Chapter 10Creating a School Site with Joomla!

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School websites tend to be medium to large in size. One of the defining characteristics of Joomla is that it is very powerful and flexible, but it can be quite time-intensive to set up. This chapter provides an extensive guide to creating and setting up a school website using the Joomla CMS. This lesson covers the following topics:

• Why do you need a school website?

• What features do you need on a school site?

• Where can you get a school template?

• What is the best way to organize the content structure for a school website?

• What is the relationship between sections and categories and the menu?

• How can you best use the Front Page component?

• What extra functionality can you ...

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