1. Introduction
JOOMLA !
Open Source Solution for Website
Development and Maintenance
A very short introduction. . .
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Topics
Why Joomla!
How to Joomla!
Why J O O M L A !
Using Joomla!
Organizing Joomla!
Joomla! Live. . . A short history, a few insights
Questions! Answers?
Free money!
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2. Why Joomla!? The HTML Problem
Drastically simplified web design, development, HTML: hyper text markup language
deployment, and maintenance
Pages need to be programmed individually
Pleasing look Problems with consistency
A matter of personal taste. . .
You need specialists to maintain
Adding content or updating the design of your entire
web site is a snap.
Labor intensive = expensive
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The CMS Solution Content Management Systems
TIME, Newsweek, CNN: Automate site content management
Need to get huge amounts of content on the web
cheaply: No knowledge of HTML required
Use less specialized people Allows non-technical writers and journalists to contribute
articles directly into the system
Use less time
Lower potential for problems or inconsistencies to be
CMS software provides a solution introduced into the publishing process
CMS = Content Management System
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3. Content Management Systems Problems
Less problems AND more features In the beginning:
Large corporations use CMS
Additional features such as forums, shopping carts,
and picture galleries are either built in to the software CMS software is very expensive
or can be easily installed
User interface not very friendly
Requires expert knowledge
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Joomla! to the rescue Some Joomla! Features
Easy-to-use interface Robust web interface Content publication
scheduling
Almost anyone can download, install, and have Joomla! up
and running on a web server in 20 minutes or less. Web-based management of automatic publishing and
site assets deletion of articles
Built-in professional features
Content approval features User security and contact
remote author postings management
Joomla! is free! (open source)
Hundreds of free and commercial extensions
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4. Who uses Joomla? Joomla! Popularity
United Nations (Governmental organization)
- http://www.unric.org
MTV Networks Quizilla (Social networking)
- http://www.quizilla.com
L.A. Weekly (Online publication)
- http://www.laweekly.com
IHOP (Restaurant chain)
- http://www.ihop.com
Harvard University (Educational)
- http://gsas.harvard.edu
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Joomla! Popularity
How to J O O M L A !
729,000
Installation, a very short introduction
4,330,000
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5. A Different Approach Installing Joomla! (1)
Can your web host handle the Joomla! system?
Minimum system requirements:
Apache 1.13 or above
PHP 4.2 or above
Web-browsers read HTML and MySQL 3.23 or above
generate the image on your screen
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Installing Joomla! (2) Installing Joomla! (3)
Go to www.joomla.org Create MySQL Database on Web Host
(No “!” here)
Use the Joomla! Installation Wizard
Download the latest Joomla! archive (zip-file) 1. Select language
2. Do pre-installation check
Extract downloaded files in separate folder 3. Accept License
4. Set MySQL database configuration parameters
Upload files to Web Host FTP
5. Setup FTP configuration
6. Setup site configuration
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6. Installing Joomla! (4) Installing Joomla! (5)
And to reward you for your efforts. . .
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Installing Joomla! (6) Installing Joomla! (7)
Joomla! Template Clubs Conclusion:
www.joomlajet.com www.joomla-templates.com
www.joomlamarket.de www.rockettheme.com Joomla! installation requires technical expertise on
www.joomlart.com www.templateplazza.com an above average level
www.joomlashack.com www.yootheme.com
Promise:
It gets much better from here. . .
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7. Joomla! Front End
And to reward you for your efforts. . .
Using J O O M L A !
Creating, Updating and
Deleting Content
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Joomla! Back End Joomla! Back End
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8. Joomla! Front End
And to reward you for your efforts. . .
Organizing J O O M L A !
Think of it as a newspaper
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Organizing Content Organizing Content
Section Sports Financial Local Section Projects Fundraisers Events
Hands on
Category Football Basketball Baseball Category Donations Joint projects
projects
Argentina US Women UNDEBA
Donation Donation Donation
Article beats get Beats Article
Casa Cuna SVJ Kinderoord
Brazil Gold Medal Sentro Barber
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9. Joomla! Live. . .
J O O M L A ! Live. . .
A few real world examples
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Joomla! Live. . . Joomla! Live. . .
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