Fundamentals of Joomla!
9+ Hours of Video Instruction
Joomla! is a powerful solution for webmasters and developers working with all types of sites. In this one-of-a-kind video package, top Joomla consultant and Prentice Hall author Barrie M. North shows you exactly how to use Joomla! to build sophisticated websites that are incredibly easy to edit and update. You’ll master Joomla! through 13 comprehensive video lessons, and you’ll have your first Joomla! site running faster than you ever expected!
North walks you through every essential skill you’ll need, including installation, administration, site and content organization, template development, content updates, and much more. Just click, watch, and learn the most efficient ways to build dynamic pages, provide intuitive navigation, work with modules and components, and even optimize Joomla! sites for search engines.
You’ll then be able to watch as North builds four complete sites with Joomla!–a school site, a blog, a small business site, and a membership site–with every stage captured on video. You’ll master Joomla! best practices at your own pace, as you learn how to deliver production-quality solutions quickly and efficiently!
Looking for a better way to master today’s rapidly changing technologies? Want expert help, but don’t have the time or energy to read a book? Can’t find classroom training worth the money? Discover LiveLessons: self-paced, personal video instruction from the world’s leading experts.
- LiveLessons are DVD video courses organized into bite-sized, self-contained sessions–you’ll learn key skills in as little as 15 minutes!
- Each session begins with well-defined learning objectives and ends with comprehensive summaries, which help you track your progress.
- Follow along as your instructor shows exactly how to get great results in your real-world environment.
System Requirements
- Operating System: Windows 98, 2000, XP, or Vista; Mac OS X
- Multimedia: DVD drive, 1280 x 960 or higher display, and sound card with speakers
- Computer: 500MHz or higher, 128MB RAM or more
Lesson 1        Content Management Systems and an Introduction to Joomla!    [00:16:11]
Lesson 2        Downloading and Installing Joomla!    [00:26:03]
Lesson 3        Joomla! Administration Basics    [00:29:58]
Lesson 4        Organizing Your Content   [00:37:28]
Lesson 5        Menus and Navigation    [00:30:12]
Lesson 6        Extending Joomla!    [00:41:32]
Lesson 7        Expanding Your Content: Articles and Editors    [00:50:54]
Lesson 8        Getting Traffic to Your Site    [00:29:17]
Lesson 9        Creating a Pure CSS Template    [01:11:59]
Lesson 10      Creating a School Website    [01:34:22]
Lesson 11      Creating a Restaurant Website    [00:39:09]
Lesson 12      Creating a Blog Website    [00:37:50]
Bonus Lesson 13    Creating a Membership Website    [00:51:03]
Price: $48.99
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Advanced Joomla!
With several million documented downloads, Joomla! is being deployed worldwide for everything from personal web sites to mission-critical web business applications. Joomla! is the most popular and successful open source and cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and MacOS) content management system in the world, hands down. Written by bestselling Beginning Joomla! author Dan Rahmel, Advanced Joomla! provides you with the technical know-how and bonanza of information that allows you to take your Joomla! sites to the next level.
Advanced Joomla! allows you to study beginning and advanced Joomla! topics back-to-back without requiring any additional outside knowledge. Moreover, it offers you advanced techniques for customizing a Joomla! CMS, including creating templates, administration, and building extensions.
- Integrate advanced Web 2.0 features into you Joomla! site, including social networking, blogging, and Google and Yahoo web services.
- Construct advanced Joomla! templates that use multiple stylesheets; third-party frameworks including MooTools and Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library for interactive display; specialty definitions for mobile users; and more!
- Learn advanced administration, including various site-backup methods, integration of logins with other systems, Joomla! site security, data mining techniques for MySQL information, deployment to a remote server or servers, and adding quality control using automated testing with the free, open source tools such as Apache JMeter and Selenium.
What you’ll learn
Advanced Joomla! assists content providers and web developers in all aspects of Joomla! content creation. For graphic artists and web designers, the professional template techniques and site organization information will prove invaluable. For developers who are weary of the often Byzantine documentation and hunger for clear organized information, Advanced Joomla! holds the key to unlocking the treasures of this advanced CMS system.
- How to use the advanced, additional, or extra Joomla! tools, features, and techniques
- Advanced techniques for Joomla! use and configuration
- How to do advanced template constructions, administration, and development
Who is this book for?
This book is for Joomla! or web developers/users who have read Beginning Joomla!
Advanced Joomla! Is for hobbyists, web designers, web developers, small and medium businesses, e-commerce merchants, and nonprofit organizations. The content of the book targets bloggers, corporate content creators, and support specialists.
Anyone with access to a web-hosting site that allows PHP/MySQL content deployment (which includes GoDaddy.com and SiteGround.com) will be able to deploy a Joomla! site with all of the features shown in the book. Like Beginning Joomla!, this book does not require actual PHP programming experience, although PHP code will be presented and explained.
Price: $31.49
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Joomla! 1.5 & Virtuemart Websites for Small Business!
This guide is designed for anyone in the world who owns a business or who wants to start a company but doesn’t know how to build an internet presence. Dr. Michelle M. Griffin an SAP expert has turned her attention away from large scale enterprise development to Open Source content Management which is the future of Enterprise systems for all size business. Be ahead of the curve and learn about Open Source through Joomla and Virtuemart.
This book covers:
- Installation,
- setup,
- Configuration,
- Content creation,
- Search Engine Optimization
- Organization of your content
- Working with extensions Walk through a live website development from start to finish.
The case study for this book was www.joomlaease.com the homepage and helpdesk for the ‘Joomla! 1.5 & Virtuemart’ series. Buy the book that fits your needs for instance Power at your Fingertips (General) or Sports and Clubs or Small Business, or Not for Profits, or Doctors & Healthcare. Each book is customized to the industry and examples are based on that industry.
Price: $20.99
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Joomla Creating and Editing Custom Templates
Custom templates are the key to making a Joomla!-driven website stand out. In Joomla! Creating and Editing Custom Templates, Jen Kramer McKibben offers instruction and insight to help Joomla! users create eye-popping websites. Jen starts with the basics, like how to add the Joomla! template codes to a static HTML layout, install the template package, and clean up styling after installation. She also shows how to make multiple layouts within the same Joomla! template, configure menus and submenus, and more. Exercise files accompany the course.
Price: $49.95
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Joomla! 1.5 Essential Training
Many types of websites can be built and maintained more easily using a content management system (CMS). A CMS provides a web-based interface for creating and organizing content. The content is stored in a database, then consistently presented according to a set of templates and preferences, which eliminates the need to handcraft each page in HTML. Joomla! is a popular, easy-to-use, open-source CMS built in PHP. It has near-limitless functionality, thanks to its community of extension developers.
In Joomla! 1.5 Essential Training, Joseph LeBlanc uses Joomla! to build a small-business website from scratch with no programming at all, from installation to launch. He demonstrates how to create and organize content; add menus, sidebars, and other features; change the look with templates; install plug-ins and extensions; and much more. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics Include:
- Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL to support Joomla!
- Setting article access, ordering, icon, and metadata display parameters
- Using the login, breadcrumb, and syndication modules
- Inserting contact, poll, and search components
- Managing users and permissions
- Adjusting templates with the HTML Editor
- Managing languages on the site
- Understanding search engine optimization (SEO)
Duration: 3.25 hours
On 1 CD-ROM
System Requirements
Macintosh Requirements
- OS 10.3.9 or higher
- DVD-ROM drive
- 1024×768 resolution
- 24-bit video support
- QuickTime 7 or higher
Windows Requirements
- XP or Vista
- DVD-ROM Drive
- 1024×768 resolution
- 24-bit video support
- PC sound card/speakers
- QuickTime 7 or higher (included)
- .NET 2.0 or higher (included)
Price: $49.95
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