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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

Chapter 5, Small Sites, Big Sites: Organizing your Content Effectively


Pop quiz – test your site organization knowledge

Q1. What's the best order in which to build Joomla-based sites?

a. Start with extensions, add content, add menu links, add content containers.

b. Start with menu links, add content containers, add content, add extensions.

c. Start with content containers, add content, add menu links, add extensions.

Answer: c

Q2. What can you use uncategorized articles for?

a. To display articles that have not yet been authorized.

b. To display articles that do not belong to categories.

c. To display articles that are displayed on the homepage

Answer: b

Q3. How can you get categories to display in the frontend?

a. Categories are backend stuff; they're only displayed in the Category Manager.

b. A category can be displayed by adding a specific menu link that points to a category overview page.

c. Categories are automatically displayed on overview pages when added to the Category Manager.

Answer: b