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What is Joomla?

Joomla is a content management system (CMS), which requires almost no technical, designing or programming skills from the user, to be able to create a website.The CMS helps you to manage your content from an administration level of your site, and to publish it to the web. Joomla is free for everyone to use since it is an open source application, and its user interface has made it an award winning and one of the most popular CMS application.What’s best is the flexibility to extend your site, and add to it your own feel and layout as well as more complicated extensions Joomla has to offer.

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What is Joomla Template?

A Joomla template is the look of your site, with all its unique layout and styles. Not to confuse template with demo , template does not come with any demo content. Template is only predefined layout of possible modules positions including the main website graphics like , header , logo or footer.

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What is Joomla Extension?

Joomla extensions are , templates, modules, components or plugins that extends your Joomla! installation. They come included in Joomla core or can be provided from 3rd party developers like Youjoomla.com

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What is Joomla Module?

Joomla module is a code block that is pulling certain information from your database or joomla components. It can be placed in any predefined module positions previously defined by template developer.

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What is Joomla Component?

Joomla  Component is a core element of Joomla! functionality and are displayed in main body position  previously defined by template developer. Joomla comes with few core joomla components like , banners , contacts , news feeds , web links . You can also use 3rd party joomla components that are developed by Joomla community members.

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How to install Joomla?

1.      Download the latest stable Joomla package
2.      Extract the zip package and transfer the content to your web server via FTP software
3.      Now you need to set up the database for your Joomla installation.
4.      Go to your local or web- server and find PHPMyadmin
5.      Type in the database name you like for your MYSQL
6.      Create a user for the database
7.      In browser, type: www.yoursitename.com
8.      There is your fresh installer
9.      Choose your language click on  Next
10.     Make sure all your server settings are green click on  Next
11.     Joomla Licence click on  Next
12.     Fill in the MYSQL database information you just created, host name, username and password and database name click on  Next
13.     FTP Configuration  Leave it as it is if you do not want to us FTP layer click on  Next
14.     Type in your site name, email address and admin password to use in backend
15.     Important! Click on sample data click on Next
16.     Follow the massage: Completely remove the installation directory from your server
17.     Go to server and remove the installation file.
18.     Go to yoursitename and you are all set with a demo Joomla site. 

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How to install Youjoomla Demo?

1.      Download the desired template demo from our download section .
2.      Extract the zip package and transfer the content to your web server via FTP software
3.      Now you need to set up the database for your Joomla installation.
4.      Go to your local or web- server and find PHPMyadmin
5.      Type in the database name you like for your MYSQL
6.      Create a user for the database
7.      In browser, type: www.yoursitename.com
8.      There is your fresh installer
9.      Choose your language click on  Next
10.     Make sure all your server settings are green click on  Next
11.     Joomla Licence click on  Next
12.     Fill in the MYSQL database information you just created, host name, username and password and database name click on  Next
13.     FTP Configuration  Leave it as it is if you do not want to us FTP layer click on  Next
14.     Type in your site name, email address and admin password to use in backend

15.     Important! Click on sample data click on Next

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How to install Joomla Template?

1.      Download your desired template. (Be sure to know where it's located on your computer!)
2.      Log into your administrator backend.
3.      Find Extensions/Install-Uninstall/Upload Package File click on Browse button

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How to install Joomla Extensions?

1.      Download the desired extension you need.
2.      Log into admin area of your site.
3.      Go to : Extensions/ Install-Uninstall/  and find Upload Package File click on Browse
4.      Find your extension installation  file. Click and hit Upload File & Install 

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How to change site name?

1.      Go to yoursitename/administrator.
2.      Log into admin area of your site.
3.      Go to Site/Global configuration
4.      In tab name Site find text area name  Site Name 
5.      Change the site name and hit apply

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How to upgrade Joomla to latest version?

1. BACKUP YOUR INSTALLATION BEFORE ANY FILE CHANGES OR UPDATES 
2. If your Joomla version is 1.5 skip to step 3, 4 and 5,
   go to Extensions -> Extensions Manager and click on tab link name Update.
   In top right corner find icon name "Find Updates" and click on it.
   If there is an update available it will get listed.
   Select the update by clicking on checkbox next to it and in top right corner click on icon name "Update".
   If update was successful there is no need for any further steps.
   If update was not preformed properly continue to steps below.
3. Download the upgrade file for your installation. Example : if you version is 1.7.3, you would need 1.7.3 to 1.7.4 upgrade file ( if 1.7.3 is the current version)
4. Extract the downloaded file 
5. Using your FTP client , transfer the extracted files to your server overriding the existing files.
6. If your Joomla! version is 2.5 or higher, after the FTP files transfer go to Extensions -> Extensions Manager and click on tab link name Database.
   Make sure that the Database schema version matches the current Joomla! Version.
   If this is not the case locate the "Fix" icon in top right corner and click on it.
   Your Joomla! admin will preform necessary database  updates to match the current Joomla! Version.
   
7. Check your installation.
   

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