Build a Site From Scratch
The reason why most people struggle to learn Joomla is because they attempt to learn parts as they go along. That leaves gaps which leads to frustration in the future. Our Build a Site From Scratch series demonstrates the right way to build a Joomla powered website the first time. Each of the step-by-step lessons builds upon the last, ensuring you learn as quickly as practical without missing any vital steps.
This is the series that I wish was available when I was learning Joomla!
Our Joomla Core series contains a massive 61 lessons that covers every Joomla feature. These bite-sized lessons ensure you master all aspects of Joomla including the Global Configuration, Advanced Article Features, Advanced Menu Features, the Core Components, Core Modules, and Advanced Imaging.
A blog is one of the best ways to stay in touch with customers, prospects and team members. Use it to increase revenue by announcing new products, improve communication by getting everyone on the same page or make changes fast by getting fast feedback from your readers. Blogs can also improve a site's search engine rankings.
With social media seemingly all the rage, some are tempted to skip this step. Do so at your peril. Yes, Facebook, Twitter and other platforms are helpful tools, but the effectiveness of social media is still small compared to the power of Email Marketing.
One of the most powerful features of Joomla is access control. This allows you to create user accounts to control who can view certain content and who can manage or add content. It's used for membership sites, clubs, schools and businesses.
Wouldn't it be great if you could discover how many people are looking at your pages, how they found your site, which pages they read and how long they stay on the site? Armed with this information, you can test and measure changes to your important pages to improve your results.
One of the most important pieces of interactivity you can add to a website is a feedback form. Whether you just want a simple contact form, a survey or even an order form, you can do this and more with free Joomla extensions.
Your website traffic can come from various sources. But the most coveted is the massive free traffic you can get from the search engines. Improving your search engine results starts with targeting the right keywords, placing those words in the right places on your pages and then promoting those pages correctly throughout the web. Just like the rest of our tutorials, this process is demonstrated step-by-step in this SEO for Joomla series.
Don't go to the effort of planning and building a website only to see it disappear! Your web host is supposed to be responsible for backing up your website. But this is usually for their benefit - not yours. If your site ever suffers a catastrophic failure, you might discover that it is expensive or in some cases impossible to restore it. Sadly many Joomla webmasters find this out the hard way which is why we produced our Backup & Restore tutorial series.
Don't let your website become a statistic. If top government websites are attacked daily, what chance does your website have of fending off the hackers? The good news is the vast majority of hackers are looking for easy targets. It's a bit like securing a house. If your house has better security than the one next door, which one is the intruder going to target?
Whenever possible, we build our Joomla websites at a web host. The setup works right away ensuring a fast start. But many students asked us how to install Joomla on a local computer and so this series was produced to demonstrate that process. We've now had people tell us they built their Joomla website, without Internet access, on a laptop - at 30,000 feet!
Need to display one or more location maps on your website? The easy way to do this is with a Google Map. But there is a trick to making this work successfully with a Joomla website and if you try to do it manually, you'll run into all sorts of difficulty.
When you launch a website, you need it to get found fast. One of the best ways to do this is to create a sitemap and submit it to the search engines. As your site grows, new pages need to be added to the sitemap, which is a pain to do manually. This tutorial demonstrates how to create an initial sitemap, submit it and then put the whole process on autopilot.
Looking to sell online? This series takes you through the process of setting up a Joomla ecommerce site.
If you're a club, school or any organisation that has members, the best way to keep everyone happy is with a membership site. Build more than just another website - build a community of loyal followers.
WHAT???!!! I thought this was a Joomla site! Although Joomla is a fantastic solution for all kinds of websites, it does come with a steeper learning curve. We believe that curve is worth climbing because it provides more flexibility than other platforms. However there may be times when that journey is too steep, or if you're a developer, you might encounter a WordPress site and need to learn how to use it. So we've included this series so you can learn both platforms.
At first, a subscription to a training club might sound like a good idea. However in the long run you'll end up paying much more.
Not only do you get lifetime access, you also get lifetime updates. Joomla is improving all the time, and you need to keep up-to-date with the latest advancements.
You will have questions as you travel along your Joomla journey. Whether you want to know how to achieve a particular result using Joomla, or want advice about a Joomla extension, our priority lifetime support is available from day one.
We are so confident that this is the right training for you that we offer this unbeatable guarantee. If you decide that this isn't for you, you can ask for your money back. Not just within 30 days. Not just within 90 days. Or a year. But FOREVER! Yes, that's right, Beyond the Basics includes a lifetime guarantee.
