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Joomla! 1.5 Multimedia

Joomla! 1.5 Multimedia

By : Allan Walker
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Joomla! 1.5 Multimedia

Joomla! 1.5 Multimedia

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By: Allan Walker

Overview of this book

Joomla! is a content management system designed to organize and deliver content within a web site environment. Multimedia provides us with stunning interactive user experiences and wonderful design options, but it requires discipline and knowledge to utilize it effectively so that we do not alienate our audiences. If you want to display more than just text on your Joomla! pages, this book has been designed for you and is a must-read. It takes you beyond the basics of Joomla! and helps to take full advantage this powerful CMS structure to deliver media-rich web content to your site users.This book provides detailed information and all the required know-how for Joomla! administrators to create engaging media-rich Joomla! web sites. Utilizing core Joomla! features and the power of Joomla! Extensions, this step-by-step guide will show you how to include popular media elements into your web site and collaborate with external web resources.You will learn everything you need to know to present text, images, video, and audio in your content both by manually embedding content and using more automated methods. You will learn to create regular podcasts and utilize RSS to help publicize and deliver your site content.Learn about the popular Multimedia Extensions for Joomla! Learn how they benefit your CMS with additional features and how they are installed and configured. Utilize the abundance of external resources now available on the Web. Learn how your Joomla! site can interact and present web content from external resources such as YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, and Google.This book teaches all you need to know to take your standard Joomla! CMS and turn it into a feature packed and media-rich web site. It highlights the benefits of Multimedia features and warns of the accessibility issues that can arise when they are misused. Follow step-by-step tutorials for implementing popular media elements into your site and learn about the accessibility of these resources and how to utilize them effectively with accessibility in mind.
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Preface

Chapter 5. Using Audio in Your Joomla! Website

Audio is a powerful and emotive media element. Most humans use audio as a primary form of communication and hearing. It is defined as one of our major senses. For those with good hearing, our daily lives are surrounded with thousands of sounds that influence us both consciously and unconsciously.

The Internet and audio have a very established relationship. The Internet has been a perfect delivery mechanism for audio and these elements have helped to re-define and rapidly evolve their respective technology and industries.

In this chapter, we will look at the use of audio in your Joomla! website. You will learn about:

  • What audio is

  • Audio and the Internet

  • Audio formats

  • Embedding and displaying audio in Joomla! Articles

  • Creating an audio podcast for Joomla!

  • Third-party audio extensions

  • Browser support and audio accessibility

What is audio?

Audio is "sound" which is detectable to the human ear. Sounds are pressure waves of air that we hear because our ears...

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