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Joomla; Advanced Use

Course Overview

Joomla is an open source Content Management System for developing websites and publishing content on the Internet and includes a simple to use Model–view–controller (MVC) Web application framework.

Who should attend?

This two day training course is aimed at experienced users of Joomla and focuses on the more advanced aspects of Joomla including installing Joomla, troubleshooting Joomla and Joomla Template changes

Course Contents

How to create a Joomla Test Environment

This module promotes best practice using a secured local testing environment to safe guard your live data and its end user availability. It will also help to resolve compatibility issues introduced with the use of third party addons.

Server setup
Securing Server
Installing a Joomla CMS system
loading, installing, and troubleshooting your system

How to Backup Joomla CMS

While the Joomla system itself is very strong and robust, issues and failures can and do occur. We will deal with how to take backups of your Joomla system, restoration into a test environment and how to deploy it back onto the live server in the event of catastrophic failure.

Database backup
Tables backup
Restoring into your Test Environment

Working inside your environment

With the benefit of a Joomla test platform, this module will uncover the principals of:

Getting the most out of your template
Knowing how to edit your template to change values

Components, Modules and Plug-ins

Joomla enjoys the benefit of an extensive user community with many useful and diverse components, modules, plug-ins and other assorted additions. We will work with your test system and look at how best to go about installing, testing and deploying these components.