Developing a Website with Joomla!
Thursday, 25 January 2007
The following tutorials will assist you to develop a website using the Joomla! open source platform. We strongly recommend that if you are a first time Joomla! site developer, that you go through the tutorials sequentially beginning with "Getting Started" and continue in the order they are presented.
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Getting Started
This section will talk about the necessary preliminary steps in developing your website.
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Change Your Website Name
The name of your website displays in the title bar of your browser, the copyright at the bottom of your site, and a few other misc places.
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Contact Us Page
It may be important for people to be able to contact you.  Having a contact us page is a way to give them this ability.
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Content Items
Content items (with the exception of static content items) are contained within categories and sections.  This allows for the organization and grouping of content.
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Front Page Content
Probably one of the things you'll change the most is the content on your front page. The front page is the first thing visitors see when they get to your site.
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Static Content & Menu Items
Static content pages on your website are intended for content that seldom changes and only take up one page. Pages like About Us, or Where We Are Located are examples of static content.
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Edit/Add Content To Existing Content Item
After creating content items, you may want to go back and make changes to those items.  This tutorial will explain how to do that.
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Insert An Image Into A Content Item
Learn how to effectively insert images into a content item.
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Unlock Content Items
If you are working on a content item and leave that item without saving your changes, the item becomes locked.  This will prevent someone else from accidentally making changes to that item before you are finished with it.  Here is how to unlock an item.
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Menu Items & Sub Menu Items
Menu Items and Sub-menu items are found in either the left hand colum or right hand colum of your site depending on your template.  Learn more about menu items.
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Blogs
This section will give instructions to create a blog.  Blogs are useful for posting a series of articles, events, sermons, etc., usually ordered by date with the most recent at the top.
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Polls
By putting a poll on your site, visitors can easily provide you with feedback on your site.  This will help you to know how effective your site is; is it easy to navigate/understand and does it effectively represent your ministry.
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Page Links and Web Links
This sections deals with inserting page links and web links on your site.
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Web-links Component
You may want to share related website links with your visitors.  The Web-links component allows this option.
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