Chapter 12, "Creating a Blog Site with Joomla 1.5," examines how blogs today are much different than they were when they were created as a personal diary. Now, instead of being devoted to an entire website, many times they are part of a website. While being a communications medium that contain brief posts about a particular subject, they are also a medium in which the author(s) communicate in the first person, on a one-on-one level with the visitor allowing the user to relate to the writer on a familiar basis.
Joomla!: A User's Guide is written for those who are on a beginner to intermediate level with Joomla! and CMS in general. It provides an excellent introduction and will get you up and running in no time. I really liked the way it thoroughly explains the lay out of the content and how to organize a site. I also like how you are taken through three different types of sites and shown how to develop each type. These are not just a couple of pages on each, development of the three sites encompasses over 90 pages of the book.
Joomla!: A User's Guide is logically organized and will lead you from the basic concepts to running a Joomla! site in no time. I think that Joomla!: A User's Guide will find a place on many a shelf as not only is it a good guide, but serves as is a great reference book to building and maintaining a Joomla! web site.
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