Building Websites with Joomla! 1.5 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Terms, Concepts, and Deliberations
• Content Management System (CMS)
• A Quick Glance into History
• Joomla!—How was it Developed?
• Structure of a Web Content Management System (WCMS)
• Front End and Back End
• Access Rights
• Content
• Extensions
• Components
• Templates
• Plug-Ins
• Workflow
• Configuration Settings
• API
• Is Joomla! a Piece of Real Estate?
• Joomla! Versions
• Numbering System of Joomla! Versions
• Road Map
• Changes In Detail
• Internationalization
• User Plug-Ins
• XML Remote Procedure Call Support
• Support of Several Databases
• FTP System
• Overhaul of the Joomla! Framework
• Barrier Freedom
• Search Engine Friendliness
• Google Summer of Code Projects
• Joomla! Features
• Examples of Joomla! Pages
• Joomla.org
• Travel Shop, Ireland
• Frank Lüdtke, Germany
• Hotel Schönruh, Austria
• Urth.tv, USA
• unric.org, Europe
• porsche.com.br, Brazil
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Installation
• Client-Server System
• Accessing a Joomla! Website on the Internet
• Technical Requirements for Joomla!
• Necessary Elements for a Joomla! System Installation
• Local Test Environment
• Windows Operating System
• Linux Operating System
• Mac OS X Operating System
• Production Environment
• Rented Virtual Server
• Your Own Server
• Setting Up the Local Server Environment
• Windows
• XAMPP for Windows
• Linux
• openSUSE > 10.x
• Debian/Ubuntu
• Your Own Server at a Provider (Root Server)
• Joomla! Installation on a Virtual Server on the Net
• Joomla! Installation
• Selecting a Directory for Installation
• An Example
• Directory
• Unpacking
• Joomla! Web Installer
• Step 1: Language Selection
• Step 2: Pre-Installation Check
• Step 3: Licence
• Step 4: Database Configuration
• Step 5: FTP Configuration
• Step 6: Configuration
• Step 7: Completion
• Summary

• Chapter 3: A Tour of Your New Website
• Front End
• Menus
• Top Menu
• Main Menu/Breadcrumbs
• Other Menus
• Content
• What is Content?
• First Page/Front Page
• The Newest Information/The Most Often Read Messages
• Advertising
• Banner Area
• Functions
• Login Area
• Polling
• Who is Online?
• Feeds
• Search Field
• Decorative Elements
• Outlook
• Back end
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Customizing Joomla!—Language and Templates
• A Different Language for the Website and the Administrator
• Installation of a Different Language File
• Translation of a Menu Entry
• Modifying the Menu Name
• Changing the Template for Your Website
• Changing Colors in the Template
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Configuration of Joomla! Administration
• Screen Layout
• Menu Bar
• Tool Bar
• Submenus
• Filter Elements
• Content Area
• Lists
• Dialogs
• Miscellaneous
• Help
• Help Icon
• Help with Speech Balloons
• Help Menu
• Joomla! Help
• System Info
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Site Menu
• Control Panel
• User Manager
• Logout Users Icon
• Delete Users Icon
• Edit Users Icon
• New User Icon
• Media Manager
• Creating Directories
• Uploading a File
• Global Configuration
• Site Section
• Site Settings
• Metadata Settings
• SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Settings
• System Section
• System Settings
• Users Settings
• Media Settings
• Debug Settings
• Cache Settings
• Session Settings
• Server Section
• Server Settings
• Locale Settings
• FTP Settings
• Database Settings
• Mail Settings
• Logout
• Summary

• Chapter 7: The Menus Menu
• Menus
• Customizing an Existing Menu
• Menus Icon
• Default Icon
• Publish/Unpublish Icon
• Move Icon
• Copy Icon
• Trash Icon
• Edit Icon (Edit Menu Items)
• New Icon
• Menu Trash
• Creating a New Menu
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Content Menu
• Article Manager
• Description of the Articles List
• Editing Icons for an Article
• Archive, Unarchive
• Approve, Block
• Move, Copy
• Trash Basket
• Parameters
• Creating a New Article
• Parameters
• Images

• Article Trash
• Section Manager
• Editing Sections

• Category Manager
• Front Page Manager
• Editing Content from the Front End

• Summary

• Chapter 9: Components Menu
• Banner
• Banners
• Clients
• Manage Banners
• Graphic Banners
• Text Links
• Contacts
• Contact Manager
• Details
• Information
• Parameters
• Creation of a Menu Link for the Website
• Categories
• News Feeds
• Feeds
• Categories
• Polls
• Search Statistics
• Web Links
• Links
• Categories
• Summary

• Chapter 10: Extensions Menu
• Install/Uninstall
• Install, Components, Modules, Plug-ins, Languages, and Templates
• Module Manager
• Site Module
• Breadcrumbs
• Footer
• Banner
• Main Menus
• Statistics
• Login Form
• Archive
• Sections
• Related Items
• Wrapper
• Feed Display
• Who's Online
• Polls
• Advertisement
• Random Image
• Syndication
• Newsflash
• Latest News
• Popular
• Search
• Administrator Module
• Logged in Users
• Popular
• Recent added Articles
• Menu Stats
• Footer
• Unread Messages
• Online Users
• Quick Icons
• Login
• Admin Menu
• User Status
• Admin Submenu
• Title
• Toolbar
• CSS Admin Menu
• Plugins Manager
• Authentication Plug-ins
• Joomla!
• LDAP
• OpenID
• Gmail
• Content Plug-ins
• Image
• Page Navigation
• SEF
• Rating
• Email Cloaking
• GeSHi
• Load Module
• Pagebreak
• Editors Plug-ins
• No Editor
• TinyMCE 2.0
• Editors-xtd Plug-ins
• Search Plug-ins
• System Plug-ins
• Log
• Debug
• Legacy
• Cache
• Remember Me
• Backlink
• User Plug-ins
• Joomla!
• XML-RPC Plug-ins
• XML-RPC-Joomla
• XML-RPC blogger API
• Template Manager
• Site
• Editing a Template
• Preview Icon
• Edit HTML Icon
• Edit CSS Icon
• Administrator
• Language Manager
• Summary

• Chapter 11: Tools
• Private Messaging System
• Mass Mail
• Global Check-In
• Summary

• Chapter 12: More on Extensions
• Fireboard (Forum)
• Installation
• Configuration
• Setting Up a Forum
• Integration into the Website
• DOCman (Download section, Document Management)
• Installation
• Configuration
• Language
• Integration into the Website
• Preparing Content
• Search Plug-in
• Supplementary Module
• Exposé Flash Gallery
• Installation
• Integration into the Website
• Album Manager in the Administration Section
• Uninstallation
• Album Manager as a Stand-Alone Program
• Integration into the Joomla! Framework
• Problems with Third-Party Components
• Updates
• Security
• What should you Do?
• Summary

• Chapter 13: Writing Your Own Joomla! Templates
• Corporate Identity
• HTML/XHTML, CSS, and XML
• HTML/XHTML
• CSS
• XML
• Creating Your Own Templates
• Concept
• HTML Conversion
• Directory Structures of the Template
• First Trial Run
• Integration of the Joomla! Module
• Creating a Template Package
• Installation with the Joomla! Template Installer
• What Source Code Comes from Joomla?
• Summary

• Chapter 14: Barrier Freedom and Joomla!
• Barrier Freedom—What is it Anyway?
• The Legal Backround

• Criteria for Accessible Sites at a Glance
• Separation of Content and Layout
• Demands on Design and Content
• Visual and Content-Wise Arrangement of Content
• Color Selection
• Contrasts
• Variable Font Sizes
• Scalable Layouts
• Graphics
• Sufficiently Large Navigation Elements
• Forms

• Barrier Freedom in Joomla! 1.5—Possible with Beez
• HTML
• Jump Marks
• index.php
• Skip Links in Forms

• Beez and Modules
• com_content
• Forms
• Data Tables
• Design and CSS
• Beez Internal CSS Files
• Positioning
• The Layout
• Miscellaneous

• Joomla! Internal Accessibility Features
• Additional Information about This Topic
• Assistive Technologies
• CheckerTools
• Book Tip
• Summary

• Chapter 15: Your Own Components, Modules, and Plug-ins
• Model—View—Controller
• What is the Advantage with MVC?
• The helloworld Sample Component
• A Home for helloworld
• An Example Component
• The MySQL Table
• The Front End
• The com_auto Administration
• Test
• Creating an Installation Package
• Modules
• Source Code
• Installation
• View on the Website
• Plug-ins
• Summary

• Chapter 16: A Website with Joomla!
• Idea
• Preparations
• Logo and Appearance
• Photographs
• Texts
• Technical Conversion
• Local Installation
• The First Few Articles
• Masthead
• Menu Structure
• Structure of the Main Menu
• Structure of the Top Menu
• Structure of the User Menu
• Setting up the Texts and the Menu Links in the Main Menu
• Contact Link
• Top Menu
• Shop
• The Impressions
• The User Section
• The User Menu
• The Download Section
• User Details
• First Results
• M Bertrand Learns CSS
• Formatting Step by Step
• Changes for Joomla! Version 1.5
• Installation on the Webserver
• How to Do the Installation
• FTP
• MySQL
• Installation of Joomla! at the Provider
• Importing the Data
• File and Directory Rights
• Search Engines
• Search Engine Friendly URLs
• Metatags
• Design
• Installation of the Template
• The Template
• Happy End
• How Does It Work in Reality?
• Summary

• Chapter 17: Bonus Templates
• NGO
• Tom Bohacek
• The World Knowledge Template
• Creative Approach
• Structural Approach
• Business Establishment
• Andy Miller
• Summary

• Appendix A: Online Resources

• Appendix B: Template Modules

• Appendix C: How Do I switch an Image (Logo) in the Template?

• Appendix D: Joomla! API

• Appendix E: Forgot the Admin Password

• Appendix F: Migration from Joomla! 1.0.x to Joomla! 1.5
• Backing Up Your Data
• Backing Up the Files
• The Migration Script
• New Installation of Joomla! 1.5.0
• Manual Method
• Modifying the Joomla! 1.5 Database Scheme
• Importing the Tables

• Appendix G: Security Without Global Variables

• Index