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
