Welcome to the Mambo Manual!
The Mambo Manual is a guide for both beginners and professionals alike on how to use and extend the Mambo free, Open Source content management system (CMS). The Mambo Manual forms part of the documentation project for the Mambo CMS, which consists of the Mambo Manual and our knowledgebases at http://mambo-support.org/
. If you don't find the documentation you need to help you get the most out of using Mambo you can always find peer-support on the Mambo forums.
Mambo is a full-featured, award-winning content management system that can be used for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. It is used all over the world to power government portals, corporate intranets and extranets, e-commerce sites, non-profit outreach, schools, church, and community sites. Mambo's "power in simplicity" also makes it the CMS of choice for many small businesses and personal sites. With over 8 million downloads, Mambo is arguably one of the most popular CMS's in the world today. Mambo is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable, and, best of all, it is free to use and to modify under its open source GNU/ General Public License.
Introduction Learn more about Mambo and what it can do for you.
Glossary Understand the Mambo terminology.
The Manual is organised into several key areas:
Installation and Configuration - System requirements for Mambo, how to install, configuration options, tips...
Overview of Mambo for a beginner - Quick start guide to assist people who are new to the Mambo CMS.
Administration - Articles to help administrators of Mambo sites.
Managing Your Content - How Mambo handles content, what sections and categories are, and more...
Templating - Site design and articles on developing Mambo templates.
Development - For those who develop, or who are interested in developing Mambo or extensions for Mambo. You will find developer documentation, tips on how to write your own components, and more...
Other Languages
The Internet has computer-generated "automatic translators" available. We offer a list of languages in which you can read the Mambo Manual through these automated services; however, we do not take responsibility for the degree of reliability of these translations.
The Mambo Team is always looking for more help with documentation. If you would like to contribute to this effort please let the team know through the forums at http://forum.mambo-foundation.org.
