Tutorial showing how to create your own custom Mambo template, which files are needed and how to build them and package them up ready for installing within the Mambo content management system. This tutorial also provides a complete Mambo template starter-pack ready for you to download and use to create your own unique template for Mambo.

The templateDetails.xml file is an essential part of a Mambo template. This tutorial shows how to create your own to use with your own custom Mambo template and provides a blank templateDetails.xml file for download.

This tutorial looks at the Mambo error message: "This site is temporarily unavailable. Please notify the System Administrator" and tells you what it means, what the numbers in it mean, and how to resolve the problem.

This is the final in a three part tutorial series about getting started with Mambo. In this tutorial we look at the actual installation of Mambo through its web-based installer. We also provide a flash tutorial to take you step-by-step through the process of installing Mambo.

This is the second in a three part tutorial series about getting started with Mambo. In this tutorial we deal with creating a MySQL database through either phpMyAdmin or cPanel, and creating a database user. We deal with database collations and permissions in preparation for installing Mambo.

This is the first in a series of three tutorials about getting started with Mambo. In this tutorial we will take you through downloading Mambo, uploading the files to your server space through either FTP or cPanel, and preparing to install.

This tutorial explains FTP and how to use it to transfer your Mambo files to your server or change Mambo file permissions once the files are uploaded to the server. Links are provided to popular FTP clients.

Security is important on every web site and having a strong password is an important part of the security of your Mambo site. This tutorial shows you how to make a strong password to help keep your Mambo site safe.

In this tutorial we look at how to turn off MySQL Strict Mode. By default, MySQL5 is enabled with strict_mode ON.
Mambo currently does not fully support MySQL5.x in strict_mode (this is on the roadmap and will be dealt with when we move to database portability so Mambo will run on other database servers, not just [...]

This tutorial deals with "session save path" warning messages that you may encounter in setting up your Mambo CMS website.
session save path Unwriteable
orsession save path Not Set
Session.save_path is a PHP directive which needs to be set in your PHP configuration settings (the php.ini file). It is unusual to encounter problems with this in a shared [...]