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Handy Books for Joomla! 1.5

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Joomla can be quite confusing at times because its interface is nowhere easy to navigate. It takes time to fully understand the software and how each and every piece of it works. However, there are better ways to understand these quickly and it is no other than by getting books related to Joomla. Below are just some of the many recommended books to get in the purpose of understanding Joomla better.

Joomla 1.5: A User’s Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website (2nd Edition)

This book is very straightforward and easy to understand. The author is very knowledgeable in the industry. Highly recommended for people of all sorts of experience. Whether the reader is already adept at the software of downright clueless, there is surely something to learn through this book.

Joomla!: Visual Quickstart Guide

As mentioned by the title, this book focuses on the part where human learns the best: visual. It guides the user through various visual based materials making the learning process a lot easier to understand.

Joomla! 1.5 SEO

A book recommended for those wanting to learn about on-site optimization for Joomla! based sites. Very handy for those having trouble getting their sites up in the search engine.

Joomla! 1.5 & VirtueMart Websites for Small Business

This book incorporates a very powerful e-Commerce extension for Joomla! which is the VirtueMart. This is good for those wanting to create their own e-Commerce site whether it may be for them or for other people.

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Handy Joomla 1.5 Extensions

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Webmasters using Joomla as the base of their site do not just use it as it is. They must adopt some of the many Joomla Extensions that are available at its database. There are thousands of extensions available and some of these are free and there are also those that will cost the user some money if not a significant amount of money.

However, this list for today is for those wanting to use some of the open source (free) extensions available at its depository:

JoomlaPack – No other extension helps the user better when it comes to backing up their sites other than JoomlaPack. It is free and definitely handy for those wanting to create regular backups of their website.

Community Builder – This extension is more fondly called as CB amongst Joomla owners. It creates a great community and it also has a lot more addons available in addition to its extension. However, those wanting to get this application will find themselves having to register to a couple of sites.

SignalLogin – SignalLogin on the other hand helps the user in customizing how their login block would look. In addition to that, those wanting the login feature to be passed through encryption (SSL) can also use this marvelous extension.

JCE – The WYSIWYG editor on Joomla is nothing compared to this one. It is a lot more powerful with an interface similar to a word processor. Spell checking is also possible as the extension integrates the Google SpellChecker inside it.

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