You indeed can change the Menu Item's Type to whatever you want, even after they have been created.

If, for instance, you want to change the Blog Section of a Menu link, go to the Control Panel->Menus Menu->[menuname]->Menu Item Manager and edit the Menu Item. Select the Change Type button and choose the new style of Menu Item Type from the available list. Thereafter, alter the Details and Parameters to reconfigure the display for the new selection as you require it.

Installing of Joomla! 1.5 is pretty easy. We assume you have set-up your Web site, and it is accessible with your browser.

Download Joomla! 1.5, unzip it and upload/copy the files into the directory you Web site points to, fire up your browser and enter your Web site address and the installation will start.

For full details on the installation processes check out the Installation Manual on the Joomla! Help Site where you will also find download instructions for a PDF version too.

Joomla! runs on the PHP pre-processor. PHP comes in many flavours, for a lot of operating systems. Beside PHP you will need a Web server. Joomla! is optimized for the Apache Web server, but it can run on different Web servers like Microsoft IIS it just requires additional configuration of PHP and MySQL. Joomla! also depends on a database, for this currently you can only use MySQL.

• Apache 1.x or 2.x
• PHP 4.3 or up
• MySQL 3.23 or up

The FTP Layer allows file operations (such as installing Extensions or updating the main configuration file) without having to make all the folders and files writable. This has been an issue on Linux and other Unix based platforms in respect of file permissions. This makes the site admin's life a lot easier and increases security of the site.

You can check the write status of relevent folders by going to ''Help->System Info" and then in the sub-menu to "Directory Permissions". With the FTP Layer enabled even if all directories are red, Joomla! will operate smoothly.

NOTE: the FTP layer is not required on a Windows host/server.

http://orgseo.com/
可以查询PR值，alexa rank,yahoo backlink,DMOZ directory

http://www.woorank.com/
查询seo分数，并分析哪些地方影响了seo分数，是一个非常好的seo辅助工具

Well... how about never needing to mess with encoding settings again?

Ever needed to display several languages on one page or site and something always came up in Giberish?

With utf-8 (a variant of Unicode) glyphs (character forms) of basically all languages can be displayed with one single encoding setting.

Joomla! 1.5 does not provide an upgrade path from earlier versions. Converting an older site to a Joomla! 1.5 site requires creation of a new empty site using Joomla! 1.5 and then populating the new site with the content from the old site. This migration of content is not a one-to-one process and involves conversions and modifications to the content dump.

There are two ways to perform the migration:

This is now implemented by inserting a Read more... tag (the button is located below the editor area) a dotted line appears in the edited text showing the split location for the Read more.... A new Plugin takes care of the rest.

It is worth mentioning that this does not have a negative effect on migrated data from older sites. The new implementation is fully backward compatible.

Mambots have been renamed as Plugins.

Mambots were introduced in Mambo and offered possibilities to add plug-in logic to your site mainly for the purpose of manipulating content. In Joomla! 1.5, Plugins will now have much broader capabilities than Mambots. Plugins are able to extend functionality at the framework layer as well.

In Joomla! versions prior to 1.5 there were separate processes for creating a Static Content Item and normal Content Items. The processes have been combined now and whilst both content types are still around they are renamed as Articles for Content Items and Uncategorized Articles for Static Content Items.

If you want to create a static item, create a new Article in the same way as for standard content and rather than relating this to a particular Section and Category just select Uncategorized as the option in the Section and Category drop down lists.

需要准备的资料包括

1 网站中英文名称,网站描述,网站网址,favicon
2 联系信息,姓名,地址,Email,电话等
3支持Joomla的主机空间
4 网站导航菜单栏目
5 网站产品图片和分类，产品描述
6 其他栏目内容

To completely remove an Article, select the Articles that you want to delete and move them to the Trash. Next, open the Article Trash in the Content Menu and select the Articles you want to delete. After deleting an Article, it is no longer available as it has been deleted from the database and it is not possible to undo this operation.

A lot of different languages are available for the Back-end, but by default this language may not be installed. If you want a translated Back-end, get your language pack and install it using the Extension Installer. After this, go to the Extensions Menu, select Language Manager and make your language the default one. Your Back-end will be translated immediately.

Users who have access rights to the Back-end may choose the language they prefer in their Personal Details parameters. This is of also true for the Front-end language.

A good place to find where to download your languages and localised versions of Joomla! is Translations for Joomla! on JED.

When you’re starting an e-commerce business, there are a some necessary things that you need to get started. These include various accounts, software, scripts, and more. The goal of this post is to show you all of the things you need to get your e-commerce business off the ground from a technical point of view along with some recommendations for where to get these fulfilled. Some of these are obvious, and some may not be – take look!

This is a good checklist, but every business is different. If you have any questions about starting your e-commerce business OR about Magento in general, call us at 10888-335-2747 and we’ll be glad to help you out!

Ok, let’s get started!

Choose a Ecommerce System/ Shopping Cart Platform

Of course, you need to choose a platform for you business to run on. For many reasons, we highly reccomend using the Magento e-commerce system. Magento is extremely scalable, open source, easy to use and quickly becoming the most popular shopping cart system around.

Website Design

You’re going to need a design that connects with your customers and properly shows your offerings. You can find a TON of Magento themes and templates all over the web on blogs and forums. Our recommendation is to get a professional web designer to create a custom look & feel for your website.

Technology Partner

Ok, this is the shameless self promotion but as you read on you’ll see that there are a ton of core business things to be focusing on as you grow your online company. You shouldn’t be focusing on the technology when there are experts that can assist you. We can design, develop and provide Magento Support for your site while you are doing the important business growth actions.

Domain Name

Your site needs an easy to remember, targeted, dot-com domain name. You can get away with a dot-net domain if it’s necessary but it’s highly recommended to brainstorm and get a top level dot-com name for your website. Here are a few excellent websites to use when trying to find a domain name.

http://ajaxwhois.com
AjaxWhois lets you search the WhoIs database with a nearly instant Ajax search. It searches as you type so you never have to hit enter and you can search faster than one domain at at time.

www.domainexposer.com
Domain Exposer is awesome because it will append your keyword to a huge database of themed words and tell you if they are registered or not.

Web Hosting

There are hundreds if not thousands of web hosts out there. Trying to find the exact right host for your business can be an overwhelming project. You want to avoid having to move your website from one host to another after your website grows. If you are starting a serious e-commerce business, start with the right web host to ensure that your website will be fast, reliable and properly supported.

We are specialists in getting your Magento E-Commerce site hosted correctly from the beginning. For more information about Magento Hosting, call us at 1-888-335-2747.

Products

You probably know what you want to sell with your e-commerce website. However, it can be hard to source the products so here are a few recommendations.

http://www.thomasnet.com
Thomasnet can get you linked up with manufacturers so you can source directly without any middlemen.

You can test a product line by dropshipping products to test, pricing and forecast sales volume without having to purchase inventory. We have been partners with http://www.dsdi.com for a long time and they are by far one of the best drop shipping companies we have ever worked with.

When you are searching for product sources, do extensive research so you get as high on the supply chain as possible so you can save as much money when you are buying inventory.

Other places to search for product sources is to obviously perform a Google search for your product + “wholesale sources” or “manufacturer”. You can go to trade shows and conferences as well as make calls directly to companies to try to make connections.

Product Images

Having your products shown clearly on your website is extremely important to the overall look of the site as well as the conversion rate of the site. If you are selling clothing, make sure that you have models showing the clothing off. If you’re selling electronics, furniture or even sneakers, you need multiple angles of very clear photos. It might cost a bit more than you expect to have professional photos of your products taken but from over 10 years of e-commerce experience, it can really separate the websites that get sales from those that do not.

Product Titles & Descriptions

Be sure to write captivating, accurate and titles and descriptions for your products. It’s a time consuming process, but as your website matures and the search engines pick up the long tail pages you’ll be happy that you optimized these textual elements of your website.

Not only are the titles and descriptions important for SEO but this text sells your product! There are a few sites that really go above and beyond with their descriptions. You can use these for inspiration. One is http://www.thinkgeek.com, and the other is http://www.woot.com.

Shipping Account

When someone buys something, you have to send it to them. Make sure that you sign up for UPS, USPS and/or FedEx.

In order to print labels and ship your products, you’ll need a service like www.shipworks.com. Luckily, Shipworks conveniently works with Magento!

Packing/Shipping Materials

Don’t for get about boxes and packing peanuts! You’ll need a shipping scale and heavy duty packing tape as well.

We were always a customer of www.uline.com. These guys are great. They are extremely reliable and their pricing is the best we found. Great discounts for large orders so as you grow you save!

Security (SSL)

Your website is going to need an SSL certificate to encrypt credit card transactions. All modern web browsers will alert their users VERY intrusively if this isn’t set up right. We are partnered with Comodo and offer various levels of SSL certificates if you need one or go to www.comodo.com. You can get set up with other certificates too from Godaddy.com, Verisign.com, and many others.

Toll Free Phone Number

You’re probably going to want to get a toll free phone number for your customers to call if they have a problem. You can use VIOP services to reduce the costs of this feature or call your local phone company for more information.

Newsletter Management System

If you are going to build a list of e-mail addresses on your site so you can send out promotions and other mass communications, you should use a 3rd party service like Aweber.com so ensure the highest delivery rate and ease of list/email/contact organization.

Social Media Accounts

Don’t forget to sign up for your social media accounts. Definitely claim your brand on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, etc…

You can use this awesome program NameCHK to check 72 sites at once! http://namechk.com/

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Wow! That was a ton of stuff. I might have forgot something too. If you have any other recommendations, please leave a comment below! Thanks for reading!
文章来源

http://www.redstage.com/magento/blog/2010/03/05/everything-you-need-to-start-an-ecommerce-business/

Magento作为当前国际上最流行的开源PHP电子商务程序,包括三星,联想,诺基亚,富士,奥林巴斯,阿迪达斯,3M,无印良品等国际知名品牌都用它来构建自己的在线网店

http://www.magentocommerce.com/showcase
从Magento官方网站可以看到数十家国际巨头在使用Magento,而越来越多的商家和大公司也逐渐转向Magento