Web Design Training Using Joomla

The Community Education Computer Society (CECS) is conducting a two-day course on Web Design Training Using Joomla from 24-25 November 2009 in Johannesburg.

Joomla is a Content Management System (CMS) which makes it easy to create dynamic and complex websites. You do not need any programming knowledge to use Joomla. Joomla makes it ideal for NGOs and small businesses to build their own websites.

Joomla can be downloaded for free from the Joomla website.

Here are some of the ways people use Joomla:

• Corporate websites and portals
• Small business websites
• Non-profit and organisational websites
• School and church websites
• Community-based portals
• Personal or family websites

What Will Be Covered

• Install and Configure Joomla
• Install WAMP
• Create folder and copy Joomla files
• Configure the Joomla web installer

Create Content:

• Create sections and categories
• Create articles
• Create uncategorised articles
• Set the global parameters for articles
• Set the parameters for individual articles
• Interlink articles with one another
• Upload documents and link to documents
• Insert images into articles
• Insert the read more option into articles
• Display articles on the Home Page
• Create a "table of contents" for long articles

Joomla Built-in Components:

• Create a contacts list
• Create a web links page
• Create a newsfeeds to and from your website
• Create a poll
• Install and uninstall components

Add Menu Items:

• Add a category blog layout menu item
• Add a category list layout menu item
• Add a section blog layout menu item
• Add a section list layout menu item
• Add a contacts menu item
• Add a newsfeeds menu item
• Add a web links menu item
• Change menu order
• Changing a menu type

Modules:

• Add the login module for people to register on your site
• Add the who's online module to track who is on your site
• Add the search module if people want to find information on your site
• Add the breadcrumbs module to enable people to track where they are on your site
• Add the newsfeeds module so that people can be updated if you add new information
• Add the polls module to the site
• Installing and uninstalling other modules

Plugins:

• Install and uninstall plugins
• Enable plugins
• Enable the legacy plugins

Templates:

• Install and uninstall templates
• Change the default template
• View the html and CSS files for templates
• Add you own logo to a site