The document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on installing and customizing the Joomla/Mambo content management system (CMS). The presentation covers an overview of CMS and Joomla/Mambo, pre-installation requirements, a 7 step installation process, post-installation administration and customization of the public website and administration areas, and customizing Joomla by adding sections, categories, articles, menus, templates, modules and more.

1. Joomla/Mambo CMS
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Presented By:
Jorge Garifuna
info@GariDigital.com
Company
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2. Agenda
1. Overview
1. Overview
2. Pre-Installation
2. Pre-Installation
3. Installation
3. Installation
4. Post-Installation
4. Post-Installation
5. Customize Joomla
5. Customize Joomla

3. Overview
 Content Management systems (CMS)
offer the promise of:
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publishing tools,
user authentication,
modular structure and
support for plugins, among many to build a
professional websites

4. Overview
 Joomla/Mambo are both
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a CMS and
one of the highest profile open source LAMP
projects going, boasting a substantial user
community and a number of open source
awards

5. Overview
Is Joomla! a fork of Mambo?
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Some call it a fork.
Some call it a spoon.
Some call it an entire table setting.
Whatever your philisophical persuasion, the facts are
that Joomla is a continuation of the work of the
Development Team which unanimously resigned from
the Mambo project in August 2005.

6. Overview
How do the versions compare?
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Joomla version 1.0 is derived from Mambo 4.5.2.3 but
includes many additional bug fixes and security
patches.
Joomla version 1.5 is an extensive refactoring of the
API as is Mambo version 4.6 to its codebase.
Both applications continue maintain a similar user
inferface (look and feel)
Joomla 1.5 also includes many new features such as
additional authentication models (LDAP, Gmail, etc),
xml-rpc client-server support.

7. Overview
Will Mambo addons continue to work in
Joomla! ?
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Addons (templates, components, modules, mambots
and language packs) designed for Mambo 4.5.2 will
generally run on Joomla 1.0.
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Mambo addons designed for version 4.6 will likely not
run on Joomla, nor will extensions designed for Joomla
1.5 run on Mambo.

8. Pre-installation
 Requirements
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PHP version >= 4.1.0
MySQL support
Apache Webserver
zlib compression support
XML support

9. Installation
 Installation takes place in 7
steps:
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Language selection
Pre-installation check
License
Database - MySQL database configuration
FTP Configuration - Enter the name of your Joomla site
Configuration - Confirm the site URL, path, admin e-mail and file/directory chmods
Finish - Congratulations! Joomla is installed

10. Post-Installation
 There are 2 major areas:
Administration Area
 Public Website Area
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11. Post-Installation – Public
Website

12. Post-Installation –
Administration
http://localhost/joomla1/administrator/

13. Post-Installation –
Administration

14. Post-Installation –
Administration

15. Post-Installation – Administration –
Content Management
 Allows you to add new content
to the site
 Manage Existing Dynamic Site
Content
 Manage Existing Static Site
Content

16. Post-Installation – Administration –
Front Page, Sections & Categories
 Manage content in front page
 Manage Sections (eg: News)
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Sections have many categories (eg:
Latest News)
 Manage Categories (eg: Latest
News)
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Each category belongs to one section

17. Post-Installation – Administration –
Media, Menu, User, Configuration
 Manage media such as images
 Manage Menu sections/items
 Manage Site Users and roles
 Configure system settings

18. Post-Installation – Administration –
Templates, Components and Modules
 Extend and customize system
with:
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Templates
Components
Modules

19. Customize Joomla
 Creating new sections
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Adding categories to sections
 Adding articles to categories
 Mapping menus to sections
 Customize templates
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Adding custom code
Modifying style sheets
Changing logo
 Adding modules
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Project Management

20. Resources
Garinet Global
•http://www.joomla.org
Education
•http://www.mamboserver.com

21. Installation Example
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22. How to Contact Us
Jorge Garifuna
info@GariDigital.com