Presentation: Must-Have Toolbox for Joomla Pros Presentation outline; slides to come. 1. Brief introduction and presenter backgrounds a) Luis Hernandez b) Justin Kerr 2. Some fundamental tools for any Joomla Web project a) Project requirements and plan b) Design production environment c) IDE d) Development server or area e) Template framework/method 3. Joomla's third-party extensions a) An essential part of any Joomla installation b) Many are free, some are paid (the best of which provide an extremely good value) c) Some extensions get installed on every site; others may be there for when you need to extend Joomla's infrastructure or core capabilities; others are best-in-class solutions to accomplish a specific Web application purpose. We'll go over the first two types today and also get your feedback on what you like to use. d) The best place to start? The JED, at http://extensions.joomla.org e) Unless otherwise noted, all today's extensions are available for 1.6, and they're all listed in the JED. 4. Must-Have Extension: A Better WYSIWYG editor a) Joomla Content Editor (JCE) … http://joomlacontenteditor.net b) Others/audience suggestions? 5. Must-Have Extension: Site Backup a) Akeeba Backup … http://akeebabackup.com b) Working Copy … http://edo.webmaster.am/wcp c) Xcloner … http://xcloner.com
d) Others/audience suggestions? 6. Must-Have Extension: Security Hardening a) Akeeba Admin … http://akeebabackup.com b) RSFirewall … http://www.rsjoomla.com c) Others/audience suggestions? 7. Must-Have Extension: Site Map a) Xmap … http://joomla.vargas.co.cr b) Others/audience suggestions? 8. Must-Have Extension: Analytics a) Janalytics … http://www.tedesco.net.au b) Others/audience suggestions? 9. Good-To-Have Extension: Article Preview a) Better Preview (1.5 only) … http://www.nonumber.nl b) Others/audience suggestions? 10. Good-To-Have Extension: Modules Control a) Modules Anywhere … http://www.nonumber.nl b) MetaMod … http://www.metamodpro.com c) Others/audience suggestions? 11. Good-To-Have Extension: Form Construction and Data Capture a) BreezingForms … http://crosstec.de b) Rsform Pro … http://www.rsjoomla.com c) Others/audience suggestions? 12. Good-To-Have Extension: Image Thumbnails
a) Mavik Thumbnails … http://www.mavik.com.ua b) Others/audience suggestions? 13. Good-To-Have Extension: Image Galleries a) Ignite Gallery … http://www.ignitegallery.com b) Many others; audience favorites? 14. Good-To-Have Extension: CCK a) Zoo … http://zoo.yootheme.com b) K2 … http://getk2.org c) FLEXIcontent (1.5 only?) … http://www.flexicontent.org d) Seblod … http://seblod.com e) Sobi … http://sigsiu.net f) Others/audience suggestions? 15. CONCLUSION: How to assess an extension: a) Ratings and feedback in the JED b) Customer feedback and forum messages on the developer's site c) Developer longevity and commitment d) Pro developer or not? Other extensions products? e) Software roadmap/future planning 16. Final questions?