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Joomla! Explained: Your Step-by-Step Guide
This is the eBook version of the printed book.
The book will show people that they can build and manage a Joomla!
1.6 or 1.7 website without a technical background. Starting with an introduction
to Joomla and how to install it, the book will detail how to add
content, control users, make links and then add extra features to a
Joomla! site. The book simplifies things to avoid difficult tasks that
are unnecessary for beginners to understand. Written in plain English,
the tutorial offers clear instructions, simple explanations, real-life
examples, plenty of screenshots and humor. The book is aimed at busy
people who want to understand Joomla in a fun, readable and
straightforward way.
The book will show people that they can build and manage a Joomla!
1.6 or 1.7 website without a technical background. Starting with an introduction
to Joomla and how to install it, the book will detail how to add
content, control users, make links and then add extra features to a
Joomla! site. The book simplifies things to avoid difficult tasks that
are unnecessary for beginners to understand. Written in plain English,
the tutorial offers clear instructions, simple explanations, real-life
examples, plenty of screenshots and humor. The book is aimed at busy
people who want to understand Joomla in a fun, readable and
straightforward way.
448 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 27, 2011
7 people are currently reading
37 people want to read
About the author
Stephen Burge
26 books4 followersSteve Burge is from Portsmouth in southern England and now lives in Atlanta in the US.
Between leaving England and arriving in the US, there were a few stops in between, including Wales, Mexico, Japan and Australia. Steve paid for his travels by working as a teacher and a web designer.
Steve now combines teaching and web design by running OSTraining.com which teaches people how to build websites. OSTraining clients include Apple, Pfizer and the U.S. Departments of Energy, Education and Commerce.
Steve has published two books: Joomla Explained and Drupal 7 Explained. More are coming including Joomla 3 Explained, Drupal 8 Explained and WordPress Explained.
Between leaving England and arriving in the US, there were a few stops in between, including Wales, Mexico, Japan and Australia. Steve paid for his travels by working as a teacher and a web designer.
Steve now combines teaching and web design by running OSTraining.com which teaches people how to build websites. OSTraining clients include Apple, Pfizer and the U.S. Departments of Energy, Education and Commerce.
Steve has published two books: Joomla Explained and Drupal 7 Explained. More are coming including Joomla 3 Explained, Drupal 8 Explained and WordPress Explained.
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May 15, 2017
Easy to follow along! Clear steps for building a Joomla site.
May 28, 2013
If you need a background in administering a Joomla site, it's OK, but pretty dry even as far as technology books go. Even the best IT related book could only be about 3.5 stars in my mind, but this was a little bit below average.
Main principle of this read is the "CASh" workflow.
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The book also reviews the difference between Components, Modules and Plugins - though even after reading through and several years of experience as a developer, the description seems a bit arbitrary. Perhaps it's a plugin, perhaps it's a module, perhaps it's a component. There are differences, but it's difficult to clarify 100%.
Looking at my previous notes, my previous notes, my favorite technology related book thus far was Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C by Bruce Schnier. There are dozens of other tech books I've read over the years, but most of them were hardly memorable, much like this one ;-)
I'm really looking forward to reading Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, which should be about as exciting as a technology related book can be.
### Score adjusted in recognition of the author's hard work.
Main principle of this read is the "CASh" workflow.
Categorize.
Add.
Show.
The book also reviews the difference between Components, Modules and Plugins - though even after reading through and several years of experience as a developer, the description seems a bit arbitrary. Perhaps it's a plugin, perhaps it's a module, perhaps it's a component. There are differences, but it's difficult to clarify 100%.
Looking at my previous notes, my previous notes, my favorite technology related book thus far was Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C by Bruce Schnier. There are dozens of other tech books I've read over the years, but most of them were hardly memorable, much like this one ;-)
I'm really looking forward to reading Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, which should be about as exciting as a technology related book can be.
### Score adjusted in recognition of the author's hard work.
February 11, 2012
Burge sets out to write a truly basic, truly introductory text for those with minimal familiarity with Content Management System technology ... and he succeeds! The book dovetails with on-line files available to the purchaser which allow the reader to work along with the book. This is an excellent educational strategy. The reader cannot claim expertise with Joomla! CMS by the time the book is completed but has sufficient knowledge to design, erect and publish a basic website.
October 26, 2011
This is an excellent tutorial.
May 4, 2015
Covers up to 1.7, making it a loser in the red queen's race. A problem for all tech books.
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