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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459041803321

Autore

Tiggeler Eric

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Birmingham, U.K., : Packt Pub., 2010

ISBN

1-282-55738-6

9786612557385

1-84719-991-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Disciplina

006.7

006.78

Soggetti

Web site development

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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