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Joomla! 1.5 : A User's Guide - Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website
by North, Barrie M.Edition:
1st
ISBN13:
9780136135609
ISBN10:
0136135609
Format:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
1/1/2008
Publisher(s):
Prentice Hall
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Summary
Authoritative guide to the #1 content management system that lets you create sophisticated yet easily editable websites.
Author Biography
Barrie North has over 15 years of experience with the Internet, as a user, designer, and teacher. He has spent over eight years in the education fi eld, becoming steadily more involved in web technology and teaching web design classes to students and
technology integration to teachers. Most recently he worked as an IT consultant for two new schools pioneering in the use of technology. As well as web design, he has provided web marketing/SEO, usability, and standards compliance expertise to his clients.
He is a partner of Joomla!shack.com, providing templates and custom services. He also maintains a blog about all things Joomla! at compassdesigns.net. When not working, he can frequently be found on the Joomla! community boards, and he has written many free tutorials for using Joomla!. His combination of Joomla! expertise, educational skills, and engaging writing has produced a book accessible to everyone.
Table of Contents
| Preface xix | |
| Content Management Systems and an Introduction to Joomla! | p. 1 |
| What Is a Content Management System? | p. 2 |
| Static Web Pages | p. 2 |
| Cascading Style Sheet Web Pages | p. 3 |
| Dynamic Web Pages | p. 4 |
| Open Source | p. 7 |
| History of Joomla! | p. 8 |
| Joomla! Community | p. 9 |
| Third-party Extensions Development | p. 9 |
| Joomla!s Features | p. 10 |
| Elements of a Joomla! Website | p. 11 |
| Content | p. 13 |
| Modules | p. 14 |
| Templates | p. 14 |
| Summary | p. 15 |
| Downloading and Installing Joomla! | p. 17 |
| How Do I Install Joomla!? | p. 18 |
| Where Can I Find the Most Current Joomla! Files? | p. 18 |
| Unpacking Joomla! on a Local Desktop Computer | p. 23 |
| Unpacking on a Hosting Account 26 Running the Joomla! Installation Wizard | p. 28 |
| Summary | p. 35 |
| Joomla! Administration Basics | p. 37 |
| What Is the Frontend and Backend of a Joomla!-powered Website? | p. 38 |
| Menu Bar | p. 40 |
| Toolbar | p. 41 |
| Workspace | p. 41 |
| Administrator Functions in the Menu Bar | p. 42 |
| Site Submenu | p. 42 |
| Menus | p. 50 |
| Content | p. 52 |
| The Component Menu | p. 53 |
| Extensions | p. 55 |
| Tools | p. 60 |
| Global Checkin | p. 61 |
| Help | p. 61 |
| Site Preview | p. 62 |
| Summary | p. 63 |
| Content Is King: Organizing Your Content | p. 65 |
| How Does Joomla! Generate Web Pages? | p. 66 |
| How Does Joomla! Organize Content Articles? | p. 68 |
| Uncategorized Articles | p. 68 |
| Sections and Categories | p. 69 |
| Sample Hierarchy | p. 71 |
| Creating the Widget Inc. Website with Uncategorized Content | p. 72 |
| Creating Content Articles | p. 74 |
| Creating Menu Items | p. 77 |
| Page Coponent | p. 82 |
| Creating Widget Inc. with Sections and Categories | p. 86 |
| Creating Sections | p. 89 |
| Creating Categories | p. 91 |
| Creating Content Articles | p. 93 |
| Creating Menu Items | p. 95 |
| Read More Links and Individual Pages | p. 102 |
| Module Content | p. 104 |
| Summary | p. 107 |
| Creating Menus and Navigation | p. 109 |
| How Do Menus and Modules Work Together? | p. 110 |
| What Do Menu Items Do? | p. 112 |
| Creating a Menu Item | p. 113 |
| Where Does a Menu Item Link To? | p. 116 |
| What Does a Page Look Like After Following a Link? | p. 116 |
| Blog Layout | p. 118 |
| Blog Layout Parameters | p. 119 |
| List/Standard Layout for a | |
| p. 123 | |
| Section List/Standard Layout Parameters | p. 125 |
| List/Standard Layout for a Blog | p. 125 |
| Category List/Standard Layout Parameters | p. 127 |
| Module Manager | p. 127 |
| Module Parameters | p. 130 |
| Submenus | p. 132 |
| Summary | p. 133 |
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