Joomla! 1.5 multimedia : build media-rich Joomla! web sites by learning to embed and display multimedia content / / Allan Walker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964254703321
• Autore: Walker Allan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham, U.K., : Packt Pub., 2010
• ISBN: 9786612501807; 9781282501805; 1282501801; 9781847197719; 184719771X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 006.7/8
• Soggetti: Web site development; Open source software
• 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: Getting Started with Joomla! Multimedia; What is multimedia?; Categories of multimedia; Linear; Non-linear; What is Joomla!?; Including multimedia in your Joomla! site; Multimedia use in your Joomla! CMS; Text; Images; Audio; Video; Multimedia and web accessibility; Can a multimedia website be accessible?; The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG); Section 508; More information on web accessibility; Web browser support for multimedia; Summary; Chapter 2: Managing Your Joomla! Media; Overview of the Joomla! Media ManagerUploading media using the Media Manager; Media Manager settings; The view; Organizing your content; Creating a new directory; Deleting files; Uploading your content; Single file upload; Multiple file uploads; Managing media using the Media Manager; Alternative method of managing files and media; FTP clients; FTP programs; Connecting using an FTP program; FTP via a web browser; Connecting to FTP via a web browser; Uploading and downloading; Web browser plugins; Third-party file management extensions; eXtplorer; Joomla! Flash Uploader; Summary; Chapter 3: Text, Characters, and Fonts in Your Joomla! SiteOverview of text, characters, and fonts; Fonts and their effect on website users; Which font is best to use?; Sans-serif fonts; Verdana; Arial and Helvetica; Trebuchet MS; Lucinda Sans family; Serif fonts; Times New Roman / Times; Georgia; Palatino Linotype / Palatino; Joomla! Templates and Cascading Style Sheets; What is a Joomla! Template?; Template CSS; CSS font properties; Meet the units; Alternative methods to use custom fonts in your web pages; Joomla! text and typography extensions; Frontend font size adjuster (M); JsIFR3 (P); capDropper (P)Browser support and accessibility around fonts; Summary; Chapter 4: Adding and Managing Image Content; Images and why we use them in websites; Image formats and which ones to use; Digital images; Lossy and lossless data compression; Image formats; GIF; JPEG; PNG; SVG; Including images in your content articles and modules; Adding an image using the Joomla! Article Image button; Adding an image using the Editor Image button; Image placement using custom HTML code; Creating image galleries and slideshows; Image management extensions, and how to install them; Image gallery extensionsImage slideshows; Joomla! Template images; How to adjust your template images; Browser support and image accessibility; Summary; Chapter 5: Using Audio in Your Joomla! Website; What is audio?; Audio and the Internet; Audio formats; Audio compression; Audio codecs; Audio file format; Bit rates; How to compress and encode audio; Embedding and displaying audio in Joomla! Articles; The source; The encoding; The upload; Via FTP; Via the Media Manager; Editors; Creating the article; The audio HTML code; Direct download; Streaming; Embedding code; Including audio using a Joomla! Plugin
• Sommario/riassunto: Build media-rich Joomla! web sites by learning to embed and display Multimedia content