Index
Numbers
404 error messages, 114
2009 Software Queensland Medal, 357
A
Access Administration Interface, 88, 90
Access Control List (ACL). See ACL (Access Control List)
Accessibility
in education web sites, 328
preparing for installation and, 39–40
for education web sites, 345
Ozimek on, 411
Admin Login, 88
Administrator functions
components for, 152
modules for, 156
Global Configuration options for, 87
logins for, 88
Super Administrator user groups, 79, 86–90
Text Filtering for, 92
Advanced site content, 289
Advertising, 214
AiContactSafe, 249
Ajax, 359
Akeeba Backup
introduction to, 167
Kickstart procedure of, 241
Marriott on, 414
updating Joomla! and, 235
Alistapart.com, 438
Alternative layouts, 179–180, 186–188
Americans with Disabilities Act, 328
Analogous color schemes, 33–34
Animated items, 214
Announcements forum, 8
Anything-digital.com, 399
Apache
hosting requirements and, 45
mod_rewrite in, 83
as resource, 441
Api.joomla.org, 434
APIs (Application Program Interfaces)
for business sites, 250
GitHub, 377
Google Web Fonts, 270
for social media, 305
Archive icon, 103
Arial, 270
Article Order in, 127
Blog layouts in, 126
Categories layouts in, 125–126
Category layouts in, 125
Category Order in, 127
creating new articles in, 106–108
Featured layouts in, 126
home page content in, 258
Integration option in, 127
Options button in, 122
Pagination in, 127
Articles
in Content component, 117, 123–124
managing. See Article Manager
in Menu Manager, 115
in TinyMCE Editor, 109
Atomic template
modification of, 309
NPO demo site in, 294
NPO demo sites in, 298
Authentication Tools suite, 325
Author user groups, 87, 89, 317
Automated testing, 364
Automatic translations, 326
B
Back-end of sites
Administrator access to, 87
Banners in, 145
Projectfork in, 354
Web link submissions in, 137–138
Backing up Joomla! sites
extensions for, 235
Batch icon, 104
Beez templates
Beez_20, 170–171, 329–330, 349
Beez3. See Beez3
Beez5. See Beez5
for brochure sites, 254–255, 264
Custom HTML modules in, 267
for education web sites, 329–330, 348–352
introduction to, 40
in Template Manager, 99–100, 170–179
for education web sites, 329–330, 350
brochure sites in, 254–255, 264
Custom HTML modules in, 267
for education web sites, 348, 351–352
in Template Manager, 99–100, 170–176
Beginning with Joomla! See preparing for installation
Berne Copyright Convention, 28
Berners-Lee, Tim, 39
Better Business Bureau, 45
The Big Book of Color in Design, 36
BigShot Google Analytics, 168
Blinking items, 214
Blogger.com, 327
Blogs
benefits of, 227
Category Blog for, 118–119, 294–296
for education web sites, 327
layouts for, 126
for NPO web sites, 289, 294–296
Robinson on, 387
Bootstrap. See Twitter Bootstrap
Bootswatch, 439
Branding
in preparing for installation, 30–36
Waring on, 385
Breadcrumbs
modules for, 156
in navigation, 222
in template creation, 204–205, 211
contact forms in, 262
Custom HTML modules in, 265–268
customizing templates in, 268–273
product descriptions in, 262–265
Eddie on, 360
Radke on, 395
Waring on, 382
Bulk import of users, 325
Business benefits of Joomla! 402–407
aiContactSafe for, 249
brochure sites as. See brochure sites
business tools for, generally, 253
contact forms in, 262
Custom HTML modules in, 265–268
customizing templates in, 268–273
Facebook Like Box for, 250
FoxyCart for, 252
JFBConnect, 250
JJ Tweets for, 250
Magento for, 252
MaQma for, 253
myApi for, 250
NewContent Tweeter for, 249–250
osCommerce for, 252
payment systems in, 251
Paypal for, 252
product descriptions in, 262–265
Projectfork for, 253
RokQuickCart for, 252
Very Simple Image Gallery for, 248–249
C
Calculated permissions, 90
Calendars
for education web sites, 322–323
of Google. See GCalendar
for NPO web sites, 285–286, 298–301
Captcha-reCaptcha plugin, 157, 262–263
Caption box, 110
Carter, David, 36
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). See CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
Category
List layouts, 120
lists, 138
CC (content constructions), 400
CCKs (content construction kits), 289
Center for Internet and Society, 444
Charitable giving, 443
Charlier, Dr. Michael, 393
Check In icon, 103
Checkout Modes, 279
Chrome SEO, 218
CiviCRM
for education web sites, 325
CiviSchool, 325
Clickingmad, 389
CLIs (Command Line Interface Applications), 6
Cloud Control Panel, 71
CLT (Community Leadership Team), 19–20
Club web sites. See group web sites
CMS (Content Management System)
Dexter on, 362
hosting requirements and, 45
CMSs (content management systems)
Drover on, 399
Radke on, 394
CoC (Community Oversight Committee), 20
CodeMirror plugin, 351
Colors
cheat sheets for, 437
for templates, 182–186, 208–211
Command Line Interface Applications (CLIs), 6
Comments, 228
Communication paths, 24
Community Builder (CB)
for education web sites, 323–325
Marriott on, 413
Community Leadership Team (CLT), 19–20
Community of Joomla! contributors
Baker on, 388
Brooks on, 404
Davenport on, 391
Dexter on, 362
Dionysopoulos on, 416
Drover on, 400
Eddie on, 358
Landry on, 419
MacLennan on, 374
Marriott on, 412
Moffatt on, 366
Ozimek on, 409
Radke on, 394
Robinson on, 386
Severdia on, 378
Stuivenberg on, 370
Tarr on, 397
Community of Joomla! users
history of, 3
Community Oversight Committee (CoC), 20
Community portals, 290–291. See also social networking
Community.joomla.org, 434
Complementary color schemes, 34–35
Components
administrator, 152
Banners, 145
Content. See Content component
for content production, generally, 131–133
Compression icon, 234
Configuration.php
in Joomla! 2.5, 64
lost administrator passwords and, 423–425
SEF URLS and template disappearance in, 430
Configuring Joomla!
conclusions about, 100
Global Configuration for. See Global Configuration
introduction to, 75
Media Manager in, 96
Server tab for, 85
System tab for, 85
Constant Contact, 288
Constituent/client/customer relationship managers (CRMs), 288
Contact Creator plugin, 342–344
Contact Display Options, 345–346
Contact forms
for brochure sites, 262
for education web sites, 323
for NPO web sites, 297
Contact Manager
for education web sites, 345–346
for NPO site contact forms, 297
Contacts component, 115, 142–145
Content
advanced, 289
creation of, generally, 43
FLEXIcontent for, 400
managing. See Content component
standards for, 39
Article Manager in. See Article Manager
article menu types for, 117
Blog layouts for, 126
Category List layouts for, 120
category management for, 112–113
conclusions about, 128
Create Article view for, 121
Featured layouts for, 120–121, 126
front-end article creation in, 134–136
integration options for, 127
managing content with, 106–110
shared options for, 127
Content construction kits (CCKs), 289
Content constructions (CC), 400
for education web sites, 321
introduction to, 167
Content Management System (CMS) of Joomla! See CMS (Content Management System)
Content management systems (CMSs), generally. See CMSs (content management systems)
Content Rights, 82
Continuous content, 43
Contributing to Joomla!. See community of Joomla! contributors
Cookie settings, 84
Copy, in Article Manager, 104
Berne Copyright Convention on, 28
Digital Millennium Copyright Act on, 384
in preparing for installation, 26–29
U.S. Library of Congress Office of, 442
Waring on, 382
Core extensions. See extensions
Core Team Summit 2005, 360
Courier New, 270
Cpanel
as hosting control panel, 52–53
introduction to, 49
lost administrator passwords in, 424–425
MySQL Database Wizard on, 52–54
permission/ownership issues in, 428
SEF URLS and template disappearance in, 430
Create Article view, 121
CRMs (constituent/client/customer relationship managers), 288
Cross-browser compatibility, 430
adding color/typography in, 208–212
adding style sheets in, 199–200
brochure site modification in, 270–278
cheat sheets for, 437
cross-browser compatibility issues in, 430
Davenport on, 392
editor background issues and, 429
in NPO web sites, 311, 313–315
override.css files and, 270–272
personal.css files in. See personal.css files
template modification in, 182–186
template structure in, 191
CSSPlay.com, 437
CSSZenGarden.com, 438
for NPO demo sites, 298
Custom.css files, 311
Customer relationship management (CRM) applications, 253
D
Dao by Design, 219
Databases
assets table issues in, 430–431
backups of, 234
updating issues and, 431
Days. See J!Days
Demo site of Joomla!
introduction to, 12
Demos
of education web sites. See school web sites
of NPO web sites. See nonprofit organization (NPO) web sites
Design
color in, 36
usability and, 38
of web sites, generally, 377–380
Developer Conferences, 11
Developer.joomla.org, 434
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 384
Dionysopoulos, Nicholas K., 415–418
Disabilities, 328
Discover, 195
Discovery Education Classroom Resources, 444
Discussion forums, 228
Display modules, 155
Displaying documents, 322
DNS (Domain Name System), 24–25
DOCman, 322
Docs.joomla.org, 433
Domain Name System (DNS), 24–25
Downloading Joomla! 51–52, 435
Dutch Joomla! community, 369–373
E
Easy Folder Listing, 322, 340–342
EBay
in Australia, 357
Eclipse, 419
“Eclipse and Java for Total Beginners,” 362
Edit icon, in Article Manager, 103
Editor background issues, 429
Education web sites. See also school web sites
accessibility in, 328
automatic translations for, 326
blogging on, 327
bulk import of users for, 325
CiviCRM for, 325
CiviSchool for, 325
Community Builder for, 323–325
conclusions about, 355
contact information for, 323
demo of. See school web sites
displaying documents on, 322
DOCman for, 322
Easy Folder Listing for, 322
extensions for, generally, 321
Filtered News for, 321
Gallery for, 324
GCalendar for, 323
Google Apps for, 327
JCaL Pro for, 323
JCE for, 321
Joomla! for, generally, 319
Joomlearn LMS for, 326
Josetta for, 326
LDAP Authentication for, 325
learning extension for, 326
multilingual, 326
ProfileBook for, 324
Projectfork for, 325
Public Mail for, 324
RokDownloads for, 322
Simple Image Rotator for, 321
staff pages for, 323
stand-alone applications for, 327
English Great Britain (en-GB), 18
Enterprise resource planning (ERP), 253
EPrints, 366
ERP (enterprise resource planning), 253
Europa, 440
Event Registration Pro, 285–286
Experts on Joomla! See interviews with experts
Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML), 192, 199
Extension Manager
Discover in, 195
Update tab in, 236
updating issues and, 431
Very Simple Image Gallery in, 256–261
adding, 162
administrator components, 152
administrator modules, 156
for backups, 235
Banners component, 145
conclusions about, 168
for content production, generally, 131–133
core extensions, generally, 129–130
directory for. See Extensions Directory
display modules, 155
for education web sites, 321
navigation modules, 156
security vulnerability of, 24
user modules, 156
viewing information about, 164–167
Dexter on, 365
Extensions.joomla.org, 433
External Link, 117
F
education web sites and, 327–328
Joomla! on, 433
marketing on, 387
Facebook Like Box, 250
Facepile plugin, 305
Fair use, 28
Featured icon, in Article Manager, 103
Featured layouts, in Content, 120–121, 126
File Manager
introduction to, 49
lost administrator passwords in, 423–425
override.css files in, 270–271
permission/ownership issues with, 427–429
SEF URLS and template disappearance in, 430
updating issues and, 431
File permissions/ownership issues, 427–429
File Transfer Protocol (FTP). See FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Filtered News, 321
Filters
in Article Manager, 101–102, 105
in Language Filter System plugin, 158
in Multilingual Filter plugin, 161
for news, 321
in Text Filters, 80, 91–92, 303–304
Flashing items, 214
FLEXIcontent, 400
Fonts, 270
For-hire works, 29
Forms, 168
Forum.joomla.org, 433
Forums
for NPO web sites, 286–287, 306–309
FOSS (free and open source software)
Dionysopoulos on, 416
introduction to, 247
Marriott on, 411
Tarr on, 398
FoxyCart, 252
Free and open source software (FOSS). See FOSS (free and open source software)
Free Software Foundation (FSF), 383
Free software licensing, 29–30
Freedoms, 382
Front-end of sites
Banners in, 146
CSS in, 316
Easy Folder Listing in, 342
header logo images in, 276
home pages in, 259, 269, 279, 311
Language Switcher module on, 161
Projectfork in, 354
shopping carts in, 281
URLs in, 224
Very Simple Image Gallery and, 261
views of News Feed in, 142
Web link submissions in, 136–137
FSF (Free Software Foundation), 383
for backups, 235
introduction to, 47
permission/ownership issues with, 427–429
in Server tab, 85
G
Gallery, 324
for education web sites, 323
introduction to, 293
for NPO web sites, 286, 298–301
General Public Licenses (GPLs)
extensions for, 12
GNU. See GNU General Public Licenses (GPLs)
Georgia, 270
Germany, 393
Getting/staying listed, 216
GitHub API, 377
Metadata Settings in, 217
options in, 79
Server tab in, 85
Site Offline option in, 216
System tab in, 85
GNU General Public Licenses (GPLs). See also General Public Licenses (GPLs)
calendar system by. See GCalendar
Plus version of, 387
as resource, 436
Wallet by, 441
Web Fonts API by, 270
Webmaster Tools by, 218
Google Summer of Code
Marriott in, 412
Radke in, 396
Tarr in, 398
GPLs (General Public Licenses). See General Public Licenses (GPLs)
Graat, Cecile, 257
advanced site content for, 289
blogging for, 289
calendars for, 285
Community Builder for, 290–291
community portals for, 290
CRMs for, 288
Event Registration Pro for, 285–286
extensions for interactions on, 285–287
GCalendar for, 286
JCalPro for, 286
JFusion for, 287
K2 for, 289
Kunena for, 287
leveraging, 284
mailing list integration for, 287–288
SEBLOD for, 290
ZOO for, 289
H
Hathor template
introduction to, 40
in Template Manager, 99–100, 170–171, 177
Header folders, 174
History of Joomla! 1–4, 357–361
Home pages
content in Article Manager for, 258
for education web sites, 335
in Menu Manager, 98
menus in, 114
search modules on, 215
SEF URLs of, 216
SEO on, 215
in Very Simple Image Gallery, 256–261
Hosting
managed, 50
requirements for installation, 44–47, 49–50
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
adding style sheets in, 199
alternative layouts in, 186
brochure site modification in, 269–270
cheat sheets for, 437
Davenport on, 392
template modification in, 182–183
template structure in, 191–194
Http://api.joomla.org, 434
Http://community.joomla.org, 434
Http://developer.joomla.org, 434
Http://docs.joomla.org, 433
Http://extensions.joomla.org, 433
Http://forum.joomla.org, 433
Http://joomlacode.org, 434
Http://joomla.org, 433
Http://people.joomla.org, 434
Http://resources.joomla.org, 434
Https://github.com/joomla, 434–435
I
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), 25
IContact, 288
IIS, 441
Images
for education web sites, 346–348
in TinyMCE Editor, 109
Index.html files, 193
Indexing
in NPO web sites, 310
in Smart Search, 147
in Template Manager, 191–196, 310, 312–313
Index.php files
in Template Manager, 310, 312–313
in template structure, 191–194, 196
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, 328
Inkscape, 42
Insert/Edit Image dialog box, 111–122
Installatron, 369
Installing extensions, 164–167
Installing Joomla!
introduction to, 49
preparation for. See preparing for installation
versions of Joomla! generally, 49–51
via Web, 59
Integration options, 127
International Zone, 17
Internationalization, 17–18, 369–373
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), 25
Internet Explorer, 315–317, 392
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, 24–25
Internic.net, 25
IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, 24–25
IPhone App Store, 404
Isis, 170
J
JBS (Joomla! Bug Squad). See Bug Squad
JCE (Joomla! Content Editor). See Content Editor
introduction to, 11
Israel, 416
Midwest, 400
New England, 397
JED (Joomla! Extensions Directory). See Extensions Directory
JEDevs (Joomla! Extension Developers), 401
JFBConnect, 250
JHttp package, 377
JJ Tweets, 250
Jlleblanc.com, 402
Joomdle, 326
architects for platform of, 418–421
Bug Squad of. See Bug Squad
Content Editor in. See Content Editor
Content Management System in. See CMS (Content Management System)
contributions to, 18–19, 380–385, 411–415
Days on. See J!Days
Demo site for, 12
Developer Conferences on, 11
Extensions Directory in. See Extensions Directory
internationalization of, 17–18
leadership of projects in, 19–20
Platform Project in. See Platform Project
Production Leadership Team for. See Production Leadership Team (PLT)
professional services for, 14–15
Resources Directory in. See Resources Directory
resources on. See resources
Template Directory in, 15
User Groups in. See JUGs (Joomla! User Groups)
World Conferences on, 12
Joomla! 2.5
Joomla! 3
Custom HTML modules in, 273–274
MySQLi in, 60
Pre-Installation Check screens in, 62
Joomla! Extension Developers (JEDevs), 401
Joomla! Programming, 364
Joomla! Security Strike Team (JSST), 370, 374–375
Joomla! Template Directory (JTD), 15
Joomlacode.org, 434
Joomla.org, 433
Joomlearn LMS, 326
JQuery, 440
JRD (Joomla! Resources Directory). See Resources Directory
JSST (Joomla! Security Strike Team), 370, 374–375
JTD (Joomla! Template Directory), 15
introduction to, 11
Stuivenberg on, 372
Tarr on, 397
JUpload, 325
JUX (Joomla! User Experience), 378
K
K-12 schools, 327
Keyword stuffing, 215
Kickstart procedure, 241
Kunena
introduction to, 293
in NPO web site demo, 306–309, 315–318
for NPO web sites, generally, 287
L
Language Filter System plugin, 158
Language Manager, 158–161, 188–189
Language Switcher module, 161
automatic translations for, 326
in Community Builder, 324
Filter System plugin for, 158
HTML. See HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
Joomlearn LMS for, 326
Josetta for, 326
Switcher module for, 161
translations of, 17–18, 326, 369–373
Latest News module, 12
Blog, 126
Category List, 120
LDAP Authentication, 325
Learning extensions, 326
Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development, 402
Learning management systems (LMSs), 326
LeBlanc, Joseph, 402
Legalities
copyrights. See copyrights
licenses. See licenses
in preparing for installation, 26–30
Leverage, 284
General Public. See General Public Licenses (GPLs)
in preparing for installation, 26, 29–30
LMSs (learning management systems), 326
Loadposition plugin, 341
Location and Hours module, 272
Logos
for Joomla! 4
in preparing for installation, 31–32
Waring on, 385
Long-term-support (LTS) releases
migrating to new Joomla! versions and, 237
LTS (long-term-support) releases. See long-term-support (LTS) releases
M
Magento, 252
Mail Chimp, 288
Mailing lists, 227–228, 287–288
Main Configuration screens, 67–69
Majestic SEO, 218
Mambo Open Source project
Baker on, 388
Davenport on, 390
Moffatt in, 365
MaQma, 253
Marketing Joomla! sites
conclusions about, 229
getting/staying listed in, 216
introduction to, 213
updates in. See updating Joomla! sites
Media Manager
for Content component, 110–112
for education web sites, 346–347
introduction to, 5
MediaWiki, 366
Membership community sites, 323–325
Menu Manager
for Content component, 114–121
default home pages in, 98
for education web sites, 335–340
Merchant accounts, 251
Metadata
in Article Manager, 108
in Global Configuration, 81–82
marketing and, 217
Metrodigi, 377
Microsoft IIS, 45
Migrating to new Joomla! versions
CMS release cycles in, 237–238
introduction to, 237
minimum requirement changes in, 240
preparation for migration in, 240
templates in, 239
test site creation in, 240–242
test sites going live in, 244
user interface changes in, 238–239
Milwaukee Harlequins Rugby Football Club site, 399
Minimum requirements, 240
MissionFish, 292
Custom HTML modules in, 265, 304–305
for education web sites, 335–336, 341
Modules
administrator, 156
Custom HTML. See Custom HTML modules
display, 155
Language Switcher, 161
Latest News, 12
Location and Hours, 272
managing. See Module Manager
navigation, 156
search, 215
user, 156
Monochromatic color schemes, 33–34
Morgue File, 438
Move, in Article Manager, 104
Multilingual Filter plugin, 161. See also languages
MVC components, 364
MyApi, 250
MySQLi
in installing Joomla! 45
in Joomla! 2.5, 65
in Joomla! 3, 60
N
Names
of NPO web sites, 298
SEF, 216
NationalGeographic.com, 444
Nav class, 210
Navigation
ease of, 213
modules for, 156
usability and, 38
News Feeds Manager, 115
News icon, in Article Manager, 102–103
News sections, generally, 227
Newton. Sir Isaac, 32
NGOs (nongovernmental organizations), 283–284, 407–411. See also nonprofit organization (NPO) web sites
NMO.net, 403
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 283–284, 407–411. See also nonprofit organization (NPO) web sites
Nonprofit organization (NPO) web sites
advanced site content for, 289
blogging for, 289
Community Builder for, 290–291
conclusions about, 318
Contact forms for, 297
CRMs for, 288
CSS modification in, 311, 313–315
event registration for, 285–286
extensions for, 285–287, 293–294
fundraising for, 291–292, 301–302
GCalendar for, 286
home page settings for, 294–297
index files in, 310
Internet Explorer and, 315–317
JCalPro for, 286
JFusion for, 287
Joomla! for, generally, 283
K2 for, 289
Kunena for, 287
leveraging, 284
mailing list integration for, 287–288
names of, 298
SEBLOD for, 290
social media modules for, 303–306
styling modification in, 311, 313–315
tagline for, 298
template modification for, 309–315
ZOO for, 289
Non-Profit Soapbox service, 409–410
NPO (nonprofit organization) web sites. See nonprofit organization (NPO) web sites
Nuke, 358
O
oCERT, 375
The Official Joomla! Book Web site, 34
Offline Access, 88
Open source software
definition of, 30
Dexter on, 362
Dionysopoulos on, 416
Eddie on, 358
Landry on, 418
Marriott on, 412
Ozimek on, 408
Radke on, 394
Robinson on, 386
Severdia on, 378
Tarr on, 397
Waring on, 381
Operable content standards, 39
Options
for Content component, 121–128
in Text Filters, 92
Organization web sites. See nonprofit organization (NPO) web sites
OsCommerce, 252
OSM (Open Source Matters). See Open Source Matters (OSM)
Override.css files, 270–272, 278
Overriding templates, 179
Overselling, 46
Overview of Joomla! See Joomla!
P
Page Break buttons, 109
Payment systems, 251
PayPal
for NPO web sites, 293
PBF (Pizza, Bugs, and Fun), 363, 367–368
Pearcy Foundation, 357
Pederick, Chris, 392
People Portal site, 11
PeopleBrowsr.com, 359
Perceivable content standards, 39
Permissions, in Article Manager, 127–128
Permissions, calculated, 90
Permissions, for configuring Joomla! 85–91
Permissions, in Content component, 127–128
Permissions, in Global Configuration, 79
Permissions. See also ACL (Access Control List)
for Super Users, 89
troubleshooting issues with, 427–429
in User Manager, 91
Personal color option, 182–186
Personal.css files, 182, 187, 275
PHP
adding style sheets in, 199–200
Drover on, 402
introduction to, 64
minimum requirement changes in, 240
resources on, 440
template modification and, 188, 193–194
PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer, 396
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, 44–45
PhpBB, 287
PhpMyAdmin
introduction to, 49
lost administrator passwords in, 425
Picnik, 254
Pizza, Bugs, and Fun (PBF), 363, 367–368
Planning
of business web sites, 247–248
of education web sites, 319–321
of enterprise resources, 253
PlayShakespeare.com, 380
PLT (Production Leadership Team). See Production Leadership Team (PLT)
Plugins
Captcha-reCaptcha, 157, 262–263
CodeMirror, 351
Facepile, 305
Language Filter System, 158
loadposition, 341
Multilingual Filter, 161
Smart Search Content, 157
User-Contact Creator, 157
Positions of templates, 177
PostgreSQL, 45
“Powered by Joomla!” 383
Practical applications. See business sites
Pre-alpha releases, 15
Pre-Installation Check screens, 62, 64–65
conclusions about, 47
content in, 43
introduction to, 23
registering domain names, 24–25
visitors in, 37
Preparing for migration, 240
Press release sections, 227
Privileges, 53–54. See also permissions
Problems and solutions. See troubleshooting solutions
Production Leadership Team (PLT)
introduction to, 19
ProfileBook, 324
Projectfork
for business sites, 253
for education web sites, generally, 325
for school demo web site, 353–355
Protostar
brochure sites in, 254–255, 264
fonts in, 270
modification of, 309
navigation in, 221
NPO demo site in, 294
Public domain, 28
Public Mail, 324
Publish icon, in Article Manager, 103, 106
Pulltester, 377
Q
Queensland Software Industry, 357
Quizilla, 419
R
RC (Release Candidate), 16
RDBMS (relational database management system), 45
Read More buttons, 109
Rebuild buttons, 115
Registered user groups, 87, 89
Registering domain names, 24–25
Relational database management system (RDBMS), 45
Release Candidate (RC), 16
on designing web sites, 437–439
for education web sites, 443–444
introduction to, 433
Joomla! Project offering, 433–435
for nonprofits/organizations, 442–443
for search engines, 436
on web site development tools, 435–436
Brooks on, 404
for design options, 189
Resources.joomla.org, 434
Revenues, 214
Robots field, 82
Robust content, 39
Rochen Ltd.
Marriott on, 411
RokBox, 167
RokDownloads, 322
Rugby web sites, 399
S
SaaS (software as a service), 402
Salesforce.com, 410
School district web sites, 412–415
School web sites. See also education web sites
administrator layout in, 329–331
article submission for, 342–346
creating, generally, 329
staff directories for, 342–345
template changes in, generally, 348–353
Search engine optimization (SEO)
on home pages, 215
Search functions
in forums, 8
on home pages, 215
in Menu Manager, 115
Smart Search Content plugin, 157
whois searches, 25
Search-engine-friendly (SEF) URLs
of home pages, 216
template disappearance and, 430
SEBLOD, 290
Section 508 compliance, 328, 440
section508.gov, 440
Security
SEF (search-engine-friendly) URLs. See search-engine-friendly (SEF) URLs
SEO (search engine optimization). See search engine optimization (SEO)
SEOSimple, 219
Server configuration options, 79, 85
Shakespeare, William, 378, 380
Shared options, 127
Short-term-support (STS) releases
migrating to new Joomla! versions and, 237
testing updated sites in, 242–243
Show Author Meta Tag, 82
Simple Image Rotator, 321
Single Article, 117–118, 123–124
Site Login, 88
Site Offline option, 216
Site Showcase
for design options, 189
resources on, 435
Smart Search
Content plugin for, 157
in Menu Manager, 115
Smashing Magazine, 438
Community Builder for, 323–325
community portals for, 290–291
in education web sites, 327–328
Robinson on, 387
Software as a service (SaaS), 402
Software Freedom Law Center, 2, 384
<span></span> tags, 268
Splash pages, 213
Split-complementary color schemes, 34–35
Staff directories, 323, 342–345
Stallman, Richard, 383
Stand-alone applications, 327
Stanford University, 444
Starting Joomla! See preparing for installation
STS (short-term-support) releases. See short-term-support (STS) releases
Style Bootstrap, 439
Styles
CSS for. See CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
of NPO web sites, 311, 313–315
view of, 195
Styles Manager, 171
Subscription community sites, 323–325
Super Administrators, 79, 86–90
permissions for, 89
Text Filtering and, 92
System Links, in Menu Manager, 117
T
Taglines, 298
TeacherTube, 444
TechSoup, 442
Teeman, Brian, 3
Template creation. See also templates
adding templateDetails.xml, 194–196
introduction to, 191
structure of templates in, 191–193
Template Directory, 15
alternative layouts in, 179–180
index.php files in, 310, 312–313
introduction to, 170
NPO demo site in, 294
override.css files in, 271–272
overrides in, 179
positions in, 177
alternative layouts for, creating, 186–188
alternative layouts for, generally, 179–180
conclusions about, 190
creating. See template creation
Directory of, 15
disappearing when SEF URLs turn, 430
forum on, 412
included in installations, 170–176
introduction to, 6, 76, 169–171
managing. See Template Manager
overrides of, 179
Personal color option for, 182–186
positions of, 177
in updating Joomla! sites, 239
Templates forum, 412
Test sites
going live with, 244
Text Filters
in Global Configuration, 80
Text Separator, 117
Third-party developers (3PDs), 401
Time zones, 85
Times New Roman, 270
TLDs (top-level domains), 25
Toggle editor, 109
Toowoomba City Council, 357–358, 365
Topics, 7
Top-level domains (TLDs), 25
Trademark Team, 404
Translations. See also languages
Trash icon, 104
for assets table issues, 430–431
for cross-browser compatibility, 430
for editor background issues, 429
for file permissions/ownership issues, 427–429
introduction to, 423
for lost administrator passwords, 423–427
for template disappearance, 430
for updating sites issues, 431
in version 1.5 and earlier, 424–427
in version 1.6 and later, 423–424
when SEF URLs turn on, 430
Tutorials, 15
Bootstrap by. See Twitter Bootstrap
education web sites and, 327–328
Joomla! on, 433
marketing on, 387
adding color/typography in, 208–211
adding style sheets in, 200
migrating to new Joomla! versions and, 239
resources on, 439
Typography, 208–211. See also fonts
U
UCM (Unified Content Model), 420
UI (user interface), 238–239, 243
Understandable content standards, 39
Unicode characters, 84
Unified Content Model (UCM), 420
Unpublish icon, 103
CMS release cycles in, 237–238
conclusions about, 245
extensions for backups in, 235
migrating to new versions in, 237–244
minimum requirement changes in, 240
preparation for migration in, 240
templates in, 239
test site creation in, 240–242
test sites going live in, 244
troubleshooting solutions for, 431
user interface changes in, 238–239
URLs
search engines and, generally, 220–224
search-engine-friendly, 82–84, 216
for Web installation, 59
U.S. Library of Congress Copyright Office, 442
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 442
Usability.gov, 439
User, in Menu Manager, 116
User groups
Administrator. See Administrators
in Global Configuration, 86–91
introduction to, 11
JUGs. See JUGs (Joomla! User Groups)
Manager, 87
Super Administrator, 79, 86–90
Super User. See Super Users
User interface (UI), 238–239, 243
User Loader, 325
User Manager
introduction to, 5
permissions in, 91
User modules, 156
User-Contact Creator plugin, 157
Userport, 325
UTF-8
introduction to, 49
translations and, 371
V
VEL (Vulnerable Extensions List). See Vulnerable Extensions List (VEL)
Verdana, 270
Very Simple Image Gallery
creating home pages in, 256–261
for education web sites, 345–346
Virtual private servers (VPSs), 375
VPSs (virtual private servers), 375
VuFind, 366
Vulnerable Extensions List (VEL)
introduction to, 13
resources on, 435
in updates, 236
W
W3 (World Wide Web Consortium)
introduction to, 39
Web Accessibility Initiative of, 439
web site of, 436
W3Schools.com, 437
WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative), 398, 439
WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines), 39, 398
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), 398, 439
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), 39, 398
Web Developer toolbars, 392
Web Links component, 117, 136–140
Web-site-map, 435
WGs (Working Groups), 20
What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG), 109
Whois searches, 25
WikiMedia Commons, 439
Wikipedia, 437
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), 442
WordPress.com
Brooks on, 403
for education web sites, 327
Moffatt on, 366
Working Groups (WGs), 20
World Conferences, 12
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 442
World Wide Web Consortium (W3). See W3 (World Wide Web Consortium)
Wrapper, 117
Www.is4profit.com, 359
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), 109
X
XHTML (Extensible HyperText Markup Language), 192, 199
Xmap, 167
XML, 359
Y
Youth Voices, 444
Z
Zen Cart sites, 396
Zip files, 164