Your installation includes sample data, designed to show you some of the options you have for building your website. In addition to information about Joomla! there are two sample “sites within a site” designed to help you get started with building your own site. The first site is a simple site about Australian Parks. It
Search
Joomla! 2.5 offers two search options. The Basic Search component provides basic search functionality for the information contained in your core components. Many extensions can also be searched by the search component. Help The Smart Search component offers searching similar to that found in major search engines. Smart Search is disabled by default. If you
Search Module
This module will display a search box. Help {loadmodule search,Search}
Search
The search component uses plugins to control which parts of your Joomla! site are searched. You may choose to turn off some areas to improve performance or for other reasons. Many third party Joomla! extensions have search plugins that extend where search takes place. Default On: Content Help Contacts Help Weblinks Help News Feeds Help Categories Help
Site Map
{loadposition sitemapload} By putting all of your content into nested categories you can give users and search engines access to everything using a menu.
Statistics Module
This module shows information about your server installation together with statistics on the Web site users, number of Articles in your database and the number of Web links you provide. {loadmodule mod_stats,Statistics}
Syndicate Module
The syndicate module will display a link that allows users to take a feed from your site. It will only display on pages for which feeds are possible. That means it will not display on single article, contact or weblinks pages, such as this one. Help {loadposition syndicate,Syndicate}
System
System plugins operate every time a page on your site loads. They control such things as your URLS, whether users can check a “remember me” box on the login module, and whether caching is enabled. New is the redirect plugin that together with the redirect component will assist you in managing changes in URLs. Default on:
The Joomla! Community
Joomla means All Together, and it is a community of people all working and having fun together that makes Joomla possible. Thousands of people each year participate in the Joomla community, and we hope you will be one of them. People with all kinds of skills, of all skill levels and from around the world
