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Well ... I'm studying  System enginner  I was using all the time Xoops as a CMS  just after 2 years when my brother suggest to me to investigate more about Joomla  I my first contact with Joomla I didn't know how to begin. during those days I found some conplication about installing the script,modules,mambots and some componnets...

Now I found something easy to manage ,easy to involve with Joomla  I think this is the best CMS that I found
I love to help people in this forums anyway...
well...Now I'm involving in
CSS
PHP MySQL
XHTML
And my goal is to make a comunity that can build templates , mambots,componnets  or to make something interesting with this CMS  if you are interested about it feel free to contact me dicinio@gmail.com.

Best Regards

I am coding in PHP and have started using Joomla.

It is good !

Hi all ....... I created and designed websites when I was 10 years old, maybe a bit younger, I was using dreamweaver to create all of my sites. I am now 14 and about four months ago my dad (also a website designer) showed me Joomla. I instantly got hooked on, pretty much by the easy to use and flexibility of it. I have been using it ever since. I have created three sites in that time ( without going fast). The first one was for the Penguin Clay Target Shooting Club, where I used the basic Rhuk Soarflare template. http://www.penguinclaytargetclub.com

I am currently creating an online shop using Joomla and Virtumart.

Joomla Rocks!!!

C.J

P.S If you live in Tasmania, be sure to visit the Penguin Clay Target Club.

Found Joomla by chance over a year ago,

Was in the process of getting someone to build my site. The quote came out at well over R65000
(approx $9300)
Joomla saved me huge, and i think its better than anything i could have paid for!

Hmmmmm....

There have been times of desperation, there have been times of wanting to give up, but just knowing the fact that i am part of a team of people wanting to make  a "thing" or "things" better - is more than enough for me to rule out all the things i get sometimes frustrated about.

If i think of it, actually it is Open Source that teaches me the best in terms of how things actually should be amongst us - being it politics or everydaylife.

Here we join a "thing/dudert" that most of us se as something that will benefit our selves, in some way, (we all know ehh,, maybe) and we end up being able/have the posibility to build it stronger by being frustrated or see the power lol.... understand?

Nope,, maybe not, but what i'm trying to say is that if you are searching a tool on the internett that will help you build a strong and profesional websystem,, you cant get to a better place than Joomla. Just look at the forums and the svn - it is awaesome how people work for free and in dedication of programing. If you need help in anyway - you will get it in a profesional way. Cant ask for more then ..

There are system out there that also deserves the same amount of credit for being helpfull and a good /php/cms web system,, but joomla alows you to learn by being simple and easy to understand in the basics - after you have of course wanted to throw it in the garbage before knowinG it,, ehhh understand -? you will do (all CMS system need to be "learned" ,, i think lol)

JOOMLA IS AWESOME AND I AM NEWER ABLE TO THANK THE TEAM BEHIND IT ENOUGH - bUT WITH THESE WORDS I AT LEAST TRY

I LOVE JOOMLA (sometimes i hate it )

Thank you joomla

Mad about joomla, I was busy negotiating rates with a web developer to do a site for me.
Obviously sweating because I know the price is going to break me.

My open source junkie friend told me about Joomla so I took a look. Never looked back, saved my thousands and works better.


Great!

Hi! Dear Joomla! users

My story is a bit different,

I am currently doing a Master Thesis on "The usability of Web- Based Content Management Systems".
So when I started searching on CMS, I came across joomla! and fell in love with it.
I used it for my future company (when I finish UNIVERSITY)
http://www.annonces.sinfoa.com  I love it so much, that why I chose to do my dissertation on CMS usability because I believe it can even get better.

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Im a newbbie  I wont get to play until the begning of jan but for what its worth this is how I got here

I am a trainer I teach people about an Autstic spectrum Disorder called Asperger's syndrome (Bill gates,Einstien,newton and Mozart are suspected to of had it Tom Yorke of radio head has it) I have a website but wanted to add more features I started on an Internet tec degree and the tec wore off on me so here I am, Im bad at spelling but have been struck by how nice everybody has been
Happy holidays!

i learned mambo about 3 year ago in college and never looked back.

I first started using Joomla in December 2006.  A friend of mine had been using it for a while and it always seemed very complicated when I looked at it so I just carried on using Dreamweaver.  However, you are quite limited with HTML. I wanted to set up a forum so I got myself the "building websites with Joomla " book. to be quite honest, it's a very good book but I don't think it's really for diehard beginners. I actually found a website that literally took you throughthe very basics step by step, things like setting up the pages and links.it didn't take very long before I got my head around itand I had my first website up and running before the end of December, in fact I had two websites up and running by this time.

I still consider myself to be a beginner but I have no problem with the basics and always use Joomla, I absolutely love the software, there is so much you can do with it. I now realise is so much more to just building a website with the software, you've got to get all the security right and that is the next part of the learning curve for me.

I just like to say thank you to everyone on this forum for helping me.  It's probably one of the best support forums out there.

I am an artist/scholar who really likes the potential of the internet and virtual spaces, and I was/am too poor to pay a professional developer to build a website for our art site.  "So," said the little red hen, "I'll just do it myself."    I like techie things enough to think I can, too.  Doesn't mean I do it well, just means I keep thinking I can enough to try, lol.  I'm also invovled with a storytelling community, and needed something we could all use from wherever we were in the world.  I tried several other content management sites, and Joomla fit the bill the best.  I struggle with code a lot, and learning these languages gives me a worse headache than learning Latin.  Still, I work on it a little every day, read the forms for help, and am slowly learning what menu goes where, the difference between a component and a module, and what css line controls what visual element.  I am confident that at some point in the future I will have a very nice art site and a very nice community site for the storytellers.

Oh yes, and I am a firm believer in open source.  I wish I  knew more and could help in the development.  For now I will simply offer my heartfelt thanks to those of you who do it.

Hi all.

I have a friend who uses Joomla a lot so I finally decided to take the plunge and learn more about it. Could be exactly what I've needed for a while.

So total beginner here, should have some tales to tell soon enough though 

About two years ago I started my own charity organization in northeastern Thailand. Instead of asking people for donations I decided to make a non-profit web portal which would raise money from free visits/clicks.

I looked around for cms options and Joomla was the best fit. I had it installed in a few minutes and then started designing a new template. We also added SMF so that visitors could monitor the projects we do and interact with our volunteers.

Since the website launched we have created more than 60 humanitarian projects in 4 countries. Thanks to Joomla and thanks to everyone who made Isara.org their homepage!

pk

Not nearly as inspirational or motivational as others' stories have been.

But, I started playing with web design in '02 just for something to do, and to have an ego page for my family. We had the basic static HTML pages written using Frontpage, hosted on a bunk webhost. After a couple years I got bored with the host, and found my current host. Once I signed up, I saw Joomla! while poking sticks at Fantastico. Decided to install it and see what it was all about. First impression was "What the heck am I going to do with this...?".

Over time I broke the site more times than I care to admit. Installed, killed it, re-installed, killed it...installed fancy components...got hacked, re-install....killed it...install various assorted templates...conviced family I was done wrecking the site...killed it....re-install...A.D.D. kicks in...re-install. Now I have a pretty site, that doesn't get much use other than my toying around with various assorted components. Learned quite a bit throughout the process, and hope to learn much more.

I had the opportunity to work with some highly motivated, and intelligent individuals while participating in the User Documentation Team some time ago. I have also had opportunities to talk with individuals from all over the world and right outside my own back door that share a common goal, learn and utilize Joomla!.

Since I discovered Joomla!, I have been exposed to opportunities and experiences I don't think I would have otherwise. And I don't regret a single one. Thanks!!

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.


Chad

I am a designer and not much of a coder even though i fully understand xhtml, xml and css --- I knew the very basics of php.

One of my client wanted a 6-page site (very simple) but wanted a CMS. I am not a expert coder so I decided to get quotes on CMS from other coders. They quoted me anywhere from $4500 - $7000....WHAT!?!!?!?

Shocked at the prices I was a little upset they would rip me off like I was a newbie. I decided to create the CMS site for my client myself. I typed CMS in google and Joomla appeared.

I was happy to see something familiar. I had heard about Joomla in web2.0 articles that also mentioned Ajax and other terminologies.

Rest happened fast --- downloads, installs, tutorials, forums, how tos, template guidelines, and simply playing with the program and not quiting. I am learning fast and the best part is the excitement of waking up every morning knowing I will get to play with my Joomla today!

I love it so much i almost want to go back in time and redesign all my clients website in Joomla.

Oh I and I plan to donate to the Joomla project once the client pays me, it's the right thing to do!

Hmm...well I got into a web design class and my teacher had the class use Joomla. We learned about web design and Joomla in general. Ever since then I have been using Joomla! I started out using Joomla 1.0 and then migrated to J! 1.5. So I have been slowly learning how to use Joomla but learning nonetheless and I am very thankful for this forum as it is helping a lot. Well that is it, not long.

This all started when i was 13 , almost 1 year ago , i came to us from Nepal and my dad was journalist there in Nepal so as his bday gift i designed a basic html nepali news sites then i registered a domain mazzakonepal.com , so i was hoping to make a site with fun stuff , mazzako means fun in nepali , so i tried , i made a basic site with html , then i t was getting hard to update and stuff , so i came across joomla , then i was here every day , so basically mazzakonepal.com was my joomla learn platfrom , i made around 4 kind of site in that site , first with joomla , i set up a site for , downlod nepali songs , forum , videos , talk , chit chat and stuff , then made a nepali forum only , then i used phpizabi to make a social network , then again i came back to joomla and made a social network finally , i leanred alot of stuff during that time , i was always at forum ,people here were so helpful everyday , i post a question i get all my answers . Then it was finally time to change that news site that i made for my dad to better site , where news would be saved and alot of stuff , so finally i came back , i used joomla 1.5 made that site , its running fabolous now http://www.nepalinewsusa.com it redirects yes . then i did another site in joomla , so basically joomla got me into this whole graphics , web development and lot of stuff. I am 14 now and i make little money now around 400-500 bucks , or more in a month , i charge like 200 for making a site like nepalaawaz.com , yea people dont hire me , but people who know me and know my work bring more people for me

and thanks to amy , and all other people whole helped me , alot , i am currently working on a project to make a freelance market for joomla and very soon it will be launched , its free of cost . Sad thing i couldnt make the site in joomla because of limited no of components needed for a freelancer site but what i did was respecting opensource i used a opensource script for it too . here is the logo i decided for it ,

I'm a coaster enthusast and was looking to make a theme park website. So I switched to Joomla. They did an awesome job. I believe I first heard about it by one of my friends who loves computers and tech things. Good job Joomla!

I created my 1st site almost 3 ago without knowing what the hack was html (forget abt the others), all I knew was how to move and click the mouse.
The idea of creating a site struck me when i browsed and found things such as "Create your own website in in 2hrs, one day, 1 week and so on " I've tried a couple the so called "easy" site creator softwares but was too complicated in reality. I decided to use what my host provided me and struggled everyday looking every corner for help but always in vain. Finally I put off all the plans and left my site empty for abt 6 months. That's when I found Mambo/Joomla, and it was no going back for me.
Since then I've created about 20 simple sites for others using mambo/joomla, though I still consider myself a beginer. I can't stop praising all the people involved in creating this beautiful, extremely easy, simple and sophisticated thing called "Joomla" for their selfless contribution.

Hi there!
I started using Joomla when i decided to make a game portal.I thought what script would be the best for me, and I founded some payed scripts but they weren't good at all.A friend of mine recommended Joomla so I decided to take a look.
It was great,with some minor modifications ina template, Joomla becomed the best Game Portal script for me.
I am very grateful!

Nice to read all your adventures. I've been using mambo and then joomla for 6 years and love it. Very sophisticated software and great fun
regards
2000

Since the launch of my website I had the idea of making four to five sections on my first page that would display different content in them simultaneously. I did that using conventional means such as dreamweaver and FTP. I knew from the start that this would take a lot of time updating the website even with the help of a lot of php includes.

I used to think how other websites did it. Maybe they knew how to program well in php. I never realised it would be so easy to achieve the same results in Joomla.

I am basically a great phpBB 3.0 fan - now a great Joomla fan too . I would never have used or even thought about using Joomla if it wasn't for Joomla forums being converted to phpBB 3.0. . Good thing you guys did. It was a stroke of luck for me. For that reason I ventured into experimenting with Joomla and figured I could achieve the results I've always wanted with this software.

Cheers for the Joomla Team. Great Work.

I guess you know when something comes along that has that wow factor.............I am a Visual Artist and have the mathematical brain of an ant. For years I have been trying to build a website that actually looked and operated like a "website". Each time I gave up because the results were way below par. My efforts really sucked the big one!

Trying to use a template that even got close to what I needed still didnt work, then I came across some templates while looking for a wysiwyg site builder and for the life of me couldnt work out what they were. I typed in the name Joomla into Google and WOW.....ok ok I didnt go wow at first I was quite overwealmed.

Now I am the type of guy that has the mathematical brain and concentration span of an ant So php was always out of my reach and I would have to wait for my next life until I mastered that....(or could even read it). The amount of information thrown at you, and not knowing what a manual is should have sent me back to Dreamweaver.....this is the weird bit......

From the time I first googled my way to the Joomla site, having and still having no idea how to write one line of script, it so far has fallen into place, piece by piece. Cant say I havnt ripped my hair out on numerous occasions, yet the solution or an alternative is there to still produce a professional and functional site.

I am still in infancy, yet I have built a site, not just a pissy site but a real site with my own two hands. For the last 7 days I have spent every woken moment at my desk, slowly but surely piecing it together..................

From a person that has no scripting knowledge or even still, understands how it holds itself together, the bloody thing is and works like a dream................................................so while I may never ever get more than one star next to my avatar, I am mastering the user friendly side that makes Joomla so special.....If this was a company I would be buying as many shares as I could because this is going somewhere........

Found out about Joomla 2 1/2 years ago, after reading up on the software on digital point forums. Thought hell, why not give it a try. I made my first site about mustangs. Started installing a few seo components and wrote a bunch of articles on my site. Ever since then the site has taken off. After realizing how great the software is I have been making car site after car site with the software. Absolutely love it!

Been making a good amount of money too, enough to make a car payment and house payment. I'm so thankful to the creators and the clubs that make templates. Rockethemes especially...

Joomla is by far the best CMS!

Oh, my - I have a story to share.

I've been designing web pages since 1994. I'm a grandmother, and I always tell people I didn't know what I wanted to do when I grew up until they invented the World Wide Web! Other than a short stint at Ford Motor Company in '96, though, it was not my primary gig until January of last year.

I've always been slow to come around to "new fangled" stuff. I took some time off from web design from '99 to around '02, and when I came back to it CSS was becoming the darling of the design world. But I was an HTML coder, doggone it! A purist! I could lay out a table in Notepad in such a manner that one would never believe a table existed on the page! At Ford, they called me the Queen of Tables. I didn't need no stinkin' CSS!

But guess who's been doing tableless XHTML/CSS code for the past couple of years? I can do that in Notepad, too - but I prefer Dreamweaver these days.

When I decided to go freelance full time in March of this year after my company shut down, I found that most potential clients were stating up front that they wanted to do the upkeep and maintenance themselves once the site was up and running. That left me out; I had no idea how to provide that for them without using their web host's limited "do it yourself" online interface - and that's certainly not what they wanted. The Lynda.com PHP/MySQL tutorial led you through the creation of a rudimentary CMS, but I quickly saw that not only was it not nearly adequate for my needs, I didn't want to take the time to learn PHP well enough to create whole sites with it. I thought I was going to have to sub out that kind of work and pay most of my fee to a programmer. I want to keep all the money! LOL

I'd been hearing about Joomla! for awhile, though, and about a week ago I started to research it. What I read was very exciting, and the templates I was seeing were amazing! "Wow," I thought. "THIS I can sink my teeth into!"

So last Friday I downloaded Joomla! 1.5 and bought "Beginning Joomla! From Novice to Professional" by Dan Rahmel. Now, the book is three years old, and the screen shots don't match any more, but didn't let that deter me! He got me up and running in no time, and I've found his advice and instruction on planning the structure on paper first to be extremely useful - hey, I can work this way!

I'd read about the possible difficulties of installation and configuration, and the first installation did throw an odd error about cookies not being enabled - even though they were. But it actually went quite smoothly, and my second installation went off without a hitch - took all of ten minutes. From what I read in the forums, I was blessed in that regard. I figured out on my own how to install a template and then started playing with articles.

I LOVE this! I'm doing my first Joomla! site conversion for an existing client this week, and creating a filmmaker's site and an "official site of the movie" site this month. And maybe a church and a restaurant, too! I may never code a traditional web site again! My clients are lucky - I always figure they shouldn't have to pay for my learning curve so they're getting my services cheaply, with the understanding that I'll be working slowly while I use their sites as tutorials and build my portfolio.

I love the forums and the community - everyone seems to be extremely helpful and generous. I had an issue with a poll not showing up; I emailed someone in this forum who'd had the same problem and she got back to me immediately with the fix - and it worked! I can't wait 'til I know enough to do the same for someone else.

And it won't be long before I'm contributing templates, I can tell you that right now! And I want to find someone to collaborate with to create a standard beginner's tutorial/document to provide to my clients after their site is finished, so they can learn the "basics of the back end" without a lot of input from me. I'm not much of a teacher, I'm afraid, and I know that Joomla! is not necessarily intuitive to the web newbie.

I think Jooma! has created a monster, and she be me!

I enjoyed reading your story, I hope you will enjoy Joomla! as much as I do

Thanks, RobInk - I fully expect to!

I'm sure there's a topic in this forum where people post their Joomla! creations, and I can't wait until I can post my first one for everyone to oooooh and aaaaah over - or give a good honest critique about how it can be improved!

Lynda - crazy for Joomla!

You gotta love Joomla, even the name, could have been a Teletubbie

The major reason for me to use joomla, was that it offers so much flexibility. That, with the number of templates offerd, really turned me on :P

Hello All.

My story with Joomla is a pretty small one, myself i don't have a computer science degree nor am i a freelancer or web designer. I did Science at uni with a side passion of technology, so one day i started looking into CMS to have a play with and also web servers.

Through one of the CMS demo matrix's i found Joomla, that was ages ago and i must admit i played with it then left it as i had no real use for it. However since i lead a relatively boring science job (not doing research i want to do) i decided i need a personal project and it came in the form of building a review community. The idea was simple, just a place where users can discuss products services and the likes and rate them.

Idealy if i had programming skills i would make my own interface and start from scratch but i don't. So i looked back into Joomla and that with jReviews is the perfect solution to my project, so i decided to have a play and am still in the process of setting it all up. One of the issues that i might come into is the size of information, when i have alot of info in the site i will possibly push the limits, in both database size and hopefully traffic....

anyways thats the story so far