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The Best Easy-to-Use Guide to Joomla!--The Worlds #1 Open Source Content Management System If you want to build sophisticated websites that can be easily edited and updated, you need to master Joomla. Now theres an easy-to-read, easy-to-use guide to Joomla! for every site manager, administrator, and developer. Leading Joomla! consultant Barrie North covers all you need to get results: installation, administration, site organization, template development, content updates, and a whole lot more. Youll find tips, tricks, and troubleshooting solutions, as well as three start-to-finish case studies. New to Joomla? No problem! This book starts with the simplest design and system concepts and builds your expertise step-by-step. Youll rapidly master Joomla!s power, even if you have no content management, scripting, or CSS expertise. Experienced with Joomla!? Youll turn to this book constantly for its authoritative, plain-English, example-rich Joomla! 1.5 reference content. Understand content management, what Joomla! does, and how its components fit togetherBuild Joomla! sites from scratch and systematically customize them to your needsOrganize content with sections, categories, blogs, and tablesCreate dynamic pages and effective navigationWork with Joomla! modules and componentsLearn how to optimize your Joomla! sites for search enginesFollow three start-to-finish case studies: building a school website, a small business site, and a blogIdentify the most valuable Joomla! extensions and add-ons: find them and use them About the Website The accompanying site, www.joomlabook.com, provides five fully functional Joomla! sites with live follow-along examples from the book and up-to-date information on Joomla!.