Exploring the frontend – the website as the user sees it
Let's first take a closer look at the elements of the default home page of the example Joomla site. This will give you a good overview of the different modules that Joomla features out of the box.
The home page is shown in the following screenshot:
In the preceding screenshot, you can see what the home page looks like after you've installed Joomla with the Learn Joomla sample data. As you can see, the example is focused on presenting quite a lot of information, and the home page is pulling the reader towards the content through introductory text and different menus. There's one main image—the header image that stays unchanged on all pages.
The preceding screenshot of the home page shows the following elements:
- Search box (1): The search results are shown in the main content area
- Top Menu (2): This is a menu at the top of the page
- Header image (3): This area displays a selected image on one or more pages
- Main...
