Using Joomla Content Management System (CMS) tutorials 6 - 10

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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.

Continuing the series with tutorials 6 thru 10.

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 6: The Front End (9:29 mins) How content is placed into the pages. How the Menus work and where to navigate. The diversity of a dynamic content site Click the video icon to the left to begin your tutorial
	Lesson 7: It's All About Content (02:44 mins) Organizing Content to be displayed Creating Sections, Categories and Content Items. NOTE: This is a CRITICAL video for understanding Joomla. It's only short so don't miss it. Click the video icon to the left to begin your tutorial
	Lesson 8: The Back End - Admin (12:15 mins) The heart of the CMS is the backend A walkthrough of the basic functions and areas Components, Modules, Mambots and Menus explained. Click the video icon to the left to begin your tutorial
	Lesson 9: Creating Sections (6:12 mins) Complete walkthrough on how to create Sections Click the video icon to the left to begin your tutorial
	Lesson 10: Creating Categories (2:54 mins) Creating Categories within Sections 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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