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Before you jump into making your own articles, categories, tags, web links, contacts, banners, and news feeds, you may want to review [[S:MyLanguage/Planning Your Web site|Planning Your Web site]]. There are many aspects of creating a web site to consider. For example, deciding if you want to [[S:MyLanguage/Enabling Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URLs|enable Search Engine Friendly URLs]] and how enabling or disabling [[S:MyLanguage/Search Engine Friendly URLs|Search Engine Friendly URLs]] later will destroy the rankings your pages acquired with search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo.

Perhaps you already have a website. Then you should read [[S:MyLanguage/Converting an existing website to a Joomla! website|Converting an existing website to a Joomla! website]] and learn more about converting your static website.

One of the first tasks you may want to do is to modify one of the templates that comes with Joomla! so that it displays your site name and logo.

* How to [[S:MyLanguage/How_do_you_change_the_image(s)_in_your_template%3F|change the image(s) in your template]]. 
* How to [[S:MyLanguage/J3.x:Modifying_a_Joomla!_Template|modify a Joomla! template]].

Finally, you may want to [[S:MyLanguage/Help34:Extensions_Extension_Manager_Install|install one or more of the thousands of extensions to Joomla!]]. Most Joomla! extensions are listed in [https://extensions.joomla.org the official Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED)]. Once you've found an extension to install, you'll have to follow the  [[S:MyLanguage/Help34:Extensions_Extension_Manager_Install#Outline|procedure for installing a Joomla! Extension]].

Please remember that all extensions are developed by independent developers. If you need help with a specific extension the best source will be that developer.

===Getting Help in the Joomla! Forums===
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Here are some quick links to specific {{JVer|3.x}} forums commonly used. 
*[[jforum:706|General/New to Joomla! Questions]],
*[[jforum:713|Joomla! Template Questions]],
*[[jforum:715|Joomla! Extension Questions]]

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