Joomla 1.5 Tutorial

This Joomla tutorial is dedicated to showing you the basics of the Joomla 1.5 version. After reading it, you will be able to create a fully-functioning website with Joomla in 15 minutes. If you don't have a Joomla website yet, you can sign up here and get a free Joomla 1.5 installation!

Why use Joomla 1.5

Joomla 1.5 is suitable for building almost any website. It is absolutely free (GNU / GPL license) and provides unmet features for creating dynamic web content.

Building a simple website with Joomla

In the first part of the tutorial we will be building a simple Joomla website containing:

• two static pages about the company and its services;
• one contact us page with mailing functionality;
• one poll for finding out what visitors think about the new website;

We have included the Contact us page and the Poll just to show a small part of Joomla's advanced features.

Advanced options in Joomla

In the second part of the tutorial we will explain some of the most popular Advanced options in Joomla. Here you will learn how to:

• Make your Joomla URLs SEO-friendly for better search engine indexing;
• Add a counter to your Joomla site;
• Change Joomla templates;
• How to remove the author / date posted from Joomla articles (Enabled by default);
• Optimize your website for better performance;
• And more.

You may use this tutorial for your own use. You may not distribute it in any form without the express permission of the publisher. You may provide a link to the publisher's web site, where this tutorial can be used from. This tutorial is provided free of charge and without any warranty of any kind.