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    Joomla! Explained LiveLessons (Video Training)

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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

    Preview

    00:03:41

    Lesson 1: Joomla! Content Management Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:25

    What is Joomla!?

    Play Video

    00:07:30

    Lesson 2: Joomla! Installations Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:40

    Install MAMP on Mac OS

    Preview

    00:05:09

    Install WAMP on Windows

    Preview

    00:05:01

    Manual install at a Webhost

    Preview

    00:04:18

    One-click installation at a Webhost

    Preview

    00:02:51

    Lesson 3: Joomla! Sites Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:27

    Navigate the public and administrator sides

    Play Video

    00:09:36

    Creating a new article

    Preview

    00:02:29

    Change a template

    Preview

    00:01:55

    Lesson 4: Joomla! Content Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:44

    CASh overview: Categorize, add and show

    Preview

    00:00:53

    CASh workflow: Article example

    Preview

    00:08:34

    CASh workflow: Frequently asked questions

    Preview

    00:01:58

    Practice exercise: Creating a new category using CASh

    Preview

    00:04:30

    Lesson 5: Joomla! Content Editing Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:34

    Format text

    Preview

    00:06:05

    Insert images

    Preview

    00:05:58

    Add internal and external links

    Preview

    00:06:01

    Publishing options

    Preview

    00:02:24

    Article options

    Preview

    00:03:09

    Configure the edit screen

    Preview

    00:01:40

    Modify images and Links

    Preview

    00:03:20

    Add Metadata

    Preview

    00:01:45

    Lesson 6: Joomla! Menus Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:27

    Manage menus

    Preview

    00:06:08

    Set up list and blog layouts

    Preview

    00:10:05

    Add new menus

    Preview

    00:05:05

    Lesson 7: Joomla! Components Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:37

    Create banners

    Preview

    00:05:11

    Add contact information

    Preview

    00:05:33

    Send private messages to Joomla administrators

    Preview

    00:01:48

    Set up RSS newsfeeds

    Preview

    00:03:34

    Use the redirect manager

    Preview

    00:03:12

    Use the search component

    Preview

    00:04:01

    Creating Web links to external sites

    Preview

    00:02:55

    Practice exercise: Creating banners

    Preview

    00:07:04

    Practice exercise: Adding contact information

    Preview

    00:05:15

    Lesson 8: Joomla! Modules Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:26

    Modules overview

    Preview

    00:02:13

    Create modules

    Preview

    00:03:27

    Re-order modules

    Preview

    00:02:12

    Change where the modules appear

    Preview

    00:04:47

    Change when the module appears

    Preview

    00:02:30

    Practice excercise: Creating a new module

    Preview

    00:05:36

    Lesson 9: Joomla! Plugins Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:28

    Overview of plugins

    Preview

    00:00:54

    Enable authentication plugins

    Preview

    00:01:44

    Use content plugins

    Preview

    00:06:13

    Configure editor plugins

    Preview

    00:04:26

    Select search plugins

    Preview

    00:01:28

    Configure user plugins

    Preview

    00:02:29

    Using extension plugins, system plugins and other plugins

    Preview

    00:00:54

    Lesson 10: Joomla! Templates Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:30

    Templates overview

    Preview

    00:03:38

    Change templates

    Preview

    00:04:18

    Change templates and styles on different pages

    Preview

    00:02:38

    Practice exercise: Creating a new template style

    Preview

    00:01:16

    Lesson 11: Joomla! Extensions Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:36

    Find extensions

    Preview

    00:08:28

    Install modules

    Preview

    00:04:10

    Install plugins

    Preview

    00:02:43

    Install components

    Preview

    00:01:02

    Install templates

    Preview

    00:09:46

    Find commercial templates

    Preview

    00:03:25

    Practice exercise: Installing components, modules, plugins and templates

    Preview

    00:05:39

    Lesson 12: Joomla! Personal Site

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:35

    Install a personal site manually

    Preview

    00:04:39

    Create CASh workflow

    Preview

    00:12:35

    Install components

    Preview

    00:06:26

    Install modules

    Preview

    00:04:05

    Install plugins

    Preview

    00:05:09

    Install templates

    Preview

    00:05:07

    Lesson 13: Joomla! Business Site

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:33

    Install a business site manually

    Preview

    00:06:11

    Create CASh workflow

    Preview

    00:11:16

    Install components

    Preview

    00:02:33

    Install modules

    Preview

    00:05:18

    Install plugins

    Preview

    00:04:36

    Install templates

    Preview

    00:09:06

    Lesson 14: Joomla! User Group Management Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:33

    Set permissions for what users can see

    Preview

    00:06:28

    Set permissions for what users can do

    Preview

    00:04:12

    Create Access Control Lists (ACL)

    Preview

    00:06:14

    Practice exercise: Creating an ACL

    Preview

    00:03:02

    Lesson 15: Joomla! Languages Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:41

    Languages overview

    Preview

    00:01:25

    Install language manager

    Preview

    00:04:22

    Manage language categories

    Preview

    00:03:59

    Create language menus

    Preview

    00:05:32

    Set up the module language switcher

    Preview

    00:05:36

    Configure site to be multilingual

    Preview

    00:05:13

    Lesson 16: Joomla! Maintenance Explained

    Learning objectives

    Preview

    00:00:37

    Update a Joomla! site

    Preview

    00:05:39

    Uninstall extensions

    Preview

    00:02:04

    Manage site security with extensions

    Preview

    00:07:27

    Use the global configuration settings

    Preview

    00:11:06

    Summary

    Summary of Joomla! Explained LiveLessons

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