- ISBN13: 9780470509579
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Comprehensive guide to creating Web sites with the open-source Joomla!1.5 Joomla! is an open-source content management system (CMS) for Web sites. While it is free and relatively easy to use, there are lots of tricks and functionality that may not be intuitive to new users or those switching from other systems. And the previous version is quite different from the new Joomla 1.5, for which documentation is sparse. Joomla! Bible is the complete, step-by-step guide… More >>
#1 by O. Banarie on June 28, 2010 - 10:36 pm
Joomla! is a free, open source, content management system (CMS). It is a fully-featured system that allows for dynamic website creation without having to worry about coding, learning HTML or database functions. This book does an excellent job of explaining the basics so anyone can understand them, and then goes into more advanced features that experienced users may want to tackle. If you are going to buy only one Joomla! book, this is probably the best available.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Ajay Mehta on June 28, 2010 - 10:58 pm
I enjoyed reading this book immensely !! The book is very thorough. It has an easy rhythm and is very logically organized. You will love Part V,after you are done learning about the core Joomla features, and functionality. It is here that Ric shines – very concise, to-the-point and professional advice on what to do when you are ready for real-world Joomla deployment. Another thing you will appreciate is information about the upcoming version of Joomla – sprinkled through-out the text. I recommend this book without reservation to new and experienced Joomla fans.
Ajay Mehta
MCT
e: ajay.mehta@me.com
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by C. Porthouse on June 29, 2010 - 1:24 am
I purchased this book looking for customizing templates. The author does cover this by saying you should study the default templates and then change them to suit your preferences. I think it needed more substance on the Joomla framework, rather than just point you in the direction of finding the resources on-line. I learned more by trial and error than reading this book. I also bought the kindle version and the images are very light and very difficult to view.
Rating: 2 / 5
#4 by blog.elimu.pl on June 29, 2010 - 2:20 am
This book is very good, the only one thing it was missing more info about building template for Joomla! 1.5 … and maybe some info about changes in Joomla! 1.6. I will recommend this title to my students and other developers. I still waiting for a paper copy to read rest chapters
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Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by kib on June 29, 2010 - 2:24 am
The book covers a broad range of Joomla! topics. Comprehensive is how it is described and I think that is accurate. The text is most suitable for webmasters and site owners who are looking for a reference book. Hardcore programmers and web designers will want more specialized texts. While the book covers a lot of topics, few of the advanced topics are dealt with in detail, but I don’t find that a problem — it can’t be all things to all people. It is a reference book for a specific software package (Joomla), not a guide to custom development in PHP or web design in general. We will be using this at our studio as documentation and training material for our clients who buy Joomla! websites.
A previous review faults the images as being too light in the Kindle edition. I noticed the same thing in the print edition. They are a bit light in the first couple of chapters, but they are fine elsewhere.
Rating: 5 / 5