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Joomla 3 Course

Author : Melanie Hedgespeth

7.47hrs (96 Lessons) 2014-04-04

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Joomla is a popular and highly functional content management system. Joomla is a mobile ready, responsive system that will adapt to user platforms and is extremely user friendly for both site users and site managers. In this VTC course, author Melanie Hedgespeth will show you how to install Joomla and work with the site from an administrative standpoint. From the administration side of Joomla you will learn how to handle users and permissions, increase Joomla functionality with extensions, change templates and most importantly how to keep your site secure and backed up.

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Course: Joomla 3
Author: Melanie Hedgespeth
SKU: 34519
ISBN: 978-1-61866-008-4
Work Files: Yes
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Subject: Internet & Web Design
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Course outline

Introduction

Joomla Overview (04:07)

Joomla Community (05:58)

Joomla Basics

Getting Acquainted with Joomla (06:18)

Getting Help When You Need It (07:09)

Installation Preparation

Joomla Installation Requirements (05:07)

Website Plan (05:59)

Installation

Local Installation Files (03:12)

Local Installation pt. 1 (02:43)

Local Installation pt. 2 (03:58)

Local Install Additional Instance (03:47)

Web Host One Click Install (05:03)

Web Host Manual Install (04:17)

Getting Started on Your Site

Getting Into Joomla & the Joomla Database (06:09)

Control Panel Introduction (06:09)

Managing Content

Basic Article Editing (03:49)

Categories pt. 1 (04:13)

Categories pt. 2 (07:33)

Creating an Article pt. 1 (06:45)

Creating an Article pt. 2 (06:02)

Creating an Article pt. 3 (05:59)

Creating an Article pt. 4 (05:51)

Creating an Article pt. 5 (05:51)

Article Manager Options pt. 1 (04:23)

Article Manager Options pt. 2 (04:33)

Article Manager Options pt. 3 (05:37)

Media Content Management

Images for Articles pt. 1 (05:15)

Images for Articles pt. 2 (02:41)

Images in Modules (03:12)

Image Gallery Extension (06:13)

Image Slideshow Extension (05:02)

Implementing Your Own Logo (03:08)

Change the Header Image (02:05)

Media Manager Options (07:06)

Offline & Category Images (04:22)

Embed a YouTube or Vimeo Video (05:08)

Video Extension (03:44)

Video Gallery Extension (04:43)

Menus

Working with Menus (06:59)

Menu Item Types pt. 1 (07:14)

Menu Item Types pt. 2 (04:13)

Menu Item Types pt. 3 (04:09)

Submenus & Organizing Menu Items (06:50)

Menu Options (06:12)

Breadcrumbs (02:56)

Contacts

Creating Contacts (04:52)

Contacts Menu Item (02:34)

Contact Details pt. 1 (05:42)

Contact Details pt. 2 (05:53)

Contact Form Layout & Other Options (05:41)

Searching for Contacts (02:20)

Add a Module to List Contact Information (02:16)

Contact Form Extension (05:44)

Home Page

Layout Options pt. 1 (06:55)

Layout Options pt. 2 (07:42)

Templates

Customizing the Default Template (03:02)

Template Files (04:07)

Installing a Template (05:42)

Template Positions (01:47)

Extending Joomla

Extensions (05:15)

JCE Editor (04:53)

Modules

Latest Articles Module (05:24)

Random Image & Custom HTML Modules (04:06)

Plugins

Google Map Plugin (06:01)

Language Manager

Install Languages (04:24)

Content Language (02:27)

Language Switcher (07:46)

Components

Banners pt. 1 (03:43)

Banners pt. 2 (05:46)

Banners pt. 3 (04:59)

Messaging (05:15)

Newsfeeds (06:56)

Search (05:18)

Tags pt. 1 (05:31)

Tags pt. 2 (04:09)

Weblinks (05:45)

Users

Creating Users (04:20)

Frontend Users (05:25)

Backend Users (05:28)

User Groups & Permissions (03:53)

User Notes, Mail & Configuration (04:43)

System Details

Global Configuration pt. 1 (06:47)

Global Configuration pt. 2 (05:39)

System Menu (03:26)

Upgrades

Updating Joomla (04:18)

Updating Extensions (02:22)

Security

Backup Extension (04:57)

Backup Options (05:03)

Security pt. 1 (06:57)

Security pt. 2 (05:41)

Security pt. 3 (05:29)

Tips

Recover an Admin Password (02:01)

WAMP Automatic Startup (02:44)

Update phpMyAdmin (03:27)

Wrap Up

Course Review (04:09)

Author

About the Author (00:59)