User's Manual
Chapter 1: Welcome to Joomla!
Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 17 Version 1.0.1.
Chapter1:WelcometoJoomla!
Introduction
Thank you for choosing Joomla! Content Management System (CMS) software! You have made
a great choice by selecting one of the most powerful and versatile Open Source Content
Management Systems available.
Joomla! is an award-winning CMS that will help you build web sites and other powerful online
applications. Best of all, Joomla! is an Open Source solution that is freely available to everybody.
WhatisaContentManagementSystem(CMS)?
A CMS is a computer software system for organising and facilitating collaborative creation of
documents and other content. A CMS is frequently a web application used for managing web
sites and web content.
Joomla!forEndUsers
The basic Joomla! package is designed to be relatively easy to install, even for non-
programmers. Most people have no trouble getting our software up and running, and there is
plenty of support available via the Joomla! forum at http://forum.joomla.org
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Once Joomla! is installed and running, it is simple for even non-technical users to add or edit
content, upload and add images, and to manage the critical data that makes your company or
organisation go. Anybody with basic word processing skills can easily learn to manage a Joomla!
web site.
You will easily be able to add new press releases or news items, manage staff pages, and create
an unlimited amount of Sections, Categories, and Content Items on your web site via a simple,
browser-based interface.
TakingJoomla!totheNextLevel
Out of the box, Joomla! does a great job of managing the content needed to make your web site
sing. However, for many people, the true power of Joomla! lies in the application framework that
makes it possible for thousands of developers around the world to create powerful add-ons and
extensions (Components, Modules, and Mambots). Here are just some examples of the hundreds
of available extensions:
Dynamicformbuilders
Businessororganisationaldirectories
Documentmanagement
Imageandmultimediagalleries
E‐commerceandshoppingcartengines
Forumsandchatsoftware
Calendars
Bloggingsoftware
E‐mailnewsletters
Datacollectionandreportingtools
Banneradvertisingsystems
Subscriptionservices...
in addition, many, many more.