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but if you are none of the above then there are
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Absolute Beginners Guide to Joomla!
As someone who has not used Joomla before, it is likely you have no clue how to get started using it. Maybe you have a friend or a neighbour who uses Joomla and you want a Joomla web site of your very own. Maybe you have a small business or a church or a community that needs a web presence and you want to use Joomla for that purpose. Maybe you are a seasoned Information Technology professional, but you have no idea where to get started using Joomla. If so, you are just starting a very enjoyable journey and we warmly welcome you to Joomla and encourage you to read the
- Absolute Beginner's Guide to Joomla!
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Frequently sought information
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Important
You don't need to register here if you just want to read the documentation.
You should only register if you want to make changes to the information contained here. Also note that registration on this wiki is entirely separate from registration on our other sites, such as the forum.
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Google Summer of Code 2009
The Joomla! project will once again take part in the hugely successful Google Summer of Code program. Preparations are under way and we would like to invite everyone to contribute their ideas for possible projects on the Summer of Code 2009 Project Ideas page. Please note that anyone who is interested can participate in this process. You do not have to be a GSoC student or mentor to suggest possible project ideas.
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Google Highly Open Participation Contest 2009
Too young for GSoC? Then watch this space for details of GHOP 2009.
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Helping with the documentation effort
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Documentation Projects
You don't need to join the Documentation Working Group to help us improve the documentation. Just register on this wiki and get started. Feel free to fix any errors you find; take a look in the Cookie jar; or consider helping out in one of our mini-projects...
- Joomla! Help Screens Project
- This project is responsible for maintaining the help screens for Joomla 1.5 using this wiki as a staging area before they are copied to help.joomla.org. We expect to be serving help screens for Joomla 1.6 onwards directly from the wiki.
- Joomla! 1.5 Template Tutorials Project
- This project is aimed at producing comprehensive documentation covering all aspects of Joomla 1.5 (and later) templates.
- API Reference Project
- The aim of the API Reference Project is to construct a useful reference manual on the Joomla 1.5 (and later) Framework API which will complement, rather than replace, the automatically generated material on http://api.joomla.org. The starting point for the API Reference is the Framework page which lists all of the classes in the Framework API.
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Documentation Events
No documentation events currently scheduled.
These past events involved the Joomla! documentation effort in some form or another.
- Pizza Bugs and Fun 2 - 21/22 & 28/29 June 2008
- Second PBF event, plus a second Doc Camp event, equals the first Joomla! Bazaar.
- Google Highly Open Participation Contest - November 2007 to February 2008
- Hugely successful event for high school and secondary school students. Many documentation tasks were completed.
- Doc Camp 1 - 19-21 January 2008
- The first ever Doc Camp event took place online and in Vancouver, Canada and Brussels, Belgium.
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Joomla! Working Groups
- Development Working Group
- The main responsibility of the Development Working Group is taking care of the development of the Joomla! application framework and the Joomla! Content Management System (CMS). Besides the development of the Joomla! codebase the Development Working Group defines the Joomla! roadmap strategy, creating (architectural) designs for major and minor versions and of course taking care of bug and security fixes in maintenance versions.
- The development working group holds two teams: the Development Team and the so called Bug Squad. The teams have separate responsibilities, but together they form the development force of the Joomla! project. Please check the Development Working Group category page for a full overview of all available pages.
- The Development Working Group is also responsible for managing Joomla! entries in the Google Summer of Code.
- Documentation Working Group
- If you are looking for a way to help the documentation effort, then please take a look in the cookie jar where we have a list of small(-ish) tasks that you can pick up when you have a bit of time and can be completed without too much effort.
- Sites and Infrastructure Working Group
- The Sites and Infrastructure Working Group is responsible for maintaining a productive, jovial forum for efficient, open communication between everyone involved in the project.
- Translations Working Group
- The Translations Working Group is responsible for managing Joomla! internationalisation and localisation. Here you will find information on how you can set up translations, how this team is organised, standards to use and so on.
- Events Working Group
- The Events Working Group is a team of events mentors responsible for all world-wide Joomla-supported events.
- Communications Working Group
- The Communications Working Group is responsible for project websites and community services such as news feeds.
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Most popular pages
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Other items of interest
- Joomla! User Groups
- Why not join a local Joomla User Group (JUG)? Find out more in the JUG Resource Centre
- Legacy documentation
- Documentation for the Joomla! 1.0.x series can be found on the old help site.
- Finding stuff on this wiki
- Pages in this wiki are organised into a hierarchy of categories. Explore the categories by starting at the top level or look at the complete list of categories.
- You can also enter a simple search term in the search box on the left of each page.
License
The contents of this wiki are subject to copyright law and are made available under the Joomla! Electronic Documentation License (JEDL) unless otherwise stated. You may find the JEDL Frequently Asked Questions useful in determining if your proposed use of this material is allowed. If you have any questions regarding licensing of this material please contact legal@opensourcematters.org. If you wish to report a possible violation of the license terms for the material on this site then please contact legal@opensourcematters.org.
