Joomla! is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that will help you build websites and other powerful online applications. Joomla! is licensed as open source software that is free to use by everybody.

Joomla! is used all over the world to power everything from simple, personal homepages to complex corporate web applications. Joomla! is backed by a large community of users and developers.

General Joomla Links

• Joomla.org - is the Official website for Joomla!
• Joomlacode.org - is forge site for the Joomla project and the majority of it’s third party extensions.
• Joomla! Community Forum - is where everything Joomla is discussed.
• Joomla! Extensions Directory - is one of the best places to find Joomla! Plugins, Components, Modules, and Jombots.
• Joomla! Developers Network - contains code samples, technical overviews, documentation, core team updates or any other information a 3rd party developer would need.

Joomla Templates

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  JoomlaArt - makes killer templates for Joomla that are a cut above the rest. Check out the online demos to see what we’re talking about.
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  RocketTheme - creates outstanding templates for Joomla that are a cut above the rest. Most of their templates are highly configurable and flexible. RocketTheme provides membership based access to their’s growing array of templates starting at $50 USD. Here is list of templates you get access to as a member, you can use any of them on your website. RocketTheme’s site offers live Template Demos of each one list here. DarkMatter, Elemental, Versatility III, RokWebify, ColorMatic, BentoBox, Sporticus, Vortex, Elixer2.0, Shock/StormTrooper, PixelPerfect, Mobius, Carbonite, Carbonation, Versatility II, Versatility, Fire, Geo-Sync2, ShowCar, Haiku Ramblings, Technopia, ModernBusiness, Extremities 2, Internet Gazette, Bubblicious, Geo-Sync, OneMoreThing, Tribute, VividDesign, TechnoZine, GlobalBiz, DigiMania Colorpak, DigiMania, Aphelion, Macphoria, DigitalEther, GlossyPaint, OpenOffice, BusinessSense, Blogtopia, and PrimeTime.
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  Joomla!Shack Templates - sells many professional templates at a reasonable price.
• Joomla Template Tutorial Part 1 2 3 - by Chette Soriano is a great start if you want to learn how to build your own Joomla Template.

Joomla Components

• JContentSubscription - is a Joomla component that allows you to run a subscription based content website. Charge your customers for Monthly access to your site. Supports JUser and Community Builder. It supports flexible payment processing including Paypal.
• iDevAffiliate for Joomla - Is the number affiliate program software for Joomla. This software allows affiliates to market your goods for you and provides the accounting to pay them a commission. Note: the following Integration component is also required.
• iDevAffiliate/Joomla Integration Component - This is a component that ties iDevAffiliate into your Joomla site.
• iJoomla Magazine - is a great component that converges Joomla into the perfect magazine platform. A very powerful tool!
• iJoomla News Portal - helps to create a news site much like cnn.com or foxnews.com using Joomla.
• VirtueMart - is the leading shopping cart system for Joomla that consists of a component and several supporting modules. VirtueMart supports several different payment gateways, supports downloadable products, and can be configured as a catalog instead of a shopping cart.
• JoomSEF - seems to be the best solution for search engine friendly URLs in Joomla, this component also has plugins for several other popular Joomla components and was created by ARTIO.
• Fireboard/ARTIO JoomSEF plugin.
• VirtueMart/ARTIO JoomSEF plugin.
• SOBI2/ARTIOJoomSEF plugin.
• Simple Machines Forum (SMF)/ARTIO JoomSEF plugin.
• JoomlaCloner - Joomla Backup and Restore component from JoomlaPlug!
• joomlaXplorer - is a File and FTP Manager, it allows you to edit files, delete, copy, rename, archive and unpack files/directories. The component is based on QuiXplorer.
• Fireboard Forum - is a continuation of the JoomlaBoard component. Fireboard is a native Joomla component so not bridge is required like when using SMF.
• Community Builder - reworks the way Joomla users and registration is handled without hacking the source code of Joomla. CB has been around and has many plugins that make it aware of other Joomla Extensions.
• Jom Comment - allows your site visitors or memebers to post comments on content items, or blog posts. Jom Comment has CAPTCHA images to prevent SPAM and has templates to change the look and feel of the comments box. This component sold with a Commerial License.
• Reservation Manager and Reservation Manager Pro - Manage your rental units and properties simply and effectively through our Room booking software. Reservation Manager allows you to easily list details of your hotel, B&B, holiday cottage, villa, gite or other type of room you are offering.

Joomla WYSIWYG Editors

• JCE - is a favorite Editor for Joomla. JCE’s image uploading is much more convenient than using Joomla’s odd method of embedding images. Joomla 1.5 will be 2 steps ahead if the adopt JCE as it’s default editor.

How-to Joomla Articles

• Installing Joomla on a hosted cpanel server using Fantastico written by Siteground.com
• Installing Virtuemart shopping cart written by Siteground.com

If you have written a useful Joomla related article please post a comment below describing it and I will transfer it up here.

Joomla Books

Joomla Affiliate Programs - Several Joomla template and extension authors run affiliate programs that allow you to promote their products for a commission.

• JoomlaArt - is a Joomla templates club. JoomlaArt pays 20% per sale which range from
• RocketTheme - is another Joomla templates club paying 20% per membership. Their memberships range from $50 to $250.
• Phil-Taylor’s Joomla Affiliate Program - allows you to profit from the sale of several popular Joomla components and Joomla Extensions. Phil Taylor and his company Blue Flame IT is the author of Phil-A-Form, Joomla Tags, mosKnowledgeBase, mosListMessenger, mosDirectory, mosIPN, mosLock, ComboxMax, and more.
• iJoomla Affiliate Program - pays 20% on the sale of iJoomla magazine, iJoomla News Portal, iJoomla SideBars, iJoomla Surveys, iJoomla RSS Feeds, and iJoomla DigiStore.
• Joomlashack Affiliate Program - pays 10% on the sale of it’s Joomla templates.
• iDevDirect Affiliate program - pays $25 per sale of it’s Joomla integrated Affiliate Program Software. This is the affiliate tracking software that most of the above affiliate programs use.

If you own and operate a Joomla related Affiliate program and I left you off this list please post a comment below detailing your program and I will transfer it up here.