The Zikula brand name was created from several Zulu words, one of the official languages of South Africa, where “Zila ukudla” means fast and “Lula” means easy, which are the main attributes of the software.
Zikula is software that is installed on a web server and creates an impressive, dynamic web site and provides you with a site you can administer with a minimal amount of HTML knowledge through a web browser.
Zikula's functionality can be increased by installing modules (like Firefox extensions) . Examples of typical modules would be a message forum, image gallery, or a document manager like the one we used to create this documentation.
Zikula allows you to change the look of your entire site easily be installing pre-made themes that you can use "out of the box" or customize to suit your needs. All of this can be done with just a few clicks in the administration panel saving you hours of time, both in the initial creation of the website and in its day to day maintenance.
You can build anything from a blog to a high end ecommerce business presence. Zikula can scale to thousands of uses but it is just as easy to create a small website for friends and family.
Zikula enjoys vibrant development and a friendly support community that is growing in leaps and bounds each day.