OSTraining Class: Joomla 1.5 Intermediate
Teacher: Rod Martin
Released: 02-09-2011
Level: Intermediate

Certificate: Soon you'll be able to get a certificate for this course.

Follows immediately on from the beginner class and takes your Joomla 1.5 skills to a higher level.

Table of Contents
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Introduction
Content Editing
Components
Modules
Plugins
Templates
Description

Follows immediately on from the beginner class and takes your Joomla 1.5 skills to a higher level.

We take you through each key area of Joomla in more details. Starting with content and then continuning through components, modules, plugins and templates, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how Joomla works.

In the first part of the class, you'll learn how to use JCE, the powerful text editor..

  • Overview of JCE
  • Installing and Configuring JCE
  • Row One and Two
  • Row Three and Four
  • Section Tasks

In the second part of the class, you'll use some of the most powerful Joomla components and also see how they're put together.

  • Overview of Some Major Components
  • Section Tasks
  • Sample Component - K2
  • Creating a Blog with K2
  • Components - Directories and Files
  • Mass Content
  • Under the Hood - Directories, Files, Database

In the third part of the class, you'll discover more advanced and flexible ways to use modules on your site.

  • Modules - Directories and Files
  • Editing Modules
  • Module Positions and Modules in Articles
  • MetaMod
  • Section Tasks

In the fourth part of the class, you'll find useful plugins and see how they impact your site:

  • Favorite Plugins
  • Section Tasks
  • Plugins - Directories and Fles

In the final part of the class, we introduce you template editing and more advanced design features:

  • Templates - Directories and Files
  • Simple edits - index.php
  • Simple edits - CSS
  • Adding a Logo
  • Advanced Templates and Module Class Suffixes
  • Section Tasks
Teacher
Rod Martin

Rod holds two masters degrees and has been training people how to do "things" for over 25 years. Originally from Australia, he grew up in Canada and now resides just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked in both the non-profit and for-profit worlds, in small companies and large corporations.

His extensive open source experience includes WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Moodle and he really knows how to help you get the most out of the system you chose.

Rod plays ice hockey a couple of times a week and rides his Goldwing motorbike pretty much everywhere he can.


Courses by this teacher

NameLevelRelease Date
Joomla 2.5 Beginner 06-01-2011
Joomla 1.5 Beginner 08-04-2010
Joomla 1.5 Intermediate 02-09-2011
Joomla 1.5 Template Design 06-07-2011
Drupal 7 Beginner 11-14-2011
Drupal 7 Intermediate 02-21-2012
Drupal 7 Display Suite 05-30-2012
Drupal 7 Views 08-15-2012
Introduction to Responsive Design 01-14-2013

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