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CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Dr Sangeeta Kaul
Network Manager, DELNET, New Delhi
Email: [email protected],
[email protected]
What is Content Management
System
• In simple words, content management system
is a system that manages content.
• What is Content?
– Content is any type or unit of digital information.
It can be text, images, graphics, video, sound,
documents, records, etc or anything that we
would like to manage in an electronic format.
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• What is Content Management ?
– Content Management is the management of the
content.
What is the CM System ?
– A CMS is a tool that enables us to create, edit, delete
and finally publish in a varying format a variety of
content (such as text, graphics, video, documents, etc)
while being governed by a set of rules, processes and
workflows that ensure validated electronic content
and coherency of the data.
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CMS
• Every CMS has its own unique way of
organizing and managing content.
• It helps you to create/edit/delete content in
a shared repository (database).
• It contains much improved CSS(Cascading
Style Sheets).
• CMS enables content to be shared across
the Web sites.
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CMS
• CMS allows to assign different roles and responsibilities
to different content categories or types.
• It facilitates the easy tracking and and managing of
multiple versions of a single instance of content.
• It helps in publishing the content to a repository to
support access to the content (Search and retrieval).
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Benefits of CMS
• Consistent website design
• Availability of site modules and templates.
• An open source community (for support).
• Content and structure can easily be adapted.
• Content is well organized and searchable.
• You can assign different webmasters to administer the
content.
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Various CMS Products
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PhpNuke (www.phpnuke.org)
Plone (www.plone.org)
Drupal (www.drupal.org)
Mambo (www.source.mambo-foundation.org)
Moodle(www.moodle.org)
Wordpress(www.wordpress.org)
Joomla (www.joomla.org)
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JOOMLA
• The name Joomla is derived from the Swahili word
"Jumla", which means "all together" or "as a whole".
• Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content
Management Systems. It is used all over the world for
everything from simple websites to complex corporate
applications.
• Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.
• It is a modular CMS.
• 2.7 percent of the Web is running on Joomla.
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JOOMLA
• It enables you to build websites and powerful
online applications.
• It is an open source solution.
• With the minimal amount of instructions, you
can empower your users to easily manage their
own sites.
• It is highly extensible and thousands of
extensions(Most for free) are available.
Including the specific extensions applicable for
library applications.
• It is an all inclusive application.
• Joomla runs on PHP/MySql.
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JOOMLA
• Joomla is written in PHP, uses object-oriented
programming structure (OOPS) techniques and
software design pattern, stores data in a MySql
database, and includes features such as page
caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages,
news flashes, blogs, polls, search, and support for
language internationalisation.
• It is based on a model-view-controller (MVC) web
application framework that can be used
independently.
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History of Joomla
• The genesis of Joomla goes back to August 2005 when the
project broke off from another web design project Mambo.
The whole concern of the development team was to put this
content management software into the open source
domain. Internet users at the OpenSourceMatters website
(www.opensourcematters.org) spoke in support for the new
project and in early September of 2005, Joomla! was born.
The comes from the Arabic for "all together", which is an
important idea for this web design project.
Joomla is now the internet's most popular Content
Management System.
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Versions
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Joomla 1.0 was released on September 16, 2005. It was a re-branded release of
Mambo 4.5.2.3 which, itself, was combined with other bug and moderate-level
security fixes.
Joomla version 1.5 was released on January 22, 2008. The last release of this
version (on April 4, 2011) was 1.5.23.This version is the first to attain long term
support (LTS). LTS versions are released each three major or minor releases and
are supported until three months after the next LTS version is released.
Joomla 1.6.0 was released on January 10, 2011. This version adds a full access
control list functionality plus, user-defined category hierarchy, and admin interface
improvements. No support is now available for this version.
Joomla 1.7.0 was released on July 19, 2011, six months after 1.6.0. This version
adds enhanced security and improved migration tools.
Joomla 2.5.0 is planned for release six months after 1.7.0, in January 2012. This
version is a long term support (LTS) release. Originally this release was to be 1.8.0,
however on August 9 it was announced that it would be renamed to fit into a new
version number scheme in which every LTS release will be an X.5 release.
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List of versions with release and
support info
Version
Release date
Supported until
1.0
2005-09-16
22-7-2009
1.5 (LTS)
2008-01-22
04-10-2012
1.6
2011-01-10
19-08-2011
1.7
2011-07-19
02-10-2010
2.5 (LTS)
2012-01-19
2013-10-19
Release no longer supported
Release still supported
Future release
Source : www.joomla.org
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Why to Use Joomla! ?
• Simplicity
• Open Source Code
– Intuitive Graphical Web User
Interface (WebUI)
– You can modify anything you like
• Published API
• Flexibility
– Highly configurable and tailorable
• Robust
– Windows in the code allowing 3rd
Party extension
• Dynamic Content
– Extremely stable core infrastructure
• Extensible
– MySQL database driven
• Pro-Active Support
– 3rd Party Extension and Plug-In
capabilities
– Joomla! Teams and Community
members.
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Why Joomla Is Better Than Other CMS
Other CMS
Joomla
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It is designed to work perfectly in basic
shared web hosting environments, a package
that is least expensive and most common.
Installer is simple and just like any other
common desktop software.
It is supported by several extensions, add-on,
and plug in. They are written in PHP, which is
most widely used, general purpose scripting
language and best suited for web
development.
Joomla supports SSL logins and SSL pages.
Joomla probably has a pre built module to
transform it in a social bookmarking website.
Joomla's greatest advantage is availability of
a large number of extensions that you can
use to Plug-in extra features into your
website and transform your website into
anything you like.
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The installation process is a bit
complicated.
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Add-ons, Plug-ins, although deeply
integrated, but are less powerful
compared to Joomla.
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It is not known to support it.
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Very Limited extensibility.
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Joomla Vs Drupal
JOOMLA
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DRUPAL
Joomla supports SSL logins and SSL pages.
Joomla's biggest strength is that it has a
wide selection of free and commercial
designs.
TinyMCE (in built editor) comes with
Joomla.
The default WYSIWYG (What You See is
What You Get !) editor allows video and
there are plenty of podcast and video
extensions.
DocMan and Rokdownloads are both
reliable document managers.
Joomla has a very good graphical
interface.
Joomla is best for Content Management
System
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Drupal not known to support it.
Very few commercial developers and offthe-shelf choices are very poor. Most
designs are custom-made.
Probably the most common complaint
about Drupal - it has no default editor.
Not by default but several multimedia
modules for video and podcasting are
available.
Would need to be constructed from other
modules.
Definitely a weakness. Terms are
confusing
Drupal is best for Blogging.
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JOOMLA VS WORDPRESS
JOOMLA
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WORDPRESS
Joomla CMS is an excellent content
management system allowing easy
management and maintenance of your
website, with little or no programming
knowledge needed.
Adding or removing post dates, need not
to be changed in design mode because
menus are controlled via the control panel
and attributes like dates, author name etc,
can be turned on and off per article or for
the whole site in one go.
Joomla will handle membership
functionality.
If we want members to access your videos
on a subscription basis and have members
in various levels of permission (depending
on their subscription level), Joomla is your
best bet.
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The WordPress content management
system is an ideal platform for bloggers as
it is easy to install and use.
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Adding or removing post dates, need to
be changed in design mode and it requires
knowledge of WP scripting.
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You can add membership functionality in
WordPress.
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Joomla Features
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User Management:
Joomla has a registration system that allows users to configure personal options. There are
nine different user groups with various types of permissions on which users are allowed to access,
edit, publish and administrate. Authentication is an important part of user management and Joomla
support multiple protocols, including LDAP, OpenID, and even Gmail.
Search:
Help navigate users to most popular search items and provide the admin with search
statistics.
Language Manager:
There is international support for many world languages and UTF-8 encoding. If you need
your Web site in one language and the administrator panel in another, multiple languages are
possible.
Content Management:
Joomla's simplified three-tiered system of articles makes organizing your content easier. You
can organize your content any way you want and not necessarily how it will be on your Web site.
Your users can rate articles, e-mail them to a friend, or automatically save a PDF (with UTF-8
support for all languages). Administrators can archive content for safekeeping, hiding it from site
visitors.
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Joomla Features
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Media Manager :
The Media Manager is the tool for easily managing media files or folders and you can
configure the MIME type settings to handle any type of file. The Media Manager is integrated
into the Article Editor tool so you can incorporate images and other files at any time.
Polls :
In order to seek the feedback from the users, you can conduct polls with multiple
options.
Web Link Management :
Providing link resources for site users is simple and you can sort them into categories,
even count every click.
Banner Management :
It's easy to set up banners on your Web site using the Banner Manager.
Syndication and Newsfeed Management :
With Joomla, it's easy to syndicate your site content, allowing your users to subscribe
to new content in their favorite RSS reader. It's equally easy to integrate RSS feeds from other
sources and aggregate them all on your site.
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Joomla Features
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Integrated Help System:
Joomla has a built-in help section to assist users with finding what they need. A
glossary explains the terms in plain English, a version checker makes sure you're using
the latest version, a system information tool helps you troubleshoot, and, if all else fails,
links to a wealth of online resources for additional help and support.
System Features :
FTP Layer allows file operations (like installing Extensions) without having to make
all the folders and files writable, making your site administrator's life easier and
increasing the security of your site. Administators quickly and efficiently communicate
with users one-on-one through private messaging or all site users via the mass mailing
system.
Web Services :
With Web services, you can use Remote Procedure Calls (via HTTP and XML). You
can also integrate XML-RPC services with the Blogger and Joomla APIs.
Powerful Extensibility :
These are just some of the basic Joomla features and the real power is in the way
you customize Joomla. Visit the Joomla Extensions Directory to see thousands of ways to
enhance Joomla to suit your needs.
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Joomla Features
• Template Management:
Templates in Joomla are a powerful way to make your
site look exactly the way you want and either use a single
template for the entire site or a separate template for each
site section.
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Joomla in Real World
Official Joomla Websites
• Main Site:
Joomla Forums
• Support Forums:
www.joomla.org
www.forum.joomla.org
• Joomla Community By Numbers:
• Extensions Directory:
www.extensions.joomla.org
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15,00,000 + Support forum posts
3,00,000 + Support forum topics
5,00,000 + Forum members
8,400+ Third Party Extensions
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Joomla Prerequisites
XAMPP
 X-Operating System(Linux or Windows or Mac OS
or Solaris )
 Apache - Web Server
 Mysql - Database
 PHP - Programming Language
 Perl - Programming Language
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Implementation of Joomla
• Need apache (configure for php and Mysql)
• Mysql (create users and database backend) my.cnf is
the configuration file)
• php (programming language) php.ini file is for
setting up security features.
• Download Joomla archived file (www.joomla.org)
and decompress in Web site root directory
• Save it in Xampp > htdocs.
• Enter localhost/”joomla directory name” in your Web
Browser.
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INSTALLATION
ON
WINDOWS
JOOMLA VERSION 1.5
URL Address: http://localhost/”joomla directory name”
Step 1
Choose the language and click on Next.
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Step2
Check the minimum/ recommended requirements and click on Next
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Step 3
Agree to the GNU General public license by clicking on Next
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URL on Address Bar: localhost/phpmyadmin
Step 4 (a)
Open phpMyadmin by typing “localhost/phpmyadmin” on your web
browser.
Create the database with some arbitrary name and click on Create
button.
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Step 4(b)
Here we write the name of database and Click on CREATE button.
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Step 4 (c).
Now your database should be created
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Step 4(d)
Select Database Type as “MySql” from the drop down, type “localhost as
Host Name, type “root” as Username and no password, type database
name as you have given in phpMyadmin.
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Step 5
Check your FTP configuration and click on Next
Note: You can leave this page “Blank”
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Step 6
Enter your Site Name, email address and password. Click on Install
Sample Data (Optional). Click on Next.
Note : Please Remember your password for further login
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Step 7
Congratulations! Your Joomla has been successfully installed. Now before clicking
anything go to your Joomla directory
Xampp -> htdocs -> Joomla directroy
Note :Delete the directory named installation from the Joomla directory . And now
click on Site button
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This is the default frontend of Joomla.
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Front End User Roles
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Guest: Not a User Group
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A guest is anyone that is connected to the website but NOT registered and/or logged in. A Guest
only has access to the Front-End Content that has an access classification of public.
Front-end User Groups :
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Registered: The Registered User Group comprises those users who have
completed the
registration process.
 As a Registered User they have the access permission to log in to the website, view all Content
that is Classified as Registered Access as well as Public-Access Content.
 By default Registered Users are able to configure their own User Profile, submit a web link,
view/rate Content Items with a Registered Classification.
o Author: The Author User Group inherits the access permissions of the Registered Users Group and in
addition, its members are allowed to create a new Content Item for the Front-end of the website.
o Editor: The Editor User Group inherit the access permission of the Author User Group and, in
addition, its members are allowed to edit all published Content Items for the Front-end of the
website, and to review and edit (where appropriate) any new Content Item that has yet to be
published
o Publisher: The Publisher User Group inherit the access permission of the Editor User Group and, in
addition, its members are allowed to publish new Content Items to the Front-end of the website. In
addition the Publisher can control existing published Content Items and Unpublish them if necessary
by a direct entry into the Content Item itself
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Administrator Login Page
Type “localhost/”joomla directory name”/administrator” on your
browser and you will see your administrator/backend page. Enter your
username and password to login.
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Administrator’s Home Page or Backend of Joomla
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Back End User Roles
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Manager: The Manager User Group inherits the access permission of the Publisher User Group in the Front-end Site.
 Media Manager
 Preview Statistics
 Menu: Access and edit existing Menus
 Content: Content by Section. All Content, Static Content Manager, Category Manager, Front Page Manager, Archives Manager.
 Page Impressions
Administrator: The Administrator User Group inherits the access permissions of the Manager User Group and in addition has the
following permissions:
 Trash Manager
 User Manager may create/edit/delete any user of the same level or below-all except Super Administrator.
 Menu Manager
 Site Modules
 Administrator Modules
 Components
 Banners
 Contacts
 News Feeds
 Polls
 Syndicate
 Web Links
 Mambots
 Site Mambos
 Installers
 Components
 Modules
 Mambots
Super Administrator: The Super Administrator User Group has total access permission-that is for all Back-end administrator and all
Front-end functions.
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INSTALLATION
ON
LINUX
JOOMLA VERSION 1.7
Prerequisites for Linux
• Download Xampp for Linux latest version from
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html
• After downloading simply type on the following commands:
 Go to a Linux shell and login as the system administrator root: su
 Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt:
tar -xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.7.tar.gz -C /opt
 XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.
 To start XAMPP simply call this command:
/opt/lampp/lampp start
You should now see something like this on your screen:
Starting XAMPP 1.7.7...
LAMPP: Starting Apache...
LAMPP: Starting MySQL...
LAMPP started.
Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.
• Test:
Just type in the following URL at your favourite web browser:
http://localhost
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Pre-Installation Steps
• Paste the Joomla folder into
/opt/lampp/htdocs directory by giving the read,
write and execute permissions to the htdocs
directory.
• Give the read, write and execute permissions to
joomla directory.
• Run the joomla from your browser and type:
http://localhost/”joomla directory name”
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Joomla Installation starts
Step1.
Choose the language and click on Next
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Step 2.
Check the minimum / recommended requirements and click on Next
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Step3
Agree to the GNU General Public License by clicking on Next
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Step 4(a)
Open phpMyadmin by typing “localhost/phpmyadmin” on your web
browser.
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Step 4(b)
Create the database with some arbitrary name and click on Create
button.
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Step 4(c)
Now your database has been successfully created
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Step 4(d)
Select Database Type as “MySql” from the drop down, type “localhost as
Host Name, type “root” as Username and no password, type database
name as you have given in phpMyadmin.
Note: Before click on Next, give the read, write & execute permission
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Step 5
Check your FTP configuration and click on Next
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Step 6
Enter your Site Name, email address and password. Click on Install
Sample Data (Optional). Click on Next.
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Step 7
Remove the installation directory from the Joomla directory. And now
click on Site button on the top right side.
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This is the default frontend of Joomla Version 1.7
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Type “localhost/joomla/administrator” on your browser and you will see your
administrator/backend page. Enter your username and password to login.
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Enter the
Username
and
password
Administrator’s Home Page or Backend of Joomla Version 1.7
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Following Files Are Required to have Read,
Write And Execute Permissions
Type the command on terminal:
chmod 777 filename
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/administrator/backups/
/administrator/components/
/administrator/language/
/administrator/language/en-GB/
/administrator/language/nl-NL/
/administrator/modules/
/administrator/templates/
/components/
/images/
/images/banners/
/images/stories/
/language/
/language/en-GB/
/language/nl-NL/
/language/pdf_fonts/
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/plugins/
/plugins/content/
/plugins/editors/
/plugins/editors-xtd/
/plugins/search/
/plugins/system/
/plugins/user/
/plugins/xmlrpc/
/tmp/
/templates/
/cache/
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EXTENSIONS
Joomla Extensions
• Extensions are add-ons that expand the functionality of
Joomla!. Extensions are used to add capabilities to
Joomla! that do not exist in the standard package.
Hundreds of Extensions are available for Joomla!, with
more being developed all of the time.
• Self-contained archived file (zip) that a nonprogrammer can install by simply using the Joomla
menu driven install options
– Components (additional functionality to site)
– Modules (mostly provide interface to components e.g
menus, lists, forms)
– Bots (search capability, content editing, additional css
formatting, embedding code)
– Plug-ins (additional functionality to core)
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Admin Menu -> Extensions -> Extension Manager
Select the Install menu item in the Extension manager screen that
appears.
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Extensions for Libraries
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Library Manager of Joomla!
Joomla! Library Manager (JLibMan) provides the ability to install and uninstall
custom third party libraries into Joomla! 1.5 with uninstall provided by the component
and installation through the Joomla! 1.5 universal installer (like the Core supported
extensions, components, etc).
URL: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/coreenhancements/installers/3299
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Alexandria Book Library:
Alexandria Book Library is a Joomla component that make you the ability to
manage your personal book library or a public library.Alexandria Book Library is free and
open source.
URL : http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/living/education-aculture/books-a-libraries/14935
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Professional Library Management component (PLMC) :
PLMC is designed you to manage your books and articles with cool
features.PLMC provides a full-featured book library (or collection) management
environment on a Joomla website.
URL Address:
http://www.bestofjoomla.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,
105/Itemid,95/
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Extensions for Libraries
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BookLibrary Basic :
BookLibrary provides a full-featured book library or book collection
management environment on a Joomla-based website. It allows you to manage
large book libraries. The component can also be used to easily set up a book selling
shop using Amazon if you want. With an Amazon Associates ID (as an Amazon
affiliate) you can earn credits with book sales through Amazon, while Amazon
takes care of the handling and shipping.
URL: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/living/education-aculture/books-a-libraries/3728
Many more………..
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Site templates
• A template is basically the design of your Joomla! powered
website.
• With a template you can change the look and feel of your
website.
• Templates have certain fields in which components and
modules will be shown.
• Templates are easy to build or customize and they provide
maximum flexibility in how you style your site.
• There are many places that offer free templates
(www.joomla24.com, www.siteground.com/joomlatemplates.html and many more……)
-Admin head menu > “Extensions” >”Template Manager”
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Here we select
the template by
clicking on
radio button
Here we can select the Template from the list
and make one template default
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Template
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Here we can edit html, CSS or Preview the template
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Site Components
• A component is the largest and most complex extension of
them all.
• They can be seen as mini-application.
• There are two parts in a component, an administrator part
and a site part.
• Every time a Joomla page loads, a component is called to
render the main page body.
• Components are the major portion of your page because a
component is driven by a menu item and every menu item
runs a component.
Admin Head Menu > “ Component”
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Component
A component is a kind of Joomla! Extensions.
Components are the main functional units of Joomla!
They can be seen as mini-applications
Most components have two main parts: an administrator part
and a site part.
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Site Modules
• Modules are more lightweight and flexible extensions used for page
rendering.
• Sometime modules are linked to components such as “latest news”
module which links to the com_content and display links to the newest
content items.
• These modules are mostly known as the “boxes” that are arranged
around component, for example: The Login module. The footer is a
module.
• Modules are assigned per menu items. So, you can decide to show or
hide the logon module depending on which component (menu item) is
used.
• Modules don’t need to be linked to components, as a matter of fact
they don’t even need to be linked to anything and can be just static
html or text.
Admin head menu > “Extensions” > “ Module Manager “
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Module Manager
The Module Manager is where you add and edit Joomla! Modules. In
Joomla!, Modules are used to display content and/or media around the
main content.
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User Manager
Allows you to add, remove, enable, disable and update user accounts
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Menu Manager
•Joomla allows for unlimited number of menus
•Menus can link to anything on the site.
•Menus can link to external resources.
•Menus are linked to modules, and can be moved
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Global Configuration
Global Configuration is the area of the Joomla administrative interface
where a user with Super Administrator attributes is able to make changes
that globally affect the behavior of the web site and also alter some default
settings for the presentation of, and access to site content.
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Article Manager
The Article Manager is the place in the back-end where you can add and manage all
of the articles for your web site.
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Adding An Article In Article Manager
Click on New on Article Manager ,filling all text boxes and selecting
Section, category etc.. and write an article in the box and then click on
apply.
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Go to Menu Item Manager from Admin Head Menus
Add a new menu and then select a new Menu Item Type “Article Layout”
and select an Article on the right side and click on apply
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Article on the front-end
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Some Websites Developed In
Joomla
URL address: www.statelibrary.sc.gov
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E-books collection page of South Carolina Sate Library
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URL Address :www.cmclibrary.org
CAPE MAY COUNTY LIBRARY
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Directory Structure in Joomla used by Cape May County Library
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Perpustakaan Universitas Airlaanga Used Joomla Polls feature
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Universiti Teknologi Mara Made Digital Collection In Joomla
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South Carolina's Virtual Library! Stored Resources By Category In Joomla
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Greenville County Library System Used FAQ In Joomla
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Google Map incorporation in Joomla by Health Science Library
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Facebook Application in Joomla by Libraries of Love
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Slide Show in Joomla by Library of the University of Silesia
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Online Fine/Fees Transaction in Joomla by Paris Carnegie Public Library
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