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Jen Kramer is the president of 4Web, Inc, where she builds highly customized Joomla! websites and offers Joomla! training. She also runs Joomla! User Group New England and is a lynda.com author for Joomla!.

SECTION I: BEFORE YOU START CLICKING BUTTONS.

LESSON 1: UNDERSTANDING JOOMLA!

LESSON 2: PLANNING YOUR WEBSITE.

LESSON 3: PURCHASING A DOMAIN NAME AND WEB HOSTING.

SECTION II: A FIRST LOOK AT JOOMLA!

LESSON 4: INSTALLING JOOMLA!

LESSON 5: A TOUR OF THE JOOMLA! ADMINISTRATOR INTERFACE.

SECTION III: SECTIONS, CATEGORIES, AND ARTICLES IN JOOMLA!

LESSON 6: DEFINING SECTION AND CATEGORY STRUCTURE.

LESSON 7: CREATING, EDITING, AND DELETING SECTIONS.

LESSON 8: CREATING, EDITING, AND DELETING CATEGORIES.

LESSON 9: CREATING, EDITING, AND DELETING ARTICLES.

LESSON 10: ADDING ARTICLES TO THE HOME PAGE.

LESSON 11: USING ADVANCED ARTICLE OPTIONS.

LESSON 12: INCLUDING MEDIA IN ARTICLES.

SECTION IV: JOOMLA! MENUS.

LESSON 13: LINKING ARTICLES TO THE MENU.

LESSON 14: USING ADVANCED MENU OPTIONS: ARTICLES.

LESSON 15: USING ADVANCED MENU OPTIONS: CREATING NEW MENUS.

LESSON 16: USING ADVANCED MENU OPTIONS: WRAPPERS AND EXTERNAL LINKS.

SECTION V: JOOMLA! TEMPLATES AND MODULES.

LESSON 17: CHOOSING AND INSTALLING TEMPLATES.

LESSON 18: CONFIGURING BREADCRUMBS.

LESSON 19: CONFIGURING LATEST NEWS AND NEWSFLASH.

LESSON 20: CONFIGURING RANDOM IMAGES.

LESSON 21: CONFIGURING SEARCH.

LESSON 22: THE CUSTOM HTML MODULE AND ITS USES.

LESSON 23: EMBEDDING MODULES IN ARTICLES.

SECTION VI: JOOMLA COMPONENTS.

LESSON 24: CONFIGURING CONTACTS.

LESSON 25: CONFIGURING WEB LINKS.

SECTION VII: EXTENDING JOOMLA!

LESSON 26: ADDING EXTENSIONS TO JOOMLA!

LESSON 27: CHANGING THE EDITOR IN JOOMLA! TO JCE.

LESSON 28: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING AKEEBA BACKUP.

LESSON 29: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING JEVENTS.

LESSON 30: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING SIMPLE IMAGE GALLERY.

SECTION VIII: JOOMLA! USERS AND PERMISSIONS.

LESSON 31: CREATING AND EDITING USERS.

LESSON 32: CREATING A PASSWORD-PROTECTED PORTION OF THE WEBSITE.

SECTION IX: SEO AND MAINTENANCE.

LESSON 33: MAXIMIZING SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION FOR YOUR SITE.

LESSON 34: MANAGING BACKUPS, MAINTENANCE, AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.

SECTION X: HELP FOR YOU AND HELP FOR JOOMLA!

APPENDIX A: RECOMMENDED EXTENSIONS AND SERVICES.

APPENDIX B: ADDITIONAL HELPFUL RESOURCES.

APPENDIX C: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JOOMLA! 1.5 AND JOOMLA! 1.6.

APPENDIX D: CONTRIBUTE TO THE JOOMLA! PROJECT.

APPENDIX E: WHAT’S ON THE DVD?

INDEX.