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August 2008

2008-08 Joomla! Community Magazine

Joomla! Community Magazine - Learning

Introductory: Learning Joomla! using Sample Data

All you need for this lesson is available in each Joomla! download

Written by Mark Dexter
Introductory: Learning Joomla! using Sample Data
Installation
Explore
First Change
Some Jargon Explained
Adding an Article
Registration and Login
More Cool Modules
Conclusion
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Of all of the resources available to help a new user learn Joomla!, my favorite is the Joomla! Sample website. Why? Because it lets you see how a working site is built. With the sample website, you can see how the site is written in Joomla! and how it looks to the user. You can also make changes to the site and see what the changes do. In this article we will take a tour of the Joomla! sample website and see what it can teach us about Joomla!.


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  1. avatar Filipe W. de Souza makes this comment

    2008-08-09 03:08:59

    I really like the Joomla 1.0 way of seeing module positions for a specific template. I don't know if I'm just not having any luck finding a similar feature with 1.5, but I think this feature definitely needs to be put back into 1.5.

  2. avatar Sir.Rainbow makes this comment

    2008-08-10 10:25:44

    If I read the article correctly you just have to add "?tp=1" to the url of any page to see the module positions, so the feature is there.

  3. avatar J Quigley makes this comment

    2008-08-11 05:08:51

    What an excellent accompaniment to the sample data! Mark, I hope that you delve deeper into other areas in the future. I have no Joomla experience, but a couple hours behind the wheel with your guide has made me see the big picture. Thanks, and I'd recommend this to anyone new to Joomla administration.

  4. avatar R.V. makes this comment

    2008-08-12 18:29:28

    This is an excellent balance of an overview of the Joomla site and its' workings. I appreciate not only your clear explanations of different features but also your implementation of the visuals. Thank you!! [i]. . . and this is from a person who has "scrounged" the internet for tutorials & forums.[/i]

  5. avatar faardeen makes this comment

    2008-09-20 05:03:10

    Hello, I'm unable to post on the forum. This is an excellent way to install Joomla with the sample data. I did it when I was starting to learn Joomla. In fact, now i'm quite expert with Joomla and I want to know how to add the modules and components(existing ones in Joomla) if I install Joomla without the sample data though the default plugins are found in the modules and components directly. There is such a question in joomla forum but its unanswered yet. Can anyone help me please.Thanks
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