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Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783981502
Length 476 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

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 B. Creating a Multilingual Site C. Pop Quiz Answers Index

Time for action – downloading and installing an extension

We'll install an alternative module to show teasers on the home page: the BT Content Slider module. This new module can only be downloaded after you create an account on the developer's site; however, the power and advanced features of this extension certainly make up for this extra effort. Let's find out how to get it.

  1. Navigate to Extensions | Extension Manager. In the search field in the Install from Web tab, enter BT Content Slider and hit the search button. Click on the BT Content Slider search result to see the extension details, and then click on the button that says Register & Download. This is shown in the following screenshot:
    Time for action – downloading and installing an extension
  2. You're taken to the developer's site. After clicking on the Download button there, click on Register to register for a free account and follow the required steps. After registering, log in to the site with your username and password. On the download page, download...
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