1. Does the PDF icon render pictures and special characters?
(FAQs/Languages)

Yes! Prior to Joomla! 1.5, only the text values of an Article and only for ISO-8859-1 encoding was allowed in the PDF rendition. With the new PDF library in place, the complete Article including images ...

2. Extensions
(About Joomla!/The CMS)

Out of the box, Joomla! does a great job of managing the content needed to make your Web site sing. But for many people, the true power of Joomla! lies in the application framework that makes it possible ...

3. Joomla! Overview
(About Joomla!/The CMS)

...  So what's the catch? How much does this system cost? Well, there's good news ... and more good news! Joomla! 1.5 is free, it is released under an Open Source license - the GNU/General Public License ...

4. My MySQL database does not support UTF-8. Do I have a problem?
(FAQs/General)

No you don't. Versions of MySQL lower than 4.1 do not have built in UTF-8 support. However, Joomla! 1.5 has made provisions for backward compatibility and is able to use UTF-8 on older databases. Let the ...

5. Why does Joomla! 1.5 use UTF-8 encoding?
(FAQs/General)

Well... how about never needing to mess with encoding settings again? Ever needed to display several languages on one page or site and something always came up in Giberish? With utf-8 (a variant of Unicode) ...

6. How do I upgrade to Joomla! 1.5 ?
(FAQs/Current Users)

Joomla! 1.5 does not provide an upgrade path from earlier versions. Converting an older site to a Joomla! 1.5 site requires creation of a new empty site using Joomla! 1.5 and then populating the new site ...

7. Example Pages and Menu Links
(Uncategorised Content)

This page is an example of content that is Uncategorized; that is, it does not belong to any Section or Category. You will see there is a new Menu in the left column. It shows links to the same content ...