Joomla KickStart Presented by
Kendall Cabe InfoTeam Internet Solutions / CoachingPro and
Nick Martinelli Sourcebooks, Inc. Shreddemon.com
Part One: Joomla Intro and Installation What we are talking about Intro to Joomla What is Joomla Joomla vs. HTML Editors What is Joomla good for Why Joomla vs. other CMS’s Joomla Technology / LAMP stack 5 Key Parts of Joomla
Joomla Installation Installation Caveats Prep the Server Download the Software Unpack the Software Run the Installer Installation Demo
CMS = Joomla Content Management System
CMS vs HTML Editor Web-based Software Database drive Many Contributors Simultaneous Users Workflow Approval Process
CMS vs HTML Editor Store, Control, Versioning Collaborative Administrative Controls Extensibility
Use Joomla CMS For: Blogs Multimedia sites Portfolios Social Networking Enterprise Solutions – Yes, big biz can use it E-commerce = shopping carts! Intranets & Extranets Customized Solutions Dream it and you can build it!
Ideal Applications: Businesses News & Media Publishing Volunteer Organizations Government & Education
Why Joomla vs Other CMSs? VERY User-Friendly Quick to learn Largest Community Base Tons Extensions & Templates Huge Support Network
Joomla Technology Normally a hosted or self-hosted server installation Can be run locally for testing purposes
PHP based Runs best on a LAMP stack
Joomla “LAMP” Stack Linux Server Apache Server MySQL Database PHP 5.0+
5 Key parts of Joomla Content Navigation Extensions User Management Look and feel
Content Sections
- Highest level container - Can have many categories
ďƒ Categories
- Middle level container - Can have contain many articles
ďƒ Articles - Lowest tier - Article = webpage = content - Visitors see a and read your articles - articles can be uncategorized
Navigation Navigation = Menus Controls how people get around
Many Menus to do many things Main menu main navigation must contain the homepage item
User menu contains functions for users when logged in
Top menu Duplicate links, Shopping Cart link, login, etc
Other menu Footer menu
Extensions Components - Largest and most complex of extensions - Application that renders in the main body of the page - Examples: Blog, Forms, Shopping carts, Banners, Content, calendars
Modules - Light weight small program - Modules go in module positions - Often display data from components - Examples: Latest News, Menus, weather, search, calendars
Plug-ins - Plug-in an extension that does one predefined action - Plug-ins are called from within content - Examples: Photo Galleries, Video players, audio players - {mpg}my_summer_trip{/mpg}
User Management Joomla has user management! Joomla allows for access levels for content and modules End Users…Registered vs. Public - Can restrict content that requires registration - Public = Anyone can access
Different Types of User Groups - Here’s just a few: Super Administrators = ALL ACCESS! Managers – Manage content, modules, frontpage, media, menus Editor – Can edit content. No backend access Registered – Can view restricted content
Look and Feel Joomla is a very flexible CMS Templates are used to control a sites look and feel Templates contain modules positions Fully customizable
Your Turn‌ Questions?
Next Up‌ Installation Content and Navigation Look and Feel Extensions Joomla in the Real World