Chapter 2. Control Panel Interface

Joomla! is a popular CMS, and control panel is an essential part of any CMS. The Joomla! control panel is known as Joomla! administrator panel. We have also installed Jobs! component to build our jobsite. This component provides control panel interface as well. In order to manage your Joomla! jobsite properly, you must familiarize yourselves with the Joomla! 1.5 administrator control panel and Jobs! control panel interface. Joomla! consists of a frontend and a backend. The frontend is the website that is easily accessible to visitors or users. The backend contains the administration layer of the website, which may not be fully accessible to all users, except the super-administrator. The super-administrator can manage the whole website from this backend control panel.

This chapter gives a brief overview of:

• Joomla! administrator panel, including its menus, submenus, tools, lists, and dialogs

• Jobs! control panel interface, including its buttons, tabs, and...