Paperback: 520 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition (June 8, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0137012314
ISBN-13: 978-0137012312
The world's best-selling Joomla! book, now fully updated to cover Joomla! 1.55 - Covers everything users need to know to build Joomla! sites from scratch - and customize them to their specific requirements - Includes complete case studies, extensive code samples, and detailed coverage of today's best Joomla! extensions and add-ons - By Barrie North, a high-profile author and leading Joomla! consultant who is well known for his speaking and training engagements Summary Millions of individuals and organizations want to build sophisticated Web sites that can be easily edited and updated. The best tool for doing so is Joomla! -- the world's #1 open source content management system. Easy to read, and easy to use, this book is packed with real-world scenarios, examples, and code - all fully updated for the newest release, Joomla! 1.5.5. Leading Joomla! consultant Barrie North covers everything readers need to get results: installation, administration, site organization, template development, content updates, and a whole lot more. Writing in plain English, North starts by demystifying content management and introducing Joomla!'s simplest design and system concepts. Next, North builds readers' expertise step-by-step, showing how to build and customize Joomla! sites from scratch. Topics covered include: content organization, dynamic pages, navigation, modules and components, optimizing Joomla! sites for search engines, and a whole lot more. Throughout, North offers expert tips and tricks that can be used by anyone, including Joomla! novices. He presents never-before-published tips, tricks, and troubleshooting solutions, as well as three start-to-finish case studies. Readers will also learn where to find the best and newest Joomla! extensions - so they can accomplish even more with Joomla!, without writing original code.
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The First Easy-to-Use Guide to Joomla!-The World’s #1 Open Source Content Management System
If you want to build sophisticated websites that can be easily edited and updated, you need to master Joomla!-the world’s #1 open source content management system. Now there’s an easy-to-read, easy-to-use guide to Joomla! for every site manager, administrator, and developer. Leading Joomla! consultant Barrie North covers all you need to get results: installation, administration, site organization, template development, content updates, and a whole lot more. You’ll find never-before-published tips, tricks, and troubleshooting solutions, as well as three start-to-finish case studies.
New to Joomla? No problem! This book starts with the simplest design and system concepts, and builds your expertise step-by-step. You’ll rapidly master Joomla!’s power, even if you have no content management, scripting, or CSS expertise. Experienced with Joomla!? You’ll turn to this book constantly for its authoritative, plain-English, example-rich Joomla! 1.0 and 1.5 reference content.
- Understanding content management, what Joomla! does, and how its components fit together
- Building Joomla! sites from scratch, and systematically customizing them to your needs
- Organizing content with sections, categories, blogs, and tables
- Creating dynamic pages and effective navigation
- Working with Joomla! modules and components
- Search engine optimization for Joomla! sites
- Start-to-finish case studies: building a school website, an e-commerce site, and a blog
- The most valuable Joomla! extensions and add-ons: finding them, and using them
- Key differences between Joomla! 1.0 and 1.5, and what they mean to you
About the Website
The accompanying site for the Joomla 1.5 book, provides five fully functional Joomla! sites with live follow-along examples from the book and up-to-date information on Joomla! The site also includes
An active forum where you can ask questions specific to chapters from the book from a Joomla expert
5 fully functional Joomla 1.5 live follow-along examples from the book. You can browse the sites and their backends live online.
Downloads of 5 free websites for Joomla 1.5 based on various chapter of the book. These are SQL dumps you can import to instantly give you a completed Joomla site.
4 free tutorial templates and 3 free templates from joomlashack.com including the popular commercial template - JS Aqualine!
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