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=Joomla! Official Documentation=
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Find the profile that most accurately describes your role and you will find the documentation that you need more quickly.  These are the most frequent profiles...
* [[Administrators]]
* [[Web designers]]
* [[Developers]]
but if you are none of the above then there are
* [[Start here|more user profiles...]]
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<div style="border-bottom:1px solid #Gold; background-color:#ffffaa; padding:0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em; font-size:110%; font-weight:bold;">Absolute Beginners Guide to Joomla!</div>
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{{Beginner profile}}
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<div style="border-bottom:1px solid abd5f5; background-color:#d0e5f5; padding:0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em; font-size:110%; font-weight:bold;">Frequently sought information</div>
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* Joomla! 1.5 [http://www.joomla.org/about-joomla/technical-requirements.html Technical Requirements], [http://help.joomla.org/content/category/48/268/302/ Installation Manual] and [[Upgrade Instructions]].
* [[:Category:Security Checklist|Joomla! Security Checklist]]
* [[:Category:FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]
* [[:Category:Tips and tricks|Tips and tricks]]
* [[:Category:Templates|Templates]]
* [[Framework|Joomla web application framework]]
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'''You don't need to register here if you just want to read the documentation.'''

You should only register if you want to make changes to the information contained here.  Also note that registration on this wiki is entirely separate from registration on our other sites, such as the [http://forum.joomla.org forum].
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<div style="border-bottom:1px solid abd5f5; background-color:#d0e5f5; padding:0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em; font-size:110%; font-weight:bold;">The path to Joomla 1.6</div>
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{{JVer|1.6}} We are getting close to the release of Joomla 1.6, but we need your help to finish it.  If you are a developer then please look in the [[:Category:Dev cookie jar|development cookie jar]] for a list of tasks we need help with.  If you see something that takes your fancy then follow the instructions to claim the task and start working on it.

You can see a summary of overall progress on the [[Joomla! 1.6 Development Status|development status page]].
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Too young for GSoC?  Then watch this space for details of GHOP 2010.

We're beginning to ramp up preparations for this year's contest.  Further details will be placed on the [[GHOP]] page when we have them.
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You don't need to join the [[Documentation Working Group]] to help us improve the documentation.  Just [[Special:UserLogin|register]] on this wiki and get started.  Feel free to fix any errors you find; take a look in the [[Cookie jar]]; or consider helping out in one of our mini-projects...

{{:Projects}}
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No documentation events currently scheduled.

These past events involved the Joomla! documentation effort in some form or another.
;[[Pizza Bugs and Fun 2]] - 21/22 & 28/29 June 2008
:Second PBF event, plus a second Doc Camp event, equals the first Joomla! Bazaar.
;[[Google Highly Open Participation Contest]] - November 2007 to February 2008
:Hugely successful event for high school and secondary school students.  Many documentation tasks were completed.
;[[Doc Camp 1]] - 19-21 January 2008
:The first ever Doc Camp event took place online and in Vancouver, Canada and Brussels, Belgium.
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;[[Development Working Group]]
:The main responsibility of the Development Working Group is taking care of the development of the Joomla! application framework and the Joomla! Content Management System (CMS). Besides the development of the Joomla! codebase the Development Working Group defines the Joomla! roadmap strategy, creating (architectural) designs for major and minor versions and of course taking care of bug and security fixes in maintenance versions.
:The development working group holds two teams: the [[Development Team]] and the so called [[Bug Squad]]. The teams have separate responsibilities, but together they form the development force of the Joomla! project. Please check the [[:Category:Development Working Group|Development Working Group category page]] for a full overview of all available pages.
:The Development Working Group is also responsible for managing Joomla! entries in the [[Google Summer of Code 2008|Google Summer of Code]].

;[[Documentation Working Group]]
:If you are looking for a way to help the documentation effort, then please take a look in the [[cookie jar]] where we have a list of small(-ish) tasks that you can pick up when you have a bit of time and can be completed without too much effort.

;[[Sites and Infrastructure Working Group]]
:The Sites and Infrastructure Working Group is responsible for maintaining a productive, jovial forum for efficient, open communication between everyone involved in the project.

;[[Translations Working Group]]
:The Translations Working Group is responsible for managing Joomla! internationalisation and localisation.  Here you will find information on how you can set up translations, how this team is organised, standards to use and so on.

;[[Events Working Group]]
:The Events Working Group is a team of events mentors responsible for all world-wide Joomla-supported events.

;[[Communications Working Group]]
:The Communications Working Group is responsible for project websites and community services such as news feeds.
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==Other items of interest==
;Joomla! User Groups
:Why not join a local Joomla User Group (JUG)?  Find out more in the [[JUG Resource Centre]]

;Legacy documentation
:Documentation for the Joomla! 1.0.x series can be found on the old [http://help.joomla.org help site].

;Finding stuff on this wiki
:Pages in this wiki are organised into a hierarchy of categories.  Explore the categories by starting at the [[:Category:Top Level|top level]] or look at the [[Special:Categories|complete list of categories]].
:You can also enter a simple search term in the search box on the left of each page.

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