Book description
Why use Joomla? Because with Joomla you don't need to have any technical expertise or web design experience to create effective websites and web apps. Whether you're creating your first website or building a multi-function site for a client, this book provides straightforward, hands-on instruction that makes it easy to learn this open source web content management system.
Written by members of the Joomla Leadership Team, Using Joomla helps newcomers quickly learn the basics, while developers with Joomla experience will pick up best practices for building more sophisticated websites. You'll also find more than a dozen ways to extend the functionality of existing Joomla-built websites. Start building with Joomla in minutes!
- Get guidelines for planning, creating, and organizing your content
- Understand how to create and use Joomla templates to build websites quickly
- Explore how components, modules, and plug-ins can extend your site's functionality
- Increase your site ranking by using Joomla best practices
- Use built-in components such as banners, news feeds, polls, search, and web links
- Set up an online store, calendar, photo gallery, discussion forum, and more
- Learn important security precautions to safeguard your site
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Table of contents
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Using Joomla
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- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. An Overview
- 2. Quick Start
- 3. A Tour of the Administrator Panel
- 4. Global Configuration
- 5. Preparing Your Content
- 6. Creating Content
- 7. Menus
- 8. Components
- 9. Modules
- 10. Plug-ins
- 11. Templates
- 12. User Manager
- 13. Media Manager
- 14. Languages
- 15. Extension Manager
- 16. Tools
- 17. Hands-on: Converting a Site to Joomla
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18. Extending Your Site: Recommended Solutions
- E-Commerce: Set Up a Simple Online Storefront Using VirtueMart
- Blog: Blogging Functionality Built In
- Calendaring/Event Management: Manage and Share Online Calendars with JCal Pro
- Forms: Create Custom Forms to Collect and Store Information with bfForms
- Photo Gallery: Set Up an Online Photo Gallery Using Phoca
- Document Library: Create Online Document Storage Using RokDownloads
- Reviews: Create an Online Review System Using JReviews Express
- Building a Community: Extend User Profiles and Functions with Community Builder
- Podcasting: Publish Podcasts on Your Site and on iTunes with the Podcast Suite
- Discussion Forum: Set Up an Integrated Discussion Forum Using Kunena
- Site Backup/Migration: Perform Backups and Migrate Your Site Using JoomlaPack
- Power Search: Powerful Site Searches with JXtended Finder
- Content Tagging: Organize and Connect Related Content Using JXtended Labels
- Comments: Set Up User Comments Using JXtended Comments
- Summary
- 19. SEO and SEF
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20. Security
- Importance of Security and the JSST
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Best Practices
- Keep Joomla Updated
- Subscribe to Security Update
- Backup Often
- Stay on Top of New Vulnerabilities
- Uninstall or Unpublish Unused Extensions
- Strong Passwords
- Create a New Super Administrator User
- Do Not Use jos_ As Your Database Prefix
- Database and Super Administrator Passwords Should Not Be the Same
- User Permissions
- HelpâSystem Info
- Do Not Use PHP 4
- Register Globals
- .htaccess
- SEF URLs
- robots.txt
- Directory Permissions
- Backup Often
- More Information
- Summary
- 21. Joomla 1.6 and Beyond
- 22. Getting Involved
- A. Installing and Upgrading
- B. Choosing the Right Extensions
- C. Developing for Joomla
- D. Tips and Tricks
- Index
- About the Authors
- Colophon
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Product information
- Title: Using Joomla
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2009
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449383114
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