The Joomla Admin Manual: A Step by Step Guide to a Successful Website

ImageGet the complete guide to setting up a successful Joomla website

The Joomla Admin Manual is available for instant download. Over 250 pages of clear step by step guides to everything you need.

But STOP, you might not even need this manual! Over at the official Joomla site in the help section, you can find the official Joomla user manual:


The User Manual is meant to be a very basic guide to help those who are simply trying to use Joomla!, rather than those who are administrating Joomla!-based sites or are developing Joomla! tools. It is geared to those who are new to Joomla! and does not require a high level of technical understanding. We recommend that Joomla! Administrators take a look at the User Manual as well as their own, in order to see the Joomla! Content Management System as it appears to their users.

 

It might seem strange to have a link to a free manual on a site that claims to sell a Joomla manual of its own.

 

Not really... The difference is the purpose of the two manuals. In fact, I recommend getting both!

 

If you need to know all the details of what each button does in Joomla, then you need the free manual. You don't need to spend to get mine. My ebook is designed to help you learn and understand how to create web sites using Joomla. It doesn't go into every last detail, but gives you highlights of critical information. More importantly it links to other resources, frequently the free user's manual at the Joomla site.

I don't think its helpful to just bundle up free information and then resell it (like some Joomla ebooks do). As a teacher I have written a learning document has you reading and understanding simple concepts first and then scaffolding to more complex ones. Each chapter is carefully written to teach you a handful of key concepts. Its doesn't just sweep through all the admin screens.

Here is a detailed table of contents, and you can also get a free sample chapter preview.

Table of Contents

ChapterTitlePage
1Introduction4
2Content Management Systems and Joomla5
3Basics of Administration16
4Content is King
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