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Host a Product Catalog with Joomla!

Showcase your products beautifully with a flexible, open-source catalog you control.
Project Objectives
Project Kit

Project Objective

Whether you’re managing a boutique inventory or highlighting a large product line, this blueprint gives you the power to present your offerings professionally. You’ll use Joomla paired with powerful extensions to create a product catalog that’s searchable, filterable, and optimized for visual appeal. You stay in control of the layout and functionality—without monthly fees or third-party restrictions.

Showcase Products with Style

Design eye-catching, mobile-friendly product displays using Yootheme and DJ-Catalog2 for a polished, professional look.

Organize and Filter Seamlessly

Help users find what they need quickly with intuitive categories, filters, and search tools built into your catalog layout.

Full Control Over Display

Customize fields, layouts, and item groupings to suit your needs—no platform limitations or forced templates.

Improve Trust and Transparency

Add specs, availability, and review sections to boost buyer confidence and reduce customer service questions.

Expand Support with Ease

Add ticketing features like RSTickets!Pro to handle product questions and provide responsive service.

Scale with Zero Lock-In

Easily add more products, integrations, and features over time without migrating to a new system.

What You’ll Build

  1. Launch a Joomla site on a reliable hosting provider
  2. Install and configure DJ-Catalog2 to manage your products
  3. Style your catalog with the flexible Yootheme template system
  4. Customize product fields and layouts to fit your needs
  5. Add Akeeba Backup for secure site recovery
  6. Enable support ticketing with RSTickets!Pro

Project Kit

The Project Kit gives you a complete list of the open-source apps, essential plugins, and helpful services required to build your chosen project. No guesswork—just the tools you need, curated and ready to go.

Setup

To host your product catalog, start by setting up Joomla on a reliable web host. Scala Hosting is optimized for Joomla and offers strong performance, scalability, and excellent support. It’s an official sponsor of the Joomla open-source project and works seamlessly with the tools in this blueprint.

Core

Use Yootheme Pro for beautifully responsive layouts and visual editing. DJ-Catalog2 is a powerful Joomla extension designed specifically for product cataloging with support for custom fields, filtering, and SEO optimization.

Utilities

Akeeba Backup ensures your site is safely backed up and easy to restore. DJ-Catalog2 Integrator lets you embed catalog content easily into Yootheme Pro layouts for a smooth, customized display experience. Also, give Yootheme Pro some added functionality with YOOtheme Pro​ Essentials.

Add-Ons

Add RSTickets!Pro to enable professional support ticket handling directly from product pages. Customers can submit questions, track replies, and access help—all without leaving your catalog. Great for boosting trust and improving the user experience.

Training

Short Course

Short Courses are focused lessons designed to help you master a single tool, skill, or concept fast. This Blueprint links to Short Courses that teach individual tools or steps quickly and clearly—so you can keep building with confidence.