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...
Simple
Intuitive, user-friendly web-based interface.
Easy to install
Supports Linux, Windows IIS, Mac OS X, FreeBSD. The web-based installer gets you up and running within minutes. No complex set-up procedures. Also available on shared hosting servers via Fantastico.
Unparalleled Flexibility
Hundreds of extensions, plugins and add-on products are available for Mambo. These include forums, image and multimedia galleries, ecommerce & shopping carts, customer relationship managers, templates for theming your site, document management tools, and many, many more.
Save time, Save Money!
Once Mambo is set up, it is simple for non-technical users to create and update content through an intuitive, web browser-based editor. Mambo has been designed to facilitate increased productivity that will allow you to reap the benefits of increased control, efficiency, and content value.
Active Community
Skilled development team and a strong, active worldwide community.
Multiple Languages
Fully localised with language management that enables your message and your brand to reach a global marketplace. Downloadable language packs to get you up and running in your language of choice.
Mature
8 years old with over 7 million downloads, Mambo is used on sites all over the world to power anything from personal web sites to corporate intranets and extranets.
Customisable
Mambo is written in the PHP programming language, the world's most popular programming language for web-based applications. The flexibility of the code and inbuilt ability to extend Mambo make it one of the most powerful content managment systems available today.
Open Source
Mambo is free software, licensed under the same GNU General Public License as Linux and other popular Open Source software. Mambo uses Version 2 of the GNU/GPL which means that you are free to use Mambo and/or modify it, under the terms of the license.
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...
Simple
Intuitive, user-friendly web-based interface.
Easy to install
Supports Linux, Windows IIS, Mac OS X, FreeBSD. The web-based installer gets you up and running within minutes. No complex set-up procedures. Also available on shared hosting servers via Fantastico.
Unparalleled Flexibility
Hundreds of extensions, plugins and add-on products are available for Mambo. These include forums, image and multimedia galleries, ecommerce & shopping carts, customer relationship managers, templates for theming your site, document management tools, and many, many more.
Save time, Save Money!
Once Mambo is set up, it is simple for non-technical users to create and update content through an intuitive, web browser-based editor. Mambo has been designed to facilitate increased productivity that will allow you to reap the benefits of increased control, efficiency, and content value.
Active Community
Skilled development team and a strong, active worldwide community.
Multiple Languages
Fully localised with language management that enables your message and your brand to reach a global marketplace. Downloadable language packs to get you up and running in your language of choice.
Mature
8 years old with over 7 million downloads, Mambo is used on sites all over the world to power anything from personal web sites to corporate intranets and extranets.
Customisable
Mambo is written in the PHP programming language, the world's most popular programming language for web-based applications. The flexibility of the code and inbuilt ability to extend Mambo make it one of the most powerful content managment systems available today.
Open Source
Mambo is free software, licensed under the same GNU General Public License as Linux and other popular Open Source software. Mambo uses Version 2 of the GNU/GPL which means that you are free to use Mambo and/or modify it, under the terms of the license.
