Here is a quick list of really useful Joomla! Extensions that I have successfully installed. I’m a near Joomla! newbie,,,so if I can install them they must be pretty easy! Basically extensions are optional improvements you can make to your Joomla! site and CMS. JCE (a fantastic WYSIWYG editor) This really falls into the "essential" […]
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Setting up a university news site using Joomla! CMS
I’ve been busy attempting to create a university news site using Joomla! CMS. The budget: zero. The aim is to teach online journalism students about the workings of an open source CMS and how to upload content. The focus is on online editorial skills, so we don’t want them spending ages learning loads of code. […]
Joomla!..getting started
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’m attempting set up a news website in the next couple of months. Innovation in College Media has quite a useful guide on choosing a CMS and where to host it. I went with the option of hosting it externally, just so I can have a bit of control […]
Hosting a Jooma! site
I’ve been looking to set up a news website from scratch using Joomla!, a free content management system.I don’t exactly vouch for the accuracy of this post, because I’m still feeling my way. I’ll correct any mistakes when I find them. The Joomla site creation process seems to be: Find a reliable web hosting company […]
Setting up Joomla CMS
I’m attempting to create a news website over the summer for a unit I teach on online journalism. At the moment, I’ve narrowed one thing down – I”ll be using Joomla as the CMS. I chose it because: a) I like open source b) I like free stuff and c) it looks relatively easy to […]
