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1 Introduction J O O M L A! Open Source Solution for Website Development and Maintenance A very short introduction... 2 Topics Why Joomla! How to Joomla! Using Joomla! Organizing Joomla! Joomla! Live... Questions! Answers Free money! Why J O O M L A! A short history, a few insights 3 1

2 Why Joomla! The HTML Problem Drastically simplified web design, development, deployment, and maintenance Pleasing look A matter of personal taste... Adding content or updating the design of your entire web site is a snap. HTML: hyper text markup language Pages need to be programmed individually Problems with consistency You need specialists to maintain Labor intensive = expensive 5 6 The CMS Solution Content Management Systems TIME, Newsweek, CNN: Need to get huge amounts of content on the web cheaply: Use less specialized people Use less time CMS software provides a solution CMS = Content Management System Automate site content management No knowledge of HTML required Allows non-technical writers and journalists to contribute articles directly into the system Lower potential for problems or inconsistencies to be introduced into the publishing process 7 8 2

Content Management Systems Problems Less problems AND more features Additional features such as forums, shopping carts, and picture galleries are either built in to the software or can be easily

3 Content Management Systems Problems Less problems AND more features Additional features such as forums, shopping carts, and picture galleries are either built in to the software or can be easily installed In the beginning: Large corporations use CMS CMS software is very expensive User interface not very friendly Requires expert knowledge 9 10 Joomla! to the rescue Some Joomla! Features Easy-to-use interface Almost anyone can download, install, and have Joomla! up and running on a web server in 20 minutes or less. Built-in professional features Joomla! is free! (open source) Hundreds of free and commercial extensions Robust web interface Web-based management of site assets Content approval features remote author postings Content publication scheduling automatic publishing and deletion of articles User security and contact management

Who uses Joomla Joomla! Popularity United Nations (Governmental organization) - http://www.unric.org MTV Networks Quizilla (Social networking) - http://www.quizilla.com L.A.

4 Who uses Joomla Joomla! Popularity United Nations (Governmental organization) - MTV Networks Quizilla (Social networking) - L.A. Weekly (Online publication) - IHOP (Restaurant chain) - Harvard University (Educational) Joomla! Popularity 729,000 How to J O O M L A! Installation, a very short introduction 4,330,

5 A Different Approach Installing Joomla! (1) Can your web host handle the Joomla! system Web-browsers read HTML and generate the image on your screen Minimum system requirements: Apache 1.13 or above PHP 4.2 or above MySQL 3.23 or above Installing Joomla! (2) Installing Joomla! (3) Go to (No! here) Download the latest Joomla! archive (zip-file) Extract downloaded files in separate folder Upload files to Web Host FTP Create MySQL Database on Web Host Use the Joomla! Installation Wizard 1. Select language 2. Do pre-installation check 3. Accept License 4. Set MySQL database configuration parameters 5. Setup FTP configuration 6. Setup site configuration

Installing Joomla! (4) Installing Joomla! (5) And to reward you for your efforts... 21 22 Installing Joomla!

com www.joomla-templates.com www.rockettheme.com www.templateplazza.com www.yootheme.com Conclusion: Joomla!

6 Installing Joomla! (4) Installing Joomla! (5) And to reward you for your efforts Installing Joomla! (6) Installing Joomla! (7) Joomla! Template Clubs Conclusion: Joomla! installation requires technical expertise on an above average level Promise: It gets much better from here

7 Joomla! Front End Using J O O M L A! And to reward you for your efforts... Creating, Updating and Deleting Content 26 Joomla! Back End Joomla! Back End

8 Joomla! Front End And to reward you for your efforts... Organizing J O O M L A! Think of it as a newspaper 29 Organizing Content Organizing Content Section Sports Financial Local Section Projects Fundraisers Events Category Football Basketball Baseball Category Donations Hands on projects Joint projects Article Argentina beats Brazil US Women get Gold Medal UNDEBA Beats Sentro Barber Article Donation Casa Cuna Donation SVJ Donation Kinderoord

9 Joomla! Live... J O O M L A! Live... A few real world examples 34 Joomla! Live... Joomla! Live

10 George Consult 49 Any questions 50 Conclusion Installation Organization Maintenance User Free Money! Tech support No, really... T I M E 51 13

11 A NAf. 2,000 Give-Away! We Can Provide Support... Next workshop is on Oct 13 th

About the Tutorial. Audience. Prerequisites. Copyright & Disclaimer. Joomla

About the Tutorial. Audience. Prerequisites. Copyright & Disclaimer. Joomla About the Tutorial Joomla is an open source Content Management System (CMS), which is used to build websites and online applications. It is free and extendable which is separated into frontend templates