Joomla
Need to learn how to use Joomla? This course is 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
