Once you have Joomla installed, you're ready to start building your site.  This video looks at how to log in to the site administrative control panel and gives an overview of the options there.

Different parts of Joomla are managed by different "managers."  This video gives a high level overview of the different managers and what they do.

You're ready to start adding content to your site, so let's learn how to add an "article" - the basic building block of Joomla content.

Once you have written some content using the article manager, you are ready to create some menu items that will show that content.  This video shows you the process of setting up your menus.

Photos and graphics make your web pages more interesting to read and add real value to your content.  This tutorial show you how to add photos and graphics to Joomla articles.

This tutorial shows how to improve the appearance of your articles and gives an introduction to "article parameters."

This tutorial shows how to improve the appearance of your articles and gives an introduction to "article parameters."

Joomla makes it easy to manage the "contact us" part of your website, including built in "send an email to this contact" functions.  This video shows you how to set up your contact categories (you will need at least one) and individual contact items.

Once you have a contact category (or categories) set up, and you have added some contact records, you need to set up a menu item to show the contacts component.  This video walks you through the process of setting that up.

Once you have your contact category basic set-up done, you will want to improve the appearance of the category listing. This video shows you some tricks that you can use to make the contact list look much better.

Part of the fun of Joomla is trying different templates.  Since the template controls the basic "look and feel" of your website, they have a dramatic influence on how your site appears.  This video shows you how to change from one template to another.

Once you decide on a template, you often need to do some "customization" of the template.  Many of these customizations can be done by making changes to the template "settings" or "parameters." This video gives a very brief introduction to some of the most common template settings.

Joomla is built as an "open" system and new features can be added to your website through the use of "extensions." This video introduces the topics of extensions and shows you how to find and install an extension.

There are literally thousands of templates available for your Joomla site.  Some are junk.  Others are beautiful.  Some are free, others are purchased.   This video shows you how to install a new template onto your site.

With thousands of extensions available, Joomla can do almost anything.   This video shows you how to install an extension onto your site.

A very common customization on a Joomla site is adding a footer to each page.  This video shows  you how to create a custom footer to your site using the "custom HTML" module.  It's easy!