TRAINING JOOMLA – Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Valais, Fribourg, Zürich, Bâle, Bern

The goals of this Joomla course:

You will learn how to install and configure Joomla! on a server, and how to create and administer a website as well as ensuring its development. You will also see how to increase efficiency by creating templates and how to adapt the solution to your personal requirements using components, modules and plugins.

Participants
This course is designed for administrators, web masters, developers and web designers who will own a Joomla site.

Programme
Basic Joomla! concepts
Introduction; different versions of Joomla!
Areas of application, number of users, industry benchmarks
Structure and functions of CMS
Joomla! architecture
Practical exercises
Demonstrations of sites created with Joomla

First steps with Joomla!

  • Installing and configuring Joomla! on a local server; site settings
  • Adapting languages and templates; organising the workspace
  • Practical exercises
  • Getting started with Joomla: installation and configuration

JOOMLA administration structure

  • Viewing the configuration
  • Creating user accounts
  • Managing users and a collaborative site
  • Practical exercises
  • Settings, users, sites

Understanding JOOMLA menus

    • Site menus, menus, content, components, extensions, tools

Practical exercises

Working with the Joomla interface!

Creating web page content using Joomla!

  • Sections, categories and articles
  • Defining the settings related to articles
  • Managing deleted articles
  • Managing images and text
  • Creating links and inserting anchors
  • Inserting tables and layers
  • Practical exercises
  • Creating and formatting web pages

Enhancing web pages

  • Adding a contact form
  • Using internal messaging
  • Practical exercises
  • Improving web pages with advanced features

Templates

  • Architecture of a template file
  • The templateDetails.xml file
  • Selecting and installing a template
  • Designing Joomla templates!
  • Customising; managing plugins
  • Practical exercises
  • Using and creating templates

Deploying the site on a remote server

  • Putting the site on-line
  • Visit statistics
  • Practical exercises
  • Deploying the website and analysing visits

Course requirements

Basic knowledge about the internet and HTML

Practical exercises

This Joomla course, which is based on realistic simulation exercises and a comparison of different practices, will equip participants with techniques that can be used directly.

Course diploma / certificate

A certificate is obtained at the conclusion of the Joomla course.

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All our courses can be delivered in English, French, German, Swiss German, Italian, or Spanish.

All our services are available in Switzerland: Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Valais, Fribourg, Zürich, Bâle, Bern.