Now that you have created a good list of functions and basic settings for each, we can begin to pick and choose which extensions we would like to use in the development of your Joomla site.

Bear in mind, you may come up with a good list of extensions you are going to be using, but we need to do some follow up and testing on these extensions. We also need to know what other people are saying about the extension, and what types of support is offered for each...

Planning your site needs to cover how you are going to secure your Joomla site. Joomla is well known for being secure, but we can't just assume that there is a perfect solution right out of the box.

Strong Joomla sites have a solid backup plan in place, and a basic security plan. With this article, we will help you learn how to cover some basics in securing your Joomla site!

Determining your server requirements can be a very intimidating thing, because of all the technical jargon associated with it.

Joomla runs on roughly 3-4 major softwares. The three most important are PHP, SQL, and Apache.

We need to find a host that supports all of these softwares, and we need to check for the correct versions...