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Using Joomla Content Management System (CMS) tutorials 11 - 15 |
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Written by David A. Jardine
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Sunday, 25 February 2007 |
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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 11 thru 15.
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.
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Lesson 11: Creating Content Items (6:41 mins)
- How to create a new 'page' and add content.
- Create content into Sections and Categories
- Adding images
- Using 'preview' text for pages and more
- Controlling the viewing Parameters
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Lesson 12: Linking to Menu's (7:08 mins)
- Linking your content to the menu's
- Linking to Sections, Categories and Blog items
- Creating site structure through menu's
- Creating new menu items
NOTE: This is a CRITICAL video for understanding Joomla. It's only short so don't miss it.
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Lesson 13: Installing Templates (12:15 mins)
- How to find Templates for Joomla
- How to install the Templates
- Assigning the template to your Joomla installation.
NOTE: These are NOT the templates from this site. The mini site templates will not work on a Joomla install.
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Lesson 14: Creating an Online Store (11:08 mins)
- Using Extensions with Joomla
- How to find Extensions and install the one you want
- Upload and install your VirtueMart plugin
- Setting up Products, Categories etc
- How to get Joomla AND VirtueMart in one download!
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Lesson 15: Creating a Membership Site (17:40 mins)
- Setting up a single-fee site using MosLock
- Setting up a 'subscription' site using 'Account Expiration Control' extension for Joomla.
NOTE: This tutorial does NOT explain how to install Amember. We heavily recommend you use Amember as it has far more robust and advanced features. Use this tutorial as an example only.
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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.

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