There are many tutorials for you to start. If you love reading, you can read some free ebook: Joomla 2.5 Made easy: simple, short, and focus on how to build a website with Joomla with 6 chapters Joomla 2.5 - Beginner's Guide: teach you from the most basic things about Joomla 2.5 with 25 chapters If you want to watch videos: Joomla 2.5 Made easy playlist: 8 videos based on ebook Joomla 2.5 made easy Joomla 2.5/ 1.7 /1.6 tutorials: 13 videos from famous websites buildajoomlawebsite.com
Just install Joomla and go from there. There is an installation guide on joomla.org, and if you're a newbie just work on a live site without bothering with XAMPP. After you install, choose a template and install it. Add content. Add extensions.
Of course you can find tutorials for Joomla 1.5 but Joomla 1.5 will will reach its end of life this September and Joomla 3.0 will release. Don't waste your time on Joomla 1.5 because you can't find support in the future. It's better for you to get start with Joomla 2.5 or Joomla 3.0. For now, it's difficult to find a detailed tutorial about Joomla 3.0, just only blog post. You can have a look at some below blogs to know about it: Joomla! 3.0 Alpha-2 Released Joomla 3.0 - What is it about? Let's discover! The Top 10 Reasons to Love Joomla 3
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Joomla is a system, which has been designed to make building websites and other online applications simpler for the user.