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The First 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!-the world’s #1 open source content management system. 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 never-before-published 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! 1.0 and 1.5 reference content.   ·   Understanding content management, what Joomla! does, and how its components fit together ·   Building Joomla! sites from scratch, and systematically customizing them to your needs ·   Organizing content with sections, categories, blogs, and tables ·   Creating dynamic pages and effective navigation ·   Working with Joomla! modules and components ·   Search engine optimization for Joomla! sites ·   Start-to-finish case studies: building a school website, an e-commerce site, and a blog ·   The most valuable Joomla! extensions and add-ons: finding them, and using them ·   Key differences between Joomla! 1.0 and 1.5, and what they mean to you About the Website The accompanying site for the Joomla 1.5 book, provides five fully functional Joomla! sites with live follow-along examples from the book and up-to-date information on Joomla! The site also includes An active forum where you can ask questions specific to chapters from the book from a Joomla expert  5 fully functional Joomla 1.5 live follow-along examples from the book. You can browse the sites and their backends live online. Downloads of 5 free websites for Joomla 1.5 based on various chapter of the book. These are SQL dumps you can import to instantly give you a completed Joomla site.  4 free tutorial templates and 3 free templates from joomlashack.com including the popular commercial template - JS Aqualine!

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Author:   Barrie M. North
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Prentice Hall
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.704kg
ISBN:  

9780136135609

ISBN 10:   0136135609
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   20 December 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780137012312
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Preface xix Chapter 1: Content Management Systems and an Introduction to Joomla! 1 What Is a Content Management System? 2 Static Web Pages 2 Cascading Style Sheet Web Pages 3 Dynamic Web Pages 4 Open Source  7 History of Joomla!   8 Joomla! Community  9 Third-party Extensions Development  9 Joomla!’s Features  10 Elements of a Joomla! Website  11 Content 13 Modules 14 Templates  14 Summary  15 Chapter 2: Downloading and Installing Joomla!  17 How Do I Install Joomla!?  18 Where Can I Find the Most Current Joomla! Files?  18 Unpacking Joomla! on a Local Desktop Computer  23 Unpacking on a Hosting Account  26 Running the Joomla! Installation Wizard  28 Summary  35 Chapter 3: Joomla! Administration Basics 37 What Is the Frontend and Backend of a Joomla!-powered Website?  38 Menu Bar 40 Toolbar  41 Workspace  41 Administrator Functions in the Menu Bar  42 Site Submenu  42 Menus  50 Content  52 The Component Menu  53 Extensions 55 Tools 60 Global Checkin  61 Help  61 Site Preview 62 Summary  63 Chapter 4: Content Is King: Organizing Your Content 65 How Does Joomla! Generate Web Pages?  66 How Does Joomla! Organize Content Articles? 68 Uncategorized Articles 68 Sections and Categories 69 Sample Hierarchy 71 Creating the Widget Inc. Website with Uncategorized Content  72 Creating Content Articles   74 Creating Menu Items 77 Page Coponent 82 Creating Widget Inc. with Sections and Categories 86 Creating Sections  89 Creating Categories 91 Creating Content Articles 93 Creating Menu Items  95 “Read More” Links and Individual Pages  102 Module Content 104 Summary  107 Chapter 5: Creating Menus and Navigation 109 How Do Menus and Modules Work Together?  110 What Do Menu Items Do?  112 Creating a Menu Item  113 Where Does a Menu Item Link To?  116 What Does a Page Look Like After Following a Link? 116 Blog Layout  118 Blog Layout Parameters  119 List/Standard Layout for a Section  123 Section List/Standard Layout Parameters  125 List/Standard Layout for a Blog  125 Category List/Standard Layout Parameters 127 Module Manager 127 Module Parameters  130 Submenus  132 Summary  133 Chapter 6: Extending Joomla! 135 What Are Extensions?  136 Installing Extensions 137 Managing Extensions  139 Components 140 Core Components140 Third-party Components141 Modules144 Module Display  144 Core Modules 145 Third-party Modules 148 Plugins 149 Core Plugins 149 Third-party Plugins 150 Templates 150 Core Templates 151 Third-party Templates 151 Summary 151 Chapter 7: Expanding Your Content: Articles and Editors 153 WYSIWYG Editors 154 Managing WYSIWYG Editors  155 Other Third-party Editors  158 Creating and Managing Articles 160 Managing Content Through the Backend 161 Adding Content from the Backend 163 Inserting Images into Content 169 Creating an Article Table of Contents 172 Section and Category Descriptions  174 Article Content Preferences 176 Managing Content Through The Frontend  178 Creating a Frontend User Menu 178 Limiting Access to Menus by User Level 182 Authors  183 Editors  187 Publishers 189 Article Checkin 189 Summary 190 Chapter 8: Getting Traffic to Your Site 193 Start at the Beginning: Site Goals  194 Organic Traffic (SEO) 196 Introduction to Google 198 Creating Keywords 199 Keywords and Domain Name  202 Designing Your Site for Organic Traffic  203 Advanced SEO Techniques 209 Referral Traffic 215 Google PageRank  215 Using WebFerret to Find Websites  217 Other Link-Building Strategies  220 Internal Linking. 221 Pay-Per-Click Traffic  225 How Google Adwords Works 226 Joomla! and Adwords  228 Email Traffic  230 Joomla! Email Newsletter Extensions  232 Third-Party Hosted Email Solutions  232 Joomla! SEF Extensions 235 Summary  236 Chapter 9: Creating a Pure CSS Template 239 What Is a Joomla! Template? 240 Localhost Design Process  241 Localhost Server Options 242 W3C and Tableless Design  243 Semantically Correct Code 244 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 244 Creating a Simple Template 245 The Template File Components  245 index.php   249 Blank Joomla! Template Body  253 CSSTemplateTutorialStep1 256 Using CSS to Create a Tableless Layout 256 Default CSS 261 Joomla!-Specific CSS  263 Modules in Templates 265 Menus in Templates 271 Hiding Columns 275 CSSTemplateTutorialStep2  280 Making a Real Joomla! 1.5 Template  280 Slicing and Dicing 280 Setting Up Module Locations  281 Header  282 Column Backgrounds  283 Flexible Modules 285 Typography 286 CSSTemplateTutorialStep3 291 Advanced Templating Features  291 Template Parameters  291 Template Overrides  293 Tableless Joomla! 297 CSSTemplateTutorialStep4  297 Summary  298 Chapter 10: Creating a School Site with Joomla! 301 Why Do We Need a School Website? 302 Students  302 Teachers and Administrators 303 Parents 303 What Features Do We Need on a School Site? 303 Downloading and Installing a School Template 304 Education Template Features and Positions  306 Configuring the Search Box  306 Configuring the Main Horizontal Drop-down Menu 308 Organizing Content on a School Website  310 Creating the Menus 314 Building Out Content  318 Creating Subnavigation  319 Academics Submenu 320 Creating News Links for a Section  322 Setting Up the Footer 324 Setting Up the Home Page 325 Adding Basic Functionality to a School Website 327 User Registration 328 Events Calendar 329 Downloadable Documents 330 Polls 331 Staff Directory  331 Email Newsletter 332 RSS  333 Random Image  334 Sitemap  334 Extending the School Website Beyond the Basics  336 Summary 337 Chapter 11: Creating a Restaurant Site with Joomla!  339 Why Does a Restaurant Need a Website? 340 What Features Does a Restaurant Website Need? 340 Downloading and Installing a Restaurant Template 342 Organizing the Content on a Restaurant Website 344 Building Content Articles with Lorem Ipsum 347 Creating Menus 349 Setting Up the Home Page 354 Home Page Alternative to the Front Page Manager  354 Creating Footer Content  356 Creating Module Teaser Blocks  358 Using Stock Imagery  362 Extending a Restaurant Website   364 Image Gallery: JPG Flash Rotator 2  365 Calendar: JCal Pro  365 Email Marketing  365 Google Maps 366 Summary 367 Chapter 12: Creating a Blog Site with Joomla! 369 What Is a Blog?  370 Why Have a Blog?  371 What Options Are There for Blogging?  372 What Features Are Needed on a Blog Site? . 373 Downloading and Installing a Blog Template  374 Aqualine Template Features and Positions 376 Configuring the Logo 377 Configuring the Main Horizontal Drop-down Menu 378 Organizing Content on a Blog  Organizing a Blog Within a Larger Site  379 Organizing a Standalone Blog  380 About Tagging   382 Creating the Menus 382 Adding Dynamic Modules  386 Adding Static Modules 388 Adding Basic Functionality to a Blog  390 Flexible Layout  390 Browser-based Editing  390 Automated Publishing 390 Categories  391 Search Engine Optimized URLs  391 Comment Systems 391 Syndication Feeds  392 Email Notification 395 Search  396 Trackback 396 Extending a Blog Website Beyond the Basics 397 Forums 398 Ecommerce 398 Summary  398 Appendix A: Getting Help  399 Community Forums  399 Help Sites   399 Getting Help from Google 400 Appendix B: Joomla! Case Studies 401 Six Case Studies for Organizations That Use Joomla! 401 www.yourwedding.com.au (MP Media)   402 www.longwoodfl.org (City of Longwood, Florida)  404 www.ropl.org (Royal Oak Public Library–Michigan) 407 www.telx.com (The Telx Group, Inc.)  409 www.nzmac.com (NZMac.com)   411 www.everythingtreo.com (Everything Treo) 414 Summary  417 Appendix C: A Quick Start to SEO  419 1. Keyword Use in Title Tag  419 2. Anchor Text of Inbound Link  419 3. Global Link Popularity of Site (PageRank 419 4. Age of Site 420 5. Link Popularity Within the Site  420 6. Topical Relevance of Inbound Links and Popularity of Linking Site 420 7. Link Popularity of Site in Topic Community  420 8. Keyword Use in Body Text  421 9. File Size 421 10. Clean URL  421 11. Utilize Your Error Pages 421 What’s Not Here? 422 Appendix D: Installing WAMP5  423 Index  431  

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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.

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