Joomla Extensions

1. Joomla Extensions Design Exercise Big Picture Domains and Hosting CMS Recap Domain names Joomla Timer

2. Session Objectives • Recap on previous session • Obtaining a domain name • Free hosting • Installing a Joomla Extension • Configuring a Contact Form module Menu

3. Recap • A quick recap tonight! • Spend 10 minutes designing a two page web site for a local guest house • The Home page • A contact page • Hold up your post it note when completed Menu

4. Obtaining a domain name • Anyone can do this • You should consider your type of business and the name must be unique (and available!) • Most popular domains include .co.uk, .com, .net, .org • Co.uk names cost approx £6 for two years • .com can be up to £25 for two years • It is usual to purchase hosting at the same time and some packages will include 1 free domain name when you sign up for 1 year! Menu

5. Where do I buy from? • 123-reg • 1and1 • Freehosts • Ideally you should choose a company that is UK based • Free domain names • www.co.cc • Free web hosting • www.freewebhostingarea.com Menu

6. Design Exercise • Using the blank page templates you should look to plan at least 5 pages for your web site Menu

7. Feedback forms • What is it? • Why use a feedback form? Menu

8. Feedback form exercise • In your table groups jot down at least three benefits of using such a feature in a web site • In the same groups discuss and produce a rough design and possible questions for a feedback form to be included in the twitch site • Having planned this page you can now add such a feature into your site Menu

9. Your Turn Now! • Using the twitch web site (or the site from the first week), add a feedback form together with appropriate fields Menu

10. Planning your design • You should now have experienced creating a rough design for at least one web page (twitch feedback form!) • What you should attempt now is to plan at least two pages for your project design • It is also a good time to start thinking about a domain name Menu

11. So what have we learnt today? • Use the paper provided to note down what you have learnt today • Make a note of anything you would like to know more about Next Week

12. CMS • What is it? • Joomla is the world’ s most popular open source CMS (content management system). With 2.7% of the Web running on Joomla, the software is used by individuals, small & medium-sized businesses, and large organizations worldwide to easily create & build a variety of websites & web-enabled applications. • Latest version is 1.7 although 1.5/1.6 are a little more user friendly for the novice Menu

13. Joomla – some examples • MTV Networks Quizilla (Social networking) • http://www.quizilla.com • Harvard University (Educational) • http://gsas.harvard.edu • Outdoor Photographer (Magazine) - http://www.outdoorphotographer.com • Rescue dogs – • http://www.rescue-dogs.co.uk/ Next

14. What sort of sites can you build? • Corporate Web sites or portals • Corporate intranets and extranets • 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 and church Web sites • Personal or family homepages Menu

15. Joomla Extensions • Over 8500 extension covering a multitude of categories including: • Calendars • contacts • Feedback • Multimedia • Shopping carts • Paid downloads • Memberships Next

16. Contacts • You are going to install and configure a module that will allow a user to input basic information and submit back to a personal email address • You will first need to download and save the module ‘Rapid Contact’ which I have put on the wiki

17. Next Week • Building your project web site • Using JavaScript