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There are no prerequisites to this step-by-step course for building a Web site for a fictitious landscaping company. In the first few pages, you will have configured a localhost environment on your computer and installed Joomla!. Following the installation, you ''quickly'' learn how to configure all kinds of extensions, including components, modules and plugins. You will even make changes to the default template. The '''Joomla! v 1.5 Quick Start Guide''' is '''strongly recommended''' for all new Joomla! v 1.5 users. In a very short period of time, you will have learned enough that you can build a simple Joomla! Web site.
 
There are no prerequisites to this step-by-step course for building a Web site for a fictitious landscaping company. In the first few pages, you will have configured a localhost environment on your computer and installed Joomla!. Following the installation, you ''quickly'' learn how to configure all kinds of extensions, including components, modules and plugins. You will even make changes to the default template. The '''Joomla! v 1.5 Quick Start Guide''' is '''strongly recommended''' for all new Joomla! v 1.5 users. In a very short period of time, you will have learned enough that you can build a simple Joomla! Web site.
  
There is also a very nice beginners visual guide to getting started with Joomla! 1.5 here: [http://help.joomla.org/files/VisualGuide15.pdf Learn Joomla! 1.5 Fast!]  (PDF 1.3Mb) written by Saurabh Bhide
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There is also a very nice beginners visual guide to getting started with Joomla! 1.5 here: [http://help.joomla.org/files/VisualGuide15.pdf Learn Joomla! 1.5 Fast!]  (PDF 1.3Mb) written by Saurabh Bhide.
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You can use the Joomla! Sample website to learn about Joomla! features. Check out the Joomla! Magazine article [http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/522-introductory-learning-joomla-using-sample-data.html Learning Joomla! Using Sample Data].
  
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Revision as of 11:44, 4 December 2008

Complete the Joomla! v 1.5 Quick Start Guide[edit]

If you do nothing else, take time to complete the Joomla! v 1.5 Quick Start Guide Scribd, written by Kevin Hayne. As you read the guide, walk through the video accompaniment created by Michael Casha. This is a well developed and efficient training guide and video set.

There are no prerequisites to this step-by-step course for building a Web site for a fictitious landscaping company. In the first few pages, you will have configured a localhost environment on your computer and installed Joomla!. Following the installation, you quickly learn how to configure all kinds of extensions, including components, modules and plugins. You will even make changes to the default template. The Joomla! v 1.5 Quick Start Guide is strongly recommended for all new Joomla! v 1.5 users. In a very short period of time, you will have learned enough that you can build a simple Joomla! Web site.

There is also a very nice beginners visual guide to getting started with Joomla! 1.5 here: Learn Joomla! 1.5 Fast! (PDF 1.3Mb) written by Saurabh Bhide.

You can use the Joomla! Sample website to learn about Joomla! features. Check out the Joomla! Magazine article Learning Joomla! Using Sample Data.

Learn The Language

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Intro[edit]

For installing a version of Joomla! please use one of the links below to navigate to the appropriate installation instructions for your specific version. </translate> <translate>

Versions available[edit]

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