Joomla Websites, Making Websites Using Joomla
Posted on 17. Apr, 2007 by admin in Blog.
Joomla is a free content management program which is available online for anyone who wishes to make web sites in ease. The Joomla platform makes website design and editing as simply as using Microsoft Word and other word processors. This is because its edit windows is indeed in Word format. Once a page is submitted for upload, it looks exactly the same as it does in the editor.
The possibilities are endless with the Joomla software, whether you intend to make a professional website for your business network, or simply a personal page for your own purposes. The Joomla software makes it easy to add new tables, images, and text to already existing pages, as well as other common website editing tools. This software is ideal for people who are inexperienced in web programming because it does the programming for you. All you have to do is determine and set how you want your website to look and you?re good to go.
The name Joomla was derived from Jumla, a Swahili word meaning, ?all together.? It was chosen to promote the idealism of community fellowship. Presently, there?s an established Joomla community which offers support especially to new users. The community is full of people who are eager to learn and help one another.
The first step in making websites using Joomla is of course to download the software. The home site of Joomla is http://www.joomla.org. Other sites also offer the program for download for free. Once the file is downloaded, the setup program should be run before the user can start using Joomla.
Once Joomla is installed in the unit, you could start learning its basic functions by using the help file that comes with the program, or prefer to online tutorials to help you get started. The Joomla is still basically programming software, however, it is probably the easiest one to use. For one, the user would never have to worry about program lines and syntax, and only about the content. However, as with other programming software, you should always start by using templates, or including modules (libraries of support files) before you start working on its content. Many templates come built in with the program ready for use. However, if you wish to use updated and better ones, you may always download them online. The next thing to do is to design the header and footer of the site, which can be set to be common for all the pages in the site or on individual pages. After this, you can start working on the contents of the site itself.
The next thing to do is to decide what to include on site itself. Common links include a home link, an about link, and a contact us link. These are basic, and all the other ones would depend on what the website is meant for. The Joomla software ties the content to the site directly so you only need to fill in what needs to be included. After the menu is established, you need to decide what sections and categories are under the items. With Joomla, it?s quite easy to enter create these sections and add content to them. The platform is easy to use because all the functions of the Joomla software are arranged and displayed similar to the control panel of windows. When adding content to the sections, a window with word processor functions opens for it. The software is similar if not the same as WordPress, and the entry of data is similar to making blogs or posts online. If any of the content needs to be changed, an edit option is also included in the panel. Once all the details are final, the website is submitted and published just as easy.
