Joomla Core stable 1.0.12

if you want to setup a Joomla based website your best choice is always the latest stable version.

At this moment that would be version 1.0.12.

Why a Stable version?

You want your website to be visites by people who can find your website and can access it without any problems.

This is the mean reason to use the stable version, if you want to use the 1.5 beta, please use it on your own PC for testing.

Where to get it and what does it cost?

You can download the latest version form the Joomla website.

And the costs... its Free Open Source Software which means is does cost anything accept for Download time, installation and configuration hours...
But that is priceless sinc you will learn how to build you own great website.

But which version to choise?

I now, the download link brings you to a long list of version:

But its not that hard to find the right one:
For new installation you have to download Joomla_1.0.12-Stable_Full_Package.zip or the files with the tar.gz or tar.bz2 extensions.

For windows users I suggest you use the .zip file.

If you allready have a Joomla website, but a previous version, you are better off upgrading your website.
There are a lot of security bugs solved in version 1.0.12.

First look at your current version and then select you upgrade version.
Lets say you have version 1.0.9 then you would need the upgrade package:
Joomla_1.0.9_to_1.0.12-Stable-Patch_Package.zip.
See how simple you can find your own upgrade pakage?

So download the files and get working...