Chapter 7, "Joomla! Extensions," explains the difference between modules, components, and plug-ins. It also looks at the default site modules such as random image, banners, syndication, and feed display. Chapter 8, "Web Community Features," will show you how to profile a site visitor, look at your community, show you how to build your web communications, let you figure out just how much interaction that your site needs, and how to retarget your site.
Chapter 9, "Site Statistics," is all about web analytics. Here you will see how to parse web logs, work with stand alone log analysis packages, and Google Analytics. Chapter 10, "Photo Gallery," examines what it takes to set up a photo gallery from within Joomla!. The galleries explored are FTP Server galleries for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Easy gallery, and Gallery2. Here you will learn how to install and activate these products.
Chapter 11, "Joomla! E-commerce," describes what you need to do to set up a virtual store front within the Joomla! system. These include the system requirements and the download options. Also discussed are the various configurations such as taxing, creating categories, creating products, working with a shipping module, and order management.
Chapter 12, "Search Engine Optimization and Joomla!," examines SEO and how it works on a Joomla! site. This involves configuration, setting up titles, Meta Descriptions and Keywords, using sitemaps, and setting up an SEF Joomla! template. Chapter 13, "Creating Extensions" will show you how to write a front end module, write a missing Metadata Administrator module and how to structure the suggestion box component.
Beginning Joomla! is very easy to read, concise and to the point. There is a step-by-step approach for installation, design and the maintenance of a Joomla! site. The concepts are well explained and will be of benefit to beginners and more experienced users alike. Unlike the online documentation, this does not assume you have a lot of experience with content management processes.
Beginning Joomla! will show you the nooks and crannies of working with Joomla! The author explains his thoughts on website design and organizational tips as well as how to get up and running quickly and easily. If you are looking to create a website using Joomla!, then Beginning Joomla! is really a must have. This book is highly recommended.
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This hopefully will be a useful book and make it easy for me to develop a membership site for the upcoming joomla tutorial service we are launching