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|| '''Visual Cue'''
|| '''Narration'''

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|| '''Show Slide 1:'''
'''Overview of Joomla.'''
|| Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Overview of Joomla.'''

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|| '''Show Slide 2'''
Learning Objectives:
Same as narration
|| In this tutorial, we will learn about:

* the concept of '''Content Management Systems''' ('''CMS''' in short).
* Joomla as a '''CMS'''
* Software and hardware requirements for running '''Joomla'''

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|| '''Show Slide 3'''
Learning Objectives continued:
Same as narration
|| We will also learn about the:

* '''Operating System''' and '''Joomla''' version to be used and
* Overview of the key features that will be demonstrated in the '''Joomla''' series.

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|| '''Show Slide 4'''
Prerequisites

|| Learner of this tutorial should know how to browse a website.

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|| '''Show Slide 5'''
Content Management System (CMS)

|| Let us first understand what '''Content Management System''' or '''CMS''' is.
* A '''CMS''' is a software used to manage the content of a website.
* It keeps track of every piece of content on the website.
* It allows one to create, modify and remove content from a website without knowing programming skills.

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|| '''Show Slide 6:'''
Why is '''Joomla''' popular?

|| Why is '''Joomla''' a popular '''CMS'''?
* '''Joomla''' is easy to install and use.
* It supports multiple language websites
* There are many predefined ready-to-use '''Joomla templates''' available online and
* '''Joomla''' has many '''extensions''' that allow additional features to be installed easily.

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|| Switch to the browser.

Open http://www.hondashellybeach.co.za/ on the browser.

Open http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/

Open http://www.businesstoday-eg.com/

Open http://www.joy.com.gr/

Open http://www.thisisboo.com/

Open http://community.joomla.org/showcase/sites.html

|| Let us see what kind of websites use '''Joomla''' as the base.

* A corporate website like this.

* An educational one like '''Harvard University''' website

* Websites of media houses, we have '''Business Today''' website here.

* A Greek Ecommerce website like this, Personal websites like these and many more…

'''Joomla''' provides a list of featured websites at the following URL :
http://community.joomla.org/showcase/sites.html

Here you will find the popular '''Joomla''' websites in various categories.

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|| '''Show Slide 7:'''
Software requirements for '''Joomla'''

|| To install '''Joomla''', we need:

1. A webserver like '''Apache''' or '''IIS'''

2. A database like '''MySQL''' or '''PostgreSQL'''

3. and '''PHP'''

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||
|| At the time of making of this tutorial, '''Joomla 3.4.1''' is the latest version.

The '''Joomla developer community''' keeps releasing newer versions with added features.

It is always recommended to work with the latest stable version that is available.

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|| '''Show Slide 8:'''

Prerequisites for '''Joomla 3.4.1'''

|| '''Joomla 3.4.1''' requires the following:

* '''Apache 2.x +''' or '''IIS 7 +'''
* '''MySQL 5.0.4 +''' and
* '''PHP 5.2.4 +'''

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|| '''Show Slide 9:'''
Software used for the series

|| For this series we have used the following:

* '''Ubuntu Linux OS 14.04''' and
* '''Apache, MySQL''' and '''PHP''' obtained through '''XAMPP 5.5.19'''

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||

|| Now, let me list out a few of the key features covered in this series.

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|| Point to the various tabs in the Browser

|| For ease of navigation, I have already opened the tutorials on multiple tabs on my browser.

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|| '''Show Slide 10:'''
'''Installing Joomla on a localhost'''

|| The tutorial '''Installing Joomla on a localhost''' explains how to -
* install '''Joomla''' on a '''Linux''' machine
* and cross-check the correctness of your installation

Let’s have a look.

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|| '''Show Slide 11:'''
'''Common mistakes and uninstalling Joomla'''

|| '''Common mistakes and uninstalling Joomla''' tutorial explains -
* the common mistakes that people make during the installation process
* and the steps to uninstall '''Joomla'''

Let’s have a look.

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|| '''Show Slide 12:'''
'''Creating Articles in Joomla'''

|| '''Creating Articles in Joomla''' tutorial -
* explains how to create '''articles'''
* and manage '''articles''' using the '''Article Manager''' page

Here is a glimpse.

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|| '''Show Slide 13:'''
Same as narration

|| '''Article Options''' tutorial -
* explains various options such as '''Status, Filters, Global Options''', etc.

Let me run through this tutorial.

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|| '''Show Slide 14:'''
Same as narration

|| The next tutorial in this series is '''Formatting Articles in Joomla.'''

In this tutorial, we will learn about formatting options like -
* '''WYSISYG''', also pronounced as '''wiz-ee-wig Article Editor''' in '''Joomla'''
* Styling the '''article''' text
* Inserting lists, page-breaks and '''Read More''' link, etc.

Here is a glimpse of this tutorial.

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|| '''Show Slide 15:'''
Same as narration

|| '''Categories in Joomla''' tutorial will help us to understand
* how to group '''articles''' into different '''categories'''
* and create '''sub-categories''' within '''categories.'''

Let’s have a look at this tutorial.

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|| '''Show Slide 16:'''
Same as narration

|| '''Menus in Joomla''' tutorial will help us to understand -
* how to create '''menus''' and '''sub-menus'''
* and how to link '''articles''' under them.

Let us continue with this tutorial.

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|| '''Slide 17:'''
Introduction slides to next tutorials

|| There will be many more tutorials in this series in the future.

Those will reveal us a few advanced features that are available in '''Joomla CMS.'''

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|| '''Show Slide 17:'''
Summary

|| For now, let us summarize.

In this tutorial we have learnt:

* '''Content Management System.'''
* '''Joomla''' as a '''CMS'''
* Software and hardware requirements for the execution of '''Joomla'''

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|| '''Show Slide 18:'''
Summary - continued
|| We also learnt about the:
* '''OS''' and '''Joomla version''' that would be used for this series.
* We took an overview of the key features those will be demonstrated in the '''Joomla''' series.

|-
||'''Show Slide 19:'''
(About Spoken Tutorial Project)

||The video at this link, summarizes the '''Spoken Tutorial '''project.
Please download and watch it.

|-
||'''Show Slide 20:'''

(About Spoken Tutorial Project)

||The '''Spoken Tutorial''' Project Team
*conducts workshops using '''spoken tutorials''' and
*gives certificates on passing online tests.

For more details, please write to us.

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||'''Show Slide 21:'''

(Acknowledgement)

||'''Spoken Tutorial '''Project is supported by '''NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.'''

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||

||This is Priyanka signing off. Thank you for joining.

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 |-
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-||The video at this link, summarizes the '''Spoken Tutorial '''project.
+||The video at the following link, summarizes the '''Spoken Tutorial '''project.
 Please download and watch it.
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 ||The '''Spoken Tutorial''' Project Team
-*conducts workshops using '''spoken tutorials''' and
+*conducts workshops and
 *gives certificates on passing online tests.
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-||'''Spoken Tutorial '''Project is supported by '''NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.'''
+||'''Spoken Tutorial '''Project is funded by '''NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.'''
 |-

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 || Point to the various tabs in the Browser
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 |-

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 || In this tutorial, we will learn about:
-* the concept of '''Content Management Systems''' ('''CMS''' in short).
+* the concept of '''Content Management Systems''' (or '''CMS''' in short).
 * Joomla as a '''CMS'''
 * Software and hardware requirements for running '''Joomla'''

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Itspriyanka at 18:13, 29 April 2016

Itspriyanka at 18:06, 29 April 2016

Itspriyanka at 18:02, 29 April 2016

Itspriyanka: Created page with "{| border=1 || '''Visual Cue''' || '''Narration''' |- || '''Show Slide 1:''' '''Overview of Joomla.''' || Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Overview of Joomla.''' |- || '..."