Building Websites With Joomla!
Joseph LeBlanc
My background
• Programmer, not a designer :)
• Was introduced to Mambo...
• ...which became Joomla!
• Now I write code for Joomla!
What is Joomla?
• Runs your website
• Installs on your server
• Free software
• Open source: written by volunteers
Why Use Joomla?
• Active community
• No coding necessary
• Bring your ideas, download the rest
• Over 7.500 extensions available
Why Use Joomla?
extensions.joomla.org
Who Uses Joomla?
• All sizes and kinds of websites
• 2.5% of all websites
• 200+ nations with 1.800+ government sites
• 14.000.000 downloads since March 2007
Who Uses Joomla?
Photo by Ryan Ozimek, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license
Who Uses Joomla?
Who Uses Joomla?
Who Uses Joomla?
27Government Websites in theRepublic of Macedonia Using
Joomla!
Who Uses Joomla?
Who Uses Joomla?
Who Uses Joomla?
Who Uses Joomla?
Who Uses Joomla?
Who Uses Joomla?
(Internal intranet site)
Joomla Skills
• Site Implementers (Webmasters)
• Marketers
• Server Administrators
• Graphic Designers
• PHP and JavaScript programmers
Learning the Language of Joomla!
• Templates
• Languages
• Plugins
• Modules
• Components
Getting to Know Joomla!
forum.joomla.org
Getting to Know Joomla!
people.joomla.org
Getting Joomla! Resources
• joomla.org – Main Site
• docs.joomla.org – Documentation
• demo.joomla.org – Free Joomla site for 30 days
How does Joomla Work?
How does Joomla Work?
How does Joomla Work?
How does Joomla Work?
Similar Software
• Drupal – Flexible, more programmer driven
• WordPress– Very easy, designed for blogs
• WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal power 10% of the web
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