What this book covers
Chapter 1, A Powerful and Extensible Core, introduces the Joomla core, presenting the backend interface and its main features, and the opportunities to expand its functionalities using extensions.
Chapter 2, How to Manage Content, explores the content management features, explains how to structure content, and compares Joomla’s functionalities with other major CMSes.
Chapter 3, Advanced Content Management, points out some advanced features for handling content, whether scheduled publishing options, custom fields, how to build a custom publishing workflow, or how to produce accessible content.
Chapter 4, Exploring the Flexibility of Modules, explains modules, a basic and flexible element that is used to build both the frontend and backend layouts of the website. Modules can display specific content in a particular position on the website.
Chapter 5, Building Your Site Structure – the Menu System, teaches the reader how to build the navigation system of a website through the menu, build complex navigation structures, handle different menu item lists, manage language associations for multilingual sites, and govern access permissions.
Chapter 6, Managing Users and Their Permissions, demonstrates how to manage user accounts, registration, login, permissions, and much more. Furthermore, it introduces the powerful Access Control List (ACL) system.
Chapter 7, SEO at Its Best, details all the integrated features that can improve the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) of the website.
Chapter 8, One Site, Multiple Languages, illustrates how to build a multilanguage website in Joomla thanks to the built-in features.
Chapter 9, Planning Operations with Scheduled Tasks, presents the tool for scheduling and automating recurring operations on a website.
Chapter 10, Tailored Communication with Mail Templates, shows the reader how to customize default emails sent by their website.
Chapter 11, Command-Line Interface, describes the CLI offered by Joomla, showing how to execute operations on the website through the terminal.
Chapter 12, Styling Your Website – Templates, provides an overview of the templates and shows how to customize the look and feel of a website using Joomla’s options.
Chapter 13, Customizing Everything with Overrides, is all about overrides, a method that allows you to customize how part of a website looks without the need to alter the original template.
Chapter 14, Child Templates, reveals a brand-new functionality of Joomla that allows you to create derived styles and templates, increasing the degree of customization and simplifying maintenance.
Chapter 15, Template Frameworks, goes through the most used template frameworks in Joomla, going through their options and showing how to build a custom style with ease.
Chapter 16, Advanced Features – Access and Security, covers some advanced functionalities dedicated to logging in, multi-factor authentication, and site security hardening.
Chapter 17, Case Study – A Corporate Website in Joomla, makes use of a case study to show how the CMS has been used to build a company’s main website, replacing an old JSP frontend with a fast and lightweight website.
Chapter 18, Case Study – An Online Academy with Joomla, implements another case study with a CMS that has been used to build an e-learning portal that sells and provides access to thousands of online lessons for many students.
Chapter 19, Case Study – A B&B Booking System with Joomla, incorporates another practical example of a CMS that has been used to build the website for a tourist rental flat, implementing a full-featured reservation system integrated with online booking portals.
