1. Joomla, WYSIWYG, and Other Funny Words to Take Seriously The C.A.L.L. of Arkansas Statewide Summit October 15, 2011 Rob McBryde Online Marketing & Web Design Consultant www.aristotleinteractive.com
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5. “ Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.” Joomla.org What is Joomla?
6. “ acronym for W hat Y ou S ee I s W hat Y ou G et . The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content (text and graphics) displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form exactly corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product. ” Wikipedia.org WYSIWYG…what?
15. Formatting for SEO SEO – search engine optimization, helps Google natural search results
16. What is SEO? the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. ~ wikipedia.org
17. Formatting for SEO Google the words “ fostering adoption arkansas .” The C.A.L.L. comes up near the top of the list. This is largely due to the site’s SEO.
19. Adding photos Assuming you don’t already have the photo in the image gallery, you will need to upload it by selecting the Upload button highlighted below.
37. Key concepts Articles (pages) must be created BEFORE the corresponding Menu items. When you create the Menu item, you have to select the Article (or Section or Category) to link it to. You can create Menu items that link to whole Sections (filing cabinet), whole Categories (drawers of the filing cabinet), or individual Articles (files in the drawers of filing cabinet)
40. Bonus Round: Google Calendar In your web browser, type in…calendar.thecallinarkansas.org NOTE: This is specific to The C.A.L.L. website and not a function of Joomla. Each county’s Google Calendar is embedded into a Joomla article which appears on The C.A.L.L.’s website.
43. Bonus Round: Google Calendar Calendar events entered into your county’s Google Calendar will automagically appear on your county’s Upcoming Events page.
44. Bonus Round: Google Calendar Learn more at http:// www.google.com/intl/en/googlecalendar/about.html