Video Course on Joomla 3.0/2.5

This course is available completely free of charge. You can access it through this website or directly on YouTube.

From the new features of version 3.0 to the initial installation steps—both local and remote—and on to the most advanced functions, everything is carefully explained in over 80 wide-screen tutorials, with a wealth of detail and in the author’s characteristic educational style, which emphasizes continuous learning accessible to everyone.

Course Preparation

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Materials to use
• 3. Dynamic and static scripts
• 4. Set up a local server

Installation

• 5. Setting up the MySQL database and Joomla! files locally
• 6. Setting up the MySQL database and Joomla! files remotely
• 7. Practical Installation
• 8. Basics of the Joomla! CMS
• 9. In-Depth Look - Understanding File Extensions

The System – Global Settings menu

• 10. Site Profile, Part I
• 11. Site Profile, Part II
• 12. Site Profile, Part III
• 13. Site Profile, Part IV
• 14. Site Data Sheet, Part V
• 15. Other global settings
• 16. The other items in the system menu

The Extensions menu

• 17. Install and remove extensions
• 18. Important features of the Extensions menu

The Users menu

• 19. Overview of User Management
• 20. Group Management
• 21. The creation of new groups
• 22. Creating users from the backend
• 23. Options for the Users component
• 24. User login from the frontend
• 25. The Levels

The Contents menu

• 26. Content Management
• 27. Options for Component Part I
• 28. Options for Part II
• 29. Creating new content
• 30. Creating categories
• 31. Creating articles
• 32. Use of Images
• 33. The "Editor" and "Read More" buttons
• 34. The Page Break and Link buttons
• 35. Submitting articles from the frontend
• 36. Article meta tags
• 37. Product Details
• 38. Standardize the appearance of the content
• 39. Examples of Bootstrap routines
• 40. Using Bootstrap in Joomla! 2.5
• 41. The appearance of the front page
• 42. Item Management
• 43. Media Manager

Menu Management

• 44. Creating menus
• 45. Creating entries

Level Management and Permissions

• 46. Levels and Permits
• 47. Managing group permissions
• 48. Creating a moderator
• 49. Set up partial access to the backend

Component Management

• 50. Updates
• 51. The Banner component
• 52. The Contacts component
• 53. The Web Link component
• 54. The Search Engine Component
• 55. The News Feed component
• 56. The Redirect component
• 57. The Statistics component
• 58. Installation of components

Form Management

• 59. Installing the modules
• 60. Translation of a form
• 61. Create a custom form
• 62. Inserting a form into an article
• 63. Module placement

Plugin Management

• 64. Practical Use of Plugins
• 65. Add a new editor
• 66. Implement a comment system for articles

Language Management

• 67. The language component
• 68. Enabling dedicated modules and plugins
• 69. The default entry
• 70. Setting up content in Italian
• 71. In-depth analysis
• 72. Translation of content
• 73. Translation of menus and contact information
• 74. Translation of forms
• 75. General Summary
• 76. Language overrides

Template Management

• 77. Graphic theme styles
• 78. The template sheet
• 79. Templates for Joomla! 2.5

Creating a custom template

• 80. Preface
• 81. Basics
• 82. Secondary elements
• 83. The Basic Structure, Part I
• 84. The Basic Structure, Part II
• 85. The Basic Structure, Part III
• 86. The Basic Structure, Part IV
• 87. CSS Styles
• 88. Final Transactions
• 89. The educational theme for Joomla! 2.5

Maintenance and Security

• 90. Akeeba Backup
• 91. The Essential Commands of Akeeba Backup
• 92. Backup procedure from the frontend
• 93. Recovery procedure on a remote server