Joomla! Documentation™

Joomla! Official Documentation

Administrators

Installation	Installation Manual, Security Meassures, Technical Requirements, Upgrade Instructions
Beginners Guide	This guide will answer you the first questions, if you're new to Joomla
Article Management	Tutorials, and answers to your FAQs on Article Management
Category Management	Tutorials, and answers to your FAQs on Category Management
Menu Management	Tutorials, and answers to your FAQs on Menu Management
Module Management	Tutorials and answers to your FAQs on Module Management
Component Management	Tutorials and answers to your FAQs on Component Managment
Template Management	Tutorials and answers to your FAQs on Template Management
Plugin Management	Tutorials and answers to your FAQs on Plugin Management
User and Access Management	Manage your users and their access Levels.
Global Configuratin Management	Tutorials and answers to your FAQs on Global Configuratin Management

Extension Developers

Joomla Framework API Documentation	API Reference for the Joomla Framework + Tutorials
Templates	Tutorials, and answers to your FAQs on Template Development
Components	Tutorials, and answers to your FAQs on Component Development
Modules	Tutorials, and answers to your FAQs on Module Development
Plugins	Tutorials, and answers to your FAQs on Plugin Development
Languages	Tutorials and answers to your FAQs on Langague Support for your extensions

Start here 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 more user profiles...

Absolute Beginners Guide to Joomla! <translate> As someone who has not used Joomla! before, you need to know how to get started. Maybe you have a friend or a neighbour who uses Joomla! and you want a Joomla! web site of your very own. Maybe you have a small business or a club or a community that needs a web presence, and you want to use Joomla! for that purpose. Maybe you are a seasoned Information Technology professional, but you have never used Joomla! before. If so, you are just starting a very enjoyable journey and we warmly welcome you to Joomla! </translate>

Frequently sought information Joomla! 1.5 Technical Requirements, Installation Manual and Upgrade Instructions. Joomla! Security Checklist and Vulnerable Extensions List Frequently Asked Questions Tips and tricks Templates Joomla! Framework API Reference. See also API 1.5 and API 1.6

Important 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 forum.

The path to Joomla 1.6 Joomla 1.6 is currently in the beta test stage so we are getting closer to General Availability, but we need your help to finish it. If you are a developer then please look in the 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 development status page. You can also see what's new in Joomla 1.6.

Joomla Student Outreach Program 2010 The Joomla Student Outreach Program (JSOP) is available for students to get involved with many aspects of the Joomla project. Please see the announcements here and here. There is also some information on Joomla! Student Outreach Program Project Ideas.

Helping with the documentation effort Documentation Projects You don't need to join the Documentation Working Group to help us improve the documentation. Just 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... <translate> Joomla! Beginners Tutorial Project The aim of the Beginners Tutorial Project is to construct useful, easy to follow Tutorials aimed at Joomla! Beginners. Topics will include helpful 'how to's' for the benefit of those new to Joomla! </translate> <translate> Joomla! Developer Tutorials Project This project is aimed at creating consistent, easy-to-follow Tutorials for Joomla! Extension Developers, written by Joomla! Developers.</translate> <translate> Joomla! Help Screens Project This project focuses on the administrator Joomla! 3.10 Help screens. Unless a Joomla! Installation is modified, all core component Help screens are being served from this wiki. The summary status of each Joomla! Help screen can be found in the previous links.</translate> <translate> Joomla 4 Tutorial Project The aim of the Joomla 4 Tutorial Project is to construct useful, easy to follow Tutorials aimed at Joomla! Beginners and Developers. Topics will include helpful 'how to's' for the benefit of Joomla! users </translate> Documentation Events JoomlaDay USA West 2010 - 1/2/3 October 2010 Chris Davenport, Documentation Coordinator will be there. Come and ask your documentation-related questions. JoomlaDay UK 2010 - 30/31 October 2010 Chris Davenport, Documentation Coordinator will be there. Join in with a live documentation event on the Sunday.

Joomla! Working Groups The Joomla! Project is organized into two large working groups: Production and Community. Production Working Group The Production Working Group manages all aspects of production of the Joomla! CMS and Framework.It is made of up several large teams. The main responsibility of the Development Team 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 team holds two teams: the Development Team and the Bug Squad. The teams have separate responsibilities, but together they form the development force of the Joomla! project. Please check the Development Team category page for a full overview of all available pages. The Production Working Group is also responsible for special initiatives such as student programs. The Documentation Team is responsible for user and developer documentation, help screens and other tasks. 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. The Translation Team 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. Community Working Group The Community Working Group is responsible for maintaining a productive, jovial forum for efficient, open communication between everyone involved in the project. Some of the teams that make up the Community Working Group are those that manage the Joomla! Forum, the Extensions Directory, the Resources Directory, the Site Showcase, the Community website, Joomla Connect, and Joomla! User Groups.

Most popular pages 1. Beginners 2. Main Page 3. Migrating from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 2.5 4. Getting Started with Joomla! 5. Installing Joomla 6. Developers 7. How do you recover or reset your admin password? 8. Upgrading 1.5 from an existing 1.5x version 9. Vulnerable Extensions List 10. Developing a Basic Component - Joomla! 2.5 11. Use Joomla! on your own computer 12. Installing a template 13. How do you modify a template? 14. Creating a basic Joomla! template 15. How do you put a module inside an article? 16. Joomla 3.0 FAQ 17. Accessing the database using JDatabase 18. Web designers 19. Changing the site favicon 20. Copying a Joomla website

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Joomla! User Groups

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Legacy documentation

Documentation for the Joomla! 1.0.x series can be found on the old help site.

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