Chicago Joomla Intermediate Training

Joomla Training in Chicago Illinois

Do you understand Joomla's basics and want to learn more?

Want the knowledge to work with Joomla professionally?

Do you want to get your questions answered by Joomla experts?

Joomla Intermediate Training is for you!

Who Should Attend

  • 1 Individuals wanting to learn Joomla! best practices.
  • 2 Web professionals looking to offer Joomla to their clients.
  • 3 Entrepreneurs looking to build advanced, powerful Joomla websites.

Subjects Taught

You'll build on your Joomla knowledge and get to grips with how to modify, improve and develop great Joomla websites. The class is for the latest version of Joomla which is currently 1.7, but questions on all versions are welcome.

Topic
  • Part 1: Workflow: An introduction to the Joomla workflow for building a complete, advanced sites
  • Part 2: Advanced content editing and management. We'll add extra features to Joomla's content editing including improved multimedia, document, image and link-handling options. We'll also focus on security, including how to restrict users editing options and track different versions of a document.
  • Part 3: Understanding components and using advanced Joomla components. We'll create a community site by adding user profiles and social networking. We'll also create a blog with commenting and sharing features.
  • Part 4: Understanding modules and using advanced Joomla modules. In the beginner class we explain module positions. In this class we got a step further and place them anywhere you want. We also see how to control them in more advanced ways, choosing who can see them and setting publish and unpublish dates.
  • Part 5: Understanding plugins and using advanced Joomla plugins. We'll explain each of the different kinds of Joomla plugins using several different examples. We'll see how to create slideshows and video displays, spice up content items with extra features and how to login to Joomla using accounts from other sites.
  • Part 6: Joomla Access Control Levels. We'll use the new permission levels in Joomla to accurately control what users can and cannot do on our sites.
  • Part 7: Joomla Site Maintenance. How to update, backup, secure and correctly configure your Joomla site.
  • Part 8: Practice: We build a full Joomla site so that students can practice everything that they have learned during the class

Pre-Requisites

To get the most out of this class, you'll need a good basic knowledge of Joomla. Do you know the difference between a module and a component? Do you know how to add articles and install extensions?

What Do Class Attendees Get to Help Their Learning?

Live Training
Practical, hands-on training from an experienced Joomla teacher
Forum Support
Six months of forum support with same-day answers to your questions
Workbook
A copy of Joomla Explained, the best selling Joomla book
Videos
Six months of access to a video version of the class you take
Cheat Sheets
All the key information from the class in one useful guide
Completion certificate
A personalized completion certificate

 

Attendees can come to class empty-handed. We provide computers, drinks, snacks and lunch.

Class Trainer

Rod Martin

Rod Martin holds two masters degrees and has been training people how to do "things" for over 25 years. Originally from Australia, he grew up in Canada and now resides just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked in both the non-profit and for-profit worlds, in small companies and large corporations. His extensive open source experience includes WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Moodle and he really knows how to help you get the most out of the system you chose. Rod plays ice hockey a couple of times a week and rides his Goldwing motorbike pretty much everywhere he can.

Class Location

Class Date and Time

  • Date: January 27
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Schedule: We run Joomla classes in Chicago every three months: January, April, July and October.

January 27 Chicago Joomla Intermediate Class Tickets

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Please feel free to call 678-830-2168 and speak with an OSTraining representative. They'll be able to help you pay and register for a class.

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  • 1 Please send a check to: OSTraining.com, P.O. Box 907895, Gainesville, GA 30501.
  • 2 Please include the name of the student plus their email address.
  • 3 Your seat in the class will be confirmed only when the check arrives. Classes are filled on a first-come-first-served basis.
  • 4 If you need an invoice before ordering, please email support@ostraining.com.

Refund Policy

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