Joomla! 2.5 Beginner's Guide
Date: 16 June 2012 | Posted by: samarasas
What you will learn from this book
Create a feature-rich site that's easy to expand, customize, and maintain without having to learn web languages such as HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Design attractive home pages that provide a quick overview of the site's contents and direct people to the content they could be interested in
Engage your web visitors and turn them into active users by enabling them to register, add content, and leave comments
Design clear and easy navigation using menus, submenus, and text hyperlinks
Make full use of templates to get your site to look just right, tweaking the CSS and customizing templates using your own logo, fonts, and colors
Extend Joomla!'s capabilities by finding and utilizing must-have extensions that perfectly meet your needs
Increase your site's visibility for search engines by applying highly effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques
Secure your site from hackers and potential threats using easy-to-follow techniques
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: A New and Easy Way to Build Websites
Chapter 2: Installation: Getting Joomla Up and Running
Chapter 3: First Step: Getting to Know Joomla
Chapter 4: Web Building Basics: Creating a Site in an Hour
Chapter 5: Small Sites, Big Sites: Organizing your Content Effectively
Chapter 6: Creating Killer Content: Adding and Editing Articles
Chapter 7: Welcoming your Visitors: Creating Attractive Home Pages
and Overview Pages
Chapter 8: Helping your Visitors Find What they Want: Managing Menus
Chapter 9: Opening up the Site: Enabling Users to Log in and Contribute
Chapter 10: Getting the Most out of your Site: Extending Joomla
Chapter 11: Creating an Attractive Design: Working with Templates
Chapter 12: Attracting Search Engine Traffic: Tips and Techniques
Appendix A: Keeping the Site Secure
Appendix B: Pop quiz Answers
Index
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