Pleasure, profit or pain - Giving your user what they want. | Joomla! Community Portal

It is often asked if a site should be made for the user or the designers benefit. What if you spend hours/weeks/months on your site only for people to get lost! Several sites I have worked with are doing very well with the minimum of features and fuss. Does your site really need the latest content video flashes, scrolling facebook and bouncing twitter birds? Most of the support questions I deal with are to do with paid extensions. If you have a paid for extension, the most obvious choice would be to go to the supplier first, they have your money. Unless of course you have obtained the template or extension from a dubious; unprofessional source. Once you have found a decent template, do you really need to rip it apart then rebuild it to make it look "good" when you can build one using a good template construction kit? For most new users to Joomla, and experienced ones, you can get a decent looking, easy to navigate site using free templates and tools. The community site bristolestate.org.uk shows such an example of using the milky way template with a replaced logo and an extension for the top menu module. There is also a download, gallery and video player extension. All free, all easy to use and very user friendly for the target audience (50+ years old) who do most of the updates themselves. If you look at this site. mandyhost.co.uk/ You will see it is a straight forward template, with only a couple of extensions. An image gallery and a drop down menu extension. it is visited by several hundred people a week and syndicated to around 30 different community websites. The services and news it supplies are what people are after along with a simple navigation without being just another blog. For the more complex community news site that has just been relaunched is whitehawk.uk.net which is currently running a design a logo competition. It uses a standard free template, with a free image gallery and forum. The versatile template woks well, and a few other extras such as the sobi links extension, shows how a functioning community site can be built without whistles. It does use K2 to provide a more social networking site. The target audience is 14-30 years and all migrated from a 5 page html site, with a free hosted forum and a cant be bothered site admin. Yes there are other sites that I could mention with more features and flashy templates but this article is just to show that you don't need to have all the bells and whistles, templates that look very futuristic and have every extension that you can get hold of. Remember, only one component can run at any one time, and a barrel load of modules will slow your site down. Design your site for your target audience, people will respect you more for keeping something easy and simple than overloading them with scrolling banners and zooming menus. If you want to build a facebook or youtube clone, then go ahead. Expect about 50 people to sign up at the start, your bandwidth to be hit like a steam train and don't bother renewing the domain at the end of year. My clients come to me for build straightforward sites they can handle. If I build a "personal pastime" site, then I can fill it up with what I want, but I wont pay myself for the added features I may use once because they are to complex. Think simple, think professional, think use ability. Get repeat visitors and pleasure, not repeat pain.

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Urgent, It dont work - fix it!

You've probably been to the forums because you're encountering a problem.

Just remember, when you post there, that we are trying to help you. Don't get angry, frustrated or rude, just tell us what's wrong and we'll help you work out the problem. You should also have at least read the beginners guide to joomla.

When asking for advice, the most important aspect to consider is asking in such a way that will allow the community to quickly know what you want and give all the information they need to help you.

In general, you want to be clear, concise, complete, and polite.

When you ask for support, please understand that depending on the number of questions the community see, other commitments, social life etc, they may not be able to answer or even acknowledge your question. Also understand that if you’re asking for free help, you need to be respectful of the time they’ve dedicated free and of the additional time you’re asking them to spend with you. Supply them with as much information as possible.

• Refrain from spamming or bumping, posting for points. If you make a post and don’t receive a reply within 5 minutes, that doesn’t mean you should post again. This will likely move you down or off the good attention list. People dont live on the forum waitng for your post.

• Unless otherwise told, do not contact/PM/Skype the forum leaders or more experienced people. This will not only make you unpopular and probably be classed as a bully. Some people actually make a comment in their signature lines stating they will ignore, delete and ban people who do. Others may also state that if you PM them, you will accept their personal support charges. They may also make a public posting in the topic you want help on stating you are a demanding, impolite user and everyone will ignore you.

• If you see an error message, copy the entire error message and include that in your initial post. These error messages help to narrow down the problem making for quicker resolution times

• Is there a forum for your language? It may be better to post in the wrong forum where someone can undertand you than post in Babel English where people will have no idea what your on about!

We know just as well as anyone else that everyone makes mistakes. If the problem was caused by something you accidentally did, we may be able to help. We don't expect you to be an expert at using our Joomla.
Even Microsoft states
"When posting questions to a professional forum or newsgroup it is vital to format the question and it's content in a proper way in order to greatly increase the possibility for quickly receiving a good answer, and thus saving you time and frustration. "

Urgent, It dont work - fix it!

Last Steps to Joomla 2.5!

Last Steps to Joomla 2.5!

Version 11.3 of the Platform has just been merged into the CMS and we are down to the last few weeks before 2.5! We plan to release Version 2.5 beta on or before December 20th. To make this schedule, we have until December 12th to propose and test new features. 1. Please test the present state of the CMS with your favorite extensions and report any bug on the Tracker. TEST: The CMS can be downloaded from https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/downloads (Not for production sites!) REPORT ISSUES: Please post on the tracker http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemBrowse&tracker_id=8103 2. Please test the New Features (and propose some with code attached if you want): TEST: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemBrowse&tracker_id=8549 Specially look at those with Status "Pending" when testing One does not need to be a geek or PHP guru to test the proposed patches. And your efforts will really help in getting your favorite CMS in good shape for 2.5! As many of you know, version 2.5 is the long-term-support release that ends the 1.6/1.7/2.5 series. As such, the update to 2.5 will be seamless and will be handled exactly the same as the update from 1.6 to 1.7 or 1.7.2 to 1.7.3. It is expected that all extensions should work without changes for version 2.5. However, extension developers should test their programs to make sure. We hope to get some great new features into version 2.5, but we need the community to help with the process. Thanks!

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Joomla 2.5 Beta to be released December 20th 2011 | Internet Wisdom

On November 30^th, 2011, Jean Marie Simonet wrote on the Joomla community blog:

“We plan to release Version 2.5 beta on or before December 20th.”

The upcoming non-beta release is scheduled to be released in January of 2012, but it looks like Joomla addicts will be able to get a taste of the new 2.5 version of the popular CMS.

The new features have not been announced, but Jean writes:

“To make this schedule, we have until December 12th to propose and test new features. “

Does this mean the developers are keeping a lid on the new enhancements (other than improved search) because they are not ready? Or are they not exactly sure what addition will be made? Either way, hopefully the Joomla developer team can meet their deadline so all of us Joomla enthusiasts can see for ourselves what all the fuss is about.

Think you’re ready for Joomla 2.5? Make sure you’re prepared!

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AllVideos (plugin): True all-in-one media management solution for Joomla! | JoomlaWorks

AllVideos (by JoomlaWorks) is truely THE all-in-one media management solution for Joomla!. You can use the plugin to easily embed videos hosted on popular services like YouTube, Metacafe, Vimeo (and many more) inside your Joomla! articles (content items). Additionally, it allows you to playback almost any video/audio filetype directly from your server or a remote server, giving you the competitive edge when it comes to rich media content. WHY ALLVIDEOS? - You don't have to copy/paste huge blocks of HTML code, just to get a video from YouTube to playback on your Joomla! website! Your WYSIWYG editor loves it and so will you and your clients! - You use simple and descriptive plugin tags like {youtube}heu37ej3qs{/youtube}, {flv}batman_darknight{/flv} or {mp3}pixies_bonemachine{/mp3}. HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF ALLVIDEOS AllVideos is basically smart, cheap and now flexible content streaming for anyone: - You can use, for example, YouTube to upload your videos and then embed them inside your site without consuming your server's bandwidth or having to spend money on expensive video conversion software! - You can upload nearly any type of video or audio content and display them on your website, coming either directly from your server or from a remote server! FEATURES 1. Dozens of video providers supported, including localized versions of YouTube and Google Video (e.g. es.youtube.com), Vimeo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, MySpace, Flickr Video, Yahoo Videos and more. 2. Stream your own media content, using the 20 web compatible video and audio formats like flv, swf, mov, mp4, wmv, wma, mp3, 3gp, webm, ogv, ogg, divx and more. 3. Easily embed your media content either directly from your server or a remote server! 4. Simple controls inside the plugin's parameters page provide layout consistency on all the videos shown in your Joomla! website. Set your preferences in seconds, publish the plugin and you're ready to start streaming content! 5. Easy, descriptive syntax for media embedding - {format/provider}filename{/format/provider}. You can also use syntax like {format/provider}filename|width|height|autoplay{/format/provider} (e.g. an "autoplaying" {youtube}he73js822|600|450|1{/youtube}) to display videos at different dimensions! 6. Skinnable! AllVideos uses MVC templating. Just copy the /tmpl folder included in the plugin, move it to your template's /html folder and rename it to "jw_allvideos", then style the output as you wish. The good thing about MVC templating is you don't have to worry about future updates breaking your styling. 7. Mobile-friendly: if you use MP4 for uploaded videos or services like YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion, your videos are mobile ready.

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"Creating templates from scratch doesn't need to be hard

Dr Dobbs - Joomla Templates:

Alexander (Sasha) Sirotkin works on the LTE (Long Term Evolution) Project at Comsys Mobile. Alexander can be reached via e-mail at sasha.sirotkin@gmail.com.

Joomla is an open source content management system (CMS) that has all the functionality that you would expect -- banners, contacts, RSS feeds, polls, and much more. Because it was designed to be extensible, there are hundreds if not thousands of modules and components written for Joomla. It is mostly written in PHP, uses MySQL database as a back end, and released under GPL.

Joomla has a flexible and powerful template system which has a huge number of both free and commercial templates available for it. Unfortunately Joomla templates tend to be too colorful with a bit non-professional and childish look, which is generally not what you would want for a commercial website. I came across this problem while working on one of my projects. After checking literally hundreds of templates I had to consider ordering a custom template from one of the companies specializing in this area or creating one myself. While the former is probably the option that most commercial companies would chose, I decided to go with the latter mainly because all I needed was a plain and simple Google-style template and I figured out that it might be fun to learn something new in the process of writing it. For both of the above reasons I did not want to modify an existing template but rather preferred to write a new one entirely from scratch. As it turned out, it is indeed surprisingly simple and fun.

With this in mind, in this article I show how to write a minimal, yet functional Joomla template from scratch, starting with Joomla 1.0.x then 1.0.x templates to Joomla 1.5x which has a very different API."

Dr Dobbs - Joomla Templates

Nine Questions When Preparing Clients for Joomla 2.5

On August 9, the name for the January 2012 Joomla release changed from Joomla 1.8 to 2.5. Joomla's release schedule has been described in itsdevelopment strategy, and much analysis has been put forth as to whether one should upgrade websites or not to the next version of software.

This article has been translated to Russian, courtesy of Eugene Sivokon. Thank you!

The conventional wisdom, since the release of Joomla 1.7, has been as follows:

• If your website is running in Joomla 1.5, and it's working well, keep it running in 1.5 for now. Move the site to Joomla 2.5 next year.
• If you're building a new website, build it in 1.7 if possible, so you'll have an easy migration to 2.5 next year.

The reason Joomla 2.5 is so important is because it's a long-term release. By moving your website to this version of Joomla, you can keep Joomla's version constant for 18 months, without moving to new versions every 6 months or so. This long-term stability is important for most client businesses, who don't want to undergo a major upgrade and testing every 6 months. Since Joomla 1.5 will reach its end of life in April 2012, and since Joomla 2.5 is released in January 2012, it makes sense to move Joomla 1.5 sites directly to Joomla 2.5.

But what about moving those websites to Joomla 2.5? Have you stopped to consider a process for doing this, outside of the technical issues?

My company, 4Web, Inc., has roughly 80 sites we maintain which are currently running in Joomla 1.5. Most of these sites are quite complex, defined by several characteristics including third party extensions, custom templates, hundreds or thousands of pages, and custom extension development. We've recently discussed how we will manage moving these sites to Joomla 2.5 next year, and we've started to think about how the process might happen from a business perspective. Here are some of the questions we've been considering.

Nine Questions When Preparing Clients for Joomla 2.5:

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Joomla! 1.5 - Creating and Uploading Your Favicon

Creating SEF URL's in Joomla 1.5

What You Will Need to Get Started

Installing and Changing Templates in Joomla 1.5

How to Install Joomla! with GoDaddy.com

Learn How to Install Joomla 1.5 on Your Website in 2 Minutes - Joomla Tu...

WHY DO I HAVE TO MOVE MY SITES FROM JOOMLA 1.5?

The short answer is you don't. You can keep running your sites in Joomla 1.5, and they will continue to work as they do now.


The longer answer is you probably really want to move your sites. In my opinion, the sooner you move them, the less pain and risk you'll feel in the long run.


Joomla 1.5 reaches its end of life in April 2012. After this point, no more security releases for Joomla 1.5 will be available. If a security issue is found in Joomla 1.5, it will not be patched by the project.


There's also an issue of support. Shortly after Joomla 1.0 reached its end of life in July 2009, we saw many 3rd party developers stopped supporting extensions for Joomla 1.0. I expect we will see this same trend after Joomla 1.5 reaches its end of life, with most 3rd party developers dropping Joomla 1.5 support for their extensions within a year, probably by April 2013. This means if you need to add new functionality to your Joomla 1.5 website, you'll find that pretty difficult if you don't upgrade.

Security issues may be discovered in extensions, which can provide an entrance to your website for a hacker. If the extensions aren't supported, the security issues won't be addressed.

http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Aug-2011/item/530-Nine-Questions-When-Preparing-Clients-for-Joomla-1-8

Nine Questions When Preparing Clients for Joomla 2.5 :: Joomla! Community Magazine™

On August 9, the name for the January 2012 Joomla release changed from Joomla 1.8 to 2.5. Joomla's release schedule has been described in its development strategy, and much analysis has been put forth as to whether one should upgrade websites or not to the next version of software.

Nine Questions When Preparing Clients for Joomla 2.5 :: Joomla! Community Magazine

Copying a Joomla website

Copying a Joomla! website is a two-part process: you must copy the files and you must copy the database (which is where the content is stored).

Copying the files and copying the database are separate operations. Which you carry out first will depend on your particular circumstances but in most cases it does not really matter.

If your website is being updated frequently and you need to take your website offline while the copy takes place then you will probably want to perform the database copy last so as to minimize downtime.

Full article here: Copying a Joomla website

Display module positions in Joomla 1.7

index.php/?tp=1 works for Joomla 1.5, but how do we show them in Joomla 1.7 and 1.6?

One of the many changes in Joomla 1.7 is the fact that the url to view module positions is no longer enabled as standard. As a web designer who sometimes wishes to know where module positions are, especially if you are using a commercial or free template you have not constructed yourself the ?tp=1 code was vital.

Joomla 1.7 now disabled this functionality by default on a new Joomla 1.7 installation. But hope is not lost it is a simple change to activate again.

1. Firstly login to your Joomla website.

2. Navigate to the Extensions / Template Manager menu option.


3. Click the Options button, top right.


4. You can now click the Enabled button and Save and Close.


5. Now you can add index.php?tp=1 to your public url and the template positions will be displayed.

6. Don't forget to diable the ability once you have completed your tasks.

Hope that helps solve some frustrations and helps you understand Joomla 1.7 a little more!

Display module positions in Joomla 1.7 | Joomla | blog | Gloucestershire Marketing and Design Agency | Litchfield Morris:

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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Joomla! 1.6 and 1.6.1 - Search the Go Daddy Help Center

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Joomla! 1.6 and 1.6.1 - Search the Go Daddy Help Center: "Affected Application: Joomla! 1.6 and 1.6.1.

Issue: On 07/27/11, information disclosure and clickjacking vulnerabilities were reported for multiple versions of Joomla! The information disclosure vulnerability lets attackers use the index.php script to discover the absolute path to Joomla! The clickjacking vulnerability lets attackers display pages from a Joomla! 1.6 or 1.6.1 site in frames on a specially crafted third-party website.

Resolution: Joomla! 1.7 is available. For more information, visit the vendor's website: http://www.joomla.org/.

This information was compiled using information in the National Vulnerability Database. For more information about this issue, see the following summaries:
CVE-2011-2891
CVE-2011-2892

Website Protection Site Scanner scans for this vulnerability, and many more. To learn about Site Scanner, see Getting Started with Website Protection Site Scanner."

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Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5.23 and Previous

Affected Application: Joomla! 1.5.23 and previous.

Issue: On 07/27/11, an information disclosure vulnerability was reported for multiple versions of Joomla! The vulnerability lets attackers use the view.html.php script to discover the absolute path to Joomla!, which they could use for additional attacks.

Resolution: Joomla! 1.7 is available. For more information, visit the vendor's website:http://www.joomla.org/.

This information was compiled using information in the National Vulnerability Database. For more information about this issue, see the summary for CVE-2011-2890.

Website Protection Site Scanner scans for this vulnerability, and many more. To learn about Site Scanner, see Getting Started with Website Protection Site Scanner.

Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5.23 and Previous

Joomla 1.6 Usability Improvements - Alledia

I had time to take a good look at the Alpha version of Joomla 1.6 this weekend. The Art of Joomla is doing a great job of explaining new features. I'll also blog later about the new SEO features ... they've taken on board of a lot our recommendations including the ability to control the metadata for each page!
However, today thought I'd hightlight some nice usability improvements.
Several common frustrations that beginners had with 1.5 seem to have been resolved:

1) The "Menu Manager" Has a Purpose

In 1.5 beginners always expect the Menu Manager to do much more ... such as actually manage something. In 1.6 the Menu Manager is much more closely integrated with the display of menu links. Oh, and you no longer get those four confusing boxes when making a new menu:

2) The "Tools" Menu Has Gone

I hate explaining to beginners what the "Tools" Menu is and why its there: "well, its a bunch of not very useful stuff they had left over ..."

Joomla 1.5		Joomla 1.6

3) The "Media Manager" Options Are Clearer

In 1.5 you could use the Media Manager to do 2 things: make new folders and upload images. Why then were the two tasks placed in opposite corners of the screen? That's fixed in 1.6:

4) The Install / Uninstall Screen Links Are Much Clearer

In 1.5 many people were confused because the links inside the Install / Uninstall screen looked they it should take them to the Module Manager, Template Manager and so on. Click on "Templates" to get to the "Template Manager", for example:

5) The Word "Parameters" Has Gone

Doesn't "Options" sound so much less geeky and make so much more sense?

Over to You ...

Have you had the chance to look at the new version of Joomla 1.6? What do you think?

Joomla 1.6 Usability Improvements - Alledia: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

jUpgrade: THE way way to go to upgrade..

jUpgrade is a simple Joomla 1.5 component that will download a version of Joomla 1.7, decompress it and install it.

After that, it migrates all of the data from old Joomla 1.5 to the new Joomla 1.7 installation.

I have used this on 4 different sites now and it has worked flawlessly from 1.5.23 up to 1.7!

Guide to migrating from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 1.7

With Joomla 1.6 officially released, there have been a lot of questions as to how to migrate or upgrade to Joomla 1.7 from 1.5.

This guide will take you step-by-step through the general procedure of how to migrate to Joomla 1.7.

Please read through all the material as this is not a light undertaking.

Migrating from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 1.7

Joomla caching demystified

Joomla 1.6. makes heavy use of caching and to be able to use it's full potential we must first understand how caching works. As caching was almost completely redone for 1.6. (mostly by the author of this article), some older descriptions and typologies don't apply any more.

Cache - temporary store an unit of information to be reused later.

Why?

Mostly because retrieving stored information is MUCH (up to 10 times or more) faster than initial generation. If you need a drastic example - a book is long term cache of it's authors knowledge. It could take years to accumulate this knowledge, while reading from this cache is a much faster thing as we all know.

But back to Joomla - more specifically, what we are dealing with here is web application caching - creating temporary static copies of otherwise dynamic pages (or smaller data units). Caching is particularly appropriate for web applications as typical web site displays the same content over and over again and without cache everything has to be generated for each and every page view. Caching system temporary stores this information generated by the code in a cache object and serves it when it is requested by the next user.

To understand Joomla cache a little deeper we must get familiar with two concepts - cache types and cache handlers.For easier understanding take a look at pictures that illustrate each cache type coverage area.

Full article here:

Joomla 1.6 caching demystified (Jennifer series)

Speed up Joomla 1.7 on Godaddy

Turn on caching in the General Config!
The slowest aspect of GoDaddy Joomla hosting is the shared access to MySQL. 


By turning on caching, a page will be stored as a standard HTML when accessed (the home page, for example).


If the next time the page is referenced the cached version hasn't expired, it will simply send the stored file instead of reconstructing the page from the MySQL database.


Follow these steps:

1. Login to Admin
2. Go to General Configuration
3. System Tab

Check out:

1. Joomla documentation here:http://docs.joomla.org/Cache#Page_Caching
2. Also herehttp://www.joomtraining.com.au/tutorial ... erformance

Progressive Cache 
The progressive settings are the default cache settings. It provides faster caching and takes up the most space in terms of system caching. It isn't recommended for very large websites. It will cache modules.

Conservative cache 
Conservative cache will only cache certain elements of your website.

Host Multiple Sites and Domains on the Same GoDaddy Hosting Account

When is next LTS release? 1.8 or 2.0?

The next LTS release looks likely to be Joomla! 1.8 (or perhaps Joomla 2.0 as it will most likely mark a new era in Joomla?) which is supposed to be released at the 10th of Jan 2012, which is exactly 12 months after the release of Joomla 1.6.


This means that if we deploy a website on Joomla! version 1.7 we'll need to keep in mind that after about six months no new security fixes are released. 


If you’re the administrator of many Joomla! sites this can have a big impact. Joomla 1.5 will be supported until april 2012 as it is marked as an LTS release. You should ask yourself before upgrading to Joomla! 1.7 (or version 1.6 of course) if there are any features in it that you really need. 


And if you decide to upgrade to version 1.7 (or any other non LTS release) you should be aware that after approximately six months you probably need to upgrade.

How to Enable Joomla SEF URLs on GoDaddy Hosting

Enabling Joomla SEF URLs while using GoDaddy requires a few extra steps. GoDaddy has its own unique configuration that can leave many new Joomla users puzzled. If you search the Joomla support forum, you'll find a lot of GoDaddy customers that can't get Joomla SEF URLs configured properly. This post will show you step-by-step how to enable Joomla SEF URLs on GoDaddy hosting accounts.

1.) Log in to your Joomla Administrator account and navigate to the Global Configuration section. There you will see your SEO Settings. Change them to look like this:

2.) Log in to your GoDaddy hosting account:

3.) Launch the Hosting Control Center by clicking on the green arrow:

4.) Launch the GoDaddy File Manager:

5.) Open the htaccess.txt file that was included with the original Joomla files and remove the # before RewriteBase /. Then, copy all of the text to your clipboard.

6.) Within the GoDaddy File Manager click on the New icon:

7.) Paste the text from the htaccess.txt file that you copied to your clipboard in step 5, and click save. Name the file .htaccess, and click Ok.

That's it! Your Joomla SEF URLs should now be working properly on your GoDaddy hosting account. So, what did we do differently? First, GoDaddy requires the RewriteBase to be set in the .htaccess file. Second, you cannot upload the .htaccess file via FTP, or rename the htaccess.txt file to .htaccess like you can with other hosts. You have to create the .htaccess file using GoDaddy's File Manager.

And, now your Joomla website has Search Engine Friendly URLs.

How to Enable Joomla SEF URLs on GoDaddy Hosting

How To Install Joomla on GoDaddy Host | Hot Joomla Blog

GoDaddy.com is #1 domain registrar and one of the most popular web hosting providers worldwide.

Their prices are very competitive and you don't have to sign up long-term contracts. We experimented with this hosting provider for some time. Based on our experiences, we can say that GoDaddy Linux hosting packages are 100% compatible with Joomla.

GoDaddy also have a way to install Joomla quickly for your hosting account. We will explain the procedure here in all possible details.

1. Login to www.godaddy.com and click Hosting from the left menu. Then click Manage next to your hosting account name. This will lead you to the hosting control panel.

2. In hosting control panel, under Content menu item, click GoDaddy Hosting Connection submenu link.

3. You are now on GoDaddy Hosting Connection page. Under Content Management menu item (left menu), click Joomla.

4. As you already know, Joomla is second to none! :) However, on the next page, you can see reviews about Joomla from other GoDaddy users. On this page, you can check if your GoDaddy hosting package is compatible with Joomla or not. If yes, you can proceed by clicking the yellow Install Now! button. Please wait several seconds until your request is processed.

5. Now, you see the list of your domains where you can install Joomla. Keep in mind that your account must have at least one free MySQL database available. Select desired domain and click Continue button.

6. On the next screen you should configure several options needed for your Joomla installation.

a) Set up database: GoDaddy automatically created database for you and assigned an user with the same name to it. So, you should only enter database pasword twice under this tab. Keep in mind that your password must be 7-14 characters long and have at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter and one number.

b) Choose install directory: Decide whether to install Joomla in a subdirectory on in the root. If you want to install in the root, leave this field empty, otherwise type subdirectory name. If you already have Joomla installed in the selected directory, it may be overwritten. Proceed by click on the Next button.

c) Configuration: Here you should enter information about your Joomla superadministrator's account. You need to enter superadministrator's username, password and valid e-mail address. For Joomla newbies, it is strongly recommended to install Joomla sample data, so leave the last option selected. Finally, click the Finish button.

7. You should get confirmation from GoDaddy that your Joomla installation has been requested successfully. Click My Applications link to check the status of your Joomla installation.

8. On the My Applications page, you should wait until status of your Joomla installation. Please wait until status is marked as Installed. This may take from several minutes to one hour, depending of GoDaddy's server.

Once the status is marked as Installed, you can check your Joomla frontpage on www.yourdomain.com/joomla_directory and login to the Joomla backend panel on www.yourdomain.com/joomla_directory/administrator using superadministator's username and password that you set on Step 6c.

Thanks to Hot Joomla for this guide

How To Install Joomla on GoDaddy Host by Hot Joomla

Joomla! version 1.6.0 is available

As of 10 January 2011, Joomla! version 1.6.0 is available. This is a production version of Joomla.

1. Joomla 1.6.0
   

Nightly build

The most up-to-date version of the source code can be found in the Subversion repository at:

http://joomlacode.org/svn/joomla/development/trunk

Articles About 1.6

The following list is a collection of project and community articles about Joomla 1.6.

Joomla! 1.6 Beta Released

Joomla 1.6 February Update (with videos)

Joomla Developer Conference 2009 Videos

A preview of link redirection in Joomla 1.6

A preview of the new template manager in Joomla 1.6

Joomla 1.6 Alpha 2 released

You can't go in there

Access control tutorial for Joomla 1.6

Joomla 1.6 usability improvements

Introducing the new permissions in Joomla 1.6

Joomla 1.6

Joomla 1.6.0 scheduled for release 10 January 2011

Joomla 1.6 is the next generation of Joomla, the most popular Open Source Content Management System in the world. This page tells you about the status of development and where you can download files.

The broad goals of Joomla 1.6 are to:

• implement an expanded access control system;
• implement a nested categories solution;
• and standardise the way extensions are built using the MVC framework.

At this time, we expect to release version 1.6.0 on 11 January 2011. This assumes we do not encounter any major unanticipated issues that we are unable to resolve before that time. The ability to deliver at these times is directly proportional to the amount of volunteer help the project receives.

Joomla 1.6.0 scheduled for release 10 January 2011