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If you are new to using Joomla, then there are few things that you should do and some things that you should avoid doing. Here is a list of Joomla dos and don’ts for beginners: The Dos Start by downloading and reading every single line of the Joomla installation manual. There are 2 basic versions – an online one and an offline one. Browse through the help.joomla.org site, which has been designed keeping beginners in mind. There are plenty of helpful resources and it is the best place to get free advice. Use a good search engine to find all the Joomla tips, tricks and tutorials you can. There are millions of free Joomla resources out there. Get yourself a good Joomla book. The Don’ts Never start using Joomla without first reading up on it. It is an extremely powerful SMS but it takes time to get used to it. If you are frustrated because things are not going your way easily, then don’t get disheartened – all developers have been frustrated in the initial phases! Hang on in there, and the...

Whether you’ve never worked on Joomla before, or whether you are a Joomla pro, it can never do you any harm to learn a few tips on how to make your Joomla site and better and smoother one. If you’ve never used Joomla before, then it can be a bit overwhelming at first, what with all the new things you’ll get to see. But once you start getting used to it, you’ll find it easier to handle. Creating a good Joomla site can be a challenging task and is very different from creating a static HTML site. Joomla is very famous for its SEO-friendly URL’s. Most default URL’s are very dynamic and are looked down on by the search engines. This is why you need a Joomla extension to rewrite all these dynamic URL’s and make them more search engine friendly. RSS feeds have become extremely important for websites and blogs. Even if you don’t have the kind of demand for it, it is still important to create RSS feeds. Because it is so easy to change themes on your Joomla site, you might be tempted to keep cha...

Developing your Joomla site on your own network is a great way to get things done faster. Building your Joomla site locally is simpler and faster than uploading and waiting for each of your pages to refresh on a remote server. Building your site locally also doubles as a sandbox test environment for when your site gores live, as it is important to refrain from updating or upgrading a live site. Depending on the Operating System that you are using, you will have 2 main options. But a great suggestion would be to use MAMP. If you use a Mac, like me, then the best option would be to use MAMP. MAMP has the ability to set up MySQL, Apache and PHP 4/5 in just a few seconds. It is however, not a Joomla-specific product so you will be required to manually install Joomla. But the product is a highly polished one with plenty of useful features and a basic version that is free of charge. The pro version on the other hand, allows you have multiple websites and can integrate with a dynamic DNS serv...