Unfortunately most Joomla templates have the footer information buried in some php code. But I'm going to show you the most common area you can find it. This is for relatively advanced users.

First step, make sure your template doesn't let you edit the footer via a module position.
Second step, BACK UP YOUR SITE. Just incase you make a mistake at least you can fix it.
Third Step, Go into your FTP backend of your site

• Double click the "httpdocs folder"
• Double click the "templates folder"
• Double click the name of your "template folder" ***the one you installed
• Download and save the index.php page, or if there is a footer.php file download it
• Hardcode your footer into this area with proper HTML

Hope this helps.

In order to give your Joomla site a clean URL that makes it user friendly as well as Search Engine Optimized, you need to change the "htaccess.txt" file, and simply rename it to ".htaccess".

What is the htaccess.txt file?
It is part of the Joomla core download. You can find it in the root folder of your Joomla site.

How to change the file:
1)Login to your Joomla site backend via FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
2)Locate the Joomla Site root folder ie(httpdocs)
3)Locate the "htaccess.txt" file
3)Rename the file to ".htaccess"
4)Login to Joomla backend, and click on "Site" from the menu and go to "Global Configuration".
5)Under the "Site" tab in the "Global Configuration" change the "Use Apache mod_rewrite" to YES
6)Confirm both the "Search Engine Friendly URLs" & "Use Apache mod_rewrite" are set to yes and SAVE





Now your URL's should read clean (http://www.yoursite.com/information.html) instead of the previous (http://www.yoursite.com/index.php/information.html)

As most of you already know, Joomla 1.6 was released back in February. But what did they change?

These are some of the major features offered:

• Auto-update Extension — Much like WordPress has a built-in plugin manager and auto-update tool, Joomla now does, too. This is great for users who have multiple sites with lots of extensions to manage.
• Template Styles — This is one of the more user friendly features of Joomla 1.6. Previously, making changes to a template for just one aspect of a site meant creating a new template and changing the options you wanted to change manually. That worked, but it presented a lot of problems when trying to update a design as a whole. With template styles, designers can make variations of the same template that can be applied to specific sections or pages within the site.

• Enhanced Media Manager — Now supporting multiple-file uploads.

• Package Installations — This lets a developer create a single package that will install multiple extensions at the same time.

• No More Sections — Sections are gone but categories remain! You can also create endless sub-categories..

The only major downfall to the release of Joomla 1.6 in February  is the limited selection of viable templates to choose from. But I'm sure that is going to be resolved soon enough.

For those of you new to Joomla, one issue you may encounter when trying to enter in pure HTML code in articles or Custom HTML Modules, is that < p > tags may cause issues, especially with script functions.

To resolve this simply go into your Plugin Manager, then click on the (Editor - TinyMCE) plugin. Once in the plugin, then change the New Lines from P Elements to BR Elements. This will stop the editor from automatically adding < p > tags at the beginning and ending of all your work.

Furthermore you can also go to the Site Menu, and click Global Configuration. From there you change the Default WYSIWYG Editor to No Editor for those advanced users wishing to code only in HTML.

Have you ever searched google for an answer to a question you didn't know, or steps for something you couldn't quite understand?

More often then not you will find yourself in someone's forum, where people post all forms of data. Some a little more helpful then others. The point being, Joomla has a free Forum Component that you can customize to work with your Joomla website. And they have just release a compatible Joomla 1.6 version as well.

Visit Kunena.org to download and read more.