Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.78
EAN: 9780470133941
ISBN: 0470133945
Label: Wrox
Manufacturer: Wrox
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: October 01, 2007
Publisher: Wrox
Studio: Wrox
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Product Description:
As a major force in the world of affordable, advanced web site deployment, Joomla! has become the most important noncommercial Content Management System (CMS) in the world. The number of Joomla! downloads and add-ons continues to grow at lightning pace, spurring the need for a resource that explores the diverse needs of professional Joomla! developers. This book fills that void by covering the two main areas of the Joomla! field--development and deployment--with a focus on the new Joomla! version 1.5 and all the features it provides.
Seasoned author Dan Rahmel walks you through the process of creating all three types of Joomla! extensions (modules, components, and plug-ins), explains how best to use Ajax technology, and shows you how to adopt design patterns and incorporate source code control. You'll examine the underlying technologies (PHP, Apache, etc.) that can be tuned to offer the best system performance, and you'll explore interfacing with outside content, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) setup, and much more. You'll even delve into the internal structure of the Joomla! framework, and obtain a unique behind-the-scenes education so that you can modify and extend Joomla! to meet the needs of you and your customers.
What you will learn from this book
* How each server of a Joomla! system can be installed and configured for maximum performance
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The process of creating a module from scratch
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Ways to use Ajax to add dynamic data retrieval to Joomla!
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Techniques for using design patterns to solve common programming problems
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How to create and retain a virtual community
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Procedures for tuning a Joomla! site for both Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Management (SEM)
Who this book is for
This book is for web developers, hobbyists, web designers, bloggers, corporate content creators, and support specialists who are looking to build a more robust web site. Basic skills in the area of PHP programming are necessary.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.
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Nowhere in this book are the fundamental concepts of how Joomla puts a page together laid out clearly. I'm a web programmer tasked with learning Joomla while moving an existing static web site onto it. I understand PHP, CSS, and the MVC pattern quite well. This book was less than useless -- it was a time vampire that set me back at least half a day on the project.
I find Wrox books to be questionable overall, but I gave this one a shot. "Professional" and "programmer-to-programmer" it's not. As a programmer, I don't need several chapters devoted to how to make my site a success in the market place, or a dozen pages on how to create a rounded rectangle layout in CSS and Photoshop -- YES! that's actually what you're going to get in this book -- tutorials on SEO and Photoshop that aren't as good as what you can Google up for free.
What I needed was a book that talked specifically about how Joomla assembles content; both how to use the interface to create and maintain ... Read More
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A very good comprehension for people they like to know more details on the subject of how Joomla works what strengthen and what the weaknesses are. I have reviewed several books about Jommla getting a quick and professional point of view about Joomla and what I can do with it; however the most books I read have been weak in the most of there content. Copy and past of online material mashed with some nice pictures. From an IT Directors prospective, the book goes deep enough to see what the system is about and what can achieved with it, what kind of modules/plug-in are available, how to customize it and so forth. I have extracted enough knowledge to overlook a Joomla implementation and guide my team. I would like to suggest this book to someone who is looking in to a comprehensive introduction from a technical and professional point of view. I agree the book might be not a good resource for fulltime developer knowing PHP and all other programming languages, but for web developer assigned to multiple ... Read More
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I'm still waiting for a book that deals in the specifics of writing extensions, etc. that can mesh with the Joomla core. This book doesn't go much deeper than their Beginning Joomla book. Pick one or the other but both are for beginners and neither deserves the name "Professional" on the cover.
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A new phenomena like the Joomla! content management system doesn't come along very often. When better ways of doing things first happen, there is a recognizable pattern. The experts dismiss the item, the mainstream press ignores the item, and all the while the first users blissfully take advantage of the situation. Examples include AutoCAD in 1985, Turbo Pascal in 1986, the Internet itself in 1992, and I'll let you fill in the rest.
Now that Joomla has reached the ripe old age of 1.5, Dan Rahmel's book is the first to gently guide the novice towards whatever level he hopes to reach, from simple user to commercial developer.
The examples are not always in sync with the latest 1.5 release, but that happens when you have an evolving product. And it is sometimes dificult to figure out just what reader expertise is presumed in the areas of Server Tech, PHP, SQL, HTML and CSS.
In site design, and in training others in site design, I've personally experienced the same ... Read More
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This is a light read containing a reasonable amount of guidance on editing templates and a regurgitation of the stuff you can get by googling joomla 1.5 (with many edit errors).
However, there is very little meat with almost nothing covering any of the underlying principles and a terrible guide to writing a component (that ignores MVC entirely).
Its not worth the money I paid for it.
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