Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide
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Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide
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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
Free Chapter
Introduction: A New and Easy Way to Build Websites
Installation: Getting Joomla Up and Running
First Steps: Getting to Know Joomla
Web Building Basics: Creating a Site in an Hour
Small Sites, Big Sites: Organizing your Content Effectively
Creating Killer Content: Adding and Editing Articles
Welcoming your Visitors: Creating Attractive Home Pages and Overview Pages
Helping Your Visitors Find What They Want: Managing Menus
Opening Up the Site: Enabling Users to Log In and Contribute
Getting the Most out of Your Site: Extending Joomla
Creating an Attractive Design: Working with Templates
Attracting Search Engine Traffic: SEO Tips and Techniques
Keeping the Site Secure
Creating a Multilingual Site
Pop Quiz Answers
Index
Customer Reviews