a free content management system also makes it a darling to many. Various versions of Joomla exist. Over the years, it has undergone countless upgrades. These improvements are all tailored to improving and making it better.

Most Joomla users do not see a reason for having an upgrade. What is for sure is that an upgrade is inevitable. If you continue to use old versions, then you end up missing up on great features that new versions bring with them. Old versions are prone to various problems such as being prone to attacks. There is an increased vulnerability. To avoid all these, that is the reason as to the radical changes in Joomla versions. It is prudent to upgrade to a new version every time it is released. There is no doubt that any new modification brings with it many great features. Upgrading will help you resolve any detected security issues, enjoy improvised features, avoid non-functional features, and give a website an updated feel.Let us look at the various that were available, those presently available and those to be released.Version 1.5 – Released on January 2008Version 1.6 – Released on January 2011Version 1.7 – Released on July 2011Version 2.5 – Released on January 2012Version 3.0 – Released on September 2012Version 3.1 – Released on March 2013Version 3.5 – To be released on September 2013Template and extensions developers have an opportunity to test their current versions verses the latest Joomla version. In order to receive up to date news about the latest versions, it is prudent to sign up for newsletters. These materials will always keep you posted whenever new versions are released. Once you receive adequate information about a new version, never hesitate to upgrade. Migrating will surely bring with it countless advantages. Therefore, never use an old version while Joomla developers are always working hard to modify and improve versions.

JomHoliday has been updated, some major changes includes tabbed navigation under single item view, contact has been been moved under the tabs and redesigned.

Sleeps field has been changed into Adults / Kids Dropdown fields. By default Adults is 1 and Kids 0 value. These fields has been updated under search module and booking tab in single item view.

Final booking page has been updated, now payment methods are already visible, agree terms button is only validated.

Also some minor bug fixes.

Today, Joomla stands out as one of the most popular CMS (Content Management Services). This is some very great news to Joomla users. However, this fact brings a lot of confusion as individuals have a rough time choosing which extension to utilize. There is no doubt that countless extensions exist nowadays. Choosing the right and most appropriate one from the numerous available can turn out to be quite stressful. Well, if you find it overwhelming making a choice, the below discussion will surely help you make a sound decision.

Joomla templates simply refer to a set of files that help in the management of content presentation. These files are normally within Joomla Content Management System. Unlike many people hold, they are not websites. However, they are considered as a basic foundation design in viewing a Joomla Website.

Let us face it; very few people are great at coming up with brilliant website designs. The same is true in the world of templates. Actually, not everyone is understands the whole concept of coming up with a website. Websites ought to look and feel professional. The truth of the matter is that, if web developers and designers do not give their all to a website, then that particular site will become part of a huge flop statistic.

Joomla is a website content management system available for free. It allows construction of sites through module combination by the web designers without the need to have adequate knowledge in the programming to be used. Its framework is administered in writing through PHP. Among the modules available are RSS feeds, language internalization and polls. This enables the users to bring out the content in the web with less experience in web design.

For the second year in a row, social media sites (including gaming and dating sites) are leading the way in consumer security and privacy protections, beating out Internet retailers and banks, according to an annual comprehensive audit by the Online Trust Alliance (OTA). Even though social sites led the pack in OTA's audit, the general trend for consumer security and privacy protection is good, says Craig Spiezle, president and executive director of OTA.

The sites that performed the best in the adoption of 14 industry accepted best practices, open standards and privacy practices, and criteria and best practices advocated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were named to OTA's Online Trust Honor Roll.