# Anyone here use Joomla? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 29, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-joomla/620293 "2012-04-29T02:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CastleAnthrax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@CastleAnthrax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastleAnthrax)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-joomla/620293/1 "2012-04-29T02:38:03Z")
I wanted to throw a really basic site together for tomorrow so I downloaded Joomla as it looks like something I could use. I did this just after noon today. I just got home at 9:30 PM and followed the login instructions, and it seemed to work fine, until I tried to log in to the actual site to start doing stuff. I can’t. It says either my name and password don’t match or I don’t have an account. I tried to go on to the Forums on Joomla’s site for help and couldn’t log in to do so. The only thing I could do was use the link to email the board admin, and apparently that link is to a no-reply address that doesn’t accept email. So I’m pretty frustrated right now. Any suggestions? Alternately, I’m now looking suggestions as to a basic WYSIWYG builder that I can do for now. I have the domain and hosting, I just need the design. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![phaemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/977dab/32.png) [@phaemon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phaemon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-joomla/620293/2 "2012-04-29T10:53:40Z")
It should have asked you for a password when you ran the setup. Did it not do that? Anyway, you can reset the password in the database. Instructions [here](http://docs.joomla.org/How_do_you_recover_your_admin_password%3F). ---
**Author:** ![CastleAnthrax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@CastleAnthrax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastleAnthrax)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-joomla/620293/3 "2012-04-29T12:41:00Z")
I read it, but I have no idea what much of it means. I am not a programmers. Maybe this is not the right program for me then. ---
**Author:** ![atlantic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@atlantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atlantic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-joomla/620293/4 "2012-04-29T13:06:03Z")
You don’t need to be a programmer to understand Joomla, but it helps if you know HTML & CSS fairly well. Did you set up a Joomla database on your site - via MySQL or some other database software? That needs to be done before Joomla is fully installed and the password/username combo for that database is the same for logging in to Joomla. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-joomla/620293/5 "2012-04-29T13:22:54Z")
> [@HennaDancer](#): > > Alternately, I’m now looking suggestions as to a basic WYSIWYG builder that I can do for now. I have the domain and hosting, I just need the design. > Thanks! I’m not a Joomla user so can’t respond to that question, but for basic site stuff, I find WordPress very easy to use. ---
**Author:** ![DavisS87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@DavisS87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavisS87)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-joomla/620293/6 "2012-05-08T18:07:46Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > I’m not a Joomla user so can’t respond to that question, but for basic site stuff, I find WordPress very easy to use. There is not difference between Joomla and Wordpress! they both looks the same for non-programmers.. I don’t get your problem yet! ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-joomla/620293/7 "2012-05-08T18:42:21Z")
How did you install Joomla the first time? Why not simply delete everything and re-install it?