I am proficient at XHTML and CSS and need to start creating dynamic sites as well as CMS. I need them to be search engine optimized as well. Is there any reason why I should not start using Joomla! I would need to create my own templates most of the time because I do custom work. Is this a bad work flow idea? Can you develop in Joomla! without having the site live?

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u can run joomla in localhost, using AppServ . U can create custom template for joomla but u need to learn it first, there are lot of free joomla templates nowaday u can learn it from there.

Thanks for your reply. I am very concerned with SEO capabilities using Joomla. Can you work with it without using table based layouts? Is it fully optimizable?
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Ya joomla its table less now, and its already using mod rewrite, so i think its fully optimize. Just give it a try 2bu

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