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[SIZE="4"][COLOR="red"]Tile: Joomla! Explained: Your Step-by-Step Guide[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE="4"][COLOR="seagreen"]Release date: June 2011[/COLOR][/SIZE]
File size: 83.2 MiB |>>>> Part
Genre: Open Source · PHP · Web Dev.
Pages: 448 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Print ISBN: 0321703782
Ebook ISBN: 978-0321703781

Description:
The book will show people that they can build and manage a Joomla! 1.6 or 1.7 website without a technical background. Starting with an introduction to Joomla and how to install it, the book will detail how to add content, control users, make links and then add extra features to a Joomla! site. The book simplifies things to avoid difficult tasks that are unnecessary for beginners to understand. Written in plain English, the tutorial offers clear instructions, simple explanations, real-life examples, plenty of screenshots and humor. The book is aimed at busy people who want to understand Joomla in a fun, readable and straightforward way.

From the Back Cover
Master Joomla! hands-on, step-by-step, through easy, practical examples!

Joomla! now powers tens of millions of websites of every size and type. But many beginners find it confusing, and most Joomla! books are too complex to help. Joomla! Explained is the solution. Top Joomla! trainer Stephen Burge teaches everything beginners need to know–and nothing they don’t need to know!

Joomla! Explained requires absolutely no experience with Joomla! content management, website construction, programming, scripting, or even HTML. Stephen Burge has taught thousands of beginners–and thousands more who’ve experimented with Joomla! but haven’t mastered it yet. Nobody knows more about guiding Joomla! users up the learning curve–from confusion to results!

You’ll master Joomla! one easy step at a time, through a complete hands-on case study. Burge presents crystal-clear visuals, explanations, and analogies–all extensively tested with real Joomla! beginners.

This book covers Joomla versions 1.6 and 1.7.

The book’s quick, easy coverage includes:

Understanding what Joomla! does and how it works
Installing the latest version of Joomla
Navigating your site’s visitor and administrator areas
Mastering workflows that make site creation easy
Adding text, images, links, and formatting
Creating efficient, usable navigation
Providing contact forms, ad banners, and link directories
Using modules to enable site registration and search
Adding voting and other smaller “plug-in” features
Quickly changing site designs with Joomla! templates
Finding, choosing, installing, and using extensions
Building both business and personal sites, step by step
Giving customized access to different types of users
Managing site versions in multiple languages
Efficiently administering, backing up, and updating sites