How To Log In Joomla? Learn How To Access Joomla Administrator Login

How To Log In Joomla?

Learn How To Access Joomla Administrator Login

How to Access Joomla Login Screen

To login to Joomla and access your administrative panel, you need to open your browser and navigate to http://mydomain.com/administrator. On this page, you will find a login screen, where you need to enter the username and password you've chosen during the Joomla installation process.

What To Do If I Have Forgotten my User/Pass

If you have forgotten the password for a regular (non Super-Administrator) username, the latest Joomla version provides you with an easy method for getting your login details. Simply navigate to your login screen and press the question mark button next to the password field. You will be redirected to a page where you'll have to enter the email address associated with your Joomla user. You will then receive an email with a link to the password reset page and appropriate validation key.

However, if you want to reset the password of your Super Administrator (the main admin username you've chosen during the installation process) you will have to do that manually. Check out this article on How to Reset Joomla Admin Password for detailed, step-by-step instructions.

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Create a Website with Joomla

How to build a website with Joomla?

In this group of tutorials we will teach the basic skills you need in order to create a simple Joomla site. We believe that once you understand the Joomla structure and the way the application works, it will become much easier for you to create the site that you want. However, Joomla has endless capabilities and it is easy for the unexperienced user to get lost in the sea of information. This is why, we have focused on the fundamental knowledge that you really need.

How to Create a Website with Joomla

• Create a Simple Joomla Article Page - This tutorial will teach you the very first thing you need to know about Joomla - how to make articles and show them on your website.
• Create a Complex Joomla Page using Components - Learn how to use components to create more complex pages and visualize them.
• Use Joomla Categories - In this tutorial you will learn how to use Joomla categories to organise and display your content better.
• Use Joomla Featured Articles - Find out how to use the Featured Articles functionality in Joomla.
• How to Add Banners to Joomla - Find out how to use the Banners component in Joomla to add ads to your site.

Joomla Article Page

Learn How to Create a Joomla Article, Link it in The Menu and Display it on your Home Page

Joomla provides an extremely wide range of options for creating different types of content and for structuring it on your website. Below we will describe how to create a simple page and display it in the menu of your Joomla website.

List of Contents How to create Joomla articles How to link articles in the Joomla menu How to display Joomla articles on your Home page

How to create Joomla articles

Basically, the content for most of your standard pages that consist of text, images and hyperlink will be created in the Article Manager, which can be accessed through the Content menu item in your Joomla admin page:

When you click on Add New Article, you will see a WYSIWYG editor that you can use to write and format your new article text, add images & links to it, and more:

ImportantTo make your article visible on your website for all visitors, you need to put it on Published status and Public Access.

How to link articles in the Joomla menu

Once you have created your article you will most probably want to link it in the menu of your website, so that your visitors can actually be able to find and see it. To do this you need to use the Main menu manager.

After you have indicated that you want to create a new menu item, you will have to select the type of the menu item:

Since we will be linking content created through the Article manager we should click on the Articles link
in the list. If you want the new menu to simply open the article you have just created simply press the Single Article option.

Once you choose this option, a box for selecting which article exactly you wish to link to will appear:

That's it, you can now open your website and see your newly created menu item that links to your new Joomla article:

How to display Joomla articles on your Home page

NoteJoomla Home is a menu item like all the others. So if you want the article you just created to be the one displayed on your home page, just follow the instructions above, but instead of creating a new menu item, edit the existing Home menu item.

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Joomla Component Page

Learn how to use Joomla default components to create more complex pages

Joomla allows you to create more complex content and add specific functionality on top of the standard articles that consist of text, images and links. You can do that via the Components manager.

List of Contents Content created with Components manager Linking the content created through Components in the Joomla menu

Content created with Components manager

By default, the Components manager includes several options for adding more complex page types and other content to your Joomla website. Joomla comes with a few preinstalled components that allow you to create special page types: Contacts, Newsfeeds, Search, Smart Search and Web links.

If you want to create a page with news feed for example, you need to go to Components -> Newsfeeds -> Feeds and than click the big green NEW button.

ImportantWhenever you create new content with a component, make sure you go to the list of items for the particular component and change the status to Published by clicking on the red cross and turning it to a green checkbox. Otherwise, the content won't be displayed on your website.

Linking the content created with Components in the Joomla menu

To link content created with the Components manager in your website menu, you need to go to the Menu manager:

Once you click on Create New Menu Item you need to select the type of the Item you will add:

Find the corresponding line for the component you have used, for example if you are trying to create a Newsfeeds page, click the Newsfeeds link from the list.

Now, you need to select the exact Feed the menu should link to. To do that click on the Select button next to the Feed field and choose the newly created Test feed. Finally, press the Save button to publish this menu item on your website.

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Joomla Categories

How to Create and Manage Categories in Joomla?

In Joomla you also have Categories. Each time you create an article or other content type you can assign it to a category. Categories can give you more options for structuring your content. For example you can group similar articles in one category and create a page that displays the intros of all the articles.

List of Contents How to manage Article categories How to manage Component categories Listing Categories on a Joomla page

How to manage Article categories

Categories for articles are created in order to allow you to group your content better. If you have different types of pages on your site, or you write on different topics, you should add article Categories to group your content. Article categories can be managed through the Content manager. To add a new category go to Content -> Category Manager -> Add New Category.

Categories don't have a lot of properties. If you plan to have many categories, you can write a brief description of each one of them in order to avoid mistakes when you add articles to them. However, adding description is not mandatory, so you can simply add Title for your category and press the green Save button.

That's it. Now, when you add new articles to your website, you can choose them to belong to the newly created category

How to manage Component categories

Many Joomla components utilize the use of categories. For example, you can organize the feeds you display on your website in different categories. They work exactly the same as the ones for your articles, but they are located in the individual component's menu.

The only difference between article and component categories is that when you choose the categories menu for the particular component, you're redirected directly to the categories manager for that component. Here, you need to press the green New button in order to add a category.

 

This page is exactly the same as the one used for article categories - add Category Title, Description(optional), and hit the save button.

 

That's it, you can now use the newly created category to group your component items.

Listing Categories on a Joomla page

If you want to list your categories on your website, you need to use the Joomla Menu functionality. First, add a new item to the menu, as we previously did in our tutorial on linking articles in the Joomla menu with one minor difference - this time, you need to choose a different menu type. But first things, first. Go to Menus -> Main Menu(or other menu in your site) -> Add New Menu Item.

Here, click on the Select button next to the Menu Item Type label to choose what kind of menu you want to add.

For the purpose of this tutorial, we will add a menu item, that will display all the categories of articles we have previously added. To do so, expand the Articles section and press List All Categories.

Finally, choose the title for your menu item and the Top level category you want to display. If you want to show all categories, select "Root". If you want to display only sub-categories of a particular category, you need to set it as a top level category. Finally, press the Save button in the top left part of the screen.

That's it, once you click on the newly created menu item Categories Menu, you will see a list of all the article categories. Next to each category, you will see a number showing how many articles belong to that category.

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Joomla Featured Article

Mark Joomla Article as Featured and Display Featured Articles on a Page

The Joomla menu functionality allows you to create pages that group multiple content based on similar properties. For example, if you want to have a blog section on your website, you'd want to have all articles from your blog category displayed in it. In this tutorial we will look quickly through some of the available options.

List of Contents Mark Joomla articles as Featured Show Featured articles on a page linked in the Joomla menu Customize the way articles are arranged on this page through the menu Manage how much of each article to be shown (Read More option)

Mark Joomla articles Featured

First, you need to mark some articles in your site as Featured. To do this go to Content -> Articles Manager. Here, you will see a list of your articles. Note that there is a star next to each article. To mark an article as Featured, simply press the star next to it. It will turn yellow, indicating that you've marked this article as featured.

Show Featured articles on a page linked in the Joomla menu

If you want to manually choose the articles displayed on a page, the Featured Articles menu type in Joomla is exactly what you need.
First, let's create a new menu item. To do this go to Menus -> Main Menu(default main menu) -> Add New Menu Item (you can do the same with existing menu items, for example the Home menu).

Next, we should select the menu type by pressing the Select button next to the Menu Item Type label.

A popup with the available menu types will appear. Expand the Articles section and select the Featured Articles option.

Finally, press the Save button in the top left corner of this page.

Customize the way articles are arranged on this page through the menu

By default Joomla will show the full text of the latest featured article expanded on the top of the page, and the full text of the next 4 articles displayed in two columns. If you have more than 5 featured articles the rest will be listed as links on the bottom of the page, and pagination will be automatically created that leads to next pages featuring the full texts of the rest of the articles.

You can change the way articles are displayed through the menu item’s Advanced Options tab (Menus -> Main Menu -> Menu Item -> Advanced Options Tab). The first article, that takes all of the width is called Leading Article. You can assign any number of articles you want, including 0, to be displayed this way. For this example we will choose 0, as we do not want any article to be displayed in full width. Next you can choose how many intro articles will be shown after the leading ones on this page (we choose 6). You can also choose in how many Columns to show the Intro articles (we chose 3). Finally, choose how many of the remaining featured articles to be listed as Links at the bottom (we chose 3).

You can play with these settings untill you achieve a configuration you like. With the examplary settings we set the the page will look like this:

Manage how much of each article to be shown (Read More option)

By default Joomla will show the entire text of each featured article on the Featured Articles page. However, this is not very convenient when you have articles with different length. You can choose how much of each featured article to be shown on this page using the Read More feature in your articles manager.
To do that open the article in the Article editor, click where you want to split the article and press the Read More button right below your WYSIWYG editor. A dotted red line will be displayed, separating your article intro from the rest of the article content.

Once you do that, you will notice that Joomla has generated a Read More button right after the intro content you selected on the page where the article is featured together with the other ones.

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Joomla Tutorial How to Install Joomla?

Joomla Tutorial

How to Install Joomla?

Step-by-step Manual Joomla Installation Guide

Follow these steps to install Joomla manually:

Step 1: Download the Joomla installation package

Step 2: Upload the Joomla files to your server

Step 3: Create a MySQL Database for Joomla to use

Step 4: Go through the installation process

Step 1: Download the Joomla installation package

Download the Needed Joomla Installation Package

To start a Joomla installation on a web server, first you need to download the Joomla installation package. We recommend that you download Joomla only from the official website of the application - Joomla.org. If you download the Joomla installation package from other than the official one, there is a risk of malicious code in the setup files.

Once you click on the Download button for the latest Joomla version, the installation package will be saved to your hard disk. Locate the installation package (should be named Joomla_3.0.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip or similar) that you've just downloaded and extract it to a new folder.

Step 2 Upload the Joomla Files to Your Server

Now, you need to upload the extracted files and folders to your web server. The easiest way to upload the Joomla installation files is via FTP. For detailed information on how to upload files via FTP, please check our FTP Tutorial.

Important!If you want your Joomla to be the main installation on your account and to be accessible through your main domain (i.e. www.mydomain.com), you need to upload the extracted files to your public_html folder. If you want to access Joomla on a subfolder of your domain (i.e. www.mydomain.com/joomla) you should upload it to the appropriate subdirectory (i.e. public_html/joomla/).

Step 3 Create a MySQL Database for Joomla to Use

Next, you need to create a MySQL database and assign a user to it with full permissions. For detailed instructions on how to do that, please follow the steps described in our tutorial on How to Create MySQL Username and Database. Once you create your MySQL Database and User, make sure you write down the database name, database username and password you've just created. You will need those for the installation process.

Step 4 Go Through the Installation Process

If you have uploaded the installation files, simply open your browser and navigate to your main domain (i.e. http://mydomain.com), or to the appropriate subdomain (i.e http://mydomain.com/joomla), depending where you have uploaded the Joomla installation package. Once you do that, you will be taken to the first screen of the Joomla Web Installer. On the first step of the installation process, you need to add the necessary information about your site and your administrative username.

• Site Name: Enter the name of your site. Most templates will use this for the first heading of your index.
• Description: Add a brief description of your website. It depends on your template if and where this text would be displayed.
• Admin Email: Enter a valid email address. It will be used for password recovery and system messages.
• Admin Username: Your administrative username. Please select a unique username, rather than "admin" or "administrator" since those are often subject to hacker attacks.
• Admin Password: Add a password as strong as possible.
• Site Offline: Select whether your site should be taken offline after you complete the installation. For the purpose of this tutorial we will leave this option set to NO (site will be live after installation).

Once you fill in all the required fields, press the Next button to proceed with the installation.

On the next screen, you will have to enter the necessary information for your MySQL database.

• Database Type: By default this value is set to MySQLi. Leave it that way, MySQLi is an optimised version of the regular MySQL database and it is supported on SiteGround servers.
• Host Name: Once again, leave the default localhost value.
• Username: Enter the username for your MySQL database (Refer to Step 3).
• Password: Fill in the password for the database username (Refer to Step 3).
• Database Name: Enter the name of the MySQL database you want to use (Refer to Step 3).
• Table Prefix: Joomla will add this prefix to all of its database tables. This is useful if you want to host multiple Joomla sites on a single database. You should leave the default value.
• Old Database Process: If you have any existing databases, choose what to do with the existing tables that are required by the installer. The options are to remove or backup any existing data that's about to be replaced. We recommend that you leave this option set to Backup since it is the safest choice.

After you enter all the necessary information, press the Next button to proceed.

You will be forwarded to the last page of the installation process. On this page, you can specify if you want any sample data installed on your server. For beginners, we recommend you to choose the Default Sample data option since it will serve as an example/backbone, that you can use to build your actual website. Note that you can delete all sample articles, menus, etc. at any time.

The second part of the page will show you all pre-installation checks. The SiteGround servers meet all Joomla requirements and you will see a green check after each line.

Finally, hit the Install button to start the actual Joomla installation. In a few minutes you will be redirected to the last screen of the Joomla Web Installer.
On the last screen of the installation process you need to press the Remove installation folder button. This is required for security reasons, so no one can reinstall your existing site later on. Note that Joomla won't let you use your site unless you remove this folder completely!

 

That's it! You have a fully functional Joomla website. You can now start building your website content!

Top 10 Software Companies to Work For in 2009 – According to Employees

Working for a software company seems to be a hot commodity these days, out of the 50 companies chosen to be on the Glassdoor.com Employees’ Choice Awards 15 of them were software companies. In 2008 more than 11,000 companies were reviewed by close to 75,000 employees. In order to review the companies the employees had to complete a survey by ranking those companies on a scale of 1-5, questions included:

• Opportunities for professional growth at company
• Opportunities for career advancement within company
• Your compensation compared with similar jobs elsewhere
• Your benefits package compared with similar employers
• Information and knowledge sharing within the company
• Communications from management about important issues and changes
• Company as a place you would recommend to others to work
• Company as a place you are proud to work
• Feedback you receive about your job performance
• Recognition and praise you receive when you do a good job
• Leadership abilities of Senior management
• Competence of Senior management
• Management support in permitting time off when you think it’s necessary
• Employer support in balancing between work life and personal life
• Fairness in how promotions are given and people are treated
• The level of respect shown by management toward employees
• Overall, how satisfied are you with the company as a place to work

In order to qualify for this list the following criteria had to be met:

• 25 Reviews from United States-based employees
• “Satisfied” ratings overall and across all categories
• A CEO with at least a 50% approval rating

So without further ado here are the Top Tech Companies to Work for in 2009:

1. Netflix

Number 3 on the overall list is Netflix. With an overall employee ranking of 4.4, employees describe Netflix as:

• “Netflix is a great place for star performers to shine”
• “Great place to work for risk-taking high performers.”
• “Netflix is a great place to work with an extraordinary group of people”
• “Teamwork is central to the culture.”
• “Not perfect, but definitely two-thumbs up!!”
• “Enter At Your Own Risk”
• “Like a good drama: A flashy young company in a nice setting, but with lots of tension under the surface”
• “Netflix hires the best and brightest but realize that you are hired for one job and vertical movement is unlikely.”

5 tips to impress your boss

An impressed boss can act as a major contributor to your career growth. So, it is important to ensure that you create a good impression on your supervisors through your work and behaviour.                     

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We all know that, if you have to stay happy at work, it is crucial to have a happy boss. Your boss shapes your career - salary hike, responsibilities, appraisal etc. If you think it is only your sitting late that impresses your boss, think again. The criterion for any boss is quality of your work and the impression you have on everyone. So, it is as important to be good as it is to do good. Just learn to score your points and strive towards making an impression.

 

• Demonstrate motivation and confidence: Tell your supervisors about your aspirations and ask them to give you more work responsibilities. Take up whatever work you are given with confidence and perform aggressively. Talk confidently to people. Showing motivation and confidence towards work goes a long way in creating a good impression on supervisors.

• Observe and listen carefully: Observe how your boss and other senior employees behave in the office. Listen to what they have to say. This way, you not only learn how business is conducted in the office but also learn about their individual working style. Remember - these people, with their rich background and knowledge, can be good mentors too.

• Avoid gossiping: Gossiping is an evil that haunts every workplace. A lot of people merrily indulge in the same, not realizing the damage it can cause. Stay away! Listen to what the gossip mongers have to say to keep yourself updated about latest happenings in the office, but do not comment or participate. Unnecessary gossiping can lead to trouble with colleagues and supervisors and you will certainly not want any negative publicity.

• Develop good working relations: Try to understand the working styles of your boss and your co-workers and help them understand yours. Develop good working relations with colleagues to ensure cooperation while executing critical projects. This way, you will not only be able to complete your work efficiently but will also be able to leave an impression on your co-workers and supervisors.

• Help your boss with day-to-day tasks: There will be many tasks that your boss performs on a daily basis. Take up some of the responsibilities that you can perform without affecting your own work. This will help you to prepare yourself for the road uphill and create a good impression on your boss.

If you succeed in making a mark, you can expect trust and confidence to come your way. The confidence and faith that you win, coupled with your sincere efforts will undoubtedly take you a long way.  

How To Impress Your Boss At Work?

It is very necessary and prime that you should make sure to make a very good impression when you are in the corporate world. For this you need to impress your boss first. If you are successful in doing this, your boss would surely have confidence in you that you would take up more responsibilities and would give you the right amount of authority to take up different kinds of tasks. Impressing your boss at work would in turn help you be successful in your career by gaining promotions at the right and such other benefits like good bonus, increment etc.

Below mentioned are a few points that should be kept in mind which would help you impress your boss.
Always make sure to follow the office propriety. By following good manners it makes your boss to have a good impression on you. The office manners would include various things like the usage of cell phones, usage of office property and various systems, interacting with co-employees and various other stakeholders. It would also include the kind of language you use to send emails.
Try to accept your mistakes and make sure to learn from it. Always make sure not to ignore your mistakes and also do not blame others for your mistakes. Be responsible enough to correct your mistakes. Making errors will not impress your boss in any way, but learning from your mistakes and correcting it would surely help you to set up a successful career.
Make sure not to take unnecessary leaves. Leaves taken need to be justified in the right way. Taking unnecessary leaves will surely not impress your boss. Be dedicated towards your work and make sure to attend office whenever your boss needs you. If you want to apply for leave always try to put it in the right way by requesting the same with your boss. Whenever there are any emergencies and unexpected work, always lend a helping hand and take active part in the work. This will impress your boss without any doubt and this impression will last for long.
Make sure to discuss the right things in the office and avoid going against the compliance policies of the company. You should be aware that speaking about politics, religion, health issues and various personal issues are not accepted by any company. You should have the ability to complete the various projects allocated to you in a timely fashion with good quality of work. As far as possible, try to complete the projects before deadline. These things will surely impress your boss.
Physical appearance plays a vital role in determining what kind of person you are. Always make sure to wear the right clothes that suit you by wearing the best formals. It is very important that you interact well with the other employees and also make sure not to do anything that would offend them. Treat everybody with respect. When you attend business meetings, always keep in mind that you are representing your company and for this purpose, you should be very well aware of the culture of your company and make sure you act accordingly without spoiling the reputation of the company you are working for. Take decisions in favor of your company without you being in the comfort zone. Always strive hard for the growth of your company which in turn would lead to your growth.

It has become extremely important to impress your boss in today’s corporate life as there is a lot of competition happening. Be faithful to your boss as well as your company. You would surely achieve success in your career life by following the above mentioned points effectively.

Friendship Day History Friendship Day Celebration Friendship Day Quotes

Friendship Day History

The National Friendship Day is celebrated every year on the first Sunday in August. There is not much history that can be garnered for this day except the fact that the US Congress proclaimed this day as the Friendship Day in the year 1935.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7

“Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13-15

Thus speaks The Bible about the warmest of all bonds—friendship. The Bible, the most primary text of the western civilization, reflects upon friendship as the bond that forms the foundation to human faith, trust and companionship. There are innumerable tales from the Old Testament as well as the New Testament about the value of friendship and how true friendship is a treasure to unearth. Both the versions make a difference between the two broad meanings of friendship—one is a mere acquaintance, the other is a more affectionate relation. These stories and examples have passed into western literary and cultural realms. In the Old Testament Abraham is called the “friend of God” because of the intimacy of his relations. God speaks to Moses face to face “as a man…unto his friend” (Ex 33:11). The romantic friendship of Ruth and Naomi, the devotion of the subordinate Hushai for David, or the mutual relation between David and Jonathan—the Old Testament is replete with these interesting tales of friendship.

In the New Testament, the relationship between Jesus and his disciples is the most primal example of how human friendship can constantly grow. From being teacher and disciple to lord and servant their relationship finally grew to an unparalleled friendship.

Friendship Day Celebration

celebration was a way of life then Friendship Day celebration would be its most myriad expression. Trust, support, loyalty, understanding, empathy, intimacy, conflict, anger—there are more emotions to this bond than words would allow. Each moment spent with a friend is a moment added to time—moments that give us in turn an understanding of who we are, why we exist, what our purpose is in living. The insight is an enriching experience of recognizing how friendship can be the means and ends to our lives. Friendship Day celebrates this outstanding bond of human kind. Celebration of friendship is knowing this marvel that we call by so many names—chums, pals, buddies, mates ! They come in many sizes, shapes and guises. From school pals to work colleagues, from siblings to partners, parents to pets to neighbors to internet friends—let the feeling grow manifolds to the appreciation of this alliance.

Friendship Day is the perfect chance to let your friends know how much they are needed and prized. Of course the best way to go about it is to be a fantastic favorable friend yourself. So let your emotions loose ! Write a poem, send a card, shower them with flowers, load them with gifts or simply set up a Friendship Day party—there can be as many ways to celebrate Friendship Day as you can imagine. There can be ideas galore for your Friendship Day celebration. So go ahead. Feel happily lost in this warm surge

Friendship Day Quotes

" Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends. "

- Mary Catherwood

" Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival. "

- C. S. Lewis

" Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success. "

- Oscar Wilde
"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Elbert Hubard

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Charles Caleb Colton

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Anais Nin

"My friends are my estate."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Emily Dickinson

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Walter Winchell

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Len Wein

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Unknown

"A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Unknown

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Walk beside me and be my friend."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Albert Camus (also attributed to Maimonidies).

"A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Unknown

"Everyone is a friend, until they prove otherwise."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Unknown

"Every person is a new door to a different world."
Friendship Day Quotes by: from movie "Six Degrees of Seperation"

"It takes a long time to grow an old friend."
Friendship Day Quotes by: John Leonard

"I get by with a little help from my friends."
Friendship Day Quotes by: John Lennon 

"Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Oscar Wilde

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Bible: Ecclesiastes

"Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Mary Catherwood

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival."
Friendship Day Quotes by: C. S. Lewis

"I might give my life for my friend, but he had better not ask me to do up a parcel."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Logan Pearsall Smith

"Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Unknown

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Abraham Lincoln

"The love of my life is the love between friends."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Unknown

"One's best friend is oneself."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Unknown

"A Friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway!!!"
Friendship Day Quotes by: Unknown

"To be depressed is to be lonely; to have a friend is to be happy..."
Friendship Day Quotes by: Guido

Friendship is like a perennial river which flows forever. It may change it's path but will never ever dry up.
Friendship Day Quote Contributed by: Pinaki Prasad Mohanty

History of Friendship Day Importance of Friendship in Bible

Friendship Day History

There is not much literature on Friendship Day history as we celebrate today. However, there are numerous folktales and several instance in mythological legends that shows that friends and friendship have been valued since the beginning of civilized world. As an intrinsically social creature, men love to make friends to further this process of socialization

History of Friendship Day in US

Considering the valuable role friends play in our life it was deemed to fit to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. The United States Congress, in 1935, proclaimed first Sunday of August as the National Friendship Day. Since then, celebration of National Friendship Day became an annual event. The noble idea of honoring the beautiful relationship of friendship caught on with the people and soon Friendship Day became a hugely popular festival.

Following the popularity and success of Friendship Day in US, several other countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated by several countries across the world including India.

Importance of Friendship in Bible
The Bible, the primary text of the western civilization, reflects upon friendship as the bond that forms the foundation to human faith, trust and companionship. Following verses from the bible aptly portray the importance of friends:

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7

“Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13-15

Besides, there are several tales from the Old Testament and the New Testament about the value of friendship and how true friendship is a treasure to unearth. A noticeable point is that, both the versions make a difference between the two broad meanings of friendship- one is a mere acquaintance, the other is a more affectionate relation.

In the Old Testament, Abraham is called the “friend of God” because of the intimacy of his relations. God speaks to Moses face to face “as a man…unto his friend” (Ex 33:11). The romantic friendship of Ruth and Naomi, the devotion of the subordinate Hushai for David, or the mutual relation between David and Jonathan - the Old Testament is replete with these interesting tales of friends and friendship.

In the New Testament, the relationship between Jesus and his disciples clearly depicts how human friendship can constantly grow. From being teacher and disciple, to lord and servant their relationship finally grew to an unparalleled friendship.

Importance of Friendship in Mahabharata
In the famous Hindu epic ‘Mahabharata’, Lord Krishna demonstrates the many colors of friendship - affection, romance, brotherhood, protection, guidance, intimacy and even teasing. Friendship is all about these and much more.