Joomla! 1.5: A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website, Rough Cuts, 2nd Edition
- By Barrie M. North
- Published Apr 8, 2009 by Pearson.
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Description
- Copyright 2009
- Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/4
- Pages: 480
- Edition: 2nd
- Rough Cuts
- ISBN-10: 0-13-703598-5
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-703598-4
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The Best Easy-to-Use Guide to Joomla!TM--The World’s #1 Open Source Content Management SystemIf 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! 1.5 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
- Organize content with sections, categories, blogs, and tables
- 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
About the Website
The accompanying site, www.joomlabook.com, provides five fully functional Joomla! sites with live follow-along examples from the book and up-to-date information on Joomla!.
Sample Content
Table of Contents
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxix
About the Author xxxi
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 13
Templates 14
Modules 15
Summary 15
Chapter 2: Downloading and Installing Joomla! 17
How to Install Joomla! 18
Obtaining the Latest Joomla! File Package 18
Joomla! Package Naming Conventions 19
Creating a MySQL Database 20
Unpacking the Joomla! Package 20
Unpacking Joomla! on a Local Desktop Computer 21
Unpacking Joomla! on a Hosting Account 24
Running the Joomla! Installation Wizard 26
Step 1: Language 26
Step 2: Pre-Installation Check 27
Step 3: License 27
Step 4: Database Configuration 28
Step 5: FTP Configuration 30
Step 6: Main Configuration 30
Step 7: Finish 32
Summary 33
Chapter 3: Joomla! Administration Basics 35
What Are the Frontend and Backend of a Joomla! Powered Website? 36
The Menu Bar 38
The Toolbar 39
The Workspace 39
Administrator Functions in the Menu Bar 40
The Site Submenu 40
The Menus Menu 48
The Content Menu 50
The Components Menu 52
The Extensions Menu 54
The Tools Menu 59
The Help Menu 60
Site Preview 60
Summary 62