Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development: Creating Modules, Components, and Plugins with PHP (Paperback)
A practical tutorial for creating your first Joomla! 1.5 extensions with PHP In Detail Joomla! is the world’s hottest open-source content management system, and the winner of the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize. While Joomla! is packed with features, its greatest quality is that it is extremely extensible, allowing any number of complex applications to be cleanly integrated. Shopping carts, forums, social networking profiles, job boards, and real estate listings are all examples of extensions developers have written for Joomla!. All of these can run off one Joomla! site, while only one database, template, and core need to be maintained. When you build an extension to Joomla!, it will inherit the look and feel of the overall site. Any type of program that can be coded in PHP is a potential component waiting to be written! If you’re eager to start creating extensions for Joomla!, this book is for you. Walk through the development of complete Joomla! components and mo (more…)
Joomla! 1.5 Template Design (Paperback)
Create your own professional-quality templates with this fast, friendly guide Create Joomla! 1.5 Templates for your sitesDebug, validate, and package your templates Tips for tweaking existing templates with Flash, extensions and JavaScript librariesIn Detail Using Joomla! Templates with HTML and CSS allows you to give a unique look and feel to your site, present a “fresh face” to your pre-existing content, ensure that your site design is consistent with your brand, and build a site layout that suits your unique needs. A quality web site is easily within your grasp using these cutting-edge templates. However, even experienced web developers need help to take their designs and turn them into flexible and easily maintainable Joomla! 1.5 templates. The release of Joomla! 1.5 meant a radically enhanced template system that is very different from that of Joomla! 1.0. Joomla! 1.5 comes complete with the ability to create template overrides and customize “module chrome”. T (more…)
Mastering Niche Marketing: A Definitive Guide to Profiting From Ideas in a Competitive Market (Paperback)
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“Hi Eric, it’s Terry Telford from TerryTelford.com. I just wanted to write you a quick note to compliment you on your new book, “Mastering Niche Marketing.” Although I was very impressed with the detail you’ve given, I think you got the title of the book wrong. I would suggest, “If you read this book and apply the principles, you will make money . . . Period.” Although my title is a little longer than yours! In all seriousness, Eric, this book is a must read for anyone wh (more…)
WordPress In Depth (Paperback)
Advice and techniques that you need to get the job done. Looking for ways to streamline your work so you can focus on maximizing your time? In Depth provides specific, tested, and proven solutions to the problems you run into every day–things other books ignore or oversimplify. This is the one book that you can rely on to answer the questions you have now and will have in the future. In Depth offers Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions Breakthrough techniques and shortcuts that are unavailable elsewhere Practical, real-world examples with nothing glossed over or left out Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style Quick information via sidebars, tips, reminders, notes, and warnings In Depth is the only tool you need to get more done in less time! Includes coverage on blog creation, widgets, plug-ins, themes, SEO, the Wo (more…)





