links - joomla-howtos

General

• Joomla forums http://forum.joomla.org/ Questions and answers about all things Joomla Joomla : 2009
• Joomla Tips and Tricks http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/content/view/120/35/ Some useful info for making your site in joomla. T4 : 2007
• Joomla Tutorials at Compass http://www.compassdesigns.net/tutorials/joomla-tutorials/ Installing, templates, searchability, usability, etc. Compass Designs : 2006
• Organising Content in Joomla http://www.compassdesigns.net/tutorials/joomla-tutorials/a-beginners-guide-to-organizing-your-content.html "The first step in trying to understand how Joomla structures its content is to realize there are no pages!" Compass Designs : 2006
• Some Joomla notes http://www.learnwebdesignonline.com/cms/joomla-notes.htm Some miscellanous notes from book "Building Websites with Joomla", including "Moving the Login Component to a separate page" LearnWebDesignOnline : ??

contact form

• Creating a Contact Form in Joomla 1.5 http://clubtvk.com/creating-a-contact-form-in-joomla Good walk-through, with screenshots. ClubTVK : September 2008
• Creating a Contact Page in Joomla 1.5 http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/joomla15/joomla_contact_us.htm Slow, easy and good how-to, with many screenshots. SiteGround : 2008

menus

• How to make each menu item a different color or style http://http://kendraschaefer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60:make-each-menu-item-a-different-color&catid=36:web-design&Itemid=13 Nice step-by-step instructions for customising menus. Kendra Schaefer : March 2009

mootools

• Joomla v 1.5 MooTools Tips and Tricks http://www.scribd.com/doc/2299965/Joomla-v-15-Mootools-Tips-and-Tricks Using Mootools in a Joomla site Amy Stephen : march 2008
• Mootools Optimizaion in Joomla 1.5 http://synaptecllc.com/59-mootools-optimizaion-in-joomla-15.html Mootools javascript library is included by default in Joomla 1.5, is pretty big (74k) and slows down page loading, which is less good if you are not even using it in your site. Rick Winkler : march 2009
• Mootools Optimizaion in Joomla 1.5 - update http://synaptecllc.com/81-mootools-optimizaion-in-joomla-15-updated.html Update to "Mootools Optimization" article Rick Winkler : march 2009

multi-languages

• JoomFish http://www.joomfish.net/ An extension for Joomla that manages multilingual content. Joomfish : 2009
• Tutorial: Template translations http://docs.joomla.org/Tutorial:Template_translations Explaining how to make translations, using template file, language definition file, templateDetails.xml. Formatted fields, syntax, debugging. Joomla Docs : 2009?

templates

• Joomla Forum: Templates http://forum.joomla.org/viewforum.php?f=466 Everything to do with Joomla! 1.5 templates and templating. Joomla : 2009
• Joomla Template Tutorial http://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_1.5_Template_Tutorial "This tutorial takes you through the steps of making a Joomla template using CSS" Joomla : 2009
• Templates at joomla docs wiki http://docs.joomla.org/Special:Search?search=templates&fulltext=Search Many articles about making templates for Joomla Joomla : 2009

videos

• Video extensions http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/multimedia/video-players-&-gallery/ List of extensions for Joomla that do video sharing, conversion, etc. Joomla : 2009