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Building a Website
Using Joomla!
John W. O’Neill, PE
Presented at thePro-Life Science & Technology Conference
September 10, 2011
Abstract / Disclaimer
• This is not meant to be a comprehensiveguide to all the technical details of buildinga website.
• This will give the audience some basicknowledge of things they should belooking for in their website.
• The presenter is not an expert at webdesign.
Domain Name
• Choose something easy to remember
• May want to consider multiple domainnames (common misspellings, etc.)
• Domain names are not case-sensitive.
– prolifetechnology.org
– PROLIFEtechnology.org
– ProLifeTechnology.org
• These are all the same
• Can check availability at www.whois.com
Webhosting Provider
• Domain name must be registered.
• This can usually be done with the sameservice that hosts the website.
• There are many low-cost providers.
– Expect to pay $100-120 per year
– Some have some special discounts for thefirst year.
Joomla!
• First released in 2005
• Open Source Content Management System
– Open Source - Free
– Content Management System - CMS
– Can be edited by numerous people
• Many other modules to work with Joomla –some free, some cost money.
• Easy to add content – can be done directly fromthe website
Joomla!
Building Website
• Spend some time deciding what contentyou want on your website
– Organization’s address, phone number, hoursof operation, etc.
– Upcoming events
– Different services of your organization
– Newsletter
Building Website
• Decide how you would want to organizethat information
– It helps to develop a nested outline of plannedcontents to develop menu items and linkedlayers.
– Remember that the user may not be familiarwith your organization and you want him orher to be able to find the information quickly.
Building Website
• Download Joomla! from www.joomla.org
Building Website
• Search internet for Joomla! template
• Find one that matches the image you wantfor you organization.
– Look at colors, layout and style.
– Pictures can be customized.
Building Website
Articles
• Most content will be contained in articles.
– Articles are organized in Sections andCategories.
• Articles can be created and modified fromthe front-end or the back-end.
Forms
• Forms are a way for people to submitinformation to your organization throughyour website.
• Free plug-in called ChronoForms can bedownloaded fromhttp://extensions.joomla.org
Maps
• Google Maps plug-in
Video
• Video can be added to your site or bylinking to a video on another site.
• Video can be created by copying from aDVD or creating/editing video
– AVS Video Editor
– Will need to be saved in a format that can beembedded into a webpage.
Video
• Two free plug-ins to use to embed videoare
– All Videos
– All Videos Reloaded
– both of which can be downloaded fromhttp://extensions.joomla.org.
Search Engine Optimization
• Make yourself known to major searchengines
– Googlewww.google.com/addurl/www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
– Yahoohttps://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit
Search Engine Optimization
• Search Engine Friendly
– SEO Tools to optimize your ranking in thesearch engines (www.joomlaseo.net)
– Use a unique title and description on everypage
– Add text to keywords and description fields.
– Add text to pictures (as alt text, title text, etc.)
– Use intelligent names for images
– Optimize image file size
SEO Resource
• Google Search Engine OptimizationStarter Guide
– http://www.google.co.jp/intl/en/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf
