Joomla!™ Tutorial

Joomla! CMS is a multi functional Open Source application for creating websites. It is free to use and has a great community support.

This Joomla tutorials collection is dedicated to showing you the basics of the Joomla 1.5 and the older Joomla 1.0 CMS. After reading it, you will be able to create a fully-functional website with Joomla in just a few minutes. If you don't have a Joomla website yet, you can sign up here for a Joomla hosting account and get a free Joomla installation. If you need to change your Joomla hosting provider, we offer free website files and database transfer. On this page you will find listed all topics from our Joomla 1.0 Tutorial and our Joomla 1.5 Tutorial.

Joomla! main benefits:

• Multiuser and Multilevel environment - many users can interact and contribute to the development of a Joomla-based site. Users can be assigned to different groups with different privileges;
• WYSIWYG editor - the intuitive What You See Is What You Get editor allows for easy editing of the content online;
• Additional components / modules - the Joomla system can be easily enhanced with additional functionalities from integrating a forum to installing an E-commerce solution;
• Templates - there are numerous free Joomla templates on the net and Siteground is proud to offer some of the best ones!

This Joomla 1.5 tutorial covers the following topics:

• How to install Joomla via Fantastico or manually
• How to customize the layout of your Joomla website
• How to create articles in Joomla
• How to create a Contact us page in Joomla
• How to link articles to the Joomla Menu
• How to create a Poll in Joomla 1.5
• How to create search engine friendly URLs
• How to add a counter in Joomla
• How to install extensions to your Joomla website
• How to change Joomla templates
• How to create a simple Joomla 1.5 template
• How to add a drop-down menu to Joomla 1.5
• How to secure your Joomla website
• How to optimize your Joomla website
• How to create a backup of Joomla 1.5
• How to upgrade Joomla 1.5 to the latest stable version
• How to upgrade from Joomla 1.0 to Joomla 1.5
• How to fix the most common Joomla 1.5 issues
• How to convert a static website to Joomla
• Popular Joomla Extensions

This Joomla 1.0 tutorial covers the following topics:

• How to install Joomla on your hosting account
• How to change/install Joomla templates and links to FREE Joomla templates;
• How to add new languages to Joomla
• How to administer your Joomla system
• How to manage your Joomla content
• How to manage banner ads
• How to add VirtueMart shopping cart to Joomla
• How to have Joomla and SMF forum
• How to add a Calendar module to Joomla
• How to use Google AdSense with Joomla
• How to optimize your Joomla website
• How to backup your Joomla site
• How to upgrade your Joomla system
• Joomla FAQ - more information about managing your Joomla

To start a Joomla website, you will need to open a hosting account first and have Joomla installed there. SiteGround has been supporting and hosting Joomla sites from the very beginning of Joomla! back in 2005. Through the years we have proven to be the best Joomla host, providing services such as free Joomla installation, Joomla-optimized servers, hundreds of free templates, fast and efficient support. For users, who need to change their Joomla host, we offer free website files and database transfer.