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J O O M L A !

Open Source Solution for Website Development and Maintenance

A very short introduction. . .

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Introduction

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Topics

Why Joomla!How to Joomla!Using Joomla!Organizing Joomla!Joomla! Live. . . Questions! Answers?Free money!

Why J O O M L A !

A short history, a few insights

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Why Joomla!?

Drastically simplified web design, development, deployment, and maintenance

Pleasing lookA matter of personal taste. . .

Adding content or updating the design of your entire web site is a snap.

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The HTML Problem

HTML: hyper text markup language

Pages need to be programmed individuallyProblems with consistency

You need specialists to maintain

Labor intensive = expensive

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The CMS Solution

TIME, Newsweek, CNN:

Need to get huge amounts of content on the web cheaply:

Use less specialized peopleUse less time

CMS software provides a solutionCMS = Content Management System

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Content Management Systems

Automate site content management

No knowledge of HTML requiredAllows non-technical writers and journalists to contribute articles directly into the system

Lower potential for problems or inconsistencies to be introduced into the publishing process

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Content Management Systems

Less problems AND more features

Additional features such as forums, shopping carts, and picture galleries are either built in to the software or can be easily installed

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Problems

In the beginning:

Large corporations use CMS

CMS software is very expensive

User interface not very friendly

Requires expert knowledge

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Joomla! to the rescue

Easy-to-use interfaceAlmost anyone can download, install, and have Joomla! up and running on a web server in 20 minutes or less.

Built-in professional features

Joomla! is free! (open source)

Hundreds of free and commercial extensions

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Some Joomla! Features

Robust web interface

Web-based management of site assets

Content approval featuresremote author postings

Content publication scheduling

automatic publishing and deletion of articles

User security and contact management

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Who uses Joomla?

United Nations (Governmental organization)- http://www.unric.orgMTV Networks Quizilla (Social networking) - http://www.quizilla.comL.A. Weekly (Online publication) - http://www.laweekly.comIHOP (Restaurant chain) - http://www.ihop.comHarvard University (Educational) - http://gsas.harvard.edu

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Joomla! Popularity

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Joomla! Popularity

4,330,000

729,000How to J O O M L A !

Installation, a very short introduction

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Web-browsers read HTML and generate the image on your screen

A Different Approach

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Installing Joomla! (1)

Can your web host handle the Joomla! system?

Minimum system requirements:Apache 1.13 or abovePHP 4.2 or aboveMySQL 3.23 or above

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Installing Joomla! (2)

Go to www.joomla.org(No “!” here)

Download the latest Joomla! archive (zip-file)

Extract downloaded files in separate folder

Upload files to Web Host FTP

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Installing Joomla! (3)

Create MySQL Database on Web Host

Use the Joomla! Installation Wizard1. Select language2. Do pre-installation check3. Accept License4. Set MySQL database configuration parameters5. Setup FTP configuration6. Setup site configuration

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Installing Joomla! (4)

And to reward you for your efforts. . .

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Installing Joomla! (5)

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Installing Joomla! (6)

Joomla! Template Clubswww.joomlajet.comwww.joomlamarket.dewww.joomlart.comwww.joomlashack.com

www.joomla-templates.comwww.rockettheme.comwww.templateplazza.comwww.yootheme.com

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Installing Joomla! (7)

Conclusion:

Joomla! installation requires technical expertise on an above average level

Promise:

It gets much better from here. . .

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Using J O O M L A !

Creating, Updating and Deleting Content

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Joomla! Front End

And to reward you for your efforts. . .

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Joomla! Back End

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Joomla! Back End

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Joomla! Front End

And to reward you for your efforts. . .

Organizing J O O M L A !

Think of it as a newspaper

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Organizing Content

Category

Section

Article

Financial

Basketball

US Womenget

Gold Medal

Sports

Football

ArgentinabeatsBrazil

Local

Baseball

UNDEBABeats

Sentro Barber

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Organizing Content

Category

Section

Article

Fundraisers

Hands onprojects

DonationSVJ

Projects

Donations

DonationCasa Cuna

Events

Joint projects

DonationKinderoord

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J O O M L A ! Live. . .

A few real world examples

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Joomla! Live. . .

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Joomla! Live. . .

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Joomla! Live. . .

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IFE

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EFEX 2008

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LIVING 2008

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Rotary Club Willemstad

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International School

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International School

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George Consult

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George Consult

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Conclusion

MaintenanceOrganizationInstallation

Tech support

User

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Free Money!

No, really. . .

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