Find the profile that most accurately describes your role and you will find the documentation that you need more quickly. These are the most frequent profiles...

• Administrators
• Web designers
• Developers
• Evaluators

but if you are none of the above then there are

• more user profiles...

As someone who has not used Joomla! before, you need to know how to get started. Maybe you have a friend or a neighbour who uses Joomla! and you want a Joomla! web site of your very own. Maybe you have a small business or a club or a community that needs a web presence, and you want to use Joomla! for that purpose. Maybe you are a seasoned Information Technology professional, but you have never Joomla! before. If so, you are just starting a very enjoyable journey and we warmly welcome you to Joomla! and encourage you to read the

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Joomla!

• Joomla! 1.5 Technical Requirements, Installation Manual and Upgrade Instructions.
• Joomla! Security Checklist and Vulnerable Extensions List
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Tips and tricks
• Templates
• Joomla! Framework API Reference. See also API 1.5 and API 1.6

You don't need to register here if you just want to read the documentation.

You should only register if you want to make changes to the information contained here. Also note that registration on this wiki is entirely separate from registration on our other sites, such as the forum.

Joomla 1.6 is currently in the beta test stage so we are getting closer to General Availability, but we need your help to finish it. If you are a developer then please look in the development cookie jar for a list of tasks we need help with. If you see something that takes your fancy then follow the instructions to claim the task and start working on it. You can see a summary of overall progress on the development status page.

You can also see what's new in Joomla 1.6.

The Joomla Student Outreach Program (JSOP) is available for students to get involved with many aspects of the Joomla project.

Please see the announcements here and here.

There is also some information on Joomla! Student Outreach Program Project Ideas.

The Joomla! Project is organized into two large working groups: Production and Community.

Production Working Group

The Production Working Group manages all aspects of production of the Joomla! CMS and Framework.It is made of up several large teams.

The main responsibility of the Development Team is taking care of the development of the Joomla! application framework and the Joomla! Content Management System (CMS). Besides the development of the Joomla! codebase the Development Working Group defines the Joomla! roadmap strategy, creating (architectural) designs for major and minor versions and of course taking care of bug and security fixes in maintenance versions.

The development team holds two teams: the Development Team and the Bug Squad. The teams have separate responsibilities, but together they form the development force of the Joomla! project. Please check the Development Team category page for a full overview of all available pages.

The Production Working Group is also responsible for special initiatives such as student programs.

The Documentation Team is responsible for user and developer documentation, help screens and other tasks. If you are looking for a way to help the documentation effort, then please take a look in the cookie jar where we have a list of small(-ish) tasks that you can pick up when you have a bit of time and can be completed without too much effort.

The Translation Team is responsible for managing Joomla! internationalisation and localisation. Here you will find information on how you can set up translations, how this team is organised, standards to use and so on.

Community Working Group

The Community Working Group is responsible for maintaining a productive, jovial forum for efficient, open communication between everyone involved in the project.

Some of the teams that make up the Community Working Group are those that manage the Joomla! Forum, the Extensions Directory, the Resources Directory, the Site Showcase, the Community website, Joomla Connect, and Joomla! User Groups.

1. Beginners
2. Main Page
3. Tutorial:Creating a basic Joomla! template
4. Upgrading 1.5 from an existing 1.5x version
5. Developing a Model-View-Controller Component - Part 1
6. Tutorial:Customising the JA Purity template
7. Developers
8. Framework
9. How to create a module
10. Joomla Installation
11. How to use the database classes in your script
12. Setting up your workstation for Joomla! development
13. Tutorial:Introduction to Joomla! templates
14. Creating a CSS Drop down Menu
15. Migrating from 1.0.x to 1.5 Stable
16. Joomla! 1.5 Template Tutorial
17. Joomla! 1.5 Template Tutorials Project
18. Component parameters
19. Vulnerable Extensions List
20. How to create an article from the front end
21. How to install templates
22. Jdoc statements
23. How do you put a module inside an article?
24. How do you recover your admin password