9780136135609

Authoritative guide to the #1 content management system that lets you create sophisticated yet easily editable websites.

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.

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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Joomla! 1.5 : A User's Guide - Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website

Joomla! 1.5 : A User's Guide - Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website

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