Joomla Knowledge Base

There is no single best template for every Joomla website. One project may need only the standard Cassiopeia template, another may benefit from a layout builder, while a third needs a ready-made design with developer support. This guide compares the main options and explains how to check compatibility, maintenance costs, responsive behaviour and accessibility before installation.

Install Joomla 6 in your browser: prepare the files and database, create an administrator account, add a language and check the initial site settings. This guide covers a fresh installation on web hosting or a local server. The screenshots show Joomla 6.2.0.

Joomla lets visitors create accounts, restrict content to registered users and protect sign-in with an additional verification step. This guide covers registration, account activation, login forms, access permissions and password recovery in Joomla 5 and 6.

There is no single fastest Joomla template: performance depends on the template version, page content, extensions, configuration and server. For a simple information website, the standard Cassiopeia template is a sensible starting point. If you need more design options, compare it with suitable templates built on Helix Ultimate, Astroid or other current solutions. This guide explains how to make that comparison useful for your website.

The robots.txt file controls how search engine crawlers access your site. This guide explains Joomla's default rules, how to check access to stylesheets and scripts, how to add a sitemap address, and when to use noindex or canonical instead of blocking crawling.

If you have forgotten your Joomla administrator password, you can set a new one through another user account, the database or the server console. The right method depends on your Joomla version and the access you still have. This guide covers the main releases from Joomla 1.0 to Joomla 6, with compatibility notes at the start of each method.

The Joomla administrator panel lets you manage articles, menus, users and site settings. This guide explains how to log in, find the section you need, choose an interface language and end your session properly.

Module positions determine where a Joomla template displays menus, search forms and other supporting content. The built-in preview shows the names of these areas directly on your website.

To remove index.php from Joomla page URLs, enable SEF URLs and URL rewriting. First prepare your web server: Apache, Nginx and IIS use different rules to handle requests.

Updating Joomla fixes bugs and security issues, improves the CMS and adds features. This guide covers preparation, updates within a major version, upgrades to the next major version, post-update checks and troubleshooting.

The title tag sets the page name shown in the browser tab. In Joomla, its value depends on the article settings, the active menu item and the global site settings. This guide explains where to change the title, how it differs from H1 and how to check the result.

Duplicate pages in Joomla occur when identical or very similar content is available at several addresses. This guide explains how to identify the cause, choose a preferred URL and handle the alternatives without disrupting navigation, search or forms.

Installing a Joomla template involves checking compatibility, installing the package, choosing a style and configuring module display. This guide explains those steps, menu assignments, Quickstart packages and updates to an existing template.

Extensions add new features to Joomla. This guide covers installation methods, compatibility checks and the steps needed to use components, modules, plugins and packages after installation.

File system permissions determine whether Joomla can read files, upload images, write logs and install updates. Suitable settings depend on file ownership, the PHP process user and the hosting environment. Here is what to check before changing permissions and why 755 and 644 alone are not enough.

Akeeba Backup creates a Joomla backup that can help you recover your website after a failure or move it to another server. This guide covers version compatibility, initial configuration, full backups, off-site storage and restoration with Akeeba Kickstart. It also explains why a successful backup message does not prove that your website can be restored.

You cannot assess Joomla website speed from a single loading time or a tool’s score. You need to check when the main content appears, how quickly the page responds to interactions and whether elements shift unexpectedly. This article explains the testing tools and a measurement process that helps you compare results.

Moving Joomla to HTTPS requires a valid certificate, correct server settings and checks of the website itself. This guide explains how to obtain and renew a certificate, enable HTTPS in Joomla, and resolve mixed content or redirect loops.

You can protect the Joomla administrator area with Multi-factor Authentication, an additional server password and restrictions on access to the login form. This guide explains which features are built into Joomla, which settings belong to your hosting environment and how to recover access if something goes wrong.

An HTTP 500 error in Joomla means the server could not complete a request. The message Whoops, looks like something went wrong tells you that a failure occurred, but does not explain its cause. Here is how to find the details, check extensions and server settings, and investigate without exposing technical information to visitors.