CMS made simple 1.6 : beginner's guide : create a fully functional and professional website using CMS made simple / Sofia Hauschildt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hauschildt, Sofia.

Series:

Learn by doing : less theory, more results

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Web site development.

Open source software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham [England] : Packt Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Create a fully functional and professional website using CMS Made Simple

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Building Websites with CMS Made Simple; What is a CMS?; CMS versus website builder; Why CMS Made Simple?; Case study website; Functional specifications; Preparing for installation; Browser; FTP browser; File archiver; Uploading CMS Made Simple's files; Summary; Chapter 2: Getting Started; Installing CMS Made Simple step-by-step; Choosing a language; Step 1: Validating file integrity (optional); Step 2: Checking requirements; Step 3: Testing file creation mask (optional)

Step 4: Admin account informationStep 5: Database information; Sample content and templates; Step 6: Creating tables; Step 7: Installation is complete; Understanding the admin console; Finishing the installation; Sending e-mails with CMS; Known issues; Summary; Chapter 3: Creating Pages and Navigation; Creating pages; Time for action - adding a new page to the website; Editing pages; Time for action - editing existing pages; Previewing changes; Changing page alias; Deleting pages; Formatting page content; Configuring TinyMCE; Time for action - activating search and replace function

Adding meta tagsTime for action - adding meta tags to pages; Adding global meta tags; Understanding page hierarchy; Time for action - adding subpages to website; Breadcrumbs; Search engine friendly URLs; Time for action - creating search engine friendly URLs; Getting more success from hierarchy; Controlling the navigation of the website; Time for action - prevent displaying pages in the navigation; What is your start page?; More navigation control with content types; Efficient work with pages; Creating a new page as a copy of existing one; Changing multiple pages at once

Creating pages and navigationSummary; Chapter 4: Design and Layout; Working with existing templates; Time for action - importing a ready-made template; Creating a new template; Time for action - creating a new template; Adding dynamic parts to templates; Time for action - adding Smarty tags to template; Having control over the output; Time for action - adding Smarty tags to the template; Using plugins in content; Adding stylesheets to the template; Creating a new stylesheet; Time for action - creating the stylesheet; Media types for stylesheets; Creating navigation for the website

Time for action - adding navigation to the templateDesigning navigation-the pure CSS way; Time for action - design navigation with pure CSS; Adding sidebar navigation; Porting own HTML template; Time for action - porting HTML template to CMS Made Simple; Learning Smarty basics; Working with Smarty variables; Time for action - getting Smarty variables; Controlling output with IF function; Time for action - displaying tags in dependence of the page; Creating navigation template with Smarty loop; Time for action - creating a menu template; Exporting templates

Time for action - displaying tags in dependence of the page

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612557262

9781282557260

1282557262

9781847198211

184719821X

OCLC:

796383978