Using Joomla Content Management System (CMS) tutorials 1 - 5

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Written by David A. Jardine

Sunday, 25 February 2007

Joomla CMS is simply the BEST solution for setting up your content-based website. Period! If you need to make changes or updates to your site on a regular basis, and can't be bothered with all that HTML work, then you should be looking at a Content Management System.

Joomla leads the field in this area - AND IT'S FREE - so it is definitely time you checked it out.

Don't let the PHP fool you, this is simple to install, and may even be part of your hosting package already! HostGator provides the latest version of Joomla in each hosting package, so installing is as simple as a few clicks.

Watch these tutorials, and get up to speed on the new way to build content-based mini sites!

PLEASE BE AWARE:

I did not record these videos, they were recorded in England. The videos are in regular Camtasia format, but not the large sizes I record in, so they are smaller.

They will take longer to laod, so be patient.

They also vary in sound quality - so you will need to adjust your speakers for each one.

	Lesson 1: Introduction to CMS (7:34 mins) A quick overview of what a CMS is and why you should look at one for your business model. VERY BAD AUDIO: Turn up your speakers. Click the video icon to the left to begin your tutorial
	Lesson 2: Downloading Joomla (03:11 mins) Where to find it an dhow to install it. Downloading it from the www.joomla.com site NOTE: You can also install Joomla form your Fantastico panel in your Cpanel if you host with Hostgator. This makes it a simple click-point process. Turn your speakers down! Click the video icon to the left to begin your tutorial
	Lesson 3: Creating your Database (19:36 mins) How to use root or shell access to create your DB How to use PHPMyAdmin to create your DB How to use CPanel to create your DB NOTE: Fantastico creates this step for you if you host with Hostgator. This makes it a simple click-point process. Click the video icon to the left to begin your tutorial
	Lesson 4: Uploading Joomla (3:43 mins) Exact step-by-step process to upload Joomla Click the video icon to the left to begin your tutorial
	Lesson 5: Install & Configure (5:45 mins) Using your web browser to install Joomla Using your DB settings Accessing the Admin panel to begin setup Click the video icon to the left to begin your tutorial

NB: If you are using Internet Explorer, you will have to click inside the
white area in the new popup window to play the file.

Software Download Links:

HostGator Hosting: http://www.hostgator.com
Use Fantastico in your CPanel to setup your Joomla install, and skip the headaches.
JOOMLA CMS: http://www.joomla.com
Dreamweaver 8 : http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/
Photoshop CS2 : http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/
Adobe Reader: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Winzip: http://www.winzip.com/
FileZilla: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Thunderbird: http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
ACDSee: http://www.acdsee.com/

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ironnoel said:

I downloaded Joomla with Fantastico - hence don't need to worry about any of this section!

May 22, 2007

Sarkis Doueihi said:

i'm having hard tym to download your tutorial video.

April 13, 2008

Terence said:

A couple of years ago I was very interested in Joomla as it seemed to have everything I needed from a free CMS. It is fairly difficult to learn how to use, but there were plenty of templates available and of good quality too.

However when I tried to use it one a shared hosting account the loading times were extremely slow, in excess of 30 seconds. I also noticed this on many other Joomla-based sites.

I decided not to use it for this reason.

Maybe it runs faster on a non-shared hosting package but I prefer Wordpress now for its overall ease of use and quick loading times.

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