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Joomla! 1.6: A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website, 3rd Edition

By Barrie M. North
Published Feb 11, 2011 by Pearson.

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ISBN-10: 0-13-248706-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-248706-1

Praise for Previous Edition of Joomla!: A User’s Guide

“A complete guide to the powerful features of Joomla! 1.5, this book takes a holistic approach to building a Joomla!-powered website–from the CMS itself to its many extensions, search engine optimization, and even building your own tableless template. The novice reader is eased into the subject and confidently guided through the basic principles and on to the more advanced features. This guide empowers the user not only to build a professional website but to also to make it a success.”

–Russell Walker, CEO, Netshine Software Limited (Joomla! Development Consultancy)

“If you’ve been using or following Joomla! in the past years, you’ve most likely seen the name Barrie North or Joomlashack. Barrie has been a member of the community for a long time and, as such, my expectations for this book were pretty high. Besides explaining how Joomla! works from a usability point of view, there is valuable information for people who want to learn serious template building, and readers can stand out of the crowd by using Barrie’s steps to make their (X)HTML and CSS optimized for accessibility and SEO. All in all, this book is a great guide that comes at the right time for newcomers and more experienced Joomla! users and developers alike. Well done, Barrie!”

–Arno Zijlstra, Joomla! cofounder, custom template specialist, www.alvaana.com

“In a time when solid, real-life Joomla! 1.5 information is rarely available, this book is a thirst-quenching oasis of knowledge. The abundant and clear examples in the book make Joomla! 1.5 websites within anyone’s reach. I heartily recommend Joomla! 1.5: A User’s Guide by Barrie North.”

–Tom Canavan, author of Dodging the Bullets: A Disaster Preparation Guide for Joomla! Based Web Sites

“Refreshing! After reading many how-to books, this one is a step beyond the rest because of its focus on examples based on live sites. This book is well crafted for beginners to advanced users with a well-organized overview that walks you through the entire Joomla! CMS.”

–Steven Pignataro, corePHP, www.corephp.com

“As a long-time Joomla! end-user and developer, I had low expectations for anything new I might learn from this book. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find it a great refresher course, especially since the book is logically organized, leading beginners from the most basic Joomla! concepts and continuing through to more complex ones, such as tableless template design and how to write a template for Joomla! 1.5. In summary, Barrie North has produced the gold-standard print reference for Joomla! 1.5. I highly recommend this book for novice and intermediate users if you want to make the most of Joomla!”

–Vicor Drover, http://dev.anything-digital.com

The Best Easy-to-Use Guide to Joomla!™−The World’s #1 Open Source Content Management System

If you want to build sophisticated websites that can be easily edited and updated, you need to master Joomla. Now there’s an easy-to-read, easy-to-use guide to Joomla for every site manager, administrator, and developer. Leading Joomla consultant Barrie North covers all you need to get results: installation, administration, site organization, template development, content updates, and a whole lot more. You’ll find tips, tricks, and troubleshooting solutions, as well as three start-to-finish case studies.

New to Joomla? No problem! This book starts with the simplest design and system concepts, and builds your expertise step-by-step. You’ll rapidly master Joomla’s power, even if you have no content management, scripting, or CSS expertise. Experienced with Joomla? You’ll turn to this book constantly for its authoritative, plain-English, example-rich Joomla 1.6 reference content.

• Understand content management, what Joomla does, and how its components fit together

• Build Joomla sites from scratch and systematically customize them to your needs

• Create modern, pure CSS Joomla 1.6 templates using popular grid frameworks

• Use Joomla 1.6’s nested categories to organize content and articles

• Create dynamic pages and effective navigation

• Work with Joomla modules and components

• Learn how to optimize your Joomla sites for search engines

• Follow three start-to-finish case studies: building a school website, a small business site, and a blog

• Identify the most valuable Joomla extensions and add-ons: find them and use them

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Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xxv

About the Author xxvi

Chapter 1: Content Management Systems and an Introduction to Joomla! 1

What Is a Content Management System? 2

Static Web Pages 2

Web Pages with CSS 3

Dynamic Web Pages 4

Open Source Software 7

History of Joomla! 8

The Joomla! Community 9

Third-Party Extensions Development 9

Joomla!’s Features 9

Elements of a Joomla! Website 11

Content 11

Templates 13

Modules 14

Summary 14

Chapter 2: Downloading and Installing Joomla! 17

How to Install Joomla! 18

Obtaining the Latest Joomla! File Package 18

Joomla! Package Naming Conventions 20

Creating a MySQL Database 21

Unpacking the Joomla! Package 21

Unpacking Joomla! on a Local Desktop Computer 21

Unpacking Joomla! on a Hosting Account 25

Running the Joomla! Installation Wizard 26

Getting to the Joomla! Installer 26

Step 1: Language 26

Step 2: Pre-Installation Check 27

Step 3: License 28

Step 4: Database Configuration 29

Step 5: FTP Configuration 30

Step 6: Main Configuration 30

Step 7: Finish 33

Summary 34

Chapter 3: Joomla! Administration Basics 35

What Are the Frontend and Backend of a Joomla!-Powered Website? 36

The Menu Bar 38

The Toolbar 38

The Workspace 40

Administrator Functions in the Menu Bar 40

The Site Submenu 41

Users Menu 45

The Menus Menu 48

The Content Menu 49

The Components Submenu 53

The Extensions Menu 54

The Help Menu 58

View Site 59

Summary 60

Chapter 4: Content Is King: Organizing Your Content 63

How Does Joomla! Generate Web Pages? 64

How Joomla! Organizes Content Articles 66

Uncategorized Articles 67

Categories 67

A Sample Hierarchy 69

Creating the Widget Inc. Website with Uncategorized Content 70

Creating Content Articles 72

Creating Menu Items 75

The Featured Article Component 80

Creating the Widget Inc. Website with Categories 85

Creating Categories 86

Creating Content Article 86

Creating Menu Items 90

Linking to Components 92

“Read More” Links and Individual Pages 95

Module Content 97

Summary 100

Chapter 5: Creating Menus and Navigation 103

How Menu Modules Work 104

What Menu Items Do 105

Creating a Menu Item 106

Where Does a Menu Item Link? 107

What Does a Page Look Like After a Link Is Followed? 108

Blog Layout 109

Blog Layout Parameters 110

List Layout for a Blog 114

Category List Advanced Options 114

Managing Menu Modules in the Module Manager . 116

Show Title 116

Position 118

Access 118

Menu and Module Class Suffixes (Advanced Options) 118

Menu Assignment 118

Summary 119

Chapter 6: Extending Joomla! 121

Extensions 122

Installing Extensions 123

Managing Extensions 125

Components 126

Core Component 127

Third-Party Components 128

Modules 128

Module Display 128

Core Modules 130

Third-Party Modules 132

Plug-ins 133

Core Plug-ins 133

Third-Party Plug-ins 134

Templates 134

Core Templates 134

Third-Party Templates 134

Summary 135

Chapter 7: Expanding Your Content: Articles and Editors 137

WYSIWYG Editors 138

Managing WYSIWYG Editors 139

Other Third-Party Editors 142

Creating and Managing Articles 143

Managing Content Through the Backend 144

Adding Content from the Backend 146

Inserting Images into Content 153

Category Descriptions 156

Managing Content Through the Frontend 159

Creating a Frontend User Menu 159

Limiting Access to Menus by User Level 163

Authors 165

Editors 167

Publishers 169

Article Checkin

Summary 171

Chapter 8: Getting Traffic to Your Site 175

Start at the Beginning: Site Goals 176

Organic Traffic (SEO) 177

Introduction to Google 180

Creating Keywords 181

Keywords and Domain Name 184

Designing Your Site for Organic Traffic 184

Advanced SEO Techniques 192

Referral Traffic 196

Google PageRank 196

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