User's Manual

Chapter 1: Welcome to Joomla!

Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 20 Version 1.0.1.

ManualStyles&Conventions

Throughout this manual, we will refer to specific items of information in the following ways:

 Note: You will see this when an additional point needs to be made

L Further Information: You will see this as a reference to another chapter or an external

publication.

² Access: You will see this when you are being directed via a menu sequence to access a specific

Component, Category, Module, Mambot, Content Item or other file,

Caution: You will see this when you should use care or ‘due diligence’ to avoid problems

occurring either immediately or potentially later on.

WARNING!: You will see this when there is a very high risk of damaging your installation in

some way. Exercise great care. Seek further advice if you are unclear as to what

you are doing.

• Code that you are either required to enter, reference, or alter in some way will be displayed

as in the following example:

and content management system, This article provides simple

information on using the Joomla! CMS." />

editor publisher" />

• Buttons/Icons that should be clicked/selected in the course of a procedure are presented as

follows:

Click

Save button. Select Yes radio button. Select Show or Hide or Global Setting.

Toolbar Buttons:

Delete, Save, Edit, Publish, Unpublish, and Save are available.

• Internal addresses or addresses that you need to enter your own details into are shown as:

http://www.mydomainname.com/ or /usr/local/apache/htdocs

• Web addresses of other resources are shown as: http://www.joomla.org

• If a point requires emphasis such as the name of a piece of software, or that a particular path,

or element, is being referenced then it will be highlighted either as: MySQL or Component

xyz.

This document uses the following fonts:

• Arial as the base font,

• Palatino Linotype used for the Headings and Bullet Lists,

• and Courier New for all the HTML representations.

In accordance with the requirement of the Joomla! Documentation Workgroup this document is

produced in GB English. The Joomla! Documentation Style Guide has been followed where

appropriate.

If you would like further details, please contact Steve White (ledzep) or Andy Wallace (Humvee).

A Word template is available.