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Published on Wednesday, 07 December 2005 00:00
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Written by MamboHut
"Building Websites with Joomla" by Hagen Graf is the first English book for Joomla to be released (that we know of).
This book is a fast paced tutorial to creating a website using Joomla!. If you’ve never used Joomla!, or even any web content management system before, then this book will walk you through each step in a friendly and accessible way.
From installation, to initial set up and content entry and then on to customization for your own look and feel, this book will get you to a stable and working Joomla! based web site fast.
You don’t have to be an experienced web developer or designer to get a great looking site with a full set of functions using this book and Joomla! This book will guide through every step. The book is similar to "Building websites with Mambo" book modified to work with Joomla.
We had the privilege to receive a review copy of the Mambo version of this book and we would like to give our readers some feedback in case you're considering buying it.
Who is this book for?
This book is targeted toward web developers, designers, webmasters, content editors and marketing professionals with little to no experince with CMS in general and Mambo in particular.
What does the book cover?
The book starts by providing an overview about content management system (CMS) and whether using one will makes sense for your site.
The author talks about the layout of a typical Mambo site and how everything can be minipulated to fit your own site then he follows with ideas on ways to customize and extend Mambo by adding extensions (components) like a forum or a photo gallery.
The author will also show you step by step how to install Mambo on a Linux server as well as Windows, you'll be introduced to a number of 3th party components and how they work in Mambo.
Later chapters will teach you how to work with templates and how to change it to fit your site and how to create your own component and the appendix has a nice little trick on how to change your admin password from the database in case you lost it.
Do you recommend this book?
Yes, Overall, the book is highly recommend for someone new to the world of Mambo/Joomla, if you 're an experienced user you might want to wait for the advanced version that should be coming out soon.
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