Programme Overview
Training Description
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for:
- Those who want to start a new Joomla website
- Those who want to build a Joomla website for their new business
- Those who have a older version of Joomla website and want to upgrade to Joomla 3
- Those who want to learn the new features in Joomla! 3.X
- Students who want to build a CMS website for their events, clubs, or organisations
Session Objectives
- What is Joomla CMS
- Planning your website
- Completing Joomla! installation
- Creating categories, articles, and menus
- Formatting text and images
- Organizing content in Joomla!
About the Course
Introduction to Joomla 3.x with allow you to build, manage and develop fully functional and professional looking sites using Joomla 3.x and it’s CMS (Content Management System). This course will take you from installation to site configuration to content development and finally SEO tips and tricks to get your site ready for industry leading search engines such as Google and Bing. This course is designed for beginner to intermediate administrator and editors of Joomla 3.x sites. Basic understanding on how websites work is a prerequisite for this course, but programming skills are not needed in this course.
Curriculum & Topics
10 Topics | 41 Sessions
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Workshop 1.1: What is Joomla 3.x and CMS
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Workshop 1.2: Understanding Joomla.org
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Workshop 1.3: Joomla 3.x Requirements and Suggested Environment Configuration
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Workshop 1.4: Getting Ready to Install Joomla 3.x in a Hosting Environment
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Workshop 2.1: Setting Up the Joomla 3.x Source Files
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Workshop 2.2: Setting Up the mySQL Database Environment
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Workshop 2.3: Running the Installation
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Workshop 3.1: Logging into the Backend Control Panel
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Workshop 3.2: Navigating the Backend Control Panel
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Workshop 3.3: Understanding the Backend Tools and Controls
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Workshop 3.4: Configuring the Backend Settings of the Site
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Workshop 4.1: Creating and Publishing Articles in Joomla 3.x
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Workshop 4.2: Creating Menus and Categories in Joomla 3.x
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Workshop 4.3: Working with Images in Joomla 3.x
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Workshop 4.4: Creating Content in Joomla 3.x
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Workshop 5.1: Understanding Joomla 3.x Extensions
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Workshop 5.2: Finding and Installing Joomla 3.x Extensions
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Workshop 5.3: Components vs Extensions in Joomla 3.x
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Workshop 5.4: Working with Forms in Joomla 3.x
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Workshop 6.1: Grouping Content in Joomla 3.x
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Workshop 6.2: Understanding and Creating Site Maps in Joomla 3.x
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Workshop 6.3: Working with Categories, Tags and Links
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Workshop 6.4: Moving and Renaming Content in Joomla 3.x
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Workshop 7.1: Understanding the Articles Tab
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Workshop 7.2: Understanding the Editing Layout Tab
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Workshop 7.3: Understanding the Category Tab
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Workshop 7.4: Understanding the Categories, Featured Layout, List Layout and Shared Options Tabs
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Workshop 7.5: Understanding the Integration Tab
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Workshop 7.6: Understanding the Permissions Tab
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Workshop 8.1: • Home Page and Overview Pages
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Workshop 8.2: • Managing Menus
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Workshop 8.3: • Enabling User Login and Contribution
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Workshop 8.4: • Visitor Security
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Workshop 9.1: Creating Templates in Joomla 3.x
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Workshop 9.2: Assigning Templates to Pages
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Workshop 9.3: Working with CSS in Joomla 3.x Templates
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Workshop 9.4: Getting and Evaluating Templates from the Web
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Workshop 10.1: Optimizing Articles for SEO
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Workshop 10.2: Working with HTML Meta Tags and Title Tags
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Workshop 10.3: Understanding Page Redirection
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Workshop 10.4: Site and Page Ranking in Google and Bing