As someone who has not used Joomla! before, you need to know how to get started. Maybe you have a friend or a neighbour who uses Joomla! and you want a Joomla! web site of your very own. Maybe you have a small business or a club or a community that needs a web presence, and you want to use Joomla! for that purpose. Maybe you are a seasoned Information Technology professional, but you have never used Joomla! before. If so, you are just starting a very enjoyable journey and we warmly welcome you to Joomla!
Although you could spend a lifetime learning Joomla!, if you master the basics you will be able to make a very attractive and useful basic website in a very short time with no special technical skills. Do you want to get started with Joomla!, but you have no idea where to begin? If so, you have come to the right place.
What you need for this book
To follow the tutorials and exercises in this book, you'll need a computer with Internet access.
It's recommended to have a web hosting account so that you can install Joomla online.
Who this book is for
The Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide is aimed at anyone who wants to build and maintain a great
website and get the most out of Joomla. It helps you build on the skills and knowledge you
may already have of creating websites—but if you're new to this subject, you won't have any
difficulty understanding the instructions. Of course, we'll touch upon basic terms and concepts
(such as HTML and CSS), but if you're not familiar with these, you'll also find references to
some web resources.
Conventions
In this book, you will find several headings appearing frequently.
To give clear instructions of how to complete a procedure or task, we use:
What you'll learn using this book:
The Joomla Beginner's Guide isn't just about Joomla—it's about making websites, and it
shows you how to use Joomla to make the best website you can. After all, if you're interested
in all Joomla features and capabilities, you can get a reasonable impression by exploring the
interface by yourself and trying out the menus and options. However, even a user-friendly
interface doesn't tell you how to deploy it in the best way in real-life circumstances. What's
the best and fastest way to get started, what features and options are particularly useful,
what are the ones you probably don't have to bother using at all? I want to help you to tame
the beast that's called Joomla, to find your own way around and to get things done—with a
great-looking, user-friendly website as the output. That's what the Joomla Beginner's Guide
is all about.
The Joomla Beginner's Guide is focused on learning by doing—the structure of the book
reflects the process of building a website. In the first few chapters, you learn how to install
Joomla, take a tour of the system, and get a feel for what it's like. After that, you'll learn all
that's needed to build and maintain your own site, such as:
mastering the fundamentals by creating a basic website in one hour
‹ adapt and expand the site to meet your changing needs. You'll set up a site
structure and learn how to add different types of pages
‹ how to make content easy to find through well-designed menus and design
an attractive home page
‹ how to engage your web visitors and turn them into active users who can
register and add content
‹ extend Joomla's capabilities and add special features (such as a picture gallery)
to the site
‹ change the site layout and make it more attractive
‹ how to tweak the site to attract search engine traffic and to keep the site safe
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