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Installing and Running Joomla! 3: Local and Web-Hosted Sites

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Course Description

Overview

Learn about the latest features and functionalities of Joomla! 4.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • The flexible platform for website creators
  • Restoring the site from a backup using the jump-in files
1. Installing Joomla!
  • Installing Joomla! 4
  • A quick tour of the Joomla! interface
  • Modifying Global Configuration
2. Understanding Categories and Articles
  • Creating and editing categories for your site
  • Creating and editing individual articles
  • Exploring the featured article setting
  • Adding images and image captions
  • Configuring and formatting articles with TinyMCE
  • Inserting a read more break in an article
  • Creating custom field groups
  • Creating and configuring custom fields
  • Challenge: Creating and formatting articles
  • Solution: Creating and formatting articles
3. Understanding Menus
  • Understanding and configuring menus
  • Linking an article to the menu
  • Configuring category blogs
  • Reordering menu items
  • Creating new menus
  • Creating menu aliases and external URLs
  • Adding links in articles
  • Hiding menu items within the menu
  • Challenge: Creating a blog
  • Solution: Creating a blog
4. Setting Display Options
  • Setting configuration options for articles
  • Setting menu options
  • Comparing page headings, article titles, and page titles
  • Challenge: Configuring the homepage
  • Solution: Configuring the homepage
5. Using Modules
  • Understanding module positions
  • Creating a custom module
  • Including a module in an article using {loadposition}
  • Challenge: Creating a testimonial module
  • Solution: Creating a testimonial module
6. Using Components
  • Using the contact component
  • Using CAPTCHA with contact forms
  • Challenge: Creating a contact list
  • Solution: Creating a contact list
7. Extending Joomla!
  • Evaluating extensions in the Joomla! Extensions Directory
  • Installing JCE (Joomla Content Editor)
  • Linking to a PDF with JCE
  • Updating extensions and Joomla!
8. Working with Templates
  • Changing the look of the site using templates
  • Creating new template styles and assigning template styles
  • Changing module layout settings for menus
  • Adding a banner to the home page
  • Changing module layout settings for the home page
  • Adjusting template masters with template overrides
  • Changing the admin template
  • Modifying Dashboards in the admin template
  • Language overrides: Changing Joomla!'s default text outputs
  • Challenge: Home page customizations
  • Solution: Home page customizations
9. Users, Access Control Lists, and Workflows
  • Introduction to ACL
  • Creating a user and assigning groups
  • Configuring the login link options
  • Creating content for logged in users only
  • Workflows: User configuration
  • Workflows: Configuring the workflow
  • Workflows: Configuring permissions and testing
Conclusion
  • Where to learn more

Taught by

Jen Kramer

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