Joomla! For Dummies

Steven Holzner is the award-winning author of more than 100 tech books, with more than 3 million copies sold in 18 languages. He's written ten For Dummies books and many computer-book bestsellers. He's written on nearly every Web topic (including JavaServer Pages, PHP, HTML, and XML), and he specializes in topics such as Web-site design. He earned his PhD at Cornell University, and he's been a faculty member at Cornell University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He used to design Web sites from scratch but uses Joomla! now. Nancy Conner most recently wrote Google Apps: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, 2008). Her ability to explain complex technical material in language that's clear, simple, and fun has made her a sought-after author. She's written on a wide variety of Web topics, including eBay, QuickBase, the Unifi ed Modeling Language, and fi eld-programmable gate arrays. Her fi rst novel, a mystery, will be published in 2009.

Introduction. Part I: Getting Started with Joomla. Chapter 1: Essential Joomla. Chapter 2: Getting and Installing Joomla. Chapter 3: Mastering the Front Page. Part II: Joomla at Work. Chapter 4: Adding Web Pages to Your Site. Chapter 5: Building Navigation into Your Site with Menus. Chapter 6: Mastering Web Page Creation. Part III: Working with Joomla Modules and Templates. Chapter 7: Fun with Modules: Advertisements, Archives, Banners, Custom HTML, and More. Chapter 8: More Fun with Modules: Footers, Search Boxes, Who's Online, Wrappers, and More. Chapter 9: Laying Out Your Web Pages with Joomla Templates. Part IV: Joomla in the Real World. Chapter 10: Managing Your Web Site's Users. Chapter 11: Driving Traffi c to Your Web Site with Search Engine Optimization. Chapter 12: Extending Joomla. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 13: Ten Top Joomla Extensions. Chapter 14: Ten Ways to Get Help on Joomla. Chapter 15: Ten Top Joomla Template Sites. Chapter 16: Ten Joomla Tutorials. Glossary. Index.