Apr

30

Search Engine Optimization and Joomla!

April 30, 2008 | Comments Off

No matter how much your site excels in design, implementation, and content, if web users can’t locate it, then your efforts
are largely wasted. Therefore, ensuring that your site is found by the relevant keywords on Google, MSN, Ask.com, and other
popular search engines is worth some effort. A well-placed link on a popular search engine can mean the difference between
popularity and anonymity.

  • Content Type Book Chapter
  • DOI 10.1007/978-1-4302-0278-3_12
    • Book Beginning Joomla!
    • DOI 10.1007/978-1-4302-0278-3
    • Online ISBN 978-1-4302-0278-3
    • Print ISBN 978-1-59059-848-1

Apr

30

Introduction to Joomla!

April 30, 2008 | Comments Off

I’m more excited about Joomla than any other web product I’ve seen in years. Joomla exploded onto the web scene in 2005 and
drastically simplified web design, development, deployment, and maintenance. It’s also done its fair share to beautify the
web world. By using Joomla, you can instantly banish ugly, poorly structured interfaces from your web sites—even the default
installation shown in Figure 1-1 shows how pleasing a Joomla web site can look. Adding content or updating the design of your
entire web site is a snap . . . and that’s just for openers!

  • Content Type Book Chapter
  • DOI 10.1007/978-1-4302-0278-3_1
    • Book Beginning Joomla!
    • DOI 10.1007/978-1-4302-0278-3
    • Online ISBN 978-1-4302-0278-3
    • Print ISBN 978-1-59059-848-1

Apr

30

Web Community Features

April 30, 2008 | Comments Off

In the world of Web 2.0 dynamic content, a web site will sustain a broader audience if it can cultivate an active virtual
community. Fortunately, Joomla is an ideal CMS for building such a community. You have already seen some of the built-in extensions
(such as the Poll module) that can provide interactive features. In this Chapter, you’ll examine other Joomla extensions that
can offer users significant opportunities to interact with your site. You’ll also learn about some of the benefits and problems
of deploying the community technologies.

  • Content Type Book Chapter
  • DOI 10.1007/978-1-4302-0278-3_8
    • Book Beginning Joomla!
    • DOI 10.1007/978-1-4302-0278-3
    • Online ISBN 978-1-4302-0278-3
    • Print ISBN 978-1-59059-848-1

Apr

30

Joomla! Extensions

April 30, 2008 | Comments Off

One of the undeniable reasons for Joomla’s popularity is the broad spectrum of available extensions. Joomla’s celebrated extensibility
means much more than adding new templates. Through modules, components, and plug-ins, almost any type of web functionality
can be incorporated into your site.

  • Content Type Book Chapter
  • DOI 10.1007/978-1-4302-0278-3_7
    • Book Beginning Joomla!
    • DOI 10.1007/978-1-4302-0278-3
    • Online ISBN 978-1-4302-0278-3
    • Print ISBN 978-1-59059-848-1