Question says it all. I know a bit of basic php. I’m trying to build a home-business website (can’t really say what it is to prevent my ideas from theft).

A lot of people recommend joomla for creating a dynamic website. I hear its good for forums, comment-chats/guestbooks, posting, email, registration, user-accounts, and much more. But is it more reliable then coding with regular plain php scripts? I really need a basic understanding of CSM…

I have a book on joomla, And I plan to start reading it soon (as soon as I finish getting the down basics of php).

To keep the question short, I just want to know if I should just use joomla to build my website. And I’d like to know if there are any popular websites currently using joomla (if anyone knows any, please send me a link/source).

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