Summary

In Chapter 3, you've learned that Joomla retrieves content from a database, block by block. Together these blocks form a web page. That's why you begin building a site by creating categories; you start with the core of the site, a well-organized content database. In this chapter, we've learned what it takes to create content categories and to build a future-proof framework for site content.

Specifically, you've learned the following:

  • Every website, big or small, requires planning. It all starts with creating a logical site map reflecting the structure of the content you have in mind. Keep it lean and clean. Bear in mind that visitors will want to get to the content they're looking for as quickly as possible.
  • To transfer your hand-drawn site ...

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