The Art of Joomla: tutorials for Joomla developers, site implementers and artisans.

Artisan: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.

Written and maintained by Andrew Eddie - Joomla master developer.

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Issue 1

Opening the doors to the developers' and designers' revolution

How Joomla! 1.5 Files are Organised by Andrew Eddie
Joomla! 1.5 has many similarities to Joomla! 1.0 in terms of file structure and also many differences. In this article we will go over some of the major differences at a fairly high level.
Removing a Legacy: Part 1 by Andrew Eddie
Joomla! 1.5 provides a "Legacy Mode" to allow most developers a way to get up-and-running easily. However, you really want to get off the dependence on Legacy Mode as soon as you can.

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Welcome to our first issue by Andrew Eddie
Welcome to inaugural issue of "the Art of Joomla!" - an online magazine designed to fill the gap that exists for quality information about the ever almost-ready version 1.5.

Menu Alias Tricks by Andrew Eddie
Searching New Horizons by Andrew Eddie
Joomla! 1.5's Search Components has some interesting new features plus a few things have moved around.

Stumping the Spoofers by Andrew Eddie
It's official name is Cross Site Request Forgeries (CSRF) but we sometimes call it form spoofing for short. Under the right conditions a person can do a lot of things they are not supposed to do.