The document provides an overview and instructions for installing and configuring the Joomla/Mambo content management system (CMS), describing its features for publishing, authentication, modularity and plugins; the installation process involves configuring databases, settings, and files in 6 steps; and post-installation administration allows managing content, media, users and other site elements through the backend interface.

1. Joomla/Mambo CMS
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Presented By:
David Rolston
david@gizmola.com
Jorge Garifuna
Company
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info@GariDigital.com

2. Agenda
1. Overview
1. Overview
2. Pre-Installation
2. Pre-Installation
3. Installation
3. Installation
4. Post-Installation
4. Post-Installation

3. Overview
 Content Management systems (CMS)
offer the promise of:
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publishing tools,
user authentication,
modular structure and
support for plugins, among many to build a
professional websites

4. Overview
 Joomla/Mambo are both
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a CMS and
one of the highest profile open source LAMP
projects going, boasting a substantial user
community and a number of open source
awards

5. Overview
Is Joomla! a fork of Mambo?
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Some call it a fork.
Some call it a spoon.
Some call it an entire table setting.
Whatever your philisophical persuasion, the facts are
that Joomla is a continuation of the work of the
Development Team which unanimously resigned from
the Mambo project in August 2005.

6. Overview
How do the versions compare?
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Joomla version 1.0 is derived from Mambo 4.5.2.3 but
includes many additional bug fixes and security
patches.
Joomla version 1.5 is an extensive refactoring of the
API as is Mambo version 4.6 to its codebase.
Both applications continue maintain a similar user
inferface (look and feel)
Joomla 1.5 also includes many new features such as
additional authentication models (LDAP, Gmail, etc),
xml-rpc client-server support.

7. Overview
Will Mambo addons continue to work in
Joomla! ?
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Addons (templates, components, modules, mambots
and language packs) designed for Mambo 4.5.2 will
generally run on Joomla 1.0.
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Mambo addons designed for version 4.6 will likely not
run on Joomla, nor will extensions designed for Joomla
1.5 run on Mambo.

8. Pre-installation
 Requirements
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PHP version >= 4.1.0
MySQL support
Apache Webserver
zlib compression support
XML support

9. Installation
 Installation takes place in 6
steps:
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pre-installation check
license
step 1 - MySQL database configuration
step 2 - Enter the name of your Joomla site
step 3 - Confirm the site URL, path, admin e-mail and file/directory chmods
step 4 - Congratulations! Joomla is installed

10. Post-Installation
 There are 2 major areas:
Administration Area
 Public Website Area
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11. Post-Installation – Public
Website

12. Post-Installation –
Administration
http://localhost/joomla1/administrator/

13. Post-Installation –
Administration

14. Post-Installation –
Administration

15. Post-Installation – Administration –
Content Management
 Allows you to add new content
to the site
 Manage Existing Dynamic Site
Content
 Manage Existing Static Site
Content

16. Post-Installation – Administration –
Front Page, Sections & Categories
 Manage content in front page
 Manage Sections (eg: News)
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Sections have many categories (eg:
Latest News)
 Manage Categories (eg: Latest
News)
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Each category belongs to one section

17. Post-Installation – Administration –
Media, Menu, User, Configuration
 Manage media such as images
 Manage Menu sections/items
 Manage Site Users and roles
 Configure system settings

18. Post-Installation – Administration –
Templates, Components and Modules
 Extend and customize system
with:
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Templates
Components
Modules

19. Resources
Garinet Global
•http://www.joomla.org
Education
•http://www.mamboserver.com

20. Installation Example
Ready to see the real thing?
Education

21. How to Contact Us
David Rolston
david@gizmola.com
Jorge Garifuna
info@GariDigital.com