Joomla! 24-Hour Trainer

Joomla! 24-Hour Trainer Synopsis

Build a Joomla! website from scratch with this book–and–DVD tutorial

With over 20 million downloads, Joomla!, an open source content management system, boasts powerful functionality and ease of configuration that enable you to build websites that do not require any knowledge of HTML or CSS. Assuming no prior experience with Joomla!, this unique book–and–DVD package escorts you through all the steps necessary for building a complete, functional, interactive, and useful Joomla!

website and then reinforces the lessons in the book with helpful demonstrations on the accompanying DVD. Covering everything from planning the website to its final launch, noted Joomla! trainer Jen Kramer gets you up to speed quickly with Joomla!.

Joomla! 24–Hour Trainer:

• Demonstrates how to install Joomla! using "one–click" interfaces

• Explains how to organize content in Joomla!

• Instructs you on adding extensions to Joomla!

• Details specific component and module settings

• Provides pointers for search engine optimization

• Creates a password–protected portion of the website for selected visitors

Wrox guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think. Written by programmers for programmers, they provide a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

On the DVD Don?t just learn do!

The lessons within the book are each accompanied by an instructional demonstration on the DVD.

You?ll learn to:

• Identify and organize information when planning your site

• Purchase a domain name and choose a good web host

• Get familiar with Joomla!?s menus, vocabulary, and interface buttons

• Create, edit, and delete sections, categories, articles, and menu items

• Include images and videos in articles

• Create a link to another page on the website, to an external page, and to a PDF

• Choose and install templates

Please see the DVD appendix for details and complete system requirements.