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As part of the evaluation process, you may want to understand in more depth exactly what Joomla! does and how you create a web site in Joomla! There are two aspects to evaluating Joomla!'s functionality. The first is to understand the core functionality that ships with Joomla!. The second is to understand how extensions will be used in your site.

===Joomla! Core Functionality===
When evaluating Joomla!, it is useful to understand its core functionality. If you are new to web development and CMS software, the [[Beginners|Absolute Beginner's Guide to Joomla!]] is a good place to start. You may also need some help with unfamiliar [[terminology]]

If you are more experienced, then you might prefer to try out Joomla! using the [http://demo.joomla.org/ Joomla! Demo site]. Or you can download and install Joomla! on a local computer, along with the Joomla! sample website. Instructions for this are contained in the [http://help.joomla.org/ghop/feb2008/task048/joomla_15_quickstart.pdf Quickstart Guide]. (Note that, to install the sample data, just press the "Install Sample Data" button during step 6 of the installation wizard.)

In either case, you can try out the "back end" administrator functions of Joomla! and see how you create menus, pages, articles, and other components of your web site. Everything you see in the sample web site is created with the core functionality of Joomla!.

===Joomla! Extensions===
As discussed earlier, over 9,300 extensions are currently available for Joomla!, with more being added daily. Although sites can be built using only the Joomla! core software, it is likely that you will want to use extensions. Most Joomla! web sites of any size or complexity include a number of extensions, and the identification of the major extensions that you will use to provide important functionality should be part of your evaluation.

===Other Joomla! Customisation===
Extensions provide pre-packaged solutions that require no programming to use. Another way to extend Joomla! is to customise it. Joomla! is designed to be extended and customised in several different ways.

The appearance of the web site -- the colours, graphics, typeface, and so on -- are controlled by the site's "[[template]]". Joomla! comes with three built-in templates, and there are many templates available as pre-built extensions. If you are familiar with HTML and CSS, it is not difficult to build your own customised template. You can look at the [[Joomla!_1.5_Template_Tutorial|Template Tutorial]] to get an idea of how templates work.

Since Joomla! is open source, any part of the program can be customised as needed. In addition, Joomla! includes a feature called "Template Overrides" which allow you to create one or more small customised programs that override parts of the standard Joomla! program. These programs work with the Joomla! core programs, and using them does not require modifying any core files. [[How to override the output from the Joomla! core|Template overrides]] allow you to easily customise almost any part of the way in which Joomla! renders a page.

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	The appearance of the web site—the colours, graphics, typeface, and so on—are controlled by the site's "[[template]]". Joomla! comes with three built-in templates, and there are many templates available as pre-built extensions. If you are familiar with HTML and CSS, it is not difficult to build your own customised template. You can look at the [[Joomla! 1.5 Template Tutorial\|Template Tutorial]] to get an idea of how templates work.		The appearance of the web site—the colours, graphics, typeface, and so on—are controlled by the site's "[[template]]". Joomla! comes with three built-in templates, and there are many templates available as pre-built extensions. If you are familiar with HTML and CSS, it is not difficult to build your own customised template. You can look at the [[Joomla! 1.5 Template Tutorial\|Template Tutorial]] to get an idea of how templates work.

−	Since Joomla! is open source, any part of the program can be customised as needed. In addition, Joomla! includes a feature called "Template Overrides" which allow you to create one or more small customised programs that override parts of the standard Joomla! program. These programs work with the Joomla! core programs, and using them does not require modifying any core files. [[How to override the output from the Joomla! core\|Template overrides]] allow you to easily customise almost any part of the way in which Joomla! renders a page.	+	Since Joomla! is open source, any part of the program can be customised as needed. In addition, Joomla! includes a feature called "Template Overrides" which allow you to create one or more small customised programs that override parts of the standard Joomla! program. These programs work with the Joomla! core programs, and using them does not require modifying any core files. [[How to override the output from the Joomla! core\|Template overrides]] allow you to easily customise almost any part of the way in which Joomla! renders a page.<noinclude>[[Category:Landing subpages\|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>

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	Since Joomla! is open source, any part of the program can be customised as needed. In addition, Joomla! includes a feature called "Template Overrides" which allow you to create one or more small customised programs that override parts of the standard Joomla! program. These programs work with the Joomla! core programs, and using them does not require modifying any core files. [[How to override the output from the Joomla! core\|Template overrides]] allow you to easily customise almost any part of the way in which Joomla! renders a page.		Since Joomla! is open source, any part of the program can be customised as needed. In addition, Joomla! includes a feature called "Template Overrides" which allow you to create one or more small customised programs that override parts of the standard Joomla! program. These programs work with the Joomla! core programs, and using them does not require modifying any core files. [[How to override the output from the Joomla! core\|Template overrides]] allow you to easily customise almost any part of the way in which Joomla! renders a page.
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 As part of the evaluation process, you may want to understand in more depth exactly what Joomla! does and how you create a web site in Joomla! There are two aspects to evaluating Joomla!'s functionality. The first is to understand the core functionality that ships with Joomla!. The second is to understand how extensions will be used in your site.
-===Joomla! Core Functionality===
+==Joomla! Core Functionality==
 When evaluating Joomla!, it is useful to understand its core functionality. If you are new to web development and CMS software, the [[Beginners|Absolute Beginner's Guide to Joomla!]] is a good place to start. You may also need some help with unfamiliar [[terminology]]
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 In either case, you can try out the "back end" administrator functions of Joomla! and see how you create menus, pages, articles, and other components of your web site. Everything you see in the sample web site is created with the core functionality of Joomla!.
-===Joomla! Extensions===
+==Joomla! Extensions==
 As discussed earlier, over 9,300 extensions are currently available for Joomla!, with more being added daily. Although sites can be built using only the Joomla! core software, it is likely that you will want to use extensions. Most Joomla! web sites of any size or complexity include a number of extensions, and the identification of the major extensions that you will use to provide important functionality should be part of your evaluation.
-===Other Joomla! Customisation===
+==Other Joomla! Customisation==
 Extensions provide pre-packaged solutions that require no programming to use. Another way to extend Joomla! is to customise it. Joomla! is designed to be extended and customised in several different ways.
-The appearance of the web site -- the colours, graphics, typeface, and so on -- are controlled by the site's "[[template]]". Joomla! comes with three built-in templates, and there are many templates available as pre-built extensions. If you are familiar with HTML and CSS, it is not difficult to build your own customised template. You can look at the [[Joomla!_1.5_Template_Tutorial|Template Tutorial]] to get an idea of how templates work.
+The appearance of the web site—the colours, graphics, typeface, and so on—are controlled by the site's "[[template]]". Joomla! comes with three built-in templates, and there are many templates available as pre-built extensions. If you are familiar with HTML and CSS, it is not difficult to build your own customised template. You can look at the [[Joomla! 1.5 Template Tutorial|Template Tutorial]] to get an idea of how templates work.
 Since Joomla! is open source, any part of the program can be customised as needed. In addition, Joomla! includes a feature called "Template Overrides" which allow you to create one or more small customised programs that override parts of the standard Joomla! program. These programs work with the Joomla! core programs, and using them does not require modifying any core files. [[How to override the output from the Joomla! core|Template overrides]] allow you to easily customise almost any part of the way in which Joomla! renders a page.