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[smak786110]

Salaams...
Does anyone know Joomla or Mambo ???
I wnted to know where can i learn, and does it require to know proper PHP language ???

[Ali]

Hi,
Mambo and Joomla are pretty much the same... You just need to play around with it for sometime... No Need for PHP Knowledge... If you want to change the design and make one your self, Then you need to know HTML.

[Syed Kazim]

i know it, http://www.bilaltz.org this site is powered by Joomla!

[smak786110]

so you say they are easy to learn???
Coz i hv read abit about installation and it says abt sql and php and blah blah which I dont know....Can u tell me how does it work exactly??? :?

[Syed Kazim]

well, i really dont know how it works , my cousin runs that site! altho i think there is a step-by-step wizard!

[Ali]

Thats only for Installation..... No need to write any php... If you are with a host with cPanel... Which i guess you do... Just create a MySQL Database... Upload the Mambo Files.. Go to the location of mambo e.g http://www.youdomain.com/mambo/
It will give you a page for installation and to put in details of your MySQL Database (username, password).... The Installation is the easiest part :)

[Syed Kazim]

that was easy!

[smak786110]

oh ok....
Coz i heard its quite easy for the website which require updating regularly.....
Am the webmaster of http://www.literarysection.org and its alot of time consuming updating each and every page and setting it up correctly and then uploading it!!!

[Ali]

Yeah.. Static Pages are very annoying to edit when there are many things to edit :)
A CMS like Mambo or Joomla simplifies things...

[smak786110]

what about designs???
The Bilal site which Syed Kazim gave is amm...quite....boring i can say...Not that attractive

[Syed Kazim]

its a tabligh web, its SUPPOSED to be boring, thats what i can say! altho its okay what u think about it, i dun run it , so i dun mind!

[smak786110]

So..Tabligh is boring ehhh???
and u wnna be a mawlana

[Ali]

:)
There are many templates available for Mambo/Joomla... The one Ask is using is a custom one.. From scratch... for speed optimizations and design flexibility...

Custom is Always better

[smak786110]

Is it possible 4 example if I hv already made my site in normal HTML...Can i convert tht to Joomla without making other design ????

[Syed Kazim]

So..Tabligh is boring ehhh??? Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes
and u wnna be a mawlana Shocked Shocked Shocked

it was a light comment! supposed to mean a joke!