Joomla and Drupal Content Management Software ….An Open Source Software Nicola Graham and Nishtha Monghe presents:

Tonight’s Demo Overview What a Content Management System can do for you Where to find free CMS software How to install and configure the software Using themes and modules to create a site that is uniquely yours

Software used to manage and control a large, dynamic collection of web material, such as HTML documents and their associated images. Easily editable content Plug-ins or modules for expandability Template-based for easy changes What is Content Management Software?

cola Our first CMS - Joomla

What to look forward to.. How to install Joomla and Drupal Walkthrough of the Software Configuring a website Adding and editing content on the site Extending the site with new modules

Components & Plug-ins More than 1300 extensions on Joomla.org Add capabilities to the admin area… ….or to the user area

Getting Ready to Add New Content An article, some pictures, a recipe – those are all content items… …that are placed inside categories… …that are placed inside sections

Content Example Sections: Appetizers, Entrees, Desserts Categories in Desserts: Frozen, Baked Content in Baked: Cookie or cake recipe, etc.

Another Content Example Sections: Product A, Product B, Product C Categories in Product A: Links, Articles, Content in Links: HTML-based link, link for sigs, etc.

Wrap Up How to install Joomla (in fantastico) How to change the look and feel How to add and edit content on your new site

1.Membership Site(both free or paid) 2.News Sites 3.Organization Sites 4.Personal Sites 5.Sales Sites Joomla is used for

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