How customizable is Joomla?

[jason87]

My client wants a new site which is going to be quite big. I have been recommended Joomla but not used it properly yet.

My client knows what they want their website to look like and was wondering if I could make the site from scratch the convert it to joomla later on? (or is this too complicated to do?)

Do I have to use templates or can i still design manually (using dreamweaver) and still use the functionality of Joomla is what I'm asking.

Thanks

[kash86uk]

Do I have to use templates or can i still design manually (using dreamweaver) and still use the functionality of Joomla is what I'm asking.
Thanks

I am after this same question about joomla?

Does anyone know?

jason87 see this about wordpress, might be useful to you: http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234782

[ky0ung]

I've used joomla before and I find it very hard to make themes in the first place. Now converting a website is probably even harder. If you are familiar with php, then you could probably convert your website to a joomla template. On the other hand, their are so many variables in joomla, wordpress, and drupal, that it would be easier just to make a joomla template rather than making your own and then converting it.

Hopes this helps.

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[diyakapoor]

joomla offers number of features with it and if your client wants to add any additional functionality that you can give easily through joomla extensions.

[toplisek]

I think dreamweaver suppport now Joomla templates. There are also some software support to create Templates without knowing details...

Check URL like:
http://www.justdreamweaver.com/dreamweaver-joomla-tools.html
http://www.artisteer.com/?p=joomla_templates

Let me know if you tested and result please.