Joomla Training Courses

Unlike other web design firms we can offer you the Complete! package. Our Joomla training courses are aimed at developers and our individuals that want to learn and understand how to use Joomla to its full potential.

Our Joomla courses are run on a one to one basis at our office in Blackpool Lancashire. Where you will receive professional training, that will enable to to install, and manage your Joomla web site.

We have had people come from all over the UK and Abroad to go on our Joomla Course, coming from London, Manchester, Devon, Scotland and even  Gambi.

• We will show you how Joomla works and how you can get the most from your website.
• We will show you how to use the administration panel and all the features it has to offer.
• We will show you how to create and manage your content, from creating and editing your pages to inserting images and creating menu's and menu links.

Courses can be tailored to suite your requirements The standard two day Joomla course will cover the basics, which will allow you to comfortably use Joomla to update and manage your web site. See here to find out  what we cover over the two days Joomla Course...

The three day Joomla training course is aimed to set up your Joomla website. This will include you signing up to let us host and support your website for you. There an annual fee of £85 which includes your 12 months telephone support, hosting, email accounts and domain renewal when it comes up.

During the three days you will be actually developing your own Joomla website ready to go live or continue editing content only by the time you leave.

Additional days can be added to the course to cover specific aspects of Joomla if you are wanting to do any of the following for example:

• Create and install community blogs
• Create a community website using community builder.
• Create and online shop.
• Install templates and redesign and configure them to suite your needs.
• Learn how to create and manage templates.
• Community Forums.

Prices

• Two Day Joomla Training Course £325.00 (lunches are not provided mid week)
• Weekend two day courses are £350.00 which includes a 1 hour pub lunch on Saturday and Sunday
• Three day midweek Joomla Course £530.00 (lunches are not provided mid week)
• Three Day weekend course £545.00 with one day either side of the weekend either a Friday or Monday (includes a 1 hour pub lunch on Saturday and Sunday)

Joomla Course Outline

• Global Configuration
  • Site settings
  • Content
    • Linked Titles
    • Read More Link
    • Item Rating/Voting
    • Author Names
    • Created Date and Time
    • Modified Date and Time
    • Hits
    • Icons
    • Table of Contents
    • Content Item Navigation
  • Server
  • Default Metadata
  • Mail
  • Caching
  • Statistics
  • SEO
  • wysiwyg editors


• Advanced Media manager
  • Creating image directories/folders
  • Uploading and deleting images
  • Modifying images/resizing


• Module Positions and site layout


• Template Manager
  • Installing templates
  • Setting the default template
  • Using multiple templates


• Trash manager - permanently deleting menu and content items


• User administration
  • creating users
  • editing users
  • setting access levels
  • blocking users
  • deleting users


• Components
  • Configuring and installing components
  • Sef (search engine friendly) component administration
  • JCE Text Editor configuration.
  • Rsform and philaform (form components)
  • Mass mail
  • Web links
  • Banner manager
  • Guestbook


• Site Modules
  • Installing Modules
  • Module Order
  • Custom Modules
  • Component modules
  • Access Level
  • Parameters


• Site Mambots
  • Installing Mambots
  • Parameters


• Menus
  • Creating new menus
  • Creating menu items
  • Configuring menu items
  • User only menus
  • Menus does and dont's


• Site Content
  
  • Creating, and editing content items/pages
  • Static Content Pages
  • Publishing and unpublishing content/pages
  • Setting access levels for content/pages
  • Inserting images into pages
  • Content/page parameters
  • Meta tag and meta keyword information
  • Adding menu links
  • Frontpage manager
  • Newslflash items
  • Inserting a Google maps


• System
• Configuring Joomla templates in dreamweaver or your ftp program
• Joomla security
• Hands on use of Joomla to ensure you know how to control the admin section and create and edit content.