Harwani Foundation Joomla!

1. ed
ISBN: 978-1-4302-2376-4
Verlag: Apress
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 350 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harwani, Bintu

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents at a Glance;5
2;Contents;6
3;About the Author;12
4;About the Technical Reviewer;13
5;About the Cover Image Designer;14
6;Acknowledgments;15
7;Introduction;16
7.1;Who the book is for;16
7.2;What you will learn from this book;16
7.3;Layout conventions;17
8;Introduction to Joomla!;19
8.1;What is a CMS?;19
8.2;What is Joomla!?;21
8.3;Characteristics of Joomla!;23
8.4;Advantages of Joomla!;25
8.5;Summary;26
9;Installing Joomla!;28
9.1;Prerequisites to installing Joomla! on the local server;28
9.2;Installing Joomla! locally;56
9.3;Installing Joomla! on a remote server;72
9.4;Summary;81
10;Your First Steps in Joomla!;83
10.1;The elements of the Administrator interface;85
10.2;Using the Section, Category, Article, and Menu Item Managers;89
10.3;The Other Control Panel Managers;117
10.4;Working with the front page;121
10.5;Applying a different template;124
10.6;Summary;129
11;Managing Images and Banners;131
11.1;What is the Media Manager?;131
11.2;Displaying a client’s banners;139
11.3;Displaying banners on the basis of content;162
11.4;Summary;168
12;Creating Users and Contacts;170
12.1;What is a contact?;171
12.2;Working with the User Manager;171
12.3;Creating a Contact category;178
12.4;Creating contacts;182
12.5;Creating menu items to link to contacts;191
12.6;Summary;199
13;Creating Interaction;201
13.1;News feeds;201
13.2;Creating news feeds;205
13.3;Creating polls;209
13.4;Summary;217
14;Dealing with Menus;219
14.1;Creating a menu;221
14.2;Creating menu items;223
14.3;Articles;226
14.4;Explanation of Parameters sections (Advanced, Component, and System);266
14.5;Contacts;272
14.6;News Feeds;273
14.7;Poll;280
14.8;Search;283
14.9;User;285
14.10;Web Links;293
14.11;Wrapper;299
14.12;External Link;302
14.13;Separator;304
14.14;Alias;305
14.15;Summary;307
15;Modules;309
15.1;The Module Manager;309
15.2;Archive;317
15.3;Banners;318
15.4;Breadcrumbs;322
15.5;Feed Display;323
15.6;Footer;327
15.7;Latest News;327
15.8;Login Form;329
15.9;Main Menu;332
15.10;Popular;334
15.11;Newsflash;336
15.12;Polls;340
15.13;Random Image;341
15.14;Related Items;342
15.15;Search;347
15.16;Sections;350
15.17;Statistics;350
15.18;Syndication;352
15.19;Who’s Online;354
15.20;Wrapper;355
15.21;Summary;358
16;Adding Extensions;360
16.1;Extension Manager;361
16.2;Installing new templates;363
16.3;Adding e-commerce;367
16.4;Installing an RSS feed reader;396
16.5;Adding a chat feature to your Joomla! website;403
16.6;Summary;424
17;Making It Global;426
17.1;Global Configuration settings;427
17.2;Providing a multilingual facility to visitors;468
17.3;Summary;480
18;Index;482