Joomla! 1.6 First Look. A concise guide to everything that's new in Joomla! 1.6

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• Joomla! 1.6 First Look
  • Table of Contents
  • Joomla! 1.6 First Look
  • Credits
  • About the Author
  • About the Reviewers
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  • Preface
    • What this book covers
    • What you need for this book
    • Who this book is for
    • Conventions
    • Reader feedback
    • Customer support
      • Errata
      • Piracy
      • Questions
  • 1. Stepping Up to Joomla! 1.6
    • Upgrading from 1.5
      • Joomla! 1.5 extension compatibility
        • Changes for templates
        • When should you move to 1.6?
      • Migrating content from Joomla! 1.5
    • Whats new? A quick overview
      • 1 - Usability enhancements
        • A friendlier interface
        • The great new time-saving toolbar
      • 2 - Working with content
        • The endless joy of unlimited categories
        • No more fiddling with menus
      • 3 - New ways to manage user access
        • Do you want it simple? Keep it simple
      • 4 - Working with extensions and templates
        • Updating extensions? Just lean back
        • Templating to your taste
      • SEO improvements
    • Summary
  • 2. Exploring your Enhanced Workspace
    • Before you start: choosing a safe root user's name
      • Changing the root user's name after installation
      • Logging in to the backend
    • What's changed in the backend?
      • What's gone: no more sections
      • What's been added: the Users menu
      • What's been moved: some tools and odds and ends
        • User Settings and Media Settings have been moved
    • Five great new time-saving features
      • Timesaver # 1: going home in one click
      • Timesaver # 2: adding new items in one click
      • Timesaver # 3: Save & New
        • Using the new Save & New button
      • Timesaver # 4: Save as Copy
        • Creating dummy content using Save as Copy
      • Timesaver # 5: tabbed screens
    • One great life-saver: two-step deletion
      • Deleting an item
      • Exploring and restoring thrashed content
      • Permanently deleting items
    • Customizing the looks of the backend
      • Selecting another backend template
      • Setting the backend template to suit your taste
    • Summary
  • 3. Organizing and Managing Content
    • Organizing content using nested categories
      • Improvement #1: categories can now be one level deep
      • Improvement #2: creating multiple category levels
        • Creating a set of 'nested' categories
      • Using nested categories in the sample data
        • Exploring the sample data
          • How can different categories look like different sites?
      • New category settings: notes and metadata
        • Adding category metadata
      • Fresh ways to display category contents on the frontend
        • New category view # 1: List All Categories
      • Creating a link to a site map
      • Tweaking the site map display
        • New Category View # 2: Articles Categories Module
          • Creating an Articles Categories module
            • Adding some more category listings
        • New Category View # 3: Articles (in) Category Module
          • Using the new Articles Category Module
    • Working with the updated article editor
      • Creating a link to an article
        • Inserting an article title as a hyperlink
      • Using the updated Media Manager
        • Enabling the Flash image uploader
    • Archiving articles
    • Summary
  • 4. Managing Menus and Menu Modules
    • Goodbye to a spartan Menu Manager
    • The all-new tabbed Menu Manager screen
      • Exploring the new Menu Manager
      • New ways to manage and edit menus
        • A new shortcut to jump straight to selected menu items
        • A new shortcut to jump to menu module settings
          • Changing the menu module settings in the Menu Manager
      • New ways to manage and edit menu items
        • Filtering the list of menu items
          • Menu selection filter (About Joomla!)
          • Select Max Levels filter
          • Select State, Access, or Language filter
        • Changes in the way you assign a menu item to the homepage
        • New buttons to copy and move menu items
        • Trashing menu items
    • Creating or editing individual Menu Items
      • Choosing from new Menu Item Types
        • New Menu Link Item type # 1: List All Categories
        • New Menu Link Item type # 2: List All Contact Categories
          • Exploring the use of Contact Categories in the sample site
          • Creating a database overview using the List All Contact Categories Menu Item Type
      • Setting the template for an individual menu item
      • An overview of Menu Item Options
        • Layout Options
        • Article Options
        • Integration Options
        • Page Display Options
        • Metadata Options
        • Module Assignment for this Menu Item
          • Changing the module settings from the menu item
    • Summary
  • 5. Managing Site Users with Access Control
    • What's new about the Access Control Levels system?
    • What are the default user groups and permissions?
      • The default site-wide settings
      • Default user groups
        • Publicthe guest group
        • Registeredthe user group that can log in
        • Author, Editor, Publisherthe frontend content team
        • Manager, Administrator, Super Userthe backend administrators
        • Shop Suppliers and Customerstwo sample user groups
      • Are there also sample users available?
    • Action Permissions: what users can do
      • Permissions are inherited
      • What do the available action permissions mean?
        • Level 1site-wide permissions in Global Configuration
        • Level 2permissions for components
        • Level 3permissions for categories
        • Level 4permissions for articles
    • Viewing Access Levels: what users can see
      • Wrapping up: the ingredients of ACL
    • ACL at work: how to control user permissions
      • ACL example 1: allow specific users to manage contacts
        • Step 1: create a user group
        • Step 2: tell Joomla! what the group can see and do
        • Step 3: add users to the group
        • Check if it works
      • ACL example 2: allow users to edit one specific article
        • Step 1: create a user group
        • Step 2: tell Joomla! what the group can see and do
        • Step 3: add users to the group
        • Check if it works
    • More on Access Control
    • Summary
  • 6. New Flexibility in Using Templates
    • What's new? Finally, table-less templates
      • What does that clean output look like?
      • Why clean code is good for everybody
    • Introducing the tabbed Template Manager
      • The Styles tab: selecting templates and settings
        • Selecting a template
        • Template Styles
      • The Templates tab: exploring templates and editing code
    • Customizing templates using Template Styles
      • Changing the site color and layout options
      • Customizing the site logo
        • Using a text logo
        • Changing the header image file
    • Creating Template Styles to style individual pages
      • Creating and using a Template Style
    • Assigning templates from the menu item itself
      • Choosing a template from a menu item
    • Exploring and editing installed templates
      • What templates are available?
        • atomic
        • beez5
        • beez2
        • bluestork
        • hathor
      • Previewing templates
        • Exploring available module positions
    • Editing template code
      • Removing the "Powered by Joomla!" text
    • Installing and assigning a new template
    • Summary
  • 7. Unleashing the New Power of Extensions
    • Changes in the extensions that come with Joomla!
      • The new Redirect Manager
      • New modules to display category contents
      • Switching languages
      • No more polls
    • Exploring pre-installed extensions
    • The new Extension Manager screen
      • Tab 1: Install
      • Tab 2: Update
      • Tab 3: Manage
      • Tab 4: Discover
      • Tab 5: Warnings
    • New module features
      • Setting a time span for publishing modules
        • Creating a scheduled module
        • Making use of the new Note field
      • Assigning a module to specific menu items
        • Assigning a module to all pages except a few
      • Assigning modules from the menu item settings
        • Changing module settings via the Edit Menu Item screen
      • Displaying available module positions
    • Finding and downloading extensions for Joomla! 1.6
    • Summary
  • 8. SEO Improvements
    • The SEO bonus of well structured layouts
      • Proper use of HTML heading elements
        • Adding H3 through H6 headings
        • Adding an alternative H1 page heading
        • Page Heading and Page Titlewhat's the difference?
    • Configuring HTML page titles
      • Setting the HTML page title
      • Adding the Site Name to the page title
    • Entering site metadata
      • Entering metadata for menu items, categories, and articles
      • Choosing what metadata to set
    • Using search engine friendly URLs
    • Adding a site map
      • Using the Xmap site map extension
    • Using the new Redirect Manager
      • Creating page redirects
      • Redirecting multiple old URLs in one go
    • More on SEO
    • Summary
  • Index

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