Do you want the ability to manage documents, photos, and other content over the Web but dont want to shell out thousands of dollars in proprietary solutions? Want to create an online community for your hobby or user group? Youre not alone. For thousands of like-minded around the globe, the answer is Joomla!, an open source content management system used to manage all sorts of data over the Web.

While Joomla! is relatively easy to install, a fair amount of knowledge is required in order to configure the application to your specific needs. Beginning Joomla! answers many of the questions youre sure to have, guiding you through the process of creating your own design templates, adding and managing content, and adding popular community features such as article commenting, user profile management, and forums. Later chapters discuss e-commerce integration, explore search engine optimization, and show you how to extend Joomla! by creating your own plug-ins.

Dan Rahmel is a Windows programmer with more than 14 years of experience
designing and implementing information systems and deploying mid-sized
client/server solutions using Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Microsoft
Access, and Visual FoxPro.

As an author, he has written over a dozen books including Nuts-and-Bolts
Filmmaking, Visual Basic Programmer"s Reference (first, second, and
third editions), Building Web Database Applications with Visual Studio,
Teach Yourself Database Programming in 24 Hours, Developing
Client-Server Applications with Visual Basic, and many more. His books
have been translated into various languages including Chinese, Japanese,
Spanish, French, and Portuguese. He is a contributor to DBMS, Internet
Advisor, and American Programmer magazines.