Building Websites with Joomla! 1.5 phần 2 pptx

Terms, Concepts, and Deliberations [ 22 ] Semantic Web Integration—Mickael Maison, mentor Andrew Eddie. (This has to do with the integration of geographic standards such as KML and GeoRSS, in order to be able to manipulate these data in Joomla!, for example the home town of the user as a map-image.) Eclipse Plugin for developing Joomla's Component/Module—Muhammad Fuad Dwi Rizki, mentor Laurens Vandeput. (This has to do with the creation of a Joomla! plug-in for the popular developer environment Eclipse, in order to easily create Joomla! components.) General content recommendation component for Joomla—Faolan Cheslack- Postava, mentor Samuel Alexander Moffatt. (This has to do with automatic recommendation of content in a particular context at a particular time.) Joomla! Features The following is a listing of Joomla! features in point form: Free source code A large and eager community of users and developers Simple workow system Publishing system for contents File manager for uploading and administering les Content summaries in RSS format Trash can for deleted content Search-engine-friendly URLs Banner management Multilingualism for website and administration interface Administration interface that is separated from the website Macro language for content (plug-ins) Caching mechanism to secure fast page creation with popular sites Simple installation of additional extensions Powerful template system (HTML, CSS, PHP) Hierarchical user groups Simple visitor statistics WYSIWYG editor for content Simple polling Rating system for content • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Chapter 1 [ 23 ] There are numerous free and commercial extensions at http://extensions. joomla.org/, for instance: Forums Image galleries Document management systems Calendars And about 2000 more Examples of Joomla! Pages In order to get a feeling for what Joomla! pages look like and whether "the" Joomla! page even exists, have a look at a few: Joomla.org This is of course one of the largest Joomla! websites. • • • • • Terms, Concepts, and Deliberations [ 24 ] Travel Shop, Ireland A tourist industry website with an interesting menu system from joomlart.com Frank Lüdtke, Germany A successful combination of Joomla! and Coppermine photo-gallery. Chapter 1 [ 25 ] Hotel Schönruh, Austria A simple website of a hotel in the Ziller valley. Urth.tv, USA A social platform for citizens of the world! Terms, Concepts, and Deliberations [ 26 ] unric.org, Europe The United Nations is also working with Joomla!. In this case thirteen languages have to be displayed on the website. Chapter 1 [ 27 ] porsche.com.br, Brazil Last but not least the Stuttgart SP Veículos Ltd from São Paulo. This company has taken part in the entire history of development from Mambo to Joomla! and has now upgraded to Joomla! 1.5. You can nd a listing of Joomla! websites in the Site Showcase of the forum at: http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/board,58.0.html Summary In this chapter we took a quick glance at the history of Joomla! and discussed the structure of WCMS. We familiarized ourselves with the Joomla! versions and features and saw a few Joomla!-powered pages. [...]... Apache, MySQL, and PHP are already installed with the help of the YaST2 configuration program If they are not, select the appropriate packages for installation and let YaST2 install them These are the packages in detail: • apache2 • apache2-devel • apache2-mod_php5mysql • php5-mysql You can find these packages via the YaST interface on the discs that come with your SUSE distribution or on special package... (http://www.rpmseek.com/index.html) [ 36 ] Chapter 2 Start the Apache web server with the command: /etc/init.d/apache2 start Then start the MySQL database server with: /etc/init.d/mysql start You can stop both the servers with the stop command By typing help, you get an overview of all of the parameters Debian/Ubuntu With Debian and Ubuntu, the agent of choice is apt You can install Apache, MySQL, and PHP with the program apt apt-get... these access data for Joomla!' s web installer You can get going after you have loaded these data onto your server and are in possession of the access data to your database [ 38 ] Chapter 2 Joomla! Installation To install Joomla!, you need the source code Download the Joomla _1.5. zip package and save it on your system Selecting a Directory for Installation You have to decide whether Joomla! needs to be... important part of your installation Joomla! allows you to, and explicitly recommends that you, install sample data so that you can experiment without any worries • Load Local Joomla! 1.5 SQL Script: You may already have created a local Joomla! website and now may want exactly this data in an online database In this case you can specify the sql file that holds your Joomla! data, which you have exported... 45 ] Installation Step 5: FTP Configuration In order to stop problems with access rights and a possibly activated PHP Safe Mode in their track, you have the option of using PHP's FTP functions for uploading and handling of files starting with Joomla! 1.5 This is not necessary in the local XAMPP Lite installation But if you install Joomla! on the virtual web server of a provider, enter here the FTP data... for Joomla! and to activate the Joomla! FTP account only for the respective Joomla! directory Step 6: Configuration This main step of the configuration is divided into three parts The first part of the configuration has to do with the name of your website This name appears in the header of the browser window when somebody accesses your website This name is also used in other places, for example, with. .. install Joomla! on one computer and access it from another [ 32 ] Chapter 2 Remember, that there are probably more current versions on the respective project sites on the Internet If you install Joomla! in the wild, on a server on the Internet, you should always use the latest stable version Never install a Beta version for a production site! Setting Up the Local Server Environment To install Joomla!. .. sql file that holds your Joomla! data, which you have exported from the local version Make sure that this file has the exact Joomla! 1.5 database design and is UTF-8 coded [ 47 ] Installation • Load Migration Script: This option ports a Joomla! 1.0.x installation into a Joomla! 1.5 version The Install Default Sample Data is selected as default During the course of the book we will look at other options... see the Pre-Installation check This check should help you determine whether your server environment is suitable for a Joomla! installation [ 42 ] Chapter 2 If you predominantly see green test results, it is a good sign Depending on your configuration there can be discrepancies here The Joomla! installer takes the configuration settings of the web server (in our case Apache), PHP, and the operating system... licensed under certain conditions Joomla! uses the GNU/GPL licence, version 2. 0 After you read this license click on Next [ 43 ] Installation Step 4: Database Configuration In the fourth step, Database Configuration, your database parameters are queried You can set up as many databases as required in an XAMPP Lite server environment and you have a MySQL user with the name root (without a password) The user . from Mambo to Joomla! and has now upgraded to Joomla! 1. 5. You can nd a listing of Joomla! websites in the Site Showcase of the forum at: http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/board ,58 .0.html Summary In. let YaST2 install them. These are the packages in detail: apache2 apache2-devel apache2-mod_php5mysql php5-mysql You can nd these packages via the YaST interface on the discs that come with your. specic relation to Joomla! at all. Technical Requirements for Joomla! Joomla! requires the following: An installed and functioning web server, for instance Apache version 1. 13 .19 or later or Microsoft