In Joomla! 2.5 Essential Training, Jen Kramer uses Joomla! to build a web site from scratch—no programming required—and guides site designers through the process, from installation to launch. The course demonstrates how to create and organize content; add menus, sidebars, and other features; change the look with templates; install plug-ins and extensions; assign specific users to create and edit content; and much more. Jen also shows how to evaluate the quality of third-party extensions and templates and how to download and install them, and emphasizes the importance of backups for your Joomla! site, with details on creating and storing those backups.
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- Understanding Joomla!
- Planning a web site
- Understanding Joomla's release cycle and its versions
1. Installing Joomla!
- Understanding the installation process
- Running Joomla! locally vs. running Joomla! on a web hos
- Web hosting overvie
- Installing Joomla! 2. 5
- Restoring the site from a backup (the jump-in files)
2. A General Overview of Joomla!
- A quick tour of the Joomla! interface
- Modifying the Global Configuration
- Using the Media Manager
- Creating content in Joomla!
3. Creating Categories
- Creating categories for a site
- Modifying categories
4. Creating Articles and Basic Formatting
- Creating individual articles
- Formatting articles
- Adding an external link
- Adding article images
- Using Read More
- Adding articles to the featured page
- Deleting and restoring articles
5. Creating Menus for Your Site
- Understanding and configuring menus
- Linking an article to the menu
- Understanding parent and child menu items
- Configuring category blogs
- Advanced category blog configuration
- Configuring category lists
- Advanced category list configuration
- Creating a featured blog for news
- Formatting the homepage
- Deleting menu items
- Configuring submenus
- Creating a new menu and displaying it on the site
6. Advanced Article Formatting
- Installing and using the Joomla! Content Editor (JCE)
- Adding an internal link
- Linking to a PDF or other document
- Dividing and formatting long articles using page breaks and the Pagebreak plug-in
- Customizing which HTML tags are permitted by changing the text filter in Joomla!
- Customizing JCE's interface for specific user groups
- Adding a YouTube video to an article
- Using article-specific images and links
7. Setting Display Options
- Working with global article options, specific article options, and menu options: Which wins when?
- Setting menu options
- Setting individual article options
- Comparing page headings, article titles, and browser page titles
- Turning off the homepage heading
- Setting individual article configuration options
8. Using Modules
- Configuring modules
- Creating a custom HTML module
- Assigning a module to the site
- Creating a breadcrumb module
- Creating a random image module
- Creating a newsflash module on the homepage
- Adding a Twitter feed
- Including a module in an article using loadposition
9. Using Components
- Using the content component
- Using the contact component
- Configuring CAPTCHA for a form
- Creating a contact list
- Using the web links component
- Using the redirect component
- Exploring search and the Finder in Joomla! 2.5
10. Using Templates
- Changing the look of the site using templates
- Setting the default template style and assigning template styles
- Creating new template styles
- Adjusting template masters with the HTML and CSS editors
- Changing the admin template
- Exploring Joomla! templates from third-party providers
- Overview of configuring a multilanguage site
- Downloading and installing the French language pack
- Creating the French content language
- Adjusting category structures for multiple languages
- Creating French language categories and articles
- Creating the English menu and a universal homepage
- Creating the French menu
- Changing the menu modules on the site
- Creating French and English template styles
- Creating the language switcher module
- Enabling the language filter system plug-in
- Configuring menu item associations
- Exploring language overrides
12. ACL Essentials
- Introduction to access control lists (ACL)
- Exploring Joomla's default user groups and permissions
- Creating a user
- Exploring the default access levels
- Configuring content for ACL
- Configuring user registration
- Configuring the login box
- Allowing users to modify user details
- Extending user profiles
- Using user notes
13. Extending Joomla!
- Evaluating extensions in the Joomla! Extensions Directory
- Installing Akeeba Backup
- Creating a backup with Akeeba Backup
- Creating a site map with XMap
14. Launching Your Site and Beyond
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- Launching your site
- Create a mobile version of a site with Mobile Joomla!
- Placing a site in offline mode and changing the offline image
- Thinking about site maintenance and front-end editing
- Exploring the Joomla! update notification and extension update notification icons
- Exploring additional Joomla! resources and opportunities to participate
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