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Overview

With this video, you’ll master Joomla! one easy step at a time, through a complete hands-on case study. Martin presents crystal-clear visuals, explanations, and analogies—all extensively tested with real Joomla! beginners. Joomla! Explained requires absolutely no experience with Joomla! content management, website construction, programming, scripting, or even HTML. Rod Martin and Stephen Burge have taught thousands of beginners—and thousands more who’ve experimented with Joomla! but haven’t mastered it yet. Nobody knows more about guiding Joomla! users up the learning curve—from confusion to results.

• Understanding what Joomla! does and how it works
• Installing the latest version of Joomla
• Navigating your site’s visitor and administrator areas
• Mastering workflows that make site creation easy
• Adding text, images, links, and formatting
• Creating efficient, usable navigation
• Providing contact forms, ad banners, and link directories
• Using modules to enable site registration and search
• Adding voting and other smaller “plug-in” features

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Table of Contents

Chapter/Selection

Time

Introduction

Introduction to Joomla! Explained LiveLessons

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00:03:41

Lesson 1: Joomla! Content Management Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:25

What is Joomla!?

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00:07:30

Lesson 2: Joomla! Installations Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:40

Install MAMP on Mac OS

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00:05:09

Install WAMP on Windows

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00:05:01

Manual install at a Webhost

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00:04:18

One-click installation at a Webhost

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00:02:51

Lesson 3: Joomla! Sites Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:27

Navigate the public and administrator sides

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00:09:36

Creating a new article

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00:02:29

Change a template

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00:01:55

Lesson 4: Joomla! Content Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:44

CASh overview: Categorize, add and show

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00:00:53

CASh workflow: Article example

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00:08:34

CASh workflow: Frequently asked questions

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00:01:58

Practice exercise: Creating a new category using CASh

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00:04:30

Lesson 5: Joomla! Content Editing Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:34

Format text

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00:06:05

Insert images

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00:05:58

Add internal and external links

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00:06:01

Publishing options

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00:02:24

Article options

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00:03:09

Configure the edit screen

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00:01:40

Modify images and Links

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00:03:20

Add Metadata

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00:01:45

Lesson 6: Joomla! Menus Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:27

Manage menus

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00:06:08

Set up list and blog layouts

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00:10:05

Add new menus

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00:05:05

Lesson 7: Joomla! Components Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:37

Create banners

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00:05:11

Add contact information

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00:05:33

Send private messages to Joomla administrators

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00:01:48

Set up RSS newsfeeds

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00:03:34

Use the redirect manager

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00:03:12

Use the search component

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00:04:01

Creating Web links to external sites

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00:02:55

Practice exercise: Creating banners

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00:07:04

Practice exercise: Adding contact information

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00:05:15

Lesson 8: Joomla! Modules Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:26

Modules overview

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00:02:13

Create modules

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00:03:27

Re-order modules

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00:02:12

Change where the modules appear

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00:04:47

Change when the module appears

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00:02:30

Practice excercise: Creating a new module

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00:05:36

Lesson 9: Joomla! Plugins Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:28

Overview of plugins

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00:00:54

Enable authentication plugins

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00:01:44

Use content plugins

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00:06:13

Configure editor plugins

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00:04:26

Select search plugins

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00:01:28

Configure user plugins

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00:02:29

Using extension plugins, system plugins and other plugins

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00:00:54

Lesson 10: Joomla! Templates Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:30

Templates overview

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00:03:38

Change templates

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00:04:18

Change templates and styles on different pages

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00:02:38

Practice exercise: Creating a new template style

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00:01:16

Lesson 11: Joomla! Extensions Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:36

Find extensions

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00:08:28

Install modules

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00:04:10

Install plugins

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00:02:43

Install components

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00:01:02

Install templates

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00:09:46

Find commercial templates

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00:03:25

Practice exercise: Installing components, modules, plugins and templates

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00:05:39

Lesson 12: Joomla! Personal Site

Learning objectives

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00:00:35

Install a personal site manually

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00:04:39

Create CASh workflow

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00:12:35

Install components

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00:06:26

Install modules

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00:04:05

Install plugins

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00:05:09

Install templates

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00:05:07

Lesson 13: Joomla! Business Site

Learning objectives

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00:00:33

Install a business site manually

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00:06:11

Create CASh workflow

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00:11:16

Install components

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00:02:33

Install modules

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00:05:18

Install plugins

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00:04:36

Install templates

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00:09:06

Lesson 14: Joomla! User Group Management Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:33

Set permissions for what users can see

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00:06:28

Set permissions for what users can do

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00:04:12

Create Access Control Lists (ACL)

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00:06:14

Practice exercise: Creating an ACL

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00:03:02

Lesson 15: Joomla! Languages Explained

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00:00:41

Languages overview

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00:01:25

Install language manager

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00:04:22

Manage language categories

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00:03:59

Create language menus

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00:05:32

Set up the module language switcher

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00:05:36

Configure site to be multilingual

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00:05:13

Lesson 16: Joomla! Maintenance Explained

Learning objectives

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00:00:37

Update a Joomla! site

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00:05:39

Uninstall extensions

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00:02:04

Manage site security with extensions

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00:07:27

Use the global configuration settings

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00:11:06

Summary

Summary of Joomla! Explained LiveLessons

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