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Joomla! 4 Masterclass

Joomla! 4 Masterclass

By : Luca Marzo
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Joomla! 4 Masterclass

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By: Luca Marzo
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Overview of this book

Joomla has been the second-most used open-source content management system for years. It has always had many built-in features, but several of them are not very well-known in the market. This book brings to you all the major features of the Joomla 4.x series that’ll enable you to build your own website and CMS on Joomla. The book begins by introducing you to the content management features that represent the hearth of the software and show you how to structure your website content to get the most out of it. You’ll also find out how to extend your content with custom fields, go multilingual, and set up your custom workflow. As you advance, you’ll learn all about the customization of the website, introducing templates, and child templates and overrides that’ll allow you to make your site unique. The concluding chapters will take you through four different case studies, including an online learning system, a B&B booking system, and corporate and editorial websites to see how Joomla has been used in real life to achieve a specific goal for your clients. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to confidently build modern websites on Joomla to deliver tailor-made solutions to your clients.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Part 1 – Joomla! Out of the Box
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Part 1 – Joomla! Out of the Box
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Chapter 1: A Powerful and Extensible Core
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Chapter 1: A Powerful and Extensible Core
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Technical requirements
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The backend application
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Extensions
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Exploring the included components
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Summary
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Further reading
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Chapter 2: How to Manage Content
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Chapter 2: How to Manage Content
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Exploring articles in Joomla
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Creating a new article
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Exploring the Media Manager
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Getting to know categories
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Page, post, or article? That is the dilemma!
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Exercises
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Summary
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Chapter 3: Advanced Content Management
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Chapter 3: Advanced Content Management
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Enrich your articles with custom fields
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Case study – building a directory with custom fields
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Custom publishing workflow
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Case study – an online magazine with Joomla
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Accessibility by default – the JooA11y tool
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Exercises
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Summary
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Further reading
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Chapter 4: Exploring the Flexibility of Modules
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Chapter 4: Exploring the Flexibility of Modules
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What is a module?
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Exploring the types of modules
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Module positions and assignments
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Adding a module to your website
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Backend modules
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Case study – a custom backend dashboard
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Exercises
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Resources
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Chapter 5: Building Your Site Structure: the Menu System
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Chapter 5: Building Your Site Structure: the Menu System
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The menu system
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Creating a menu
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Creating a new menu item
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Menu item options
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Menu and SEO configuration
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Menu and languages
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Exercises
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Chapter 6: Managing Users and Their Permissions
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Chapter 6: Managing Users and Their Permissions
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Users Dashboard
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User accounts
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User Groups
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Access levels
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Managing permissions and privileges
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Users – custom fields
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User notes
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Mass mail
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Built-in privacy features
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Summary
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Exercises
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Part 2: Advanced Features
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Part 2: Advanced Features
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Chapter 7: SEO at Its Best
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Chapter 7: SEO at Its Best
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Exploring on-page SEO features
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Robots management
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SEO-friendly URLs
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Handling 404 errors
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Exercises
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Summary
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Further reading
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Chapter 8: One Site, Multiple Languages
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Chapter 8: One Site, Multiple Languages
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Building a multilingual website
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How to set up a multilingual website
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Checking your website’s multilanguage status
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Managing content in multiple languages
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A different website for each language
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Exercises
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Summary
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Further reading
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Chapter 9: Planning Operations with Scheduled Tasks
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Chapter 9: Planning Operations with Scheduled Tasks
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What is a Scheduled Task?
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Creating a scheduled task
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Example – scheduled maintenance window
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Example – automatically optimizing your images
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Chapter 10: Tailored Communication with Mail Templates
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Chapter 10: Tailored Communication with Mail Templates
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Notifications as a branding item
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The Mail Templates feature
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Customizing an email template
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Case study – customizing the user registration email
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Summary
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Chapter 11: Command-Line Interface
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Chapter 11: Command-Line Interface
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Using Joomla via the CLI
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Available commands
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Example – managing users through the CLI
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Example – updating your site through the CLI
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Part 3: Styling and Securing Your Website
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Part 3: Styling and Securing Your Website
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Chapter 12: Styling Your Website – Templates
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Chapter 12: Styling Your Website – Templates
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What is a template?
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Template management – templates
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Template management – styles
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Example – a powerful frontend template, Cassiopeia
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Exploring backend templates
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Template positions
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Chapter 13: Customize Everything with Overrides
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Chapter 13: Customize Everything with Overrides
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What is an override?
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Where to use overrides
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Example – overriding the appearance of a single article
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Example – overriding the style of a module
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Language overrides
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Chapter 14: Child Templates
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Chapter 14: Child Templates
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What is a child template?
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Creating a child template
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Child templates and overrides
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Child templates or duplicated templates
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Chapter 15: Template Frameworks
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Chapter 15: Template Frameworks
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What is a template framework?
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Why use a template framework
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Most used template frameworks
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Example – Helix Ultimate
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Example – T4 Framework
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Example – Gantry
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Chapter 16: Advanced Features – Access and Security
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Chapter 16: Advanced Features – Access and Security
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Setting up passwordless authentication for your website
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Multi-factor authentication
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Enabling multi-factor authentication
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Increasing your website security with HTTP headers
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Part 4: Case Studies
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Part 4: Case Studies
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Chapter 17: Case Study – A Corporate Website in Joomla
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Chapter 17: Case Study – A Corporate Website in Joomla
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Introduction
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Project goals
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Why Joomla?
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Reproducing the previous website using another technology
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A fast and modern website
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Keeping the position
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Extensions used
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Chapter 18: Case Study – Online Academy with Joomla
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Chapter 18: Case Study – Online Academy with Joomla
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Introduction
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Project goals
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Why Joomla?
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The solution
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Extensions used
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Chapter 19: Case Study – A B&B Booking System with Joomla
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Chapter 19: Case Study – A B&B Booking System with Joomla
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Introduction
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Project goals
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Why Joomla?
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The solution
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Extensions used
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Index
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Index
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Why subscribe?
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Preface

Joomla! 4 Masterclass is a book that explores all the major functionalities of the new version of the software. Joomla is one of the most widely used Content Management Systems (CMSes), powering around 2.7% of the world’s websites. Joomla 4.x, released in the third quarter of 2021, is the new major version of the CMS, coming 9 years after the release of Joomla 3.0, and is packed with many new features that empower website integrators, allowing them to build rich websites with ease.

CMSes such as Joomla allow you to develop a website without having coding skills or a command of the PHP, JavaScript, or CSS language. In many cases, you can build composite layouts visually using a drag-and-drop interface. Furthermore, you can extend a CMS’s functionalities by adding extensions, such as plugins, so that you can transform your website into an online shop, a reservation system, or an e-learning portal. All the major CMSes on the market benefit from a large ecosystem of developers providing extensions and templates to heavily customize a website and satisfy most of the needs of website developers or owners.

This book will show you how to build a website, using the numerous features included in Joomla, and debunk certain myths related to its perceived complexity.

Use of the Joomla!® name, symbol, logo, and related trademarks is permitted under a limited license granted by Open Source Matters, Inc.

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