3. Agenda
➔ Joomla! Introduction, Versions &
Requirements
➔ Installation & How it works
➔ Learn how to use Joomla
➢ Managing Menus
➢ Managing Content
➢ Managing Extensions
4. Introduction
➔ Joomla is a free web-based software which allows
to create and manage websites
➔ CMS - Content Management System
➔ There are two parts of the system: the front-end
(what the public see) and the back-end (what the
administrators see)
7. Installation
➔ Experiment with a working installation at
demo.joomla.org
➔ Most hosting companies offer Joomla installation
under "One Click Installs" for their customers
➔ Install Joomla! on your local system
➔ After Installing Joomla,
➢ Install JCE Editor extension and set it as default
editor
➢ Install Akeeba Backup extension
8. How Joomla! Works
● Joomla! is built on MVC Framework and has
several types of extensions each capable of
performing specific tasks
● Some extensions are developed as part of the
Joomla! project and comes with the installation
● If we want to add features to our site, we can install
more third party/custom extensions
10. Menus
➔ Helps website visitors to navigate to and access all
areas of the website
➔ We can create new menus and menu items
11. Content
➔ Content comprises of Categories, Articles and
Media
➔ We can create categories and subcategories (if
needed)
➔ Articles can be created and categorized
12. Categories
➔ Categories helps us to organize our articles more
conveniently
➔ We can create new categories/subcategories, edit,
choose to publish/unpublish, etc
13. Articles
➔ Articles are the main building blocks of a Joomla!
Website.
➔ We can create new articles, edit, choose to
publish/unpublish, categorize, etc
➔ Published articles can be assigned to a Menu
➔ We can insert images in articles from local system
➔ We can include external links for any text in the
articles
➔ We can add tags in an article
16. Media
➔ We can upload images directly from the admin
section
17. Extensions
➔ To extend the website functionality (Ex: Image
SlideShow, Video SlideShow)
➔ Types of Extensions: Plugins, Languages,
Components, Modules and Templates
➔ Plug-ins are designed to display content inside
components & modules and perform certain tasks
during website loading
➔ Languages allows us to run our site in more than
one language
19. Components
➔ Components are most complex type of extensions
➔ We can use existing (native joomla) components
➔ We can install third party components
➔ We can create custom components
20. Modules
➔ Modules has similar roles as components but on a
smaller scale
➔ We can use existing (native joomla) modules
➔ We can install third party modules/extensions
➔ We can create custom modules
22. Forms
➔ We can use native forms in Joomla or can install
third party plugins/components to build customized
forms
➔ Contact forms, login forms and registration forms
are available in Joomla
➔ Contact forms also has options to send email
24. SEF URLs
➔ SEF – Search Engine Friendly or human readable urls
➔ If SEF URL is turned off, the url looks like this:
http://www.websitename.com/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=1&catid=1
➔ If SEF URL is turned on and URL Rewriting is off, the url
looks like this:
http://www.websitename.com/index.php/news/1latest
news/1welcometojoomla
➔ If both SEF URL and URL Rewriting are turned on, the url
looks like this: http://www.websitename.com/news/1latest
news/1welcometojoomla
