Beginning Joomla!

by Dan Rahmel

Overview

Joomla! is one of the most searched–for and hired–for open source content management systems in the world. Since 2007, the combination of Joomla! and Dan Rahmel's bestselling Beginning Joomla!, From Novice to Professional have made it so that all you have to do is read a single book to learn how to build sites that take community–authored content and turn it instantly into published web pages with features like rich templating, content management, forums, photo management, and article commenting.

Now revised and updated for Joomla! 1.5, this second edition “job–in–a–book” provides the solid core of know–how that you'll need to get the most out of your Joomla! deployment, written to fully exploit the features of latest version of Joomla! More than just a simple “build a toy web site” guide, Beginning Joomla!, Second Edition will give you a wealth of life–saving tips, tricks, tools, and fixes that experienced Joomla! developers use to build powerful, popular web sites while avoiding major headaches. This book covers

• How to use add and create extensions
• Access management and how documents, photos, and other content are managed in Joomla! 1.5
• E–commerce integration and search engine optimization

Dan Rahmel explores the updates to Joomla! 1.5 that you'll need if you already use Joomla! and explains, using the latest terms, how to build a web site from scratch if you don't already use Joomla! An update to the best–selling Joomla! title on the market, this is the Joomla! book to get.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430216421
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	04/27/2009
Series:	From Novice to Professional Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Dan Rahmel is a Windows programmer with more than 14 years of experience designing and implementing information systems and deploying mid-sized client/server solutions using Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Microsoft Access, and Visual FoxPro. He has written over a dozen books, including Nuts-and-Bolts Filmmaking, Visual Basic Programmer's Reference (first, second, and third editions), Building Web Database Applications with Visual Studio, Teach Yourself Database Programming in 24 Hours, Developing Client-Server Applications with Visual Basic, and many more. His books have been translated into various languages including Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. He is a contributor to DBMS, Internet Advisor, and American Programmer magazines.

Table of Contents

to Joomla!.- Quickstart: Setting Up a Joomla! Site in 20 Minutes.- Installation and Configuration.- Adding Content.- Administering Joomla!.- Creating Your Own Templates.- Joomla! Extensions.- Web Community Features.- Site Statistics.- Photo Gallery.- Joomla! E-commerce.- Search Engine Optimization and Joomla!.- Creating Extensions.