Joomla 1.7 Handbook

Joomla is a comprehensive website content management system that allows website owners and website developers to build and maintain websites. However its complexity means that it can take weeks or even months to learn. This handbook is designed to be used in conjunction with "The Basics" a free online video training course at BuildAJoomlaWebsite.com. These tutorials have been carefully developed to ensure you learn the essentials of Joomla in just one hour. The handbook and tutorials are in three parts:

Part 1 - Overview
This helps you understand what Joomla is, what it can do and why you should choose it as your content management system.

Part 2 - Installation
There are several ways to install Joomla and this section demonstrates the most popular methods; a control panel, phpMyAdmin and the command line

Part 3 - Using Joomla
You will learn the essentials including articles, categories, images, menus, modules, extensions, templates and where to get help.

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