The document outlines the agenda for a Joomla 2.5 workshop, including an introduction to Joomla fundamentals, installation, adding content, and social networking extensions. Part A covers the basics of Joomla, installation, and content creation. Part B focuses on social networking solutions like Community Builder and paid membership features with CBSubs. The workshop aims to help attendees get started with Joomla, experiment locally, and learn how to enhance a Joomla site with social and membership functionality.

1. J! 2.5 Workshop
Part A & B
@ JoomlaDay Greece 2012

2. www.sch.gr
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3. www.minedu.gov.gr
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4. www.ert.gr
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5. Dimiourgiaxana.gr
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6. About me ...
Nicholas Antimisiaris
 ‘nant’ on forums  Popular social networking
 Athens, Greece extension (FREE)
 MS EE, MS CS  CBSubs paid subscriptions
membership solution
 Telecom / CIO
 Advanced / Professional
 “Good engineers don’t
add-ons and support
need tools, bad ones also
have no use for them”  Templates / Hosting
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7. Message
Commercial
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8. Workshop agenda
 Part A
 A.1: Introduction – Fundamentals (5 mins)
Need, Technology, License, Cost, Who, Where, History
For more information see detailed online presentation
 Α.2: Installation – The first steps (15 mins)
Overview, Terminology, Extensions, Components, Modules,
Plugins, Templates, Languages, Content, Menus, Modules,
Plugins
 A.3: Adding content (15 mins)
Adding content, using the editor, media, read-more and pages,
categorizing, adding modules and menus
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9. More
Workshop Agenda
 Part B
 B.1: Social networking solution (15 mins)
Community Builder, uddeIM, Kunena, GroupJive
For more information see detailed online presentation
 B.2: Paid SubscriptionMembership CBSubs (15 mins)
Protecting your Joomla content
 B.3: Next steps - Conclusions
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10. A.1: Fundamentals
 What is Joomla?
Need, CMS, Technology, Cost, License, Who, History
More information and detailed presentation can be found online:
http://www.slideshare.net/cbteam/jd-greece2012joomlacommunityabc
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11. A2: Installation and first steps
 Localhost environment:
 MAMP for MACOS
 WAMP for Windows
 LAMP for Linux
 XAMP for Windows, MACOS, LINUX
See references for relevant URL addresses
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12. More
A2: Installing Joomla
 Installing the Joomla 2.5.4 package on our localhost and
inspecting
More information and details can be found:
joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/111-picture-books/18271-joomla-25-quick-start
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13. More
A2: First impressions and concepts
 Frontend, backend
 Components, modules, plugins, templates, languages
 Template positions (?tp=1)
 Modules vs module instances
 Content and menus
 Registration form and login module
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14. A3: Adding content
 Creating a featured article
 Using the editor, bold, header, italic, linking
 Read-more links, page-breaks
 Adding images to article, resizing image
 Creating menu item to single article
 Creating menu item to category blog
 Using the Joomla custom HTML module
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15. Part B: Getting Social and commercial
 Vanilla Joomla is not very social:
 No profiles
 No extra data during registration process
 No Approval workflow
 No user interaction (messaging, connecting, etc.)
 No membership lists
 No membership empowering
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16. B1: CB, uddeIM, Kunena, GroupJive
 Install and configure CB:
www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/111-picture-
books/18265-community-builder-quick-start
 Install and configure uddeIM:
www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/111-picture-
books/18269-uddeim-installation-and-cb-configuration-
quick-start
 Install and configure Kunena:
www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/111-picture-
books/18281-kunena-and-cb-quick-start
 Install and configure
GroupJivewww.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/111-
picture-books/18268-community-builder-groupjive-quick-
start
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17. More
B1: Social networking overview
 Enhanced registration form (more fields)
 Approval workflow
 User profiles (avatar, extra fields, tabs, integrations)
 User lists (users can search others)
 Users can connect to other users
 Users can visit others and post on their profile
 Users can send messages to each other
 Users can discuss on forums
 Users can create common interest groups and:
 Share photos, videos, files
 Have private discussions and schedule events
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18. B2: CBSubs for membership
 Membership plans
 Free lifetime
 Calendar year 15 first year 10 each year after
 Protect content requiring subscription to view
 Require subscription to access read-more of tutorials
 Keep track of members on frontend and backend
 Change value of CB field and use it to filter lists
 CB User Manager integration
 Send members personalized mass emails
 Show/hide CB Tabs/Fields based on subscription of
owner/viewer
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19. B3: Next steps
 Get your XAMP,MAMP,WAMP,LAMP layer
 Experiment locally
 Check out Free references
 Get a book!
 Visit the JED, the J! Forums and the J! Magazine sites
 Get organized – Greek Joomla User Groups
 Help each-other, learn from others experiences
 Joomla is very popular in Greece and
 Greeks are very popular in Joomla
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20. References
 PHP: http://www.php.net/
 MYSQL: http://www.mysql.com/
 APACHE: http://httpd.apache.org/
 XAMP: www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
 MAMP: www.mamp.info/en/index.html
 WAMP: www.wampserver.com/en/
 LAMP: depends on Linux version – most have it preinstalled
 Joomla: www.joomla.org
 JED: extensions.joomla.org
 J! Forums: http://forum.joomla.org/
 J! Magazine: http://magazine.joomla.org/authors/itemlist/user/65-
Nicholas-G-Antimisiaris
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21. More
More references
 Joomla documentation: http://docs.joomla.org/
 Joomla 2.5 Essential Training (lynda.com)
http://www.lynda.com/Joomla-tutorials/Joomla-Essential-
Training/95699-2.html
 JOOMLA! For beginners guide 2012
http://www.danconia.com/joomla-for-beginners-guide-2012.html
 Joomla! 2.5 Beginner’s Guide:
http://cocoate.com/2012/02/joomla-25-beginners-guide
 Joomla! Developers guide:
http://cocoate.com/sites/cocoate.com/files/private/jdev.pdf
 Translations:
http://community.joomla.org/translations.html
 Multi-language in Joomla:
ostraining.com/blog/joomla/multi-language-sites-in-joomla-17/
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22. More
and more references
 Slides will be shared here:
 www.slideshare.net/cbteam/presentations
 Community Builder
 www.joomlapolis.com/community-builder
 uddeIM
 www.slabihoud.de/software/id4001.htm
 Kunena
 www.kunena.org
 GroupJive
 www.joomlapolis.com/cb-solutions/groupjive
 CBSubs
 www.joomlapolis.com/cb-solutions/cbsubs
 Picture-book tutorials
 www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/111-picture-books
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23. Extensions mentioned
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24. Ευχαριστώ
 All the slides can be found at:
http://www.slideshare.net/cbteam/presentations
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