Getting Started

Extensions in Joomla are installed using the Joomla Administrator.  For more general information of installing extensions, see: http://docs.joomla.org/Installing_an_extension Before You Start Before installing, upgrading or uninstalling any extensions, it is always a good idea to take a full backup of your site's files and data. Refer to your hosting service for how to do...

Classes and Categories are two very important concepts to grasp when using Catalog as the line between them can vary from site to site. Classes and Custom Attributes. We use Classes in Catalog to identify different kinds of "things".  Typically these things have different sets of customized attributes. What you call a class will depend on your data but generally a Class will describe a...

Catalog is very powerful and flexible, but setting up for the first time might be a little overwhelming because of all of the features and customization available to you. It is certainly possible to start creating catalog items without doing anything else. The basic item has many built-in attribute such as geo-referencing coordinates, some e-commerce values, and so on. However, most...