Joomla! For Dummies (Paperback)

Learn to link articles on your site with drop-down menus, invite visitors to rate content, enable a full-site search, let your guests sign up for e-mail lists, and much more. Joomla! For Dummies helps you to:

• Acquire the free Joomla! content management system, install it, and customize the home page
• See how menus control the elements in Joomla! and use menu items to create your page layout
• Use templates— powerful collections of PHP and CSS—to make your pages do what you want them to
• Create searches, polls, page menus, newsflashes, and banners using built-in Joomla! modules
• Build search engine-friendly sites and see how Joomla! can help boost site traffic
• Explore additional Joomla! templates and learn what to look for when downloading and installing them
• Check into plug-ins, components, and additional modules to see how they differ and what they can do
• Find modules for ads, archives, banners, searches, syndications, and more

Joomla! lets you concentrate on content instead of struggling with code. So grab Joomla! For Dummies and start creating!

Joomla! makes it easy, and this book makes it easier yet! See how to link articles on your site with drop-down menus, invite visitors to rate content, enable a full-site search, allow your guests to sign up for e-mail lists, and much more, all with portable Joomla! modules. Instead of struggling with code, you can concentrate on content. Here's how!

• Jump into Joomla! — acquire the free Joomla! content management system, install it, and customize the home page

• The meaning of menus — see how menus control the elements in Joomla! and use menu items to create your page layout

• Taming templates — use these powerful collections of PHP and CSS to make your pages do what you want them to

• Module madness — create searches, polls, menus, newsflashes, and banners with built-in Joomla! modules

• Joomla! and SEO — build search engine-friendly sites and see how Joomla! can help boost site traffic

• Extend your options — explore additional Joomla! templates and learn what to look for when downloading and installing them

• Plug it in — check into plug-ins, components, and additional modules to see how they differ and what they can do

Open the book and find:

• Step-by-step instructions for downloading and installing Joomla!

• Examples of cool Joomla! sites

• How to remove and rename menus

• Easy ways to add pages to your site

• How to make menu options work for you

• Tips for tracking page hits

• Modules for ads, archives, banners, searches, syndications, and more

• The secrets of keywords