Building Websites with Joomla! 1.5

Book Description

This book takes the reader through the tasks essential to create a Joomla! website as rapidly as possible. The necessary tasks are explained with clear step-by-step instructions. The author’s chatty and engaging style makes this book very readable.

This book is suitable for web developers, designers, webmasters, content editors, and marketing professionals who want to develop a website in a simple and straightforward process. It does not require any detailed knowledge of programming or web development, and any IT-confident individual will be able to use the book to produce an impressive website.

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Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development

Book Description

This invaluable reference guide for PHP developers extending or customizing Joomla! 1.5 is packed with expert advice and tips on all aspects of Joomla! programming illustrated by self-contained examples. The world's hottest open-source content management system, and winner of the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize, standard Joomla! does a great job managing website content; but its true power lies in its application framework, which facilitates creating sophisticated add-ons that extend Joomla! in virtually unlimited directions. If you've mastered the basics of creating Joomla! extensions using PHP, this book takes you to the next level, covering: best-practice design and coding for Joomla! components, modules, plugins, and other extensions; customizing page output; using JavaScript effects; using Web Services from within Joomla!; and ensuring your code is secure and error-free. A unique and comprehensive reference to the main areas of interest within the Joomla! framework is also included.

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