Up and Running with Joomla

R. Allen Wyke

Skip Matheny

Copyright © 2009 O'Reilly Media, Inc.

January 29, 2008

Abstract

Need to launch a feature-rich web site quickly where you have one or more people authoring the content? Want to use a powerful Content Management System (CMS)? This Short Cut will get you up and running with Joomla, a freely available open source CMS. Learn how to install, configure, customize, and extend your Joomla installation. Also learn the tricks of the trade in how to set up and manage both your content and your users. Joomla can be a challenge to understand at first, so drastically cut your “get up to speed” time by taking the Short Cut!

Assumptions

For this material to work, we have made some assumptions about your depth of knowledge. While we make every attempt to help you understand how to perform a particular task, we limit our coverage of operating systems, web servers, PHP, and databases in order to better focus on the majority of the content on Joomla (http://www.joomla.org) itself. Here are some of the assumptions we make:

• You know what Joomla is—at least enough to understand that it is a CMS that is used to manage and deliver web sites.

• You do not expect this material to be comprehensive. Keep in mind that it’s a Short Cut, not a comprehensive guide. While we often provide pointers to features and functionality we do not cover here in detail, it is impossible ...