There are many aspects to Joomla configuration
 In fact there are probably as many ways as there are sites. To help you get started here are some tips for changes that you might want to implement.
Branding the footer
- To add your own information to the footer, edit /Languages/en-GB/en-GB.mod_footer.ini
SEF (Search Engine Friendly) names
To enable SEF for your Joomla website you must first rename /htaccess.txt to /.htaccess
- Go to Site > Global Configuration.
- Choose the Site tab.
- In the SEO Settings section...
- Enable Search Engine Friendly URLs.
- Enable Use Apache mod_rewrite.
- Enable Add Suffix to URLs.
Now your URLs are much more human (and spider) readable!
Caching
This will significantly improve the performance of your website.
- Go to Site > Global Configuration.
- Select the System tab.
- Select Yes for the cache.
Optimise your database
Using phpMyAdmin you can optimise the tables in your database.
- Select your database in phpMyAdmin.
- Choose the Structure tab, and scroll to the bottom of the page.
- Click Check All.
- Choose Optimise table from the With selected: drop-down.
Install some extensions
A vanilla installation has a lot of features, but you will certainly benefit from investigating some of the extensions that are available for Joomla.
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