Learn Joomla Content Management
Do you want to learn how to use Joomla? Then this course will be ideal for you. The course is not for beginners, as you should already understand the concepts of web design. This Joomla training course takes place in Cape Town and runs over five days, and is a practical.
Day 1
• Understanding CMS
Systems
• Introduction to Joomla
• Installing
and Setting up Joomla
Joomla! features:
• Completely database driven site engines
• News,
products or services sections fully editable and
manageable
•
Topics sections can be added to by contributing
authors
•
Fully customisable layouts including left, centre
and right menu boxes
• Browser upload of images to your own library for
use anywhere in the site
• Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting booth for on-the-spot
results
•
Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX server, Solaris and
AIX
Extensive Administration:
• Change order of objects including news, FAQs,
articles etc.
• Random Newsflash generator
• Remote
author submission module for News, Articles, FAQs
and Links
•
Object hierarchy - as many sections, departments,
divisions and pages as you want
• Image library - store all your PNGs, PDFs, DOCs,
XLSs, GIFs and JPEGs online for easy use
• Automatic Path-Finder. Place a picture and let
Joomla! fix the link
• News feed manager. Choose from over 360 news feeds
from around the world
• Archive manager. Put your old articles into cold
storage rather than throw them out
• Email-a-friend and Print-format for every story
and article
• In-line Text editor similar to Word Pad
• User
editable look and feel
•
Polls/Surveys - Now put a different one on each page
• Custom Page Modules. Download custom page modules
to spice up your site
• Template Manager. Download templates and implement
them in seconds
• Layout preview. See how it looks before going live
• Banner manager. Make money out of your site
Day 2
• Understanding
and working with the joomla administrator’s panel
Day 3
• Understanding the
joomla template system
• Manipulating joomla
templates using Dreamweaver and Fireworks/Photoshop
Day 4
• Integrating Joomla with
other MySQL sites
• Creating personal joomla
modules
Day 5
• Working with third
party solutions i.e. Civi CRM, PHPAds – banner
deployment, PHP Bulletin Board, Google Ads, Google
Maps, Map Quest etc
Joomla Courses run every few weeks in Greenpoint, Cape Town
