Joomla! 1.5 : beginner's guide : build and maintain impressive user-friendly web sites the fast and easy way with Joomla! 1.5 / Eric Tiggeler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tiggeler, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joomla! (Computer file).

Web site development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 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:

Tiggeler Eric: Eric Tiggeler has authored several books on Joomla! , such as the highly successful Joomla! 2. 5 Beginner's Guide and Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide, both by Packt Publishing. He has also written several Joomla! guides in Dutch. His books have received excellent reader reviews. He also writes tutorials for several computer magazines and Joomla! community websites. Over the last ten years, he has developed numerous websites, big and small, using Joomla! . He is fascinated by the Web as a powerful, creative, and ever-changing means of communication, as well as by the revolutionary software Joomla! , which enables anybody to create beautiful and user-friendly websites. On a daily basis, he works as a consultant and copywriter at a communication consultancy company affiliated to the Free University of Amsterdam. Over the last few years, he has written more than 20 books in Dutch on writing and communication. His passion lies in making complex things easy to understand. He is married, has two daughters, and lives and works in Hilversum, the Netherlands. On the Web, you'll find him at www. joomla. erictiggeler. nl(in Dutch) and www. joomm. net(in English). 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 He is currently on the Joomla Leadership Team (which superseded the Core Team) and is a member of the Joomla Production Working Group with responsibility for documentation.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:

Build and maintain impressive user-friendly web sites the fast and easy way with Joomla! 1.5

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction: 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!; What you'll learn using this book; About the example site; Summary; Chapter 2: Installation: Getting Joomla! Up and Running; What do you need to start?; 1. Hosting space; 2. FTP software; 3. A great browser (think Firefox); Installing Joomla! in four steps; Time for action - step 1: Download the Joomla! files

Time for action - step 2: Place the files on the web serverTime for action - step 3: Create a database; Time for action - step 4: Run the Joomla! installation wizard; Got stuck? Get help!; Summary; Chapter 3: First Steps: Getting to Know Joomla!; Making the switch: Building websites the Joomla! way; Sorry, web pages have ceased to exist; Why is this a good thing?; A website built of blocks; Introducing frontend and backend: The Joomla! interface; Your workspace: The backend; And what's that frontend thing, then?; The frontend: The website as the user sees it

Time for action - tour the example siteTaking control: Administering your site in the backend; Time for action - log in to the backend; Taking a closer look at the Control Panel; Understanding backend tools and controls; Getting your feet wet: Start administering your site; Three types of backend actions; Content actions example: Let's create some content!; Time for action - publish your first article; Extension actions example: Managing modules; Time for action - rearranging page layout; Site actions example: Configuring basic site settings; Time for action - set Joomla! preferences; Summary

Chapter 4: Web Building Basics: Creating a Site in an HourWhat you will be making; SRUP's the word; Cleaning up: Removing the sample data; Step 1: Hide the unnecessary stuff; Time for action - hiding modules; Step 2: Remove sample content; Time for action - deleting articles, categories, and sections; Building your site is a three step process; Step 1: Customize the layout; Customize the color scheme; Time for action - choosing a color variation; Time for action - preparing a new header file; Time for action - display the new header image file

One last thing: Clean up a little whatchamacallitTime for action - remove the whatsis; Step 2: Add content; Create a foundation first: Make sections and categories; Time for action - create a section and some categories; Add articles to the categories; Time for action - create an article; Making content visible: Create a menu link; Time for action - add a menu link; Add some individual content pages: Uncategorized articles; Time for action - add uncategorized articles; Put some content on the home page-at last!; Add items to the home page; Time for action - adding items to the home page

Step 3: Add extras through components and extensions

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-55738-6

9786612557385

1-84719-991-7

OCLC:

797916600