Joomla Made Simple

Without a doubt, one of the best parts about Joomla is the extensive community of programmers who are always working to develop new add-ons (called "extensions") for Joomla. A quick look at the official Joomla Extensions page shows that there are thousands of plug-ins to choose from. Some developers require a small fee to access their extensions, but most extensions are available free of charge.

Note: Be sure when downloading extensions that they are compatible with Joomla 1.5, otherwise you won't be able to install them.

Some things that you can do with extensions:

• Change the url structure of your site so that each url reflects the title of the page.
• Add a forum to your site so that visitors can engage in a discussion about related topics.
• Add a shopping cart system to your site to facilitate purchases from visitors.

Here, we walk you through the download and installation process for extensions. (The extension used in the example is a custom module that is intended to garner additional traffic via social media sites such as Digg.)

Video (Length: 4.25 minutes)