Joomla Tutorials

Joomla Social Sites – Using Joomla to Build Social Sites

So, what are the capabilities of the Joomla software? Actually, the capabilities are endless. Because of the open source coding, variations and extensions to the initial Joomla core components are endless. If you can think it, someone, somewhere can design it and it will work with the core software program. Yes, this means that you [...]

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How to Create a Joomla Membership Site

Add Free or Paid Memberships to Joomla 1.5, using freely available components & plugins. For webmasters on a budget Joomla has already proven a very powerful tool. With easy installation through fantastico, an unofficial estimate of Joomla websites is around 5.000.000. A quick search using Yahoo of the Joomla footer tag ” Powered by Joomla! [...]

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How To Install Joomla On A Wamp Server

Part 1 ( Installing wamp and creating a database ) 1. Go to wampserver.com and click on download the latest version of wamp.This will redirect you to http://sourceforge.net and you will be asked ” to run or save the file ? ” Click on save the file.This process will take about 20 minutes. 2. When [...]

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Joomla Components, Modules And Plugins

Joomla is a fantastic piece of software and once you know how to use it, it’s very user friendly. Certainly Joomla 1.5 has taken a huge step forward in usability. But for someone new, certainly for someone who never used a CMS before, it can be quit overwhelming in the beginning. We all had the [...]

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The Future Of Joomla And WordPress

Joomla and WordPress are two computer web designing softwares used mainly in online business websites. Both use CMS technology which is an open source Computer Management System that helps in organizing and managing the contents of a website. CMS is an amalgamation of big databases, file management and other software related modules which are used [...]

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5 Quick Steps To Create Websites Using Joomla

I started using Joomla a few years ago and I admit that it is not one of the easiest Content Management System especially for beginners like me. It does not comes with step by step manual|user manual that teaches you how to create a website from scratch. The user manual (even at the time of [...]

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Joomla Customization: Tailor The Design To Your Requirements

As technology has evolved, there are a host of ways available to a developer to build websites. Joomla is one of the most popular open source solutions for content management system. A large number of developers are using Joomla to weave websites and powerful online applications. And for tailoring the website design to ones requirements, [...]

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Joomla And Its Advantages

What is Joomla? Joomla is an open source Content Management System (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. In August 2005, Joomla originated from the Mambo content management system, which included the source code, as well as the development team. As Joomla code is open source, so it’s easy adaptable [...]

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10 Top Joomla Extensions

There are who-knows-how-many thousands of free Joomla extensions you can use for just about any personal or commercial project. Of all the many great Joomla components, tips, tricks and modules out there, only a few ever earn that special place on a “top 10″ list. Naturally, there are some great commercial add-ons, but we’re talking [...]

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Joomla Backup Extensions

Backing up your site is usually a pain in the neck because most users hate messing around with MySQL databases. This is the case for me too, so I go for a better option instead – automate the back-up as much as you can through scripts or, in Joomla’s case, with extensions. I’ll be reviewing [...]

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