Beginning Joomla!, Second Edition (Beginning from Novice to Professional) |  | Author: Dan Rahmel
Publisher: Apress
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ISBN: 1430216425
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Product Description
Joomla!, exclamation point and all, is one of the most searched–for and hired–for open source content management systems in the world. Since 2007, the combination of Joomla! and Dan Rahmel’s bestselling Beginning Joomla!, From Novice to Professional have made it so that all you have to do is read a single book to learn how to build sites that take community–authored content and turn it instantly into published web pages with all the latest features like rich templating, community member profile management, forums, photo management, and article commenting. Now revised and updated for the new Joomla! 1.6, this second edition “job–in–a–book” provides the solid core of know–how that you’ll need to get the most out of your Joomla! deployment, written to fully exploit the features of latest version of Joomla!. More than just a simple “build a toy web site” guide, Beginning Joomla!, Second Edition will give you a wealth of life–saving tips, tricks, tools, and fixes that experienced Joomla! developers use to build powerful, popular web sites while avoiding major headaches. This book covers - How to use content versioning and multi–blogger support, among the latest changes to Joomla!
- Access management and how documents, photos, and other content are managed in Joomla! 1.6
- E–commerce integration, search engine optimization, and even extending Joomla! by creating your own plug–ins
- And much more…
Dan Rahmel explores the latest updates to Joomla! 1.6 that you’ll need if you already use Joomla! and explains, using the latest terms, how to build a web site from scratch if you don’t already use Joomla! An update to the best–selling Joomla! title on the market, this is the Joomla! book to get. What you’ll learn - The best way to set up a Joomla! installation and web server
- Creating a Joomla! site, from idea to execution
- The latest features of Joomla! and how to leverage them
Who is this book for This book is for current and prospective web developers interested in using the Joomla! content management system, as well as for any web user seeking to learn how to self–publish for a community.
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 Excellent beginner's book October 10, 2007
Michael Matthews (Houston, TX)
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
First off, let me state that I'm a complete beginner when it comes to making websites. I have very limited experience with HTML/XHTML, and no experience with PHP, MySQL, javascript, modules, etc. But with this book I was able to have a complete up and running website in a matter of hours. The author does a very good job of holding your hand and walking you step by step through the entire process of setting up Joomla! on your web server and customizing the site to make it your own.
I've looked at some of the documentation online, but a lot of it assumes that the reader has a more than cursory knowledge of numerous online processes. But Rahmel assumes that you have a shaky foundation of websites and instructs you accordingly. The book is also valuable in that it explains the numerous ins and outs of Joomla! where other documents fall short. For example, one of the templates I downloaded didn't call up the breadcrumbs module and I had no idea how to insert it into the template. The online documentation didn't help much, but luckily this book explained the breadcrumbs module and how to insert it. For anyone who is a newb to website design, this is the perfect book to get you started.
Great book - easy to read August 15, 2007
Soulafa Amer (NJ USA)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Well, I pretty much had to learn Joomla from scratch within a few days. There is so much documentation online, but this book was well worth the $40 I spent on it. I bought it from a bookstore.
As a novice developer, I felt this book was written in easy to read, easy to understand, language. Not at all theoretical, and provides good practical examples with lots of diagrams and screen-shots.
This is one of the few technical books out there that I didn't get a headache from reading. I highly recommend it.
Highly recommended Book September 28, 2007
Technoyguy (Silicon Valley, USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have been learning Joomla for quite sometime - from online videos, forums etc and finally i decided to get a book.
This book is an excellent tutorial whether your starting out or have some ideas already. The author explained the topics thoroughly.
What i really like is it that it not only teach you good design concepts but also it has everything you need to know to start a CMS website using new Joomla 1.5
A must have book October 3, 2008
Kevin Morrison (USA Northwest)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After reading the reviews, I was somewhat skeptical. How ever with a need for more info I made the purchase. I am glad I did, regardless of your skill with joomla. You will find everything you need to get to grips with this powerful CMS! Some of the reviews say the book is for pros. My dealing with joomla is this. If you want a CMS with power and need the ability to use it, you will have to come to terms with learning. No book will do the heavy lifting for you! Those of you who did not find this book well detailed and informative. Ether you did not read it, or are just to lazy to work through the program. I gave it five stars only because that's as high as I could go!
The perfect book for beginners December 10, 2007
J. Flachs (Bangkok, Thailand)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I read some reviewers prefer reading online tutorials. I'm more a book person. For something completely new, I rather sit down with a book.
This book is perfect for Joomla beginners, like myself. It took me a weekend to understand Joomla good enough to build a basic site, and a bit longer to make a reasonable template. Without this book, I could do it too, probably. Only it would take me much, much longer.
Good written, well explained. Doesn't go deeper than it has to, so you (that's us, beginners) can build a pretty advanced site without diving into PHP or MySQL too deep. Doesnt't scare you off with complicated language or arcane required wisdom required after chapter 1. (Which far too many computer books do, regretfully.)
Highly recommended.
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