SEMforSMB US 2008 - Building a website in 3 minutes

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Building a website in 3 minutesQuickguide to Joomla! Stardom.

Austin, US, July 2008

www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Johan Janssens

Joomla!

• Lead Developer• Founder

Joomlatools

• Managing Director• Lead Architect

http://www.joomla.org http://www.joomlatools.org

Austin, US, July 2008

www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Brought your own towel ?

“A towel is about the most useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can carry.”

Douglas Adams

Austin, US, July 2008

www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Brought your own cms ?

“A web content manegement system is about the most useful thing a smart company will use!”

Johan Janssens

Austin, US, July 2008

www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Just what is a content management system anyway ?

“ A content management system, or CMS, is a web application designed to make it easy for non-technical users to add, edit and manage a website.”

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www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

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Open Source or Proprietary ?Making “the” choice.

www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

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Advantages of Open Source ?

• The availability of the source code • The right to improve and modify the code• The right to use the software in any way• The lower implementation costs

www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Which CMS ?

companies

Open Source

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www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

companies

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Open Source CMS market ?

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companies

http://www.cmsmatrix.org !Compare content management systems.

Austin, US, July 2008

www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Joomla!, huh ?Joomla! in 3 and a half minutes...

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http://www.joomla.org

www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Austin, US, July 2008

Setting up the site.“Warning : Live demo’s have a tendency to go wrong ...”

www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Austin, US, July 2008

www.joomlatools.orgJoomla! is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Austin, US, July 2008

How to customizing your site ?Quick intro in Joomla! speak.

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http://extensions.joomla.org

3350 extensions

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Templates.

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Components.

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Modules.

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Let’s do a bit of customisation !Adding a new template and a document manager.

http://www.rockettheme.com http://www.joomladocman.org

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That’s it folks !Have fun playing with Joomla!

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Related sessions !

Thursday 10:00 - 11:50 AM : SEO with Joomla

Thursday 13:30 - 15:20 PM : SEO with Drupal

Austin, US, July 2008

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Joomla! 1.5 Bootcamp !

When : Friday, July 18th, 2008: 8am - 4pmWhere : Doubletree Hotel AustinRegister : http://bootcampaustin.eventbrite.com/Discount : semforsmb

Austin, US, July 2008

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Questions ?Speak up now or be silent forever...

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