Joomla! Start to Finish: How to Plan, Execute, and Maintain Your Web Site -- Contents at a Glance -- About the Author -- Contents -- Introduction -- WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR -- WHAT THIS BOOK COVERS -- HOW THIS BOOK IS STRUCTURED -- WHAT YOU NEED TO USE THIS BOOK -- CONVENTIONS -- SOURCE CODE -- ERRATA -- P2P.WROX.COM -- Chapter 1: I Want a Web Site and I Want It Blue - How Much Will That Cost? -- DEVISING STRATEGIES -- MEASURING SUCCESS -- ASSEMBLING THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM -- Chapter 2: Choosing the Right Technologies to Solve the Business Problem -- IS JOOMLA! THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR THIS CLIENT? -- "CAN JOOMLA! DO THAT?" -- THINKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE FROM THE CLIENT'S PERSPECTIVE -- THINKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR'S PERSPECTIVE -- IDENTIFYING QUALITY EXTENSIONS -- Chapter 3: Downloading and Installing Joomla! -- PLANNING THE INSTALLATION: LOCAL VERSUS HOSTED INSTALLATIONS -- CHOOSING THE RIGHT WEB HOST -- DOWNLOADING JOOMLA! -- INSTALLING JOOMLA! -- Chapter 4: A Brief Tour of the Joomla! Administration Interface -- GLOBAL CONFIGURATION -- USER MANAGER -- MEDIA MANAGER -- SITE MANAGEMENT TOOLS -- Chapter 5: In the Beginning There Was Content -- CREATING A SITE MAP -- DETERMINING WHERE THE CONTENT IS COMING FROM -- UNDERSTANDING THE SCAM - SECTIONS, CATEGORIES, ARTICLES, AND MENUS -- Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Menus -- USING THE MENU MANAGER -- LINKING ARTICLES TO THE MENU -- MAKING MENUS SHOW UP ON THE PAGE -- PRESENTING IMAGE-BASED MENU NAVIGATION -- CREATING SPECIAL MENU ITEMS -- CREATING MENUS FOR SPECIFIC USER CLASSES -- HIDING YOUR SITE BEHIND A LOGIN BOX -- CONSIDERING THE SECURITY OF REGISTERED USER INFORMATION -- Chapter 7: Installing and Configuring Templates -- USING JOOMLA!' S DEFAULT TEMPLATES -- ASSIGNING THE TEMPLATE TO SPECIFIC MENU ITEMS -- DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING A TEMPLATE FROM ANOTHER SITE.

UNINSTALLING TEMPLATES -- Chapter 8: Modules That Come with Joomla! -- CONFIGURING MODULES -- EMBEDDING MODULES IN ARTICLES -- CONFIGURING ADMINISTRATOR MODULES -- Chapter 9: Components That Come with Joomla! -- CONTACTS -- WEB LINKS -- POLLS -- BANNER ADS -- Chapter 10: Plug-Ins That Come with Joomla! -- THE REMEMBER ME PLUG-IN -- THE LOAD MODULE PLUG-IN -- THE EMAIL CLOAKING PLUG-IN -- EDITOR BUTTONS -- USING EDITORS -- Chapter 11: Adding Extensions to Joomla! -- INSTALLING EXTENSIONS -- CONFIGURING NEW EXTENSIONS -- Chapter 12 -- Home Page Tips and Tricks -- INTRODUCING THE FRONT PAGE MANAGER AND FRONT PAGE BLOG LAYOUT -- LAYING OUT THE HOME PAGE IN AN ARTICLE -- Chapter 13: Custom Templates -- PREREQUISITES FOR CREATING CUSTOM TEMPLATES -- WEB DEVELOPMENT WORKFLOWS -- CREATING A CUSTOM TEMPLATE -- SOLVING COMMON TEMPLATE PROBLEMS -- Chapter 14: Advanced Template and CSS Tricks -- USING CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND OPTIONAL REGIONS -- SETTING EXCEPTIONS FOR THE HOME PAGE -- USING TEMPLATE OVERRIDES -- CUSTOMIZING OTHER TEMPLATE FILES -- CREATING MORE THAN ONE TEMPLATE FOR A SITE, BUT SHARING STYLES -- UNDERSTANDING SUFFIXES -- USING HIDDEN MENUS -- CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 15: Site Maintenance and Training -- BACKING UP SITES -- RESTORING AND MOVING SITES -- UPGRADING SITES -- TRAINING THE CLIENT -- WHAT'S NEXT? -- Appendix: Jen's Favorite Joomla! Extensions -- ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL EXTENSIONS FOR ANY JOOMLA! WEB SITE -- OTHER GREAT EXTENSIONS -- Index.