Installing Joomla is a very simple process. You need some web hosting account. With it you get disk space where you will upload your files, FTP account for transferring files and MySQL database which Joomla needs. Before you start with installation make sure that you domain is pointing to your hosting and the FTP account works and you can transfer files. The next step is to create a MySQL database. Simply log in to your hosting control panel and go to the database management. You can also use phpMyAdmin utility to do the same. Create one databases and one user which should have complete access to this database. For Joomla installation you will need database name, user name and password.

Now you should go to the official Joomla website and download the latest version. You will get a compressed archive file. You can either upload this file to the web server and unpack it there if you control panel has some file manager or you can unpack it on your local disk and then upload individual files to the web server. Once you have all the files on you web server at your hosting company you can start the installation process.

Simply go to your domain and you should get Joomla installation page asking for language selection. If you get some error then check if the domain is working, you have uploaded Joomla files to the correct (public) folder and the hosting account is working. If everything works as expected then simply follow instructions. Joomla installer will check your configuration and warn you if something is missing or there is some setting that may cause you trouble. When asked for database data enter database name, user name and password of the database you have created earlier. You will also be asked whether you would like to install sample data. Unless you are an experienced Joomla user you should do this so you will have some sample articles and news to start with

You will be also asked for FTP account. This is a good workaround to allow Joomla to access your files with Read/Write permissions without having direct access to the files. The last step after the installation process is finished is to remove the “installation” folder. Now your Joomla website is up and running. Go to your domain and you should see default Joomla website. Log in to the Joomla administrator and start creating your pages.

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Exporting The Contents

1. Go the admin dashboard of the WordPress site you would like to export.
2. Find the ‘Tools’ menu along the left menu bar.
3. Click ‘Export’.
4. You will be presented with one option ‘Restrict Author’. From this drop down menu select ‘All Authors’ (default selection) or a specific individual.
5. Click “Download Export File”.
6. A prompt will appear asking what to do with the file, select ‘Save File’.
7. The file is saved to the downloads directory set in your browser.
8. Your content including posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, and tags is saved in a special WordPress format on your hard drive.

Importing The Contents To The New Site

1. In the admin dashboard of your new site, go to ‘Tools’ and click ‘Import’.
2. Select ‘WordPress’ at the bottom of the list.
3. Click ‘Browse…’ to locate the file you just exported.
4. Click “Upload file and import”.
5. The next screen allows you to change author names for the posts. You can either keep as original, create a name, or map an existing author name.
6. Select the checkbox if you want to “Download and import file attachments” (default is deselected).
7. Click ‘Submit’.
8. The site you exported is not full imported into a different site.

There you have it, the contents of one site are mirrored on another site. I highly suggest after importing verify everything exists as it should. You may need to do some modifications to get everything just you want them especially if you are using a different theme on the new site.

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Apart from this, the best part about Joomla template is that it is an open-source software and therefore free.

To install Joomla and utilize it requires no prior knowledge of programming. Joomla template allows the website to be modified by combining various modules. It helps the framework in PHP, the main reason why the modules are written and making things easy for the designers. Therefore, the designer can add various modules like RSS feeds, polls, language options and many more with minimal design experience. In fact install Joomla template can be used by the designers for the following:

• Corporate websites
• Company intranets
• Online publications like magazines and newspapers
• E-Commerce websites
• Websites for Government, non-profit organizations, school/college and small businesses

How to install Joomla using FTP

1. Before you install Joomla template onto your web hosting account, download the latest version from the company website and extract the contents. This extracted content will then be uploaded to your web hosting account-using FTP.

2. You will then need to log into the cPanel account and click the “MySQL Databases” link

3. Now click on “Add Database”. Type the desired name for the same.

4. Now you can add users by clicking on the “Add User” link. Here you create the user name and desired password. Assign the necessary privileges.

5. Now that your database is created, you can start setting up the website.

6. Enter the Joomla installation page by typing either your-domain-name.com or your-domain-name.com/Joomla

7. You will now enter the relevant information to configure your database.

8. Once all the information entered is accurate, then click “OK”.

9. You will then need to enter your domain name and click on “Next”. Confirm whether all the elements like URL, pathname, email and password are all accurate.

10. Now using your FTP delete the installation directory. Once the deletion has been done, copy all the configuration files.

11. Copy-paste these configuration files into configuration.php file

12. Sit back and congratulate yourself. You have just created your very own Joomla website!

You can click on the “View Site” link in order to see the fruits of your labor. One tip to keep in mind is to use the same username and password for the user-name as well as the database. This will avoid any confusion in the future.

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Websites play a vital role in every business these days. For example, if one businessman wants to sell his products and services to the market and wants a wide target market then he needs to have a website. Most businesses have now their own websites to promote the product and services that they are selling into the market. This move has been proven a very effective business move and strategy as it was stated in the some surveys that those companies that has websites, generated increase of business revenues through either online or offline purchases that were influenced by their website. New businesses also want to have the same results that those companies got when they launched their own websites to the market. So how do I start? The first thing to do is to build a website and choose an easy and effective way to build it.

One of the easiest way, but very effective tool in building a website is using a Content Management System (CMS). What is CMS? CMS or Content Management System is a web-based software that you can use to properly and easily manage the content of your website to fit with the directions of your business. There are also several popular CMS available now in the internet in which you can use for your website development. You can either choose to use the paid CMS or use a free CMS available in the market depending on the needs of your business or whatever niche you are in. One if the most effective and widely use CMS is the Joomla CMS.

What is Joomla CMS and how it can help you?

Joomla is one of the leading open source Content Management System platforms available for any website development. A lot of website developers use Joomla CMS because of its flexibility and that it contains cool extensions or plugins. Using joomla extensions and plugins will enable you to provide excellent solutions for your business. Joomla CMS is now vastly used as many website development companies offer and provide Joomla technologies in building different kinds of websites especially websites for businesses. Joomla Developers also continue to improve Joomla CMS by submitting created web applications, services, components, plugins and design templates and this trend will continue in the coming years. With Joomla CMS, although it will also needs you to put extra effort to learn it, but you don’t need to become an advance user to use Joomla CMS as it is a user friendly platform.

The amazing thing about Joomla CMS is its flexible structures. Joomla’s flexibility encourages big number of Joomla developers to develop more powerful plugins, extensions and templates that will be very helpful to the alignment of your business needs and joomla services. This means that you are assured that there will be a lot of Joomla developers out there that is ready to help with your Joomla project.

So what Joomla CMS can do for you? The answer is whatever your business needs.

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Though there are large numbers of widgets for WordPress but there are some which cannot be replaced and can be found on almost all the website. Here are some of these:

Recent Comments: I do not think this widget needs any introduction. Recent comments widget is present in all the websites. This widget displays the recent comments posted by users and encourages visitors to post comment.

Follow Me: Twitter has gained popularity in very less time and same is the case with this widget. This widget allows you to ask your visitors to follow you on twitter. This widget is very useful as it increases your twitter followers and helps in promotion of your website.

Related Posts: Motivate your visitors with related posts widget. This widget shows related posts and encourages your visitors to visit few more pages on the website.

Sexy Bookmarks: Ask your visitors to promote your website with sexy bookmarks widget. This widget has very cool look and ask your visitors to bookmark your articles on social bookmarking websites.

Widgets are very important for website. They help in design as well as promotion of website.

These famous WordPress widgets will help you to grow your online business.

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Sooner or later you may encounter a situation where there is no extension for what you would like to achieve. In such cases you can write your own component or you can install a universal extension that allows you to add small pieces of code at any possible position. One of such universal extensions is Jumi. It comes as component, module and plugin. With Jumi it is possible to add any HTML, JavaScript or PHP code to Joomla.

You can use Jumi component to create your own page in Joomla. You can either write some code directly in the component or you can provide an external file which is called with specified parameters. With this component you can easily create custom pages. This way it is very easy to integrate scripts that were not written for the Joomla CMS.

If you would like to include a short code or script at a predefined template position then you can use the Jumi module. You simply include it with the module or you provide an external file which will be called. An additional possibility is to define custom module positions and call modules from the article body. You can use such module to add AdSense, AdBrite or Amazon ads, or to place Google Analytics tracking at specific template positions.

It is also possible to include arbitrary code directly to the article. You simple include Jumi plugin code to call your external script with parameters. This way you can call the same script many times and in different articles.

To write your own code you need a little experience and a lot of practice. There are many extensions like Jumi which provide possibility to add custom code to Joomla. Some support PHP processing, others don’t. Test them and choose one that is simple to use and does the job. Customizing Joomla is pretty easy once you figure out that you are only limited with your imagination.

The author is a big fan of Joomla and simple websites that load fast. One such project is the home hair removal website which describes nair hair removal products and various other home hair removal methods.

Why WordPress + WishList?

First of all, WordPress is a free blogging platform that can do so much more. With all the themes, plugins, and training that is available online (and most of that is free as well!), a simple blog can be transformed into a very active and feature-rich website with photos, video, files, password-protected areas and memberships! There are even plugins to add forums, varied content, calendars and more! With such a flexible platform, there isn’t much that you can think of that you can’t do with a WordPress website.

WishList, while not free, is a very inexpensive option to the other membership management software solutions that are currently available. There is a one-time fee for the plugin, which means no recurring monthly fees. You can purchase a license to use on one site, or a multi-site license that would allow you to setup multiple Membership Sites. This “premium plugin” for WordPress can handle almost anything you throw at it and the developers are continuing to tweak it and add features. They’re even creating additional plugins to help you maximize your site! You can even link it directly to your shopping cart or autoresponder program, making your site appear seamless and perfect! It’s easy to install and since it is a premium plugin, the files are encrypted so you know you have a secure program.

Combining WordPress and WishList is a win-win situation for you and your members. While using this combination takes a little while to setup, the levels of customization make it worthwhile. Your members will feel right at home due to the branding you can use on your Membership Site. And it’s as easy to update your Membership Site as it is to post to your blog!

Bonus Tip: WishList has a great affiliate program, so if your members like the setup of your site, you could earn your money back in no time!

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Nodes

At first reading about a node, just the name might sound vague and confusing. Don’t let that fool you, nodes are your best friend when using Drupal. Think of a node as a grouping of data pieces such as news items, blog posts, pictures or songs. A node without any extensions has a few basic things – creation date, title, text body and author. You can assign taxonomy or categories as well by default.

Content Types

When understanding Drupal, it’s very important to grasp the idea of generalized foundations in which many different types of applications can be built on. This is why at the core of a node, it’s very simple and basic. But when you add on more fields such as file uploads, date fields, link fields, you can see how nodes suddenly become much more. Content types are more like ‘node types’ – this is where you define what makes these nodes special, and what fields and attributes they have.

Extending Nodes

This can be as easy as downloading CCK modules, copying them into the modules folder and checking the box so Drupal recognizes them. CCK stands for content creation kit, and pretty much any field you will need has already been created. Fields are not limited to only one item, you can customize the field in your Content Type settings and do things like require the field to be filled in, or allow the end user to upload as many images as they like.

Display

Displaying the data that nodes contain is incredibly easy using the built in features of Drupal. The default install will list items on the home page that have been marked as ‘promoted to the front page’. Using Views, you can build pages simply by clicking a few things to choose which nodes you’d like displayed. Choose layout, items to show, paging controls, filter and order. Set a page path and Drupal does the rest.

What if don’t like how that is displayed? You can do theme overrides and template files to show the data in alternative formats. Since Drupal is open-source and the community is so large and helpful, building your own custom module to display the data is not far out of reach for mid level php programmers.

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The structure of Drupal taxonomy starts off with top level ‘Vocabularies’ each which can contain terms, and sub-terms. An example of this would be the Vocabulary word guitar. A few of the terms for this would be acoustic, electric, or bass guitar. Under the acoustic term, there could be additional terms such as twelve string, or spanish style. There is no limit to the amount of terms that can be used or nested.

Terms are usually inserted by site administrators from the Taxonomy module within the Drupal admin area, but it is possible to enable regular users to create terms, and this is known as Folk Taxonomy. This is based on naming items from the vernacular, namely non-scientific names. In the Drupal world, this is known simply as making tags. Tag clouds are popular amongst blog sites and allow users to categorize their content using single words or phrases that help make it easier for other people to find the item.

In addition to nesting and hierarchical organization, Vocabularies can allow its terms to have related terms, making it easier for similar content to be found by the linkage.

Lets take an example of an article about a performance honoring Cinco De Mayo which features a group playing guitars. The article could be placed into the guitar, acoustic, as well as the spanish style terms. Additionally, another top level Vocabulary titled Holidays could be referenced from another angle which ties the article in based on the other aspects of it. Terms under that Vocabulary could be titled regional holidays, ancestral holidays, or mexican holidays.

By using these robust categorization tools, Drupal nodes can placed into many different areas and classified in the necessary ways to keep content organized.

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Getting Started

The first thing you want to do when you’re ready to choose a theme, is to make sure you find one that is built and supported for your current version of Drupal. Usually, different theme versions will not work with older or newer Drupal versions – version 5.x themes will not work with Drupal 6.x, and vice versa.

Selecting A Theme

Look for the best layout that will work for your needs, as well as seeing if your logo will work in the place specified by the theme. Does the color match the palate that you have picked out for your branding? Is the text readable, and not too small? Try to check the theme on different computers and browsers to make sure that it shows up correctly.

Installing

Once you’ve downloaded that fresh new theme to your computer, there are a few things you’ll want to do before uploading it to your site. Be sure that you go through any README or INSTALL files that come in the folder, as the author will notify you if there are any particular methods or steps that need to happen when installing. Once this part is clear, upload the files to a new directory in your Drupal themes location. The standard location for a single site setup is ‘/sites/all/themes/yourThemeName’.

Log into your site as administrator so you can change the theme over to the newly selected one. Go to the administrator area by clicking ‘Administer’ from your navigation menu, or by going there directly by typing ‘yoursitename.com/admin’ in the URL field. Under the Site Building section, click ‘Themes’. The theme should automatically appear in the list at this point. Check the box under the enabled header for the theme, as well as selecting the radio box if you would like it to be visible as the default theme. Click the ‘Save Configuration’ button at the bottom of the page to save your settings.

Final Touches

Now that the theme is installed, you can click the ‘configure’ link on the theme line to upload your logo, change out the favicon, as well as change other settings that might be unique to the theme you selected.

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1. Updating Content

A Content Management has an admin section where the user can access accounts. In this section, the user can add or delete content that automatically gets updated in the appropriate web pages.

2. Crafting Online Surveys and Polls

This is a built-in feature in a Content Management System. This helps the organization for easy data collection, managing, storing and publication of results.

3. Editing Templates

This is an advantageous feature in CMS which is liked but most of the creative designers. A CMS allows you to separate the content from the design. The design can be changed at any time without altering the layout content. The design changes the entire look and feel of the website but the content remains the same.

4. Different Author Access

Designers and content managers can have separate account in a CMS. A CMS allows you to set up different user accounts where one person can just edit and update content and the other user can oversee and manage the template designs.

5. Runs on your computer

The files are required for the front end design of the website that is stored on the user’s computer is contained in the CMS. This also includes the database since it runs on a hosted server. The best part is that many web hosts support a number of CMS. The user just needs to install and choose one from the web host by accessing through the admin section. This is an added advantage since executing the Content Management System from the user’s home computer enables better access of files.

6. RSS Feeds

The feature of RSS in a content management system allows the content to be visible in different RSS directories. This helps in bringing lot of traffic to the website.

7. Accessibility

A CMS provides easy access where the user can upload content anytime from anywhere as long as he is connected to the internet.

Web development India has changed over the years. PHP web development now lies very important in any design and it is said to be the heart of an e-commerce project. Nowadays, most of the companies prefer a web Content Management System. The web development companies are so equipped that they are able to meet the customers’ requirements and deliver the best solutions.

Why CMS?

There are many businesses where bulk publication of content are required from number of authors. CMS is the only answer to this kind of business. CMS helps in streamlining the entire publication process efficiently and maintaining the budget. Today, CMS is one of the most powerful tools for bulk content based business. With its capability to contribute to business to build into a brand, CMS is the number one choice.

While talking about the benefits of a CMS site list is just endless. A CMS site owner offers three layers of division of content, structure and design. This separation helps a website all over the life cycle. A detailed explanation will help in better understanding. According to demand of situation each of these individualized areas can be redesigned independently without disturbing the other important sections of your websites. For example without touching the content or structure the design section or layer of website can be adjusted for latest user interface. On the other hand publication of content can be controlled, hidden or saved meant for later publication with valid username and password. Thus, flexibility is the major strength of CMS site.

An editor interacts with a CMS site in different ways. An editor can not only edit the content of page but also add multimedia files, images, schedule the content. Thus, content is generated without design or programming knowledge or experience.

Other Important Benefits of Content Management System Site

Check out some of the other advantages that a CMS site owner enjoys:

• Say goodbye to common errors and coding bugs. CMS are quality software tested by community of technical experts. No doubt today CMS is dominant system in Internet.
• You do not have to technically sound as majority of CMS are user friendly and very easy to install.
• CMS site owner enjoys fast and easy updates. Within your blinking time final new product is updated with an attractive banner on home page. Prepare to listen from your buyers!
• Expect quality technical support from web developers to ensure smooth running of your business.
• Based on requirement CMS software can be migrated to different servers. In fact, majority of CMS are competent with any database.
• Site navigation is generated automatically and adjusted accordingly. Based on the database content links are not pointed to pages that no longer exists. Thus, website runs smoothly.
• Security never becomes an issue as Content Management System is known for offering best content security for the website. This means that website owner can control the limits of accessing the contents of its browser.

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What is a content management system? A CMS allows you to make changes to your website easily with just a few clicks modifications are instantly applied to your website front end. The days of updating outdated links or contents on every page of your website are over. Joomla offers a user friendly interface that can be learned within a few hours, even people with little to no knowledge of web design will find its operation smooth and simple. What types of sites can I build with Joomla?

Joomla is scalable as well as extremely customizable. Whether you are creating an online store or a simple 5 page company overview, Joomla offers the flexibility to change applications on the fly. Some of the types of websites you can run with Joomla are:

• Portal websites
• Member Based Websites
• Online Stores
• Blogs or News Sites
• Corporate Websites
• Personal websites

As I stated before Joomla is easily expanded depending on your needs. Joomla components are easily installed and allow you to offer your visitors tons of fresh content. Some of the components available are:

• Forums and Message Boards
• Photo Galleries and Portfolios
• Chat and Instant Messaging
• Directories and Classifieds

There are hundreds of free modules and component created by third parties located at the main Joomla website Joomla.org. If you are looking for a website that won’t become outdated within a year, take a look at Joomla.

Anthony Urso is the senior developer at CharlottePlus.com. He specializes in Charlotte Web Design.

For businesses and individuals just getting started with website development, you can setup an Open source content management system on nearly any Linux hosting package. With a mySQL database, you can easily integrate membership and content management features into your website without the need for custom development. As a result, working with a CMS can accelerate your development time so you can focus on building out your brand.

Open Source Hosting

By combining a Linux based hosting platform with an open PHP and mySQL based software package, you will have flexibility to build your website as you wish. While you may begin with a simple site, using open software will ensure you can scale up your hosting installation to handle more web traffic as you site grows. The combination of easy setup and the ability to expand your site makes software platforms such as Word Press and Movable Type great options for a variety of sites.

Whether you are a small business looking to expand your web marketing, or are a freelance developer with a business idea, open hosting allows you to more easily develop a variety of feature rich sites.

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Web Content Management System (CMS) is a web application designed for creating and managing HTML content–web pages. Web CMS is used to manage a large collection of web resources (text, HTML code, images, PHP scripts, etc). Web CMS functions usually include: content creation, content control, content editing, maintenance functions, and functions special to each CMS. In general, web content management software applications provide authoring tools designed to allow users with little or no knowledge of programming languages or markup languages to create and manage content with relative ease. Therefore you don’t have to know anything about HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX or other fancy codes.

Web content management systems use a database to store content, metadata, or additional data that might be needed by the system. A web CMS usually contains a presentation layer which displays the content to web-site visitors based on a set of templates. A template is a basic page layout that contains content place holders, page styles and other page data that does not change.

Most web CMS applications use server side caching to boost performance. This works best when the web content is not changed often but visits happen on a regular basis. Administration of web CMS is typically done through web-based interfaces, but some systems require the use of a desktop client. A web CMS typically requires an experienced administrator to set up and add features, but is primarily a Web-site maintenance tool for non-technical administrators. It allows non-technical users to easily make changes to a website with little or no training.

There are many open-source web Content Management Systems you can download and use for free. Some well known free CMS systems are Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal to mention only the most popular. Those mentioned are based on PHP scripting language. There are also other CMS applications based on other languages like.NET, ASP.NET, Java, Java Bundle, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails, etc.

From only viewing the web page you never know for sure how it was created or generated. For example, http://homehairremoval.org/ is a simple page about Home Hair Removal. This website was created with a PHP based CMS. Creating web pages with powerful CMS is pretty easy and fun-you can forget about code and HTML tags. You can now focus on content and creativity.