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Your First Content Management System with Joomla

Your First Content Management System with Joomla

A free, open-source and easy to use CMS. Yes!


Course details

4.3∙58 Ratings5 reviews

Published
April 2015
Videos
47
Duration
3h 32m
Happy students
940

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About the course

Need to build a sophisticated website quick? Jim Gonzalez guides you through a hands-on course using the Joomla Content Management System, teaching you to work with templates and web content to expand your site’s functionality. Make modules and components work for you by building a website from scratch - without writing a single line of code. Get started with the award-winning Joomla and create beautiful and effective websites.

Course Instructor

Jim Gonzalez

Jim Gonzalez

Jim has been teaching Design and Digital Communication classes for over 15 years. Over the years, he has taught thousands of students from all over the world how to design, build, promote, and maintain web sites.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Course Introduction
  • Free
    Course Overview
    4:21
  • Locked
    What is a CMS and Why Use Joomla?
    4:37
  • Locked
    Overview of the Public and Admin Parts of Joomla
    5:43
  • Locked
    Quiz
Lesson 2: Installing Joomla on your Local Computer
Lesson 3: Organizing Content
Lesson 4: Adding Content
Lesson 5: Working with Menus
Lesson 6: Working with Modules
Lesson 7: Changing Site Appearance with Templates
Lesson 8: Extending Joomla Functionality
Lesson 9: Restoring Your Backup and Migrate Your Site
Lesson 10: Security
Lesson 11: Conclusion

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Course details

4.3∙58 Ratings5 reviews

Published
April 2015
Videos
47
Duration
3h 32m
Happy students
940

Take this course
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