Since I’m just starting out with Joomla, I thought I’d collect some of the best resources I’ve found along the way for my own future reference. Perhaps these links will come in handy for others as well. Please feel free to send me your own.
Reference Books:
Joomla! 1.5: A User’s Guide, 2nd Ed., June 2009: Buy on Amazon.com.
Free Joomla! Templates:
http://www.bestfreejoomlatemplates.com/
http://www.joomla24.com/
http://www.siteground.com/joomla-hosting/joomla-templates.htm
More Classy Joomla! Templates:
JoomlaBamboo.com
Joomla! Modules and Extensions:
http://extensions.joomla.org/
I’ve just recently discovered the wonders of working with Joomla, the open source content management system that makes it easy to build professional sites in a fraction of the time you’d think. I wish I would have have taken the plunge into working with content management systems years ago, and I feel a little behind the curve, but at least I’ve arrived, right?
Talking with a colleague today, as we prepare to launch a new website for a national security law journal, we discussed implementing an e-commerce tool, managing comments, tags, creating “related content” boxes, and a host of other features that would have put me on the defensive me a few months ago — but knowing how easy these are to implement in a CMS like Joomla has me singing a different tune altogether!
I’m so excited at the prospect of learning how to adapt Joomla templates that I’m having to refrain from offering to build a free website for the next person who asks …
*Update 12/7/09: Sorry folks, I found my next pro-bono project already. Might have room for another in February!
