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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 11, Creating an Attractive Design: Working with Templates


Pop quiz – test your knowledge of Joomla templates

Q1. What does a Joomla template actually do?

a. It changes the colors and the header graphic.

b. It determines the overall layout and design.

c. It allows you to set all sorts of layout options.

Answer: b

Q2. After installing a new template, you notice some empty spaces in your site layout. What does this mean?

a. Something went wrong and you should re-install the template.

b. You have to assign modules to the available (empty) positions.

c. You have to add content to some (empty) modules.

Answer: b

Q3. What are the benefits of using web developer tools, such as the the Inspect element feature of the Chrome browser?

a. You can preview CSS edits and automatically save changes to your template.

b. You can edit CSS in the backend of your Joomla site.

c. You can analyze and edit CSS styles of any website, and you can preview the effects of any changes you make.

Answer: c