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Introduction to Joomla Content Management System

Contributed by: Robert P. Rynkiewicz

Friday, 27 April 2007

This is a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation given at The New Jersey Library Association 2007 Annual Conference in Long Branch, NJ, April 24, 2007. The title of the program was "Let's Mambo at the Library: Using Content Management Systems (CMS) to create dynamic websites". Between the time of the announcement of the program and the presentation, I had migrated from Mambo to Joomla so the presentation is really about Joomla CMS.

The Atlantic City Free Public Library redeisgned their website in 2005 and launched its new web page using Mambo CMS in February 2006. In January 2007, the Library migrated to Joomla CMS. This presentation is an introduction to Content Management Systems (CMS), explaining the difference between the standard HTML website and the more dynamic and managable CMS. I give a basic breakdown of the structure of Joomla as well as give screenshots of the installation process. The presentation also gives examples of extensions that could be used in Libraries.