I call this “Part 1″ because inevitably, as before, I’m going to find something I left out.
What I want to do here is go over some of the very first things I do with any Joomla install, and there have been several now. For this example, I will be referring to 1.0.1x versions of [...]

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Also see: Making A Great Joomla Site: Part 1 on my blog
Well, I have to say that Joomla! has a fairly steep learning curve at first. The people who use Joomla! seem to have come from Mambo or are more technically adept at the backend php/mysql/apache thing than me. Me, I’m just [...]

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Yeah, so, I’m going to go ahead and do them up right. It’s actually easier than using the layout I designed.
So, here’s what I’m going to do: (this is probably more for me than it is for you)

hybridcars template (modified)
JCE (replaces cluttered WYSIWYG editor)
jCal Pro (better than the other cals)
BSQ Site Stats (more complex [...]

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I’m taking some time to catalog some (I think) neccesary upgrades to the basic install of Joomla.

JCE – Joomla Content Editor – A better interface for your content creation areas. Allows custom CSS to be applied to the editor simply by creating a new CSS file in your template css folder and making it [...]

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