Build and maintain impressive user-friendly web sites the fast and easy way with Joomla 1.5
Create a web site that meets real-life requirements by following the creation of an example site with the help of easy-to-follow steps and ample screenshots
Practice all the Joomla skills from organizing your content to completely changing the site's looks and feel
Go beyond a typical Joomla site to make the site meet your specific needs
Get to grips with inspiring examples and best practices and implement them to enhance your Joomla site

Joomla offers powerful functionality and ease of configuration, making it an immensely popular open source content managementsystem. However, far more than simply downloading and installing Joomla is required in order to create a dynamic web site. This book walks you through the critical steps that must be taken in the planning process prior to establishing a Joomla site. Joomla expert Jen Kramer reviews essential questions that need to be asked of a client, discusses technical solutions to a variety of challenges, and explains how a site structure should be organized. Once the groundwork has been laid, you'll discover how to host and install Joomla, and upgrade and maintain your Joomla site.

Build media-rich Joomla web sites by learning to embed and display Multimedia content Build a livelier Joomla site by adding videos, audios, images and more to your web content Install, configure, and use popular Multimedia Extensions Make your web site collaborate with external resources such as Twitter, YouTube, Google, and Flickr with the help of Joomla extensions Follow a step-by-step tutorial to create a feature-packed media-rich Joomla site

In Detail

Joomla is a content management system designed to organize and deliver content within a web site environment. Multimedia provides us with stunning interactive user experiences and wonderful design options, but it requires discipline and knowledge to utilize it effectively so that we do not alienate our audiences. If you want to display more than just text on your Joomla pages, this book has been designed for you and is a must-read. It takes you beyond the basics of Joomla and helps to take full advantage this powerful CMS structure to deliver media-rich web content to your site users.

Do you want the ability to manage documents, photos, and other content over the Web but don't want to shell out thousands of dollars in proprietary solutions? Want to create an online community for your hobby or user group?

You're not alone. For thousands of like-minded around the globe, the answer is Joomla, an open source content management system (CMS) used to manage all sorts of data over the Web.

Note: Why use Joomla? Because with Joomla you don’t need to have any technical expertise or web design experience to create effective websites and web apps. Whether you’re creating your first website or building a multi-function site for a client, this book provides straightforward, hands-on instruction that makes it easy to learn this open source web content management system.

Written by members of the Joomla Leadership Team, Using Joomla helps newcomers quickly learn the basics, while developers with Joomla experience will pick up best practices for building more sophisticated websites. You’ll also find more than a dozen ways to extend the functionality of existing Joomla-built websites. Start building with Joomla in minutes