Joomla! 1.5 cookbook : over 60 quick and direct recipes to help you overcome common Joomla! queries / Tom Canavan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Canavan, Tom.

Series:

Quick Answers to Common Problems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joomla! (Computer file).

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Biography/History:

Canavan Tom: Tom Canavan has been in the Computer and IT industry for 20+ years where he spent several years as a Systems Consultant to many Fortune 100 clients and other global companies. Canavan is considered a top security and disaster recovery expert in the Joomla world. He is the author of the Packt Published book Joomla! Web Security. He is a former CIO and is currently the co-founder of SalvusAlerting. com. Canavan contributes articles on security and disaster recovery to several websites. Davenport Chris: Chris has almost 30-years experience in the Information Technology field and has extensive experience of software development on a diverse range of platforms and at all levels from assembler to 4th-generation languages. He has been involved in projects for major clients including Royal Life, Bristol & West and British Rail. He became interested in open source software in the mid-1990's and now hardly ever uses proprietary software. He was invited to join the Core Team for the Joomla! TM project in November 2006. He is currently on the Joomla Leadership Team (which superseded the Core Team) and is a member of the Joomla Production Working Group with responsibility for documentation. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics.

Summary:

Over 60 quick and direct recipes to help you overcome common Joomla! queries.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Installing Joomla!; Introduction; Preparing to install; Setting up your database on a cPanel® host; Setting up your database on a; GoDaddy.Com® server; Installation of Joomla! 1.5; Ensuring permissions are correct; Chapter 2: Working with phpMyAdmin; Introduction; Exporting a MySQL database using; phpMyAdmin; Importing a MySQL database using; phpMyAdmin; Working with your database using; phpMyAdmin; Removing a table from your database; Removing content from a table; Chapter 3: Templates

IntroductionInstalling the template using the; administrator tool; Replacing the default administrator; template; Manual installation of a template; Using more than one template on your site; Determining your templates' module; positions; Replacing a logo in a template; Chapter 4: Editing Content and Menus; Introduction; Installing a new editor; Setting up sections; Setting up categories; Article creation; Adding new menus; Setting up a blog on your Joomla! site; Adding an extension menu; Chapter 5: Managing Links, Users, and Media; Introduction; Managing users; Setting up a site contact

Working with mediaManaging the login and user experience; Web Link manager; Changing lost super admin password; Chapter 6: Managing Modules and Components; Introduction; Installing and managing components; Creating menu items for components; Installing, creating, and managing modules; Chapter 7: Managing Articles Using the K2 Content Construction Kit; Introduction; Installation and introduction of K2; Working with items AKA articles; Working with comments; Summary; Chapter 8: Installing Third-party Extensions; Introduction; Installing and using eXtplorer; Using and configuring content

uploader extensionjomCalendar; Using and configuring CompojoomComment; Summary; Chapter 9: Troubleshooting; Introduction; Developing a 'troubleshooting mentality'; Summary; Chapter 10: Securing your Joomla! Site; Introduction; Setting permissions for your site; Patching; Using .htaccess and php.ini; Denying specific IP addresses; Summary; Chapter 11: Joomla! 1.6; Introduction; Joomla! 1.6 ACL; Working with new category manager; Extensions; Appendix; Usernames, passwords and database; reference sheet; Turning the legacy mode on or off; Changing the favorite icon

Setting up a site in a subfolderQuestions to ask a prospective host; Checking and updating your server software; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-89692-X

9786612896927

1-84951-237-X

OCLC:

798535872