Joomla! Bible

Includes complete coverage of Joomla! 3.0 Design and build a Joomla!-based website Get the very most out of the 3.0 release Add SEO and social networking to your site Confidently create websites, intranets, or blogs with Joomla! CMS With the Joomla! content management system, you can create your own website, intranet, or blog—without knowing a single line of code. But while Joomla! 3.0 is richer than ever in features and functions, it's still complicated to use. That's where this detailed book comes in. This comprehensive, step-by-step guide covers Joomla! from top to bottom, including its powerful extensions, how to customize, and making your site search-friendly. You'll soon be ready to build and maintain a robust, Joomla!-based website. Obtain the Joomla! 3.0 code and install it with a simplified new 3-step process Control, configure, enable, and modify settings with Global Configuration Manager Understand content hierarchy and create content structures Master all templates, components, modules, and plug-ins Make your site search-friendly, and learn how to enhance performance and accessibility Effectively manage site security, upgrades, and maintenance Discover third-party extensions that enhance the functionality of your site Learn to customize your site and create your own templates using Twitter Bootstrap Install and configure Joomla! with this complete guide Find detailed explanations of all system interfaces Customize Joomla! and create your own templates

Acknowledgments  xxi Introduction  xxiii Part I: Getting Started with Joomla!  1 Chapter 1: Introducing the Joomla! Content Management System  3 Chapter 2: Obtaining and Installing Joomla!  17 Chapter 3: Taking a First Look at Joomla!  33 Chapter 4: Getting the Most from Site Configuration  51 Part II: Working with Content and Users  69 Chapter 5: Managing Content  71 Chapter 6: Working with Editors and Media 127 Chapter 7: Employing Advanced Content Management Techniques 147 Chapter 8: Working with the Menu System 175 Chapter 9: Managing the Home Page of Your Site 229 Chapter 10: Managing Your Site’s Users 243 Chapter 11: Creating a Multilingual Website 273 Part III: Working with Components, Modules, and Plug–Ins  289 Chapter 12: Using the Banner Manager 291 Chapter 13: Working with the Contacts Component 327 Chapter 14: Using the Newsfeed Component 355 Chapter 15: Using the Site Search Components 379 Chapter 16: Using the Weblinks Component 397 Chapter 17: Working with the Site Modules 421 Chapter 18: Working with the Administrator Modules 461 Chapter 19: Working with Plug–Ins 485 Part IV: Customizing and Extending the System 527 Chapter 20: Customizing the Appearance of Joomla! 529 Chapter 21: Customizing Joomla! Functionality 573 Chapter 22: Extending Your Site 603 Part V: Overseeing Website Maintenance and Management 623 Chapter 23: Keeping Your Site Secure and Up to Date 625 Chapter 24: Managing Performance and Accessibility 641 Chapter 25: Making a Site Search–Engine Friendly 661 Part VI: Appendixes 669 Appendix A: Choosing a Sample Data Set 671 Appendix B: Locating Key Files 681 Appendix C: Installing XAMPP 685 Appendix D: Installing MAMP 687 Appendix E: Implementing e–Commerce with VirtueMart 689 Index 693

Ric Shreves is a freelance writer and web applications development consultant. His company, water & stone (www.waterandstone.com), specializes in the creation of websites using open source content management systems and has deployed hundreds of websites on the Joomla! system. A past president of the Mambo Foundation, Ric is also the author of several books, including the previous edition of the Joomla! Bible . He has worked as a columnist for ComputerWorld and written for a number of tech publications.