Open Source Training – Joomla, WordPress and Drupal

Open Source Training – Joomla, WordPress and Drupal

This is course is for beginners.

Blogging is one of the most effective ways to make money online. It can be used in a short and in a long-term basis to make income online.

Open Source Training teaches people how to use Joomla, WordPress and Drupal. 4193 students have taken our online training, 3254 students have attended our classroom training and we’ve provided on-site training for organizations such as Apple, the U.S. Department of Education and George Washington University.

JOOMLA TUTORIALS

Introduction

* An Overview of Changes in Joomla 1.6
* What is Joomla / What is a Content Management System?

Install

* Local Installation on a Mac
* Local Installation on a PC
* Manual Installation at Your ISP
* One Click Installation at Your ISP

Navigate

* Navigating the Public Site
* Navigating the Administrator Site
* Understanding the Menus (coming soon)

Create

* The Joomla Workflow
* The Category Manager
* The Article Manager
* Adding a New Article
* Introduction to JCE
* Creating Articles – Inserting and Formatting Text
* Creating Articles – Inserting and Formatting Images
* Creating Articles – Inserting Code
* Featured Articles
* Media Manager
* Menu Manager
* Link to an Article
* Link to a Blog
* Link to a List

Extend

* Overview of Extensions
* Extension Manager
* Banners
* Contacts
* Messaging
* Newsfeeds
* Redirects
* Search
* Weblinks
* Module Manager
* New Modules
* Plugins
* Language Manager

Design

* What is a Template?
* Template Manager
* Modifying Your Template

Manage

* Global Configuration
* User Manager
* User Manager Options
* ACL
* Help Menu
* Maintenance and Security of Your Joomla Site

WORDPRESS TUTORIALS

WordPress Beginner Class

Introduction

* Introduction to the Course
* How to Get the Most Out of the Course
* What is WordPress?
* Resources You’ll Need for the Course

Setting the Foundation

* Picking a Web Host
* One Click Installations
* Manual Installations
* Navigating WordPress
* Site Activities

Creating Content

* Organizing Posts
* Creating a Post
* Inserting & Formatting Text
* Inserting Images, Audio and Video
* Managing Content
* Site Activities

Additional Types of Content

* Listing Links
* Adding Pages
* Moderating Comments
* Site Activities

Controlling Your Blog

* Users
* Tools
* Settings
* Site Activities

Customizing Appearance

* What is a Theme?
* Finding & Installing Themes
* Theme Settings
* Widgets
* Menus
* Site Activities

Working with Plugins

* What is a Plugin?
* Finding & Installing Plugins
* Recent Tweets
* Adding a Contact Form
* Adding a Photo Gallery
* Site Activities

Maintaining Your Website

* Comment Spam
* Backups
* Security & Updates
* Site Activities

DRUPAL TUTORIALS

Introduction

* Introduction to the Course
* How to Get the Most Out of this Course
* What is Drupal and What is a Content Management System?

Install

* Manual Install with a Web Host
* One Click Install with a Web Host

Navigate

* Touring a Fresh Installation of Drupal
* Update the Site’s Basic Information

Create

* Introduction to Content Types
* Creating an Article
* Creating a Basic Page
* Other Built-in Content Types
* Creating a New Content Type
* Another New Content Type
* Editing / Deleting Content Types
* Section Task
* Adding Revisions
* Formatting Fields
* Introduction to Taxonomy

Extend

* Introduction to The Drupal Site Layout
* Polls
* Blog
* Find and install new modules
* Webform
* AddtoAny
* Site Map

Design

* Introduction to Themes
* Find and Install New Themes
* Applying Themes
* Blocks
* Menu Management

People

* People Management
* Roles and Permissions
* Reports and Help Menu

Project 1: A Personal Website

* The Project

Project 2: A Business Website

* The Project

Bonus

* Local install – Mac – Acquia Drupal
* Local install – Windows – Acquia Drupal