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There really is no Joomla asylum, but there are things you should know before you go template hunting ... 
Without the right people, your toobox is empty. Install this process with all your Joomla projects ... 
The Content Engineer is the star of any successful Joomla effort. Don’t start a project without one... 
It’s very easy to screw up a conversion project but it can also be easily avoided if you follow these rules... You can use the Web Links feature within Joomla to act as an effective download manager for users and the public. This method should not be used for the delivery of secure/private documents as knowing the URL to the document makes it available to anyone. Make sure to set the directory so the contents can't be listed as that will keep search engines from indexing the documents directly.
In this example, we will assume that clients are to be given access to the download area. To accomplish this, a client will be any Joomla user that is user type Author. (If you grant access higher than that, the clients will be able to edit your website)
To configure this, add a Web Links Category and then a Menu Item. To create a downloadable item, upload it via the Media Manager, then create a new Web Link. Pretty simple.
