You're reading from Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition Build, develop, and manage a fully functioning, professional looking, and feature-rich website with the Joomla! CMS

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2014

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783981502

Length 476 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

Joomla

Concepts

CMS

Author (1):

Eric Tiggeler

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. A New and Easy Way to Build Websites

2. Getting Joomla! Up and Running FREE CHAPTER

3. First Steps – Getting to Know Joomla!

4. Web Building Basics – Creating a Site in an Hour

5. Small Sites, Big Sites – Organizing Your Content Effectively

6. Creating Killer Content – Adding and Editing Articles

7. Welcoming Your Visitors – Creating Attractive Home Pages and Overview Pages

8. Helping Your Visitors Find What They Want – Managing Menus

9. Opening Up the Site – Enabling Users to Log in and Contribute

10. Getting the Most out of Your Site – Extending Joomla!

11. Creating an Attractive Design – Working with Templates

12. Attracting Search Engine Traffic – SEO Tips and Techniques

A. Keeping the Site Secure

Choosing a web host that meets your security requirements

B. Creating a Multilingual Site

C. Pop Quiz Answers

Index

More SEO resources

Using your favorite search engine to do a web search for Joomla SEO will help you on your way when you want to know more about optimization techniques. If you want to delve a little deeper into the principles of SEO for your website, make sure you have a look at the Google starter guide on SEO at http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf.

You might also want to have a look at the following sites:

Read through the SEO tips for Joomla on the Joomla Blogger site at http://www.joomlablogger.net/seo.
Take a look at the Joomla community magazine on SEO at http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/issue-feb-2012/item/675-5-great-SEO-Resources-Be-Your-Very-Own-SEO-Expert-for-Free.
Browse the SEO, metadata, and SEF categories of the Joomla extensions directory at http://extensions.joomla.org to get an idea of the many extensions available. This will assist you in optimizing your site's search engine visibility.