Advanced Joomla!

Table of Contents

1. Title Page
2. Dedication
3. Contents at a Glance
4. Contents
5. About the Author
6. About the Technical Reviewer
7. Acknowledgments
8. Introduction
9. CHAPTER 1: Streamlining the Authoring Process
   1. Setting the Editor Style Sheets
   2. Setting Up an Article “Staging” Category
   3. Anatomy of the Article Display Process
   4. Configuring Article Display
   5. URLs and Their Challenges
   6. Configuring the Search Results Page
   7. Conclusion
10. CHAPTER 2: Customizing Joomla with Widgets
    1. Creating a Custom HTML Module
    2. Adding Custom Widgets to Your Site
    3. Summary
11. CHAPTER 3: Constructing a Dynamic Template
    1. Designing the Template
    2. Implementing the Template
    3. Optimizing the Dynamic Template for Mobile, Tablet, and Other Viewing Platforms
    4. General Guidelines for Handheld Templates
    5. Refining the Dynamic Template
    6. Conclusion
12. CHAPTER 4: Using Template Overrides
    1. What a Template Override Can Do
    2. Including a Custom Module in a Template Package
    3. Creating a Custom Login Module
    4. Including a Custom Component in a Template Package
    5. Adding a Custom 404 Page
    6. Conclusion
13. CHAPTER 5: Using JavaScript and Ajax to Dynamically Load Page Elements
    1. How Ajax Changes Web Interaction
    2. Dynamic Loading or Lazy Loading of Content
    3. Creating the Article Injector Component
    4. Adding Lazy Loading of Images
    5. Ajax Implementation Particulars
    6. Conclusion
14. CHAPTER 6: Joomla and Web Services
    1. Web Services Overview
    2. Using Yahoo Finance with Joomla
    3. Adding Tweets to Your Site
    4. Bing News API
    5. Adding a Flickr Mashup
    6. Conclusion
15. CHAPTER 7: Joomla Security Administration
    1. Implementing Site Security and Server Security
    2. Setting up Site Security
    3. Configuring Server Security
    4. Summary
16. CHAPTER 8: Joomla Database Administration and Configuration
    1. SQL (Structured Query Language) Primer
    2. Using phpMyAdmin (PMA) for Database Administration
    3. Managing the MySQL Database Server
    4. Conclusion
17. CHAPTER 9: Testing a Site with ApacheBench, JMeter, and Selenium
    1. Testing Overview
    2. Using ApacheBench for Performance Testing
    3. Introducing the Selenium Suite
    4. Using the Selenium IDE on a Joomla Site
    5. Using Selenium Core
    6. Using Apache JMeter
    7. Conclusion
18. CHAPTER 10: Using Development Tools
    1. Using Git for Source Code Control (SCC)
    2. Using Eclipse IDE and XDebug for Joomla Development
    3. Using the NetBeans IDE
    4. Using the jEdit for Joomla Development
    5. Joomla Developer Site Overview
    6. Conclusion
19. CHAPTER 11: Creating Joomla Menus, Articles, and Categories with PHP
    1. Creating an Article Through Code
    2. Creating a Menu Through Code
    3. Creating a Category Through Code
    4. Conclusion
20. CHAPTER 12: Creating Core Extensions
    1. Creating the Article Historian component
    2. Creating the Form Builder
    3. On-the-fly image generation with GD
    4. What are the Advantages of Server-Side Chart Generation?
    5. Creating a PHP Color Name List
    6. Checking for GD
    7. Create the cChart class
    8. Creating the Joomla Component Wrapper
    9. Embedding the Image
    10. Conclusion
21. CHAPTER 13: Connecting Joomla and Facebook
    1. Create a Facebook Fan Page
    2. Create a Facebook App
    3. Adding Facebook OG Tags
    4. Using and Customizing the Facebook Like Button
    5. Adding Facebook Comments
    6. Understanding Facebook Insights
    7. Programming to Facebook Topic Pages
    8. Conclusion
22. CHAPTER 14: Development and Deployment
    1. Optimizing the Development Environment
    2. Optimizing the Production Environment
    3. Conclusion
    4. Thank You
23. Index