Creating library website using Joomla (Open Source-Content Management System): A case study on IIM Ahmedabad library website by Jignesh Amin Professional Assistant Vikram Sarabhai Library IIM Ahmedabad Viral Navik Professional Assistant Vikram Sarabhai Library IIM Ahmedabad 21 st to 23 rd March, CALIBER 2013

What is Joomla Joomla is a free, open source content management system Organizes all forms of content It helps you to create/edit/delete content in a shared database Content shared across the Web site Content can be published or not - based on conditions (Approved, Date range, Viewer rights) Easy to use and expandable

Joomla  Originated in 2000 as Mambo, Split in 2005 to form Joomla  The name Joomla is a phonetic spelling for the Swahili word "Jumla", which means "all together" or "as a whole".  An award-winning content management system (CMS)  Open Source software  Available for Linux and Windows

Why Joomla?  Open Source  It’s Easy to Install, Use and Manage by non technical person and no need of HTML  Separation of Content and Form  Portable  Extendable  Strong Support Communities

Top Ten Open Source CMS 1.WordPress 2.Joomla 3.Drupal 4.Media Wiki 5.Plone 6.Liferay 7.TYPO3 8.Moodle 9.Dolphin 10.Pligg

Comparison Metrics A tool to compare up to 10 content management systems at once. Google Search Trend

In the Beginning Everybody used a text editor (coding language) to construct Web pages in a language called HTML If you know the HTML mark up language, you can control the content of your Web site. “The Webmaster” Problem! Must learn HTML or hire web developer. HTML is time consuming & Static Big Webmaster

Benefits of CMS  Creation of content in a standard format using a Web browser and WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What- You-Get) editor  Share the work with several staff members and have options to let the public enter content (Library 2.0)  Archive and reuse content BYE… FrontPage & DreamWeaver

What Joomla can do ? Some real examples  Corporate Web sites or portals  Online magazines, newspapers, and publications  E-commerce and online reservations  Government applications  Small business Web sites  Non-profit and organizational Web sites  Community-based portals  School Web sites  Personal or family homepages

Who are using Joomla ? (Live Example)  MTV Networks Quizilla (Social networking) -  IHOP (Restaurant chain) -  Harvard University (Educational) -  Citibank (Financial institution intranet) - Not publicly accessible  The Green Maven (Eco-resources) -  Outdoor Photographer (Magazine) -  PlayShakespeare.com (Cultural) -  Senso Interiors (Furniture design) - &

Prerequisites to Install Joomla  PHP (Coding Language) 4.2.x or above:  MySQL (Database) 3.23.x or above:  Apache (Webserver) or above:  Also available bundle (Package) like WAMP or XAMPP (for Windows) or LAMP (for Linux)  Download Joomla from

Basic Structure of Joomla Front-end ›Viewable by users Back-end ›Editable by administrator Database ›Stores information

Simple steps for Installation of Joomla  Simple – Download, Unzip, Install

Installation Screen 1

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Final Installation Screen

Administration Module User Name Password

Main Admin Panel

Hierarchy of Module  Category Manager  Content Items Manager Content Static Content  Section Manager  Frontpage Manager  Archive Manager

Category Manager

Create a New Category

Section Manager

Create a New Section

Content Items Manager

Create a New Content

Static Content Manager

Create a New Static Content

Media Manager

Change the Template

Add New Template

Website for Joomla Templates

Components

Add New Component

Website for Joomla Components

Modules

Add New Modules

Website for Joomla Modules

Lets start work with Joomla