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Joomla! SiteBuilder 2 starts where Joomla! SiteBuilder 1 leaves off. Instructor and Joomla! author Jen Kramer will instruct this 90-minute Joomla! training session which digs farther into Joomla! 1.6 CMS to show you how to build sites using Joomla! beyond the initial planning and site structure phase.Joomla! SiteBuilder 2 will help you with advanced use of menus, sections and categories, as well as extensions understand and use advanced Joomla! extensions to further empower your site.Key Learning Points: * Advanced use of menus * Web hosting overview with Joomla in mind * Recommended extensions for your site
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Joomla SiteBuilder 2
Jen Kramer4Web, Inc.CMS Expo, Evanston ILMay 2010
Agenda
• Collect cards for Free Drawing!• Introduce Jen• Background: skills, planning• Joomla tips:
• Joomla hosting• Evaluating extensions• Useful extensions
First, about Jen
• Program Director, MSIT, Marlboro College Graduate Center
• Manager, Joomla! User Group New England
• Lynda.com author, 6 video titles• Author, “Joomla! Start to Finish”, Wrox
Press• Author, “Joomla! 24-Hour Trainer”, Wrox
Press• And I get 8 hours of sleep a night.
Now about you…
• Worked with Joomla before? (Kickstart is great!)
• Worked with any CMS before?• Know hand-coded HTML?• Know hand-coded CSS?• Anything special you want to
learn today?
Best ways to improve your Joomla skills
• Learn hand-coded HTML• Learn hand-coded CSS• Learn about website planning
and strategy• These skills applicable to any
CMS
First of all, what are you building?
• What problem is this website trying to solve?
• Why is a website the best way to solve that problem?
• Who does it serve?• Goals: organization, website,
user?
Joomla Hosting
• Where do you host now?• Do they do backups?• Really?• Are you sure?• Absolutely totally 100% positive,
no question?• Ever discussed it with the host?
Hosting Backups
• Your host likely backs things up for their own use
• These backups are frequently not guaranteed
• You need your own separate backups
How do hosting backups work?
• It Depends.• Is backup disk space included in
your account?• How often are backups made?• How long does it take to restore
from backup?
Other things to watch for
• Host should run PHP 5.2+ and MySQL 5.0.4+ for compatibility with Joomla 1.6
• Does the host have a background in working with Joomla?• Any GoDaddy horror stories in the
audience?
Don’t know hosting?
• Me either.• Host with Rochen,
www.rochenhost.com. Great Joomla tools.
• Demo
Evaluating extensions
• How do you choose your extensions?
Evaluating extensions
• Software version: avoid alpha/beta
• Date added/updated: hopefully updated recently, maybe added long ago
• Make sure it’s 1.6 native• Votes and comments: positive
Evaluating extensions
• No encryption• Do you have to change
permissions to use it?• Does it start with the right first
line of code?• <?php defined (‘_JEXEC’) or die; ?>
• index.html file in each folder?• Does it overwrite core files?
Which is better: free or paid?
• Free: great price!• Paid: more guaranteed to get
support and upgrade paths
Extensions!
• JCE• Akeeba Backup• Joomla Updater• CCK (K2, Sobi, Flexicontent,
Zoo, others)• RS Forms Pro
Free Drawing!!!
• Did you get your business card in the bucket?
• Win autographed copy of “Joomla! 24-Hour Trainer”
• More on sale in the 4Web booth
Questions?
Jen Kramer4Web, [email protected]: jen4web