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

Where can you get a new template for your site?

If you search the Web for Joomla 3 template, you'll get a dazzling number of results. It can take hours to find the one template that's just right for your goals. Instead, you might want to start your template search in dedicated Joomla template gallery sites.

Good starting places are template sites such as www.joomla24.com, www.bestofjoomla.com, and www.cmslounge.com. These sites offer hundreds of templates. Browse the collections and check out live previews of the templates you like.
Check the collections of professional Joomla template developers, such as www.rockettheme.com, www.joomlashack.com, www.gavick.com, www.yootheme.com, and www.joomlabamboo.com.

How do you find the perfect template that has the quality and the design approach that suits your needs? It's good to be picky; after all, the default template Protostar is already pretty versatile. It's suitable for smartphones and tablets, you can customize colors and...

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