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Creating library website using Joomla (Open Source-Content Management System): A case study on IIM Ahmedabad library website by. 21 st to 23 rd March, CALIBER 2013. What is Joomla. Joomla is a free, open source content management system Organizes all forms of content
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Creating library website using Joomla (Open Source-Content Management System): A case study on IIM Ahmedabad library websiteby 21st to 23rd March, CALIBER 2013
What is Joomla Joomla is a free, open source content management system Organizes all forms of content It helps you to create/edit/delete content in a shared database Content shared across the Web site Content can be published or not - based on conditions (Approved, Date range, Viewer rights) Easy to use and expandable
Joomla • Originated in 2000 as Mambo, Split in 2005 to form Joomla • The name Joomla is a phonetic spelling for the Swahili word "Jumla", which means "all together" or "as a whole". • An award-winning content management system (CMS) • Open Source software • Available for Linux and Windows
Why Joomla? • Open Source • It’s Easy to Install, Use and Manage by non technical person and no need of HTML • Separation of Content and Form • Portable • Extendable • Strong Support Communities
Top Ten Open Source CMS • WordPress • Joomla • Drupal • Media Wiki • Plone • Liferay • TYPO3 • Moodle • Dolphin • Pligg http://trends.builtwith.com/cms
Comparison Metrics • A tool to compare up to 10 content management systems at once. http://www.cmsmatrix.org/matrix Google Search Trend
In the Beginning Everybody used a text editor (coding language) to construct Web pages in a language called HTML If you know the HTML mark up language, you can control the content of your Web site. “The Webmaster” Problem! Must learn HTML or hire web developer. HTML is time consuming & Static Big Webmaster
Benefits of CMS • Creation of content in a standard format using a Web browser and WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) editor • Share the work with several staff members and have options to let the public enter content (Library 2.0) • Archive and reuse content BYE… BYE… FrontPage & DreamWeaver
What Joomla can do ? Some real examples • Corporate Web sites or portals • 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 Web sites • Personal or family homepages
Who are using Joomla ? (Live Example) • MTV Networks Quizilla (Social networking) - http://www.quizilla.com • IHOP (Restaurant chain) - http://www.ihop.com • Harvard University (Educational) - http://gsas.harvard.edu • Citibank (Financial institution intranet) - Not publicly accessible • The Green Maven (Eco-resources) - http://www.greenmaven.com • Outdoor Photographer (Magazine) - http://www.outdoorphotographer.com • PlayShakespeare.com (Cultural) - http://www.playshakespeare.com • Senso Interiors (Furniture design) - http://www.sensointeriors.co.za &
Prerequisites to Install Joomla • PHP (Coding Language) 4.2.x or above: http://www.php.net • MySQL (Database) 3.23.x or above: http://www.mysql.com • Apache (Webserver) 1.13.19 or above: http://www.apache.org • Also available bundle (Package) like WAMP or XAMPP (for Windows) or LAMP (for Linux) • Download Joomla from http://www.joomla.org/download.html
Basic Structure of Joomla Front-end ›Viewable by users Back-end ›Editable by administrator Database ›Stores information
Simple steps for Installation of Joomla • Simple – Download, Unzip, Install
Administration Module User Name Password
Hierarchy of Module • Category Manager • Content Items Manager • Content • Static Content • Section Manager • Frontpage Manager • Archive Manager
Website for Joomla Templates http://www.joomla24.com/
Website for Joomla Components http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions
Website for Joomla Modules http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions
Lets start work with Joomla Thank You