Joomla, CMS or HTML in 2025?
Hello everyone,
As an old hand with limited options, I'm starting over with my personal website and I can't stand all the standard Joomla pages anymore…
So I would prefer to just start again with a simple HTML + CSS basis and develop two versions for desktop and mobile.
Would you still do the work today and what should you definitely consider in 2025 regarding standards and browsers?
Thanks for your help!
Basically, I recommend the complete production of web content (if it is not about security-relevant things like shops). However, I must bear in mind that the process can take 1-2 years before CSS can also be implemented in a complex way.
The most beautiful thing in a self-construction is the beginning: you can actually choose a beautiful background color.
Properly good responsive design can be a bit challenging for beginners. This can only be done with pages that are relatively reserved in the “technical” design, i.e. the HTML structure must be limited to the most necessary. (so no pixel pusher)
Thanks for the friendly answer. I made web design many years ago and loved to start with the notepad and how you already wrote to begin with quite simple but essential things. Of course you can also develop a new GUI at Joomla, etc. But only if you have written the page completely yourself, you may also understand errors and can expand it according to your own wishes. Let’s go, thanks and a nice weekend.
If you still like parts of the Joomla results (does not sound like that), you can also try to fish out the structures via the developer console (if the source code mainly relies on JavaScript).
In general, you can change real-time websites via the browser’s own developer console (F12 press) to test. This is very knowledgeable.
Hello,
I have been using Joomla as CMS for years and is one of five CMS solutions I use privately and professionally. I use my own templates in Joomla that I create using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP. But yes, you can use HTML5 and CSS3 to create your own simple website.
If you have any idea of HTML5 and CSS3, I can only recommend it. If you stick to the W3C specification, you won’t get any problems. HTML5 and CSS3 offer many great ways to make the website as you like it. Link: Selfhtml to HTML5 For example, the new standard, such as the integration of audiovisual content or flexbox as well as grid module, offers. With Grid and Flexbox, complex pages can be layouts and is just two of many extensions. You can include SVG graphics and grab links, animate and interact with JavaScript. CSS animations are a great tool to assign certain effects to elements. But not so much.
It is worth looking at at at least the topics of HTML5 and CSS3.
Hello Mirko, thank you for the friendly and detailed contribution. Of course, you can change Joomla very largely with templates and CSS and for maintenance it is certainly easier. But I want to keep the code very slim and have a very special structure in mind. Flexbox and Grid Module sounds very good because I liked to use Adobe Flash. Even then, Selfhtml was a good base and a good tip to remember. Let’s go and thank you again and also a nice weekend!
Thank you for your feedback. Thanks to the new standards such as HTML5 and CSS3, we do not need flash anymore, as we can do everything with the browser’s boarding devices. Since I am active as a member of Selfhtml, I am pleased that you use Selfhtml. I also wish from my side a nice weekend!
You can do as you like.
Today you use Media Query and design its website responsive. So you only have one page to maintain and not two!
Thanks for the approach!
I work with free templates (so templates) in HTML5 format …
In principle, you only have to exchange the photos, exchange the text and, if necessary, adjust the colors. You already have a modern (!) website that works on all devices! 🙂
You can see if that’s something for you. I like to use the templates of http://www.html5up.net
Thanks for the super tip… Template would of course also be a way to save time and get suggestions.