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Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide

By : Eric Tiggeler
Book Image

Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide

By: Eric Tiggeler

Overview of this book

<p>Joomla! is one of the most popular open source Content Management Systems, actively developed and supported by a world-wide user community. It's a free, fun, and feature-rich tool for anyone who wants to create dynamic, interactive websites. Even beginners can deploy Joomla to build professional websites. Even though it can be challenging to get beyond the basics and build the site that meets your needs perfectly, this book will guide you through it all.</p> <p>Completely updated for Joomla! 3, this practical guide helps you to create professional and good-looking websites with Joomla!, whether you want to build a personal blog site or a full-featured company or club website.</p> <p>The Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide will help you to get started with Joomla! quickly. It's presented in an organized, easy-to-read manner. The book doesn’t focus on what Joomla! can do - it focuses on what you can do using Joomla!.</p> <p>You learn how to get Joomla! up and running, how to organize content, add new menus, add new features, change the design and much more. Real-life examples and tutorials will spark your imagination and show you what kind of professional, feature-rich websites any web builder can achieve with Joomla!. The focus is on clear instructions and easy-to-understand tutorials, with minimal jargon.</p> <p>Using the "Joomla! 3 Beginner’s Guide" you'll quickly gain the knowledge needed to build your own site, perfectly tailored to your specific needs.</p>
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – changing the site configuration


The site configuration still shows some default values that don't match the new site contents. Let's enter the appropriate site name and add site metadata.

  1. Navigate to System | Global Configuration.

  2. In the Site Settings section, enter the Site Name: CORBA - Collectors Of Really Bad Art. In SEO Settings section, select Include Site Name in Page Title: After. This way the site information will be shown in the title bar or the current tab of the visitors' web browser:

  3. In the Metadata Settings section (you may have to scroll down to see it), add some text. The meta description is used in search engines result pages. In the Site Meta Description box, enter: CORBA is an international club of Collectors Of Really Bad Art.

  4. Joomla also offers you the possibility to add site meta keywords. Most search engines ignore meta keywords these days, but it won't hurt to enter a few keywords that characterize the site's contents: bad art, ugly paintings, bad painting...