- 340 pages
- English
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About this book
This is a practical guide that takes a task-centered approach. Each task is stepped through with detailed instructions. You will come across many step-by-step examples with plenty of screenshots and resources. This book provides all the support and guidance you need as you begin to work with CMSs. It even has additional tasks that you can carry out to build your skills further. Everything is oriented towards managing content with a CMS. This book is written for anyone who wants to start a web site and is looking for a good CMS. It is best suited for people who are selecting a CMS for their sites and people who will manage a CMS. Knowledge of web basics is certainly helpful, but not needed.
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Choosing an Open Source CMS Beginner's Guide
Table of Contents
Choosing an Open Source CMS
Credits
About the author
About the reviewers
Preface
What this book covers
Section I: Opening up to Open Source CMSs
Section II: Thinking your choices through
Section III: CMSs by breed
Section IV: Open source CMS tips
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code for the book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
I. Section I - Opening up to Open Source CMSs
1. Do I Even Want an Open Source CMS?
You need a CMS!
CMS alternatives
Which CMS?
What about you?
About this book
Approach
Let's get started!
2. Evaluating Your Options
Genres of Content Management Systems
Portals or general-purpose CMSs
Core features
Possible uses
Example sites
Top general-purpose CMSs
Blog CMSs
Core features
Possible uses
Example sites
Top blog CMSs
e-Commerce CMSs
Core features
Possible uses
Example sites
Top e-Commerce CMSs
Wiki CMSs
Core features
Possible uses
Example sites
Top Wiki CMSs
Forum CMSs
Core features
Possible uses
Example sites
Top forum CMSs
eLearning CMSs
Core Features
Possible uses
Example sites
Top eLearning CMSs
Collaboration CMSs
Core features
Possible uses
Top intranet CMSs
Photo gallery CMSs
Core features
Possible uses
Example sites
Top photo gallery CMSs
Different types, but strong overlap
Understanding CMS technologies
PHP is most popular for CMSs
But why does the technology choice matter?
Summary
II. Section II - Thinking your choices through
3. Understanding your Requirements
Setting our expectations right
Time for action-setting your expectations for "The Yoga Site"
What just happened?
Creating intended outcomes
Pop quiz
Have a go hero-different goals for different sites
Measuring your site
Time for action-measuring the scale of your site
What just happened?
Are you expecting a lot of visitors?
Pop quiz
Have a go hero-take some measurements!
Working with others
Time for action-determining compliance and interoperability needs
What just happened
Have a go hero-learn the terms
Determining additional feature requirements
Time for action-choosing additional features
What just happened
Summary
4. Building the Site
Get hands-on experience with a CMS
Time for action-taking a test drive
What just happened?
Checking out a live demo
Pop quiz
Have a go hero-test drive some more CMSs
Create navigation structure
Time for action-creating navigation structure
What just happened?
Do you need a different navigation structure?
Pop quiz
Understanding technical requirements
Time for action-understanding technical requirements
What just happened
Installing a CMS
Before the installation
Creating a database
Uploading files using FTP
Using phpMyAdmin
Managing file permissions
Time for action-install WordPress
What just happened
Have a go hero-set up your navigation structure with WordPress
Have a go hero-set up Joomla!
Summary
5. Content Editing and Management
Adding content to our site
Time for action-adding a page
What just happened?
What is WYSIWYG? Why is it important?
Adding images
Time for action-adding images
What just happened?
Have a go hero-image formatting options
Have a go hero-adding a video
Maintaining content
Time for action-adding metadata
What just happened?
Tagging is keywords on steroids!
Have a go hero-adding links
Allowing people to contribute
Have a go hero-determine multiuser needs
Summary
6. Templates and Plug-ins
Giving a professional look to our site
Using templates
Time for action-finding a good template
What just happened?
Template selection criteria
Where to find templates
Have a go hero-shortlisting some more templates
Time for action-setting up a template
What just happened?
Different CMSs have different templates
Free, paid, or custom
Have a go hero-setting up a template in your favorite CMS
Enhancing functionality with plug-ins
Plug-ins, or modules, or extensions
The plug-ins that you need
Time for action-finding a photo gallery plug-in
What just happened?
Time for action-showing a photo gallery on our site
What just happened?
No coding required
Uninstalling a plug-in
Have a go hero-set up an e-commerce extension
Summary
7. Extending and Customizing
Customize a template
Fixing the site logo
Time for action-replacing the default logo in our template
What just happened?
Changing the site color
Changing the menu style
Time for action-advancing customization via CSS changes
What just happened?
Have a go hero-fixing submenus
Customizations may need code changes
What is a programming language? Is it easy?
Understanding the code architecture
Understanding the level of support
And there are books!
Finding professional help
Summary
III. Section III - CMSs by breed
8. Blog CMSs
The first question-do I need a self-hosted or service-based CMS?
Top blogging CMSs
Let us cover the top choices
Taking WordPress for a test d...
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