Joomla 4 (5) tutorial for beginners with no coding

In this series of video tutorials, we will learn how to build a website from scratch on Joomla 4. In the video tutorials, we will use only free extensions. We will use free Helix Ultimate template. Some pages will be created using SP Page Builder 4 Lite.

At the end of video tutorials, you will get a business website with responsive design, portfolio and blog.

The information is almost entirely up to date for Joomla 5 (note added on October 21, 2023).

Video tutorials №1-6. Table of contents

Joomla tutorial for beginners (part 1). How to build a website from scratch.

• What you need to do before building a website – 00:01:27.

• XAMPP local server installing – 00:03:06.

• Joomla 4 downloading – 00:04:42.

• XAMPP launch – 00:05:51.

• Joomla 4 installing – 00:06:34.

• Use URL Rewriting («.htaccess» file) – 00:09:17.

• How to change Joomla username or password – 00:10:21.

• How to backup Joomla site without XAMPP – 00:10:53.

• How to backup Joomla site with XAMPP – 00:12:14.

• How to move XAMPP to another folder or drive – 00:13:01.

Joomla tutorial for beginners (part 2). How to make a website from scratch.

• How to start XAMPP and login to Joomla admin panel – 00:00:53.

• Joomla 4 template installing – 00:01:53.

• Joomla 4 extensions installing – 00:02:49.

• Joomla menu creating – 00:04:41.

• Helix ultimate setting up and header creating – 00:05:3

• Footer creating (working with Joomla modules) – 00:13:14.

• Preview module positions – 00:14:27.

• SP Easy Image Gallery – 00:18:01.

• Generating thumbnails error on XAMPP – 00:18:56.

Joomla guide for beginner (part 3). SP Page Builder tutorial.

• Creating a menu item – 00:01:16.

• Joomla SP Page Builder tutorial (creating a homepage) – 00:02:18.

• Checking the page on a mobile device – 00:20:21.

Joomla 4 tutorial (part 4). How to make your own website from scratch.

• «About us» page – 00:00:34.

• Page title (alternative title) – 00:11:29.

• Breadcrumbs module – 00:12:04.

• «Gallery» page – 00:12:57.

• «Portfolio» page – 00:15:54.

Joomla tutorial for beginners (part 5). How to build a website from scratch for free.

• «Contact» page – 00:00:45.

• Joomla email settings (SMTP) – 00:04:24.

• Google map – 00:08:37.

Joomla manual for beginners (part 6). How to develop a website from scratch.

• Articles categories – 00:00:30.

• Article creation – 00:01:12.

• «Category Blog» menu item type – 00:02:50.

• «Category Blog» layout – 00:05:26.

• YouTube video in Joomla 4 article – 00:06:20.

• Comments – 00:09:06.

• Social network sharing buttons – 00:10:48.

• «Articles - Latest» module in footer – 00:15:2

• Adding links to the main page – 00:16:40.