Video - Basic Joomla Administration

Skill Level: Basic
This Series is now Free! Look for a new series soon on the Joomla 1.5 features.
The Basic JOOMLA Administration Series is meant to familiarize the beginning user with the basic and
fundamental functions of JOOMLA. By the completion of this series, the beginner will be able to accomplish basic
tasks in creating and managing a JOOMLA site.

Lesson One - What is JOOMLA?
- Advantages of the JOOMLA CMS (demonstrate several capabilities)
� User Manager (block users, restrict users, etc.)
� Moving Modules o Dynamic Menus
� Easy change of looks for the future
� Save maintenance time o Ability to edit and manage content (front-end)
- Different uses of JOOMLA (include add-ons that are available)
� Blogs
� News Sites
� E-Commerce
� Property Management
� Photo Galleries
� Calendar and Gig Management
� The List is Endless!

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Lesson Two - Installation
� Uploading the Folders manually
� Download
� Unzip
� FTP Upload
� Uploading through JoomlaPlug
� Website Upload
� The Installation Wizard
� The Configuration File

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Lesson Three - Learning Your Way Around
� The Interface
� Menus, Content, Config file, Site Preview, etc.
� Installation of Components, Modules, Mambots, etc.
� User Manager
� Language Manager

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Lesson Four - Understanding Content
� Filing Structure (Sections, Categories, and Content)
� Sections are File Cabinets
� Categories are File Folders
� Content are Files
� Content Page Options
� Understanding Intro Text

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Lesson Five - Modules, Mambots, and Components
� Modules and Positions, What are They?
� Components, What are They?
� Mambots, What are They?

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Lesson Six - User and Template Manager
� Registration Options for Users
� Access Levels and Restrictions
� Switching templates
� Editing Templates via CSS and HTML options

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Lesson Seven - The Menu Manager
� Understanding a Menu and a menu module
� Differences in Menu Links
� Configuring the Different Menu Links