If you are looking for an easy to use yet very powerful, scalable and customizable content management system, Joomla might be your best choice. Once you understand that basics, Joomla is very easy to use even if you have no idea what a content management system is and you just want to create a website or a portal. The possibilities are endless, ranging from the simple company introduction sites to complex government portals. Joomla is a complete system allowing you to create excellent sites in a short period of time but if you want even more there are lots of extensions, modules and plugins for you to use.

How can you set up a Joomla powered website? TinyHosts offers an easy to use control panel where you can install Joomla with only a few clicks. No need to deal with FTP, databases or similar technical things. For beginners it’s the best way to star  with Joomla web hosting, but even more experienced webmasters will save a lot of time with this feature. You can start your Joomla website within 5 minutes!

Once your website is up and running, the first thing you will notice is that it’s ugly. Don’t be discouraged, there are plenty of high quality and free templates out there that you can use on your website.It’s very easy to change the template from the the Joomla administration interface.

The default Joomla installation is a fully functional website ready to be trailed to your needs. There are basically two approaches to customize your website. You can either start with creating your menu system or with creating the content.

For the beginners it’s easier to start with the creating the menu system. Think about what you want to show your visitors and start setting up a logical, easy to navigate menu system. Once you are satisfied with your menus, you can simply attach the content to each menu item. Joomla supports a fairly complex menu system, so it may take some time to get used to it and be able to use its full power. So it’s advised to start with the default menus that come with the standard Joomla installation and modify that to your requirements.

Advanced users can save some time by creating the content first, then when creating the menus they can immediately assign the content to the menu items.

Following these three steps (changing the template, creating the content and the menus) are just what you need to start with a fully functional, easy to navigate and good looking website. But of course there is a lot more you can do in Joomla, like setting a contact form, a search box or banner ads. If you want even more, take a look at the Joomla extensions.

As you can see Joomla web hosting is really not that complicated but if you need any help, our support desk is always at your disposal, we are more than happy to help you to get started with your website.