User's Manual

Version 0.01 5/15/2006
this is often in the center of the web page.
A typical Joomla! installation comes with Banners, Contacts, News Feeds, Polls and Web Links
components.
Members of the Joomla! community produce third party Joomla! components on a continuous
basis. Take a look at http://extensions.joomla.org/ or http://developer.joomla!.org for a
listing of available components downloads.
See also: Chapter 6 – Accessing functions from the Backend – Administrator
Modules
Modules extend the capabilities of Joomla! giving the software new functionality. A Module is
small content item that can be displayed anywhere that your template allows it to be
displayed. Modules are very easy to install in the Admin Section.
Joomla! modules may include: Main Menu, Top menu, Template Chooser, Polls, Newsflash, Hit
Counter, etc.
Members of the Joomla! Community produce Joomla! modules on a continuous basis. They are
freely available on http://developer.joomla.org for download. An example of a module PHP
code is <? php mosLoadModules ( ’module position’ ); ?>.
See also: Chapter 6 – Accessing functions from the Backend – Administrator
Mambots
A Mambot is a small, task-oriented function that intercepts content before it is displayed and
manipulates it in some way. Joomla! provides a number of Mambots in the core distribution.
Some examples are WYSIWYG editors, third party component and module searchers, etc.
See also: Chapter 6 – Accessing functions from the Backend - Administrator
Quick Start Guide
Introduction
Your ability to do the following tasks will depend on the level of User you are. Sections,
Categories and Menu creation will require some form of Administrative access while an Author
in conjunction with a Publisher can create a Content Item.
For the purposes of this Quick Start Guide, we will assume you are a Super Administrator, as it
will be they who have installed the software in the first place.
Add a Section