Yet another great list from waterandstone.com, thus.. I really miss Jumi - an extension to add your own PHP code into articles.

With more than 4,000 Extensions in the Joomla! Extensions Directory, one of the most daunting aspects of selecting a Joomla! Extension is finding the right tool for the job. With thousands of Extensions to choose from, you are sometimes faced with multiple options that appear to achieve your goals. While there really is no subsitute for downloading things and trying them out yourself, in this article I provide a list of fifty Joomla! Extensions as a starting point for addressing common needs.

This is a really good list of known Joomla extensions, which I found at eboga.org

1. Automatically generated site sitemap (html & google xml sitemap) - Recommend XMap plug-in
2. Forum (integrated into Joomla, use the same user management system) - Recommended FireBoard Forum plug-in
3. Voting system - simple to use Joomla built-in vote Poll enough. The need for complex voting can use plug-in pollXT

There is nothing more exciting when you find Joomla for yourself. You are trying to play around, change default Joomla's configuration and layout to fit yours. After successful design template applying you are almost a Pro of web creators.

But sometimes you have to know what other people do, what are the best practices. And you can learn or ajust it again - to fit your needs.

So let's get back to the standard procedure what you need to get your web up, but with the slogan:

Let's install Joomla fast!

1. Did you buy your new domain? Do you have full domain control over it? I suggest you to buy one if you don't have it at GoDaddy.com.

2. Do you have a relieable hosting company? Remember about your website target audience, location, website load. Do not [I mean do not] save on hosting. It is much more difficult to move live site to another hosting company, than pay a bit more and have good service at once.