December 2009
Beginner
416 pages
9h 53m
English
Content preview from Using JoomlaBecome an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Built-in Frontend Modules
Frontend modules display information on the public-facing portion of your website.
Note
Skip to the explanation in View All of the Module Positions to see a trick for how to display all the module positions on a website.
Joomla comes with a set of basic modules to get you started.
Article Modules
- Archived Content
Displays a list of archived articles in the form of calendar months.
- Latest News
Shows the latest articles within a specific category.
- Most Read Content
Displays the most popular articles based on number of views.
- Newsflash
Shows an article or groups of articles from a specific category.
- Related Articles
Shows articles with matching metakeywords.
- Sections
Shows a list of links to site sections containing articles.
Component Modules
Feed Modules
- Feed Display
Displays the results of an RSS feed from another site.
- Syndicate
Creates an RSS link for a specific page on your site.
User Modules
- Login
Displays a login box. Once a user is logged in, it displays a welcome message and a logout button.
- Who’s Online
Displays a module showing which users are online and logged in.
Other Modules
- Breadcrumbs
Shows navigation breadcrumbs (or pathway).
- Custom HTML
Displays some custom HTML. For more details on this module, see Creating a Custom HTML Module.
- Footer
Displays a copyright with your site name and Joomla information/license link.
- Menu
Displays a menu. Refer to ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.