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Joomla! 1.5 Content Administration

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Joomla! 1.5 Content Administration

Overview of this book

Often a company hires consultants or web developers to build a Joomla! web site, and then takes over running the site in house. If you are a content administrator concerned with creating and maintaining the 'product' of a content management site, and not modifying its code, this book is all you need. This practical, hands-on guide will give you all the knowledge needed to maintain and edit your web site as a content-rich place that visitors return to again and again. There are many books available to help you administer a Joomla! site, but this is the only one specifically for Content Administrators. It is a quick-start guide that best serves content administrators and editors and doesn't cover designing or creating a site. However, anybody who has built their own site but needs help with article management, multimedia management, search engine optimization, and more will also benefit from it. To explain all the features, we will work on developing and maintaining the content and structure of a fledgling web site for a fictitious company "The Party People". Beginning with the basics, which includes an exploration of how to access and navigate around the administration interface, you will move into managing and creating content, including adding images, video, and audio material. There is advice on how to make the most of your multimedia material and how to choose the right file type for your needs. As your skills develop, you will work through techniques for making the site search-engine friendly and securing it against potential malicious attacks. All of these techniques and processes are explained step by step, and by the end of the book you will be able to take advantage your new-found knowledge and skills and maintain your Joomla! site with ease. Keeping your content fresh and engaging becomes easy, once you know how and that's what this book aims to do. It will help you become a more effective and efficient manager of Joomla!-based web sites.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Joomla! 1.5 Content Administration
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
Preface

About the Author

Tracey Porst is a creative industries practitioner and teacher in the field of visual and online design technology, who enjoys the challenge of developing creative, commercial, and educational projects.

After a number of years working in management administration, the need to work within a creative environment took hold. Tracey applied her skills and background in this area after completing full-time study in visual design and new media technologies, to develop her own successful freelance design and digital media studio. She has enjoyed a successful career as a freelance visual communication designer ever since.

Having worked consistently to develop her own freelance practice, Tracey's client base includes an interesting and diverse range of businesses, for which she has produced websites, logos, and other promotional material.

Tracey takes a collaborate approach to working with her clients, listening to their requirements and combining them with the technologies and principles she believes will deliver results. Her clients often report that they are happy to have digital and technologies explained to them in practical terms and without the jargon often associated with this field.

As a Sessional Academic and Research Assistant with a leading Australian university, in addition to the teaching aspects, Tracey also enjoys the opportunity to develop her knowledge base and stay in touch with the changing face of digital media theory and practices.