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Comment on Webmaster Beginner: Html Or Joomla? by Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:05:46 +0000

Well there is a bit of miss information there. Joomla is not the future, but rather a 3rd party CMS. For those in need of a job done quickly, then Joomla might be satisfactory. Joomla does offer the benefit of being and open source project, thus if and when limitations are met the project can be modified/expanded (if you have the necessary skills). Skilled developers typically create and manage their own proprietary CMS’s as opposed to a 3rd party application like Joomla.
HTML/XHTML is not the “old way” it is the core markup language used on the web. How the HTML is ultimately rendered is an entirely different story.
Java is a development platform, others major contenders include PHP and ASP.net.

Comment on Webmaster Beginner: Html Or Joomla? by David D

David D — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:29:33 +0000

HTML is a language for describing the structure and semantics of text. It forms the foundation of any webpage and is essential to know.
CSS is a language for describing the appearance of webpages. It is also essential if you want to do any sort of design.
Joomla is a content management system. It is used to generate HTML on the fly based on data stored in a database. It is far from essential, I would avoid it as much as possible (as my personal experience of it has been unpleasant to say the least). You certainly should avoid it until you know how to build webpages without having to integrate them into Joomla’s templating system - since that adds masses of complexity.
What you describe will require some server side programming. Joomla is one option for base it around. You will likely have to do some degree of customisation, which will probably require learning a programming language. (In the case of Joomla, I believe that would be PHP).

Comment on Webmaster Beginner: Html Or Joomla? by Jimenez Design

Jimenez Design — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:33:39 +0000

html is the foundation of web. You learn that and CSS, and joomla will come easily. Joomla is not the future, it’s more like a tool. Without HTML or CSS, your joomla site will look like everyone elses. That person who talked to you husband does not know what they’re talking about.

Comment on Webmaster Beginner: Html Or Joomla? by John W

John W — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:53:40 +0000

No way - Joomla is for non-webbie people who just want to knock up a quick site, but as soon as you hit its limits, it’s of no use at all. There’ll always be a demand for skilled designers or people who can code efficiently. One area you should look into (as well as html/css) is Web 2.0 using a javascript framework. There are several out there, but I prefer jQuery. It lets you do a lot of really handy things with just a little effort. Google it for more.

Comment on Webmaster Beginner: Html Or Joomla? by Nigel A

Nigel A — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:32:15 +0000

Your husband is hugely misinformed. Joomla is a CMS and it’s very limited to what it can do. There is no way a professional would use Joomla.
Learn HTML and CSS first, from a book or a website.
Java is something completely different- it’s for building applications for use on the web that you generally can’t manage to do with HTML and JavaScript.
To use databases, progress from HTML to PHP and SQL.

Comment on Webmaster Beginner: Html Or Joomla? by just "JR"

just "JR" — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:35:13 +0000

Your husband does not know much about the web, or listen to mal-informed people…
1. Joomla does not “make” websites: it is nothing else but a Content Management System (that is, it allows you to “change” the contents of your “pages”).
2. Joomla is a huge piece of code (26Mb) that is extremely hard to taylor to your needs, while proper coding can be achieve in just a few kb.
3. Joomla is FAR from being for “newbies”: the code is very complex, and adapting it to your needs will take you much longer than learning HTML, javascript, Php and MySQL all together! In fact, to use Joomla properly, you must be very fluent in Php… and if you are, you don’t need Joomla!
4. Joomla does not support very well (actually, not well at all), the interactivity required for web APPLICATIONS…
So, why do “old age webmasters” do NOT use Joomla?
Answer: because they know how to program PROPERLY. They leave Joomla to those who cannot program.

Comment on Using Joomla,for A Webpage With Pictures,what’s The Better Choice? Static Content Item Or Just Content Item? by Brian

Brian — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:50:36 +0000

Static content item, because then it doesn’t need to query the database and makes your site perform more reliably.

Comment on Showing Html With Joomla?!!? by Dalton C

Dalton C — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:43:50 +0000

ALL CODE HERE
you can add CSS style to it as always, simply by adding to the first tag.

Comment on For Joomla Users, Where Can I Find Links To The Top Rated/top Downloaded Mambots? by Ahmad

Ahmad — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:30:54 +0000

download.com
cnet.com

Comment on Does Anyone Know The Difference Between A Component & A Module In Joomla.cause I’m Confused A Little..thanx by Eloy

Eloy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:02:37 +0000

Hi,
Well, the modules are the boxes that you plug into the frontend to add user content, like for example the login form. The components, on the other hand, are pieces of programs that give you additional interactivity to your application, like for example, the blog or the bookmarks. Regarding your question, yes, you can have a module without a component and vice versa. I’m going to give you an example that is not 100% accurate, but it will give you a better idea: let’s say that you are in the front end of the default Joomla! installation:http://demo.joomla.org/demo10/
Well, modules are all those squared boxes on the sides, like for example, the newsflash and the login form. Now click on the blog. All those news and text is rendered by a component named blog that can be configurated from the back end.
Hope this helps,

Comment on Showing Html With Joomla?!!? by Brian K

Brian K — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:01:56 +0000

To expand upon the other answers…
The code tag is “symantically correct”. Formatting continues to work within the tag, so if, for example, you want to embolden parts of the code, you can use the usual “b” tag, etc. You must escape all your less-thans and greater-thans, etc. with entities (but the WYSIWYG editor will do this for you).
You may want to force the style for your code to include “font-family: monospace” and “white-space: pre” and not leave it to various browsers to decide how to display.
You may get away with not escaping some HTML within a textarea (which is really a form input), but you should anyway. If you do decide to use textarea, you will probably want to include rows, cols, and readonly attributes.

Comment on How Can I Install Joomla (separatelly) For More Than One Domains In A Single Hosting Account? by Maverick

Maverick — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:03:27 +0000

When you add an add-on domain then cpanel automatically creates a new folder for your new domain. Check again and if you can’t found the folder then remove and add again the second domain.

Comment on Showing Html With Joomla?!!? by slickr12

slickr12 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:17:40 +0000

put it in a non text area! :P
Anyways you could enable Joomlas WSYWIG editor (what you see is what you get)and then write your code.
If you use basic editor it makes the code as part of your website basicly.
or you could put the code in a code area i think it was (html) or [code](wsywig)

Comment on Which One Is The Best Cms Dotnetnuke ,xoops,joomla. Mambo.,postnuke? by Hummerbi

Hummerbi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:22:10 +0000

Everyone of them is valid, it all depends on what kind of site you want to build.
DotNetNuke is for hosting that support ASP pages, which are more costly than the basic Linux and Apache,PHP hosting companies.
The later or easier to find, and sometimes offer ready to go installations of Xoops,Joomla or postnuke.
My Favorite is Joomla! which in a contest of packtpub.com won just before Drupal.
Mambo is indeed going to a slow death… more and more users switch to Joomla.
Postnuke is more difficult to get nice templates, which is much easier on Joomla as well.
Xoops is however more ready SEO right out of the “box”, for Joomla you need to work a bit harder, but also has great SEO possibility’s with the right patches and SEF component.
If you want to test them before installation, go to http://www.opensourcecms.com there you can see the front-end as well as log in to the back-end of all above and more!
Picking a “best” overall is not so easy as said, it depends on your needs… most of my sites are build with Joomla!

Comment on How Can I Install Joomla (separatelly) For More Than One Domains In A Single Hosting Account? by 5minutej

5minutej — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:20:08 +0000

The first thing you need to check is with your hosting provider. Will they allow you to point more domains to subfolders of your root directory?
If they do, then go into fantastico and begin again. Fantastico defaults to the root folder, but in the setup it asks if you want to create a new folder or use an existing folder in your root folder. If you don’t see the ability within fantastico to create a new folder, it should give you the option to create within an existing folder.
If you don’t know how to create a new folder, go into your FTP program under “File” and look for “New Folder”. This should install a new folder in your root directory. Name the new folder something that will be easy for you to remember that this is your new site’s folder.
You will need to have a separate folder in your root directory so that you can point your domain to it and not have to reference any of the files in your root directory.
Hope this helps!

Comment on Joomla Template Error.? by Cristian

Cristian — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:57:32 +0000

That’s because your friendly urls are set. You can either disable them or set the friendly urls with Apache mod rewrite (Joomla will create a htaccess.txt on root dir and you must rename it to .htaccess).

Comment on Which One Is The Best Cms Dotnetnuke ,xoops,joomla. Mambo.,postnuke? by Barbara F

Barbara F — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:36:08 +0000

Mambo development has stalled, unfortunately. My recommendation is to go with Joomla. It has is base in Mambo, but active development is continuing.
I believe that postnuke is as susceptible to sql injection problems as phpnuke. Hopefully another dev can confirm that.

Comment on Joomla: I’m Not An Expert. How To Build A Web Site With Jooma? by chameleo

chameleo — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:27:12 +0000

Joomla can be difficult to get your head around what with all the components, modules, mambots etc.
It allows rapid site development for websites and web applications. I can build a Joomla site (functionality only) in a couple of hours.
If you need any detailed advice, you can email me at sales@chameleonwebhosting.com and i’ll do my best to help you at each stage of the build (completely free just incase you are wondering).

Comment on Joomla Mambo Any Other? by Paul

Paul — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:01:41 +0000

take a search of “drupal” and “free drupal templates”

Comment on How Can I Install Joomla (separatelly) For More Than One Domains In A Single Hosting Account? by Help

Help — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:52:04 +0000

try contacting or solving in joomla forum.