Foundation Joomla! (eBook)
350 Seiten
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4302-2376-4 (ISBN)
Do you want the ability to manage documents, photos, and other content over the Web but don't want to shell out thousands of dollars in proprietary solutions? Want to create an online community for your hobby or user group?
You're not alone. For thousands of like-minded around the globe, the answer is Joomla!, an open-source content management system (CMS) used to manage all sorts of data over the Web.
While Joomla! is relatively easy to install, a fair amount of knowledge is required in order to configure the application to your specific needs. Foundation Joomla! is an entry developer and user's guide that gets you started with this popular CMS in little or no time.
Bintu Harwani is a computer programmer and Web developer with several years of experience building content-driven Web sites using a variety of Web development technologies including PHP, Ruby, Rails, and more.
Do you want the ability to manage documents, photos, and other content over the Web but don't want to shell out thousands of dollars in proprietary solutions? Want to create an online community for your hobby or user group? You're not alone. For thousands of like-minded around the globe, the answer is Joomla!, an open-source content management system (CMS) used to manage all sorts of data over the Web. While Joomla! is relatively easy to install, a fair amount of knowledge is required in order to configure the application to your specific needs. Foundation Joomla! is an entry developer and user's guide that gets you started with this popular CMS in little or no time.
Bintu Harwani is a computer programmer and Web developer with several years of experience building content-driven Web sites using a variety of Web development technologies including PHP, Ruby, Rails, and more.
Contents at a Glance 5
Contents 6
About the Author 12
About the Technical Reviewer 13
About the Cover Image Designer 14
Acknowledgments 15
Introduction 16
Who the book is for 16
What you will learn from this book 16
Layout conventions 17
Introduction to Joomla! 19
What is a CMS? 19
What is Joomla!? 21
Characteristics of Joomla! 23
Advantages of Joomla! 25
Summary 26
Installing Joomla! 28
Prerequisites to installing Joomla! on the local server 28
Installing Joomla! locally 56
Installing Joomla! on a remote server 72
Summary 81
Your First Steps in Joomla! 83
The elements of the Administrator interface 85
Using the Section, Category, Article, and Menu Item Managers 89
The Other Control Panel Managers 117
Working with the front page 121
Applying a different template 124
Summary 129
Managing Images and Banners 131
What is the Media Manager? 131
Displaying a client’s banners 139
Displaying banners on the basis of content 162
Summary 168
Creating Users and Contacts 170
What is a contact? 171
Working with the User Manager 171
Creating a Contact category 178
Creating contacts 182
Creating menu items to link to contacts 191
Summary 199
Creating Interaction 201
News feeds 201
Creating news feeds 205
Creating polls 209
Summary 217
Dealing with Menus 219
Creating a menu 221
Creating menu items 223
Articles 226
Explanation of Parameters sections (Advanced, Component, and System) 266
Contacts 272
News Feeds 273
Poll 280
Search 283
User 285
Web Links 293
Wrapper 299
External Link 302
Separator 304
Alias 305
Summary 307
Modules 309
The Module Manager 309
Archive 317
Banners 318
Breadcrumbs 322
Feed Display 323
Footer 327
Latest News 327
Login Form 329
Main Menu 332
Popular 334
Newsflash 336
Polls 340
Random Image 341
Related Items 342
Search 347
Sections 350
Statistics 350
Syndication 352
Who’s Online 354
Wrapper 355
Summary 358
Adding Extensions 360
Extension Manager 361
Installing new templates 363
Adding e-commerce 367
Installing an RSS feed reader 396
Adding a chat feature to your Joomla! website 403
Summary 424
Making It Global 426
Global Configuration settings 427
Providing a multilingual facility to visitors 468
Summary 480
Index 482
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.12.2009 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 350 p. |
| Verlagsort | Berkeley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium |
| Informatik ► Web / Internet ► Content Management Systeme | |
| Schlagworte | CMS • Content Management • Framework • interaction • Management • PHP • Time |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4302-2376-6 / 1430223766 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4302-2376-4 / 9781430223764 |
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