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Managing Joomla

Introduction to Managing Joomla v1.5

Learn how to make the most of your existing Joomla site. Customise templates to fit your corporate identity, find out more about Plugins and modules and much more. This is a great follow on course from the Setting Up Joomla or for anyone who already has a basic Joomla site.

Students studying Joomla
Course Outline

Joomla is one of the most popular CMS solutions available and it is free to use. By choose a well recognised CMS, you know the site will be able to meet the requirements for a professional website, such as allowing good SEO (search engine optimisation) and giving you flexibility to customise and grow the site going forward.

Joomla will provide you with anything from a simple 'brochure site' to full e-Commerce options.

This course teaches delegates how operate an manage a website built with Joomla 1.5 (Content Management System).

Delegates will be taught everything needed to manipulate an existing Joomla website to get the best out of it. The course will also explain some of the more complex solutions available for Joomla.

Overview

The course covers the following areas :

  • Overview of open source content management systems
    • What can Joomla do?
  • In-depth Training on Configuring and using Joomla
    • Global Configuration
    • Extensions (modules, plugins and components)
    • Content (articles, catagories and sections)
    • Menus
    • User Manager
    • Built in tools
Who is it aimed at?

Individuals and business staff planning to maintain a website using Joomla.

Those who want to understand how a CMS can benefit themselves or a business.

Entry requirements

Although there are no formal qualifications required to attend this course, delegates should would benefit if they have an understanding of websites and HTML. It is also ideal if delegates have built a basic website in the past. If you are unsure about these requirements, please contact us via the contact us page.

Delivery method

The course is a single day, fully trainer led, introduction course.

  • David Southey

    David SoutheyDavid works as a web developer and web consultant for Smellie Savage Computers Ltd. His areas of interest include web development for content management systems, programming standards, website optimisation for speed and search engine optimisation.

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