So I watched many of the videos. I started at lesson 5 because I already had Joomla installed on my website by the host. I am have looked through a number of joomla tutorials and these tutorials are the first that I have found that actually had instructions on what to DO without too much gratuitous non-instructive information.
Yes. You need to learn how to make your own Joomla extension (which we don't teach). You can then write your own PHP script and interact with any required Joomla function.
Yep, that's right. Joomla templates are coded in PHP, but the styling is all done with CSS files and images. You can make a Joomla website look however you'd like if you have those skills.
Sure. How you go about it will of course depend on the content you wish to provide. If it is just going to be an information site then that's really easy. But if you want to incorporate some booking mechanism, that's going to be much trickier.
It really depends on your needs and your current skills. I recommend learning on a basic web hosting account, since you will be learning and developing in the real world. Plus they are quite affordable now. Joomla includes a feature to take your site offline while you develop, so you don't have to show the world what you're learning until you're ready. If you need to develop locally later for some specific reason, you can always do that.
Yep, this is very common in a Joomla website. As far as how easy it is for a complete beginner...just remember that you will be dealing with financial transactions. This requires GOOD knowledge of security and customer protection. If you're not comfortable with making a site very secure and configuring payment gateways, I would suggest hiring help and / or learning as much as you can for a while longer before you attempt it on your own. It's not terribly hard, but care is needed.
I think what you're looking for is something like Community Builder or Jomsocial. Look those ones up. They will give you a social networking website where each member has their own profile page. Hope that helps.
Maybe the solution everyone is looking for, who wants to understand and get involved with joomla, by far the best comparison of joomla and Drupal I have come across. I worked out the differences more or less for myself but it's good to get a second opinion. I had also decided to go down the joomla route. Quality presentation you can hear and understand, free webinar??? What is in this for you Mr Presenter? Are you just one of the great human beings in this world?
The software costs nothing, and you can get a free trial account for one month at cloudaccess. You'll have to Google their name as we can't post links in comments. There is free hosting, and you can find that also through Google, but you have to be very careful about those services as the safety tends to be spotty.
can we move our website from online server to local host any time ? according to me , big changes can be done easily on local host while for small changes we should use online handing of website ..... so is there any solution , to progress our website in both (locally and online) ways ?
Ummm ... there is so much I could say in response, but I think the best answer is if you hate it so much, why are you watching this video? For the record, Joomla is currently estimated to power 2.8% of the web including over 3000 government sites.
all of the sites they showed look like and can be done in wordpress in under 20 minutes , that would equal weeks in joomla time. Why would you use a joomla ?
Joomla, downloaded by millions, used by hundreds! It looks like it could be a great cms but I don't shoot heroin nor am I clinically insane so I would never be able to understand it's arcane structure. Is there a difference between " categories" and "sections" in terms of the navigation bar? NO!
@gomycafe This is part of the beauty of web development these days. There is really no right or wrong when it comes to your development methods as long as you are doing things safely with good security. To me, your solution sounds overly complicated. I would not want to have to manage a local version AND an online version of a Joomla site...BOTH in development. Sounds like a nightmare. But if this method works for you, that's great. Go with what really works for you and makes life easy.
