So after the first 40 minutes of messing with Joomla I've created a homepage. I have some categories, I've downloaded some extensions, and at the moment I'm trying to find a template that doesn't scream "I was free and found roaming the wilds of the internets." We'll see if I'm successful. Don't hold your breath though. Seems there are quite a few really nice looking templates but most of those require that you fork over some cash.
I can't say that it's been terribly confusing so far. It could be my tech background has given me a leg up when it comes to figuring out things blindly. But I think it's pretty safe to say that Joomla has taken enough time to lay everything out in a simple manner. The menus and controls are straight forward and I haven't found anything just completely hidden under drop down menu after drop down menu. The Template Manager manages... templates. The Category Manager manages... categories. The--I think you get the picture.
I did have to google how to install a template but that's not a huge concern. And I have had to upload all of my extensions via zip file because my "Install from web" function is not working as intended. For some reason or another I am unable to connect to the Joomla servers. Luckily enough the two extensions that I have installed AkeebaBackup and JCE were both in the video tut and I was able to find them via google.
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