Using Joomla

1. An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Using a CMS: Static Versus Dynamic 1
A Brief History of Joomla 1
Why Open Source and the GPL? 2
The Future 2
Joomla 1.0.x: End of Life 3
Summary 3
2. Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Quick Install 5
Installing Joomla Using Fantastico 6
System Requirements 8
Add Sample Content or Not 9
Some Basic Terminology 10
Frontend Versus Backend 10
Extensions 10
Site Content 12
Summary 12
3. A Tour of the Administrator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Control Panel 16
Administrator Menus 17
Site 17
Menus 18
Content 19
Components 19
Extensions 20

6. Creating Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Articles As Building Blocks 45
Creating Articles 46
The WYSIWYG Editor 47
Customizing Articles 49
Article Publishing and Unpublishing 50
Scheduled Publishing and Unpublishing 51
Article Parameters 53
Article Parameters Hierarchy 53
Global Article Parameters 54
Basic Article Parameters 56
Advanced Article Parameters 57
Page Functions: Print PDF, Email to a Friend, and Print Page 60
Prevent Code from Being Stripped Out of the Editor 60
Global Check-in 62
Article Manager Filtering and Ordering 63
Filtering Articles 63
Ordering Articles 64
Permissions 65
Section Permissions 65
Category Permissions 65
Article Permissions 66
Archiving Articles 66
Archiving an Article 66
Unarchiving an Article 67
Trashing Articles 67
Trashing an Article 67
Restoring Trashed Articles 67
Permanently Delete Trashed Articles 68
The Front Page Manager 69
Ordering Front Page Articles 71
Removing Front Page Articles 72
Frontend Versus Backend Editing 72
Edit an Article on the Frontend 72
Submitting Content on the Frontend 73
Submit a New Article on the Frontend 75
Submit a New Web Link on the Frontend 75
Summary 77
7. Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Menu Structure Versus Content Structure 79
Menu Manager 80
Menu Item Manager: Menu Item Types Explained, Controlling Layout 82

Menu Item Parameters 90
Menu Item Details 90
Parameters (Basic) 92
Parameters (Advanced) 93
Parameters (Component) 94
Parameters (System) 97
Menu Modules: Parameters 98
Module Parameters 99
Advanced Parameters 101
Other Parameters 101
Menu Module: Split Menus 102
Built-in Site Map 105
Create the Site Map 105
Add Your Site Map to an Article Using the Content—Load Module
Plug-in 106
Using ItemID to Create Internal Links 106
Menu Trash 106
Restore Menu Items 107
Permanently Delete Menu Items 107
Summary 108
8. Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Extending Joomla with Extensions and Compatibility 111
Built-in Components: Banners, Contacts, News Feeds, Polls, Search, and
Web Links 112
Banners 112
Contacts 113
News Feeds 114
Polls 116
Search 117
Web Links 118
Other Built-in Components in the Extension Manager 119
Third-Party Components: How to Install 121
Summary 122
9. Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
The Module Manager 123
Built-in Frontend Modules 123
Article Modules 124
Component Modules 125
Feed Modules 125
User Modules 125
Other Modules 125