This section will contain Tutorials, Tips, and Articles relating to Joomla, a very popular Content Management System (CMS).  It is interesting to note that Joomla is often spelled with an exclamation mark at the end as in "Joomla!". 

The first step is to learn what is a content management system and how it can benefit website owners.  Then website owners should learn how to use Joomla to add and edit content to their sites.

For developers, they should then learn how to theme Joomla, customize some Joomla functionality, and even develop their own components.   

Some Good Joomla Tutorials

• Enabling Drop Down Menu - Joomla come with the Purity template that already has drop down menus implemented. This tutorial will show you how to use and set this template to have drop down menus.
• Creating drop-down menus - Many people want drop-down menus in Joomla. This tutorial from the Joomla documentation shows two method for creating drop-down menus: (1) use Suckerfish menu combined with Extended Menu module. (2) Use Suckerfish menus with the default Joomla menus.
• To developer one's own Joomla component, the four-part tutorial on how to develope a Model-View-Controller component is a great place to start.
• Embed Google Maps into a Joomla Page - James explains two ways in which you can obtain a Google map for your site.
• JoomlaTutorials.com - got some video-based tutorials (no audio narration) on administration, setup, and menu management of Joomla.
• JoomlaTribune.com is in the form of an online newspaper. It has various tutorials on Joomla.

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