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Product Description: Master Joomla! Hands-On, Step-by-Step, Using Easy, Practical Examples Today, millions of websites rely on Joomla!-from personal sites to those of huge organizations like General Electric, Porsche, and the United Nations. Now, using Joomla! 3, you too can create websites that are mobile-ready, responsive, flexible, powerful, and secure-even if you're an absolute beginner. In Joomla!(R) 3 Explained, top Joomla! trainer Stephen Burge teaches you everything you need to know. Burge has taught thousands of Joomla! newcomers and thousands more who've experimented with Joomla! but haven't mastered it yet. Nobody knows more about guiding you up the Joomla! learning curve. You'll master Joomla! 3 hands-on, through a complete case study, crystal-clear visuals, simple explanations, and on-target analogies, all extensively tested with real Joomla! beginners. Burge walks you through installing Joomla! 3, planning sites that are easy to use and manage, adding content, and incorporating powerful site features without programming. Finally, Burge shows you how to run your site securely and efficiently, no matter how big or popular it becomes!

Product Description: Joomla! Programming When you master Joomla! programming, you can customize websites in ways that simply aren't possible by tweaking parameters or installing someone else's extensions. Now, there's an authoritative, "soup-to-nuts" programming guide for every Joomla! user: from beginners with no Joomla! development experience to long-time coders seeking a quick start with Joomla!'s powerful new versions, 1.6, 1.7, and ... Full description

Product Description: This book - written by Jisse Reitsma - is all about plugins. An entire book on this topic? Yes! Just like components and modules, plugins allow you to quickly extend Joomla. It's the most flexible way to change the behavior of Joomla and add cool extras to your website. In this book, you will learn how to write plugins from scratch. Both beginner and guru will find topics to their liking. All plugin types and events are covered. The book also helps with XML and framework calls. It does not stop there: design patterns, autoloaders, PHPUnit, JForm additions are also included. Everything you want to know is covered in the book, making it the reference on developing Joomla plugins. All code can be found on GitHub, making it easy for you to start using what you learn.

Product Description: The Official Joomla! Book "Joomla! is about allowing ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and that is exactly what the authors of this book do for its readers...I present this book for your pleasure. It begins with how we began and takes you on a journey through which you can be empowered to reach the world." -From the Foreword to the First Edition by Andrew Eddie, cofounder, Joomla! The Official Joomla!(r) B... Full description

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This is the eBook version of the printed book.

When you master Joomla! programming, you can customize websites in ways that simply aren’t possible by tweaking parameters or installing someone else’s extensions. Now, there’s an authoritative, “soup-to-nuts” programming guide for every Joomla! user: from beginners with no Joomla! development experience to long-time coders seeking a quick start with Joomla!’s powerful new versions, 1.6, 1.7, and 2.5.

 

Joomla!™ Programming presents proven best practices for getting the job done right. Written by Mark Dexter and Joomla! design architect Louis Landry (who wrote much of the new Joomla! framework), the text is packed with detailed examples and sample code, in-depth reference-style explanations available nowhere else, and fascinating sidebars revealing why Joomla! works the way it does.

 

Both a tutorial and reference, this title brings together step-by-step instructions for everything from simple tasks (such as template overrides) to cutting-edge techniques involving components, MVC, and the Joomla! framework. You’ll learn how to 

• View Joomla! from a programmer’s perspective
• Extend Joomla! with layout overrides, plugins, and modules
• Take full advantage of Joomla!’s improved new MVC implementation
• Build front-end and back-end components, from start to finish
• Secure your websites with Joomla!’s powerful, flexible new Access Control Lists
• Work with databases and use the new JDatabaseQuery to write complex queries
• Program Joomla! with JavaScript via the lightweight MooTools framework
• Develop custom category structures for your own websites and extensions
• Enable one-click updates for your own custom extensions
• Use the Joomla! platform as an application framework 

Product Description: An easy to use, step-by-step guide to creating professional, mobile-friendly websites with the free Joomla CMS. The Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition is the ultimate guide for web developers who wish to build upon their skills and knowledge on creating websites. Even if you're new to this subject, you won't have any difficulty understanding the clear and friendly instructions and explanations. No prior knowledge of HTML and CSS is required.

Product Description: Using this hands-on, step-by step tutorial filled with practical examples, the readers will be able to create beautiful templates and themes for your websites that will make them stand out from others. This book is written for all of you who wish to create your own unique templates for Joomla! 3.x. This book can be used by Joomla! administrators or visual designers (with no programming experience) or those of you who are used to working with common web developer tools like HTML/CSS editors for coding purposes. You would need basic knowledge of Joomla! and some knowledge of CSS and HTML.

Product Description: Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development This invaluable reference guide for PHP developers extending or customizing Joomla! 1.5 is packed with expert advice and tips on all aspects of Joomla! programming illustrated by self-contained examples. The world's hottest open-source content management system, and winner of the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize, standard Joomla! does a great job managing website content; but its true power lies in its ... Full description