Building Websites with Joomla! 1.5 -- Table of Contents -- Building Websites with Joomla! 1.5 -- Credits -- About the Author -- Preface -- What This Book Covers -- Conventions -- Reader Feedback -- Customer Support -- Downloading the Example Code for the Book -- Errata -- Questions -- 1. Terms, Concepts, and Deliberations -- Content Management System (CMS) -- A Quick Glance into History -- Joomla!-How was it Developed? -- Structure of a Web Content Management System (WCMS) -- Front End and Back End -- Access Rights -- Content -- Extensions -- Components -- Templates -- Plug-Ins -- Workflow -- Configuration Settings -- API -- Is Joomla! a Piece of Real Estate? -- Joomla! Versions -- Numbering System of Joomla! Versions -- Road Map -- Changes In Detail -- Internationalization -- User Plug-Ins -- XML Remote Procedure Call Support -- Support of Several Databases -- FTP System -- Overhaul of the Joomla! Framework -- Barrier Freedom -- Search Engine Friendliness -- Google Summer of Code Projects -- Joomla! Features -- Examples of Joomla! Pages -- Joomla.org -- Travel Shop, Ireland -- Frank Lüdtke, Germany -- Hotel Schönruh, Austria -- Urth.tv, USA -- unric.org, Europe -- porsche.com.br, Brazil -- Summary -- 2. Installation -- Client-Server System -- Accessing a Joomla! Website on the Internet -- Technical Requirements for Joomla! -- Necessary Elements for a Joomla! System Installation -- Local Test Environment -- Windows Operating System -- Linux Operating System -- Mac OS X Operating System -- Production Environment -- Rented Virtual Server -- Your Own Server -- Setting Up the Local Server Environment -- Windows -- XAMPP for Windows -- Linux -- openSUSE > 10.x -- Debian/Ubuntu -- Your Own Server at a Provider (Root Server) -- Joomla! Installation on a Virtual Server on the Net -- Joomla! Installation -- Selecting a Directory for Installation.

An Example -- Directory -- Unpacking -- Joomla! Web Installer -- Step 1: Language Selection -- Step 2: Pre-Installation Check -- Step 3: Licence -- Step 4: Database Configuration -- Step 5: FTP Configuration -- Step 6: Configuration -- Step 7: Completion -- Summary -- 3. A Tour of Your New Website -- Front End -- Menus -- Top Menu -- Main Menu/Breadcrumbs -- Other Menus -- Content -- What is Content? -- First Page/Front Page -- The Newest Information/The Most Often Read Messages -- Advertising -- Banner Area -- Functions -- Login Area -- Polling -- Who is Online? -- Feeds -- Search Field -- Decorative Elements -- Outlook -- Back end -- Summary -- 4. Customizing Joomla!-Language and Templates -- A Different Language for the Website and the Administrator -- Installation of a Different Language File -- Translation of a Menu Entry -- Modifying the Menu Name -- Changing the Template for Your Website -- Changing Colors in the Template -- Summary -- 5. Configuration of Joomla! Administration -- Screen Layout -- Menu Bar -- Tool Bar -- Submenus -- Filter Elements -- Content Area -- Lists -- Dialogs -- Miscellaneous -- Help -- Help Icon -- Help with Speech Balloons -- Help Menu -- Joomla! Help -- System Info -- Summary -- 6. Site Menu -- Control Panel -- User Manager -- Logout Users Icon -- Delete Users Icon -- Edit Users Icon -- New User Icon -- Media Manager -- Creating Directories -- Uploading a File -- Global Configuration -- Site Section -- Site Settings -- Metadata Settings -- SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Settings -- System Section -- System Settings -- Users Settings -- Media Settings -- Debug Settings -- Cache Settings -- Session Settings -- Server Section -- Server Settings -- Locale Settings -- FTP Settings -- Database Settings -- Mail Settings -- Logout -- Summary -- 7. The Menus Menu -- Menus -- Customizing an Existing Menu -- Menus Icon.

Default Icon -- Publish/Unpublish Icon -- Move Icon -- Copy Icon -- Trash Icon -- Edit Icon (Edit Menu Items) -- Menu Item Type -- Menu Item Details -- Parameters -- Parameters-Basic -- Parameter-Component -- Parameters-System -- New Icon -- Menu Trash -- Creating a New Menu -- Summary -- 8. Content Menu -- Article Manager -- Description of the Articles List -- Editing Icons for an Article -- Archive, Unarchive -- Approve, Block -- Move, Copy -- Trash Basket -- Parameters -- Creating a New Article -- Parameters -- Parameters-Article -- Parameters-Advanced -- Metadata Information -- Images -- Article Trash -- Section Manager -- Editing Sections -- Category Manager -- Front Page Manager -- Editing Content from the Front End -- Summary -- 9. Components Menu -- Banner -- Banners -- Clients -- Manage Banners -- Graphic Banners -- Text Links -- Contacts -- Contact Manager -- Details -- Information -- Parameters -- Creation of a Menu Link for the Website -- Categories -- News Feeds -- Feeds -- Categories -- Polls -- Search Statistics -- Web Links -- Links -- Categories -- Summary -- 10. Extensions Menu -- Install/Uninstall -- Install, Components, Modules, Plug-ins, Languages, and Templates -- Module Manager -- Module Filters -- Site Module -- Breadcrumbs -- Footer -- Banner -- Main Menus -- Statistics -- Login Form -- Archive -- Sections -- Related Items -- Wrapper -- Feed Display -- Who's Online -- Polls -- Advertisement -- Random Image -- Syndication -- Newsflash -- Latest News -- Popular -- Search -- Copying a Module -- Administrator Module -- Logged in Users -- Popular -- Recent added Articles -- Menu Stats -- Footer -- Unread Messages -- Online Users -- Quick Icons -- Login -- Admin Menu -- User Status -- Admin Submenu -- Title -- Toolbar -- CSS Admin Menu -- Plugins Manager -- Authentication Plug-ins -- Joomla! -- LDAP -- OpenID -- Gmail.

Content Plug-ins -- Image -- Page Navigation -- SEF -- Rating -- Email Cloaking -- GeSHi -- Load Module -- Pagebreak -- Editors Plug-ins -- No Editor -- TinyMCE 2.0 -- Editors-xtd Plug-ins -- Search Plug-ins -- System Plug-ins -- Log -- Debug -- Legacy -- Cache -- Remember Me -- Backlink -- User Plug-ins -- Joomla! -- XML-RPC Plug-ins -- XML-RPC-Joomla -- XML-RPC blogger API -- Template Manager -- Site -- Editing a Template -- Preview Icon -- Edit HTML Icon -- Edit CSS Icon -- Administrator -- Language Manager -- Summary -- 11. Tools -- Private Messaging System -- Mass Mail -- Global Check-In -- Summary -- 12. More on Extensions -- Installation -- Fireboard (Forum) -- Installation -- Configuration -- Setting Up a Forum -- Integration into the Website -- DOCman (Download section, Document Management) -- Installation -- Configuration -- Language -- Integration into the Website -- Preparing Content -- Search Plug-in -- Supplementary Module -- Exposé Flash Gallery -- Installation -- Integration into the Website -- Videos -- Album Manager in the Administration Section -- Uninstallation -- Album Manager as a Stand-Alone Program -- Integration into the Joomla! Framework -- Problems with Third-Party Components -- Updates -- Security -- What should you Do? -- Summary -- 13. Writing Your Own Joomla! Templates -- Corporate Identity -- HTML/XHTML, CSS, and XML -- HTML/XHTML -- CSS -- In the Central HTML File -- In a Separate CSS File -- Within an HTML Tag -- Combinations -- XML -- Creating Your Own Templates -- Concept -- Fixed Size or Variable (Fluid) or Both -- Structure -- HTML Conversion -- Directory Structures of the Template -- First Trial Run -- Integration of the Joomla! Module -- Creating a Template Package -- Uninstallation of the Template -- Installation with the Joomla! Template Installer -- What Source Code Comes from Joomla?.

The Left Module Position in Detail -- Template Overrides (Customize HTML Output without Changing the Core Files) -- Summary -- 14. Barrier Freedom and Joomla! -- Barrier Freedom-What is it Anyway? -- The Legal Backround -- Criteria for Accessible Sites at a Glance -- Separation of Content and Layout -- Jump Marks -- Demands on Design and Content -- Visual and Content-Wise Arrangement of Content -- Color Selection -- Contrasts -- Variable Font Sizes -- Scalable Layouts -- Graphics -- Sufficiently Large Navigation Elements -- Forms -- The fieldset and label Elements -- Barrier Freedom in Joomla! 1.5-Possible with Beez -- HTML -- Jump Marks -- index.php -- Skip Links in Forms -- Beez and Modules -- com_content -- Forms -- Data Tables -- Design and CSS -- Beez Internal CSS Files -- CSS Files in Summary -- Positioning -- The Layout -- Miscellaneous -- Joomla! Internal Accessibility Features -- Additional Information about This Topic -- Assistive Technologies -- CheckerTools -- Book Tip -- Summary -- 15. Your Own Components, Modules, and Plug-ins -- Model-View-Controller -- Model -- View -- Controller -- What is the Advantage with MVC? -- So Where is Everybody's Advantage? -- The helloworld Sample Component -- A Home for helloworld -- The Entry Point (/componenet.com_hello/hello.php) -- The Controller (/component/com_hello/controller.php) -- The View (/component/com_hello/views/hello/views.html.php) -- The Template (/component/com_hello/views/hello/tmpl/default.php) -- The Result -- The Installation -- Conclusion -- An Example Component -- The MySQL Table -- The Front End -- The Entry Point (/components/com_auto/auto.php) -- The Controller (/components/com_auto/controller.php) -- The View (/components/com_auto/views/auto/view.html.php) -- The Template (/components/com_auto/views/auto/tmpl/default.php) -- Model (/components/com_auto/models/auto.php).

Conclusion.