Joomla 1.5 Tutorial

This Joomla tutorials collection is dedicated to showing you the basics of the Joomla 1.5 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 1.5 installation. If you need to change your Joomla hosting provider, we offer free website files and database transfer.

Joomla manual covers the following topics:

• How to install Joomla via Fantastico or manually;
• How to customize the layout of your Joomla website
• How to create your website with Joomla
• 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

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