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Joomla! 1.5: Quick Start Guide

Table of Contents
Table of Contents....................................................................................................................2 Introduction.............................................................................................................................3 XAMPPSetup.........................................................................................................................4 Download & Unzip Joomla!.....................................................................................................6 Joomla! Installation.................................................................................................................8 Sections, Categories, andArticles........................................................................................10 Users.....................................................................................................................................15 Web Links.............................................................................................................................18 NewsFeeds..........................................................................................................................19 Menu.....................................................................................................................................20 Home..............................................................................................................................................20Categories.......................................................................................................................................22 Contact............................................................................................................................................25 Web Links.......................................................................................................................................28News Feeds.....................................................................................................................................31 Search.............................................................................................................................................34Modules................................................................................................................................37 Syndicate........................................................................................................................................37 Login...............................................................................................................................................39Newsflash.......................................................................................................................................41 Breadcrumbs...................................................................................................................................44 Templates..............................................................................................................................46 FurtherResources................................................................................................................49

Introduction

Introduction
Hello there! Today, we are going to walk you through setting up your first Joomla! website. In this demonstration, you are going to help set up a website for a landscaping company. In your meeting with the company's president, he described that he would like a sectiondedicated to trees, another for bushes, and a final for grasses. He would like his own section that will be dedicated to company reports and such. The front page will be reserved for specific material. You also need a section for links, a search page, and a page dedicated to news feeds relevant to landscaping. The public relations director also requested that news feeds be made available for the...