Need to learn how to use Joomla's content management
system? If so, then this course is perfect for you.
Our Joomla courses takes place in Cape Town and run
over five days, and are practical with each person
building a web site during the teaching phase.
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 administrators 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
