Joomla! 3 beginner's guide : build, develop, and manage a fully functioning, professional looking, and feature-rich website with the Joomla! / Eric Tiggeler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tiggeler, Eric, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joomla! (Computer file).

Web sites--Authoring programs.

Web sites.

Web sites--Design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An easy to use, step-by-step guide to creating professional, mobile-friendly websites with the free Joomla CMS. The Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition is the ultimate guide for web developers who wish to build upon their skills and knowledge on creating websites. Even if you're new to this subject, you won't have any difficulty understanding the clear and friendly instructions and explanations. No prior knowledge of HTML and CSS is required.

Contents:

Intro

Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition

Table of Contents

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more

Why subscribe?

Free access for Packt account holders

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Time for action - heading

What just happened?

Pop quiz - heading

Have a go hero - heading

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. A New and Easy Way to Build Websites

Join the CMS revolution

Why would you choose Joomla!?

What kind of sites can you build with Joomla!?

Learning to use Joomla!

The approach of this book

What's the current version of Joomla!?

About the example site

Summary

2. Getting Joomla! Up and Running

What do you need to start?

Hosting space

FTP software

More than one browser

Installing Joomla! on a web server

Time for action - downloading the Joomla! files

Time for action - placing the files on the web server

Time for action - creating a database

Time for action - running the Joomla! installation wizard

What are post-installation messages?

Installing Joomla! on your own computer

Downloading and installing a web server software

Time for action - installing XAMPP

Creating a database

Time for action - creating a MySQL database

Downloading and installing Joomla!

Time for action - downloading Joomla! and running the installation wizard

What if it the installation doesn't work?

Upgrading from previous versions of Joomla!.

Updating Joomla! 1.5 to 3.x

Updating Joomla! 2.5 to 3.x

Got stuck? Get help!

Pop quiz - test your knowledge of installing Joomla

3. First Steps - Getting to Know Joomla!

Building websites the Joomla! way

Sorry, web pages have ceased to exist

The benefits of the CMS approach to websites

A website built of blocks

Introducing the frontend and backend - the Joomla! interface

Your workspace - the backend

What's the frontend?

Exploring the frontend - the website as the user sees it

Time for action - touring the example site

Exploring the example content

Have go hero - get familiar with the other example sites

Administering your site in the backend

Time for action - logging in to the backend

Taking a closer look at Control Panel

The top menu

The shortcut list (quick icons)

The information panels

The preview and info bar

Adjusting Control Panel to your needs

Understanding the backend tools and controls

What if you can't click on the top menu items?

Getting your feet wet - start administering your site

The three types of backend tasks

A content management example - let's create some content!

Time for action - publishing your first article

An extension management example - adding a module

Time for action - adding a module to the site

A site management example - configuring basic site settings

Time for action - setting Joomla! preferences

Have a go hero - explore the configuration options

Pop quiz - test your knowledge of Joomla basics

4. Web Building Basics - Creating a Site in an Hour

What you will be making

Meet your client

Removing the sample data

Step one - removing the sample content.

Time for action - deleting articles and categories

Step two - deleting menus and other modules

Time for action - deleting menus

Have a go hero - clean out the list of modules

Building your new site in three steps

Step one - customizing the layout

Time for action - creating a copy of the current template

Time for action - preparing a new logo image

Time for action - tweaking the design details

CSS style sheets? Come again?

Have a go hero - exploring layout settings

Step two - adding content

Creating a foundation first - creating categories

Time for action - creating a news category

Creating articles and using the images and links fields

Time for action - creating an article

Have a go hero - add more images to articles

Making content visible on the site - creating a menu link

Time for action - adding a menu link

That's the all-important power of menus

Have a go hero - create more categories and articles

Creating menu links to the new content

Adding individual content pages - uncategorized articles

Time for action - adding uncategorized articles

Have a go hero - rearrange the main menu using drag-and-drop

Putting content on the home page - at last!

Adding items to the home page

Time for action - assigning articles to the home page

Step three - adding extras through extensions

Components and extensions - what's the difference?

Adding a contact form

Time for action - creating a contact

Time for action - creating a Contact Form menu link

Adding a special message block

Time for action - creating a message block.

What just happened?

Wrapping up - changing site settings

Time for action - changing the site configuration

Pop quiz - test your basic Joomla knowledge

5. Small Sites, Big Sites - Organizing Your Content Effectively

Building on the example site

Grouping content - a crash course on site organization

Designing a site map

Time for action - creating a future-proof site map

Using tags as an additional means of organizing content

Transferring your site map to Joomla!

How do you turn a site map into a website?

Creating categories and subcategories

Time for action - creating a category and subcategories

In what case do you need more subcategory levels?

Have a go hero - rearrange existing categories

Adding content to new categories

Displaying main categories and subcategories on your site

Time for action - creating a link to point to a main category

Have a go hero - exploring the possibilities of category pages

Refining your site structure

Time for action - moving content from one category to another

Have a go hero - moving entire categories

Renaming categories

Time for action - renaming a category

Have a go hero - name and rename

Changing the category settings

Using tags to label and organize content

Adding tags to the example site

Time for action - creating a tag

Have a go hero - improve the tagged items page

Creating and managing tags using the Tags component

Using tags as an alternative to categories

Building a site without using categories or tags

How do you go about building a small site?

Have a go hero - organize a site!

Pop quiz - test your site organization knowledge

Summary.

6. Creating Killer Content - Adding and Editing Articles

Articles and content pages - what's the difference?

Creating and editing articles - beyond the basics

Making your words look good - formatting article text

Time for action - adding styles to the article text

Have a go hero - change the formatting

Extending the text editor

Adding images to articles

Time for action - uploading images

Time for action - inserting and aligning images

Changing the way the article is displayed

Splitting the article into intro text and main text

Time for action - creating intro text

Creating multipage articles

Time for action - using page breaks to split up an article

Have a go hero - use sliders and tabs

Displaying images and links with articles

Time for action - adding images and links to an article

Have a go hero - tweak the article layout

Restoring a previous version of an article

Have a go hero - explore version control options

Tweaking the details - changing article settings

The Publishing tab

The Images and links tab

The Options tab

The Configure Edit Screen tab

The Permissions tab

Setting general preferences for all articles

The Articles tab

The Editing Layout tab

The Category tab

The Categories, Blog/Featured Layouts, List Layouts, and Shared Options tabs

The Integration tab

Archiving articles

Time for action - creating a News archive

Pop quiz - test your article expertise

7. Welcoming Your Visitors - Creating Attractive Home Pages and Overview Pages

Why do you need overview pages anyway?

Mastering the home page layout.

Changing the way the home page is arranged.

Notes:

"Learn by doing: less theory, more results"--Cover.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 7, 2014).

ISBN:

9781783981519

1783981512

OCLC:

889270461