Joomla! A User’s Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website

Appendix A. Getting Help

Community Forums

One of the great things about Joomla, like many open source projects, is the enormous community that surrounds the project. To give a sense of the number of users, we can take a snapshot of the membership levels of some of the biggest forums.

Forum	URL	Posts (Sept 2007)
Joomla!	http://forum.joomla.org	989,241
Community Builder	http://www.joomlapolis.com	44,750
Joomlashack	http://www.joomlashack.com/	24,693
Joomlart	http://www.joomlart.com	26,637
Joomlahacks	http://www.joomlahacks.com/	19,143

Most of these are the forums for commercial products, but they are a great resource for getting help. Make sure you clearly communicate your problem and be patient for answers.

Note, these don’t include Joomla sites specific to countries. ...