Installing and Running Joomla! 3: Local and Web-Hosted Sites

Introduction

• The flexible platform for website creators
• Restoring the site from a backup using the jump-in files

1. Installing Joomla!

• Installing Joomla! 4
• A quick tour of the Joomla! interface
• Modifying Global Configuration

2. Understanding Categories and Articles

• Creating and editing categories for your site
• Creating and editing individual articles
• Exploring the featured article setting
• Adding images and image captions
• Configuring and formatting articles with TinyMCE
• Inserting a read more break in an article
• Creating custom field groups
• Creating and configuring custom fields
• Challenge: Creating and formatting articles
• Solution: Creating and formatting articles

3. Understanding Menus

• Understanding and configuring menus
• Linking an article to the menu
• Configuring category blogs
• Reordering menu items
• Creating new menus
• Creating menu aliases and external URLs
• Adding links in articles
• Hiding menu items within the menu
• Challenge: Creating a blog
• Solution: Creating a blog

4. Setting Display Options

• Setting configuration options for articles
• Setting menu options
• Comparing page headings, article titles, and page titles
• Challenge: Configuring the homepage
• Solution: Configuring the homepage

5. Using Modules

• Understanding module positions
• Creating a custom module
• Including a module in an article using {loadposition}
• Challenge: Creating a testimonial module
• Solution: Creating a testimonial module

6. Using Components

• Using the contact component
• Using CAPTCHA with contact forms
• Challenge: Creating a contact list
• Solution: Creating a contact list

7. Extending Joomla!

• Evaluating extensions in the Joomla! Extensions Directory
• Installing JCE (Joomla Content Editor)
• Linking to a PDF with JCE
• Updating extensions and Joomla!

8. Working with Templates

• Changing the look of the site using templates
• Creating new template styles and assigning template styles
• Changing module layout settings for menus
• Adding a banner to the home page
• Changing module layout settings for the home page
• Adjusting template masters with template overrides
• Changing the admin template
• Modifying Dashboards in the admin template
• Language overrides: Changing Joomla!'s default text outputs
• Challenge: Home page customizations
• Solution: Home page customizations

9. Users, Access Control Lists, and Workflows

• Introduction to ACL
• Creating a user and assigning groups
• Configuring the login link options
• Creating content for logged in users only
• Workflows: User configuration
• Workflows: Configuring the workflow
• Workflows: Configuring permissions and testing

Conclusion

• Where to learn more