Joomla! 1.6 First Look

A concise guide to everything that's new in Joomla! 1.6.

• A short and concise first look into Joomla! 1.6.
• Covers changes in all aspects of Joomla! including interface, menus, templates, and extensions
• Ample screenshots and clear explanations of all the new features and their usage

In Detail

Release of the much awaited Joomla! 1.6 is just round the corner. There is a lot of hype and curiosity about the new features Joomla! 1.6 will provide and how it will affect existing users.

Joomla! 1.6 First Look is a concise guide to the new features of Joomla! 1.6, targeted at existing Joomla! users and developers. If you want to see what's new in Joomla 1.6 and how it's going to affect you, this is the book for you.

This book will give readers an insight into the new features of Joomla! 1.6, showing them what has changed, how the changes will affect them, and how to upgrade to Joomla! 1.6 from existing Joomla! versions. It begins with general changes in interface and basic articles, and then takes you through the changes in menus, control levels, templates, extensions, and SEO features. It explains the new features and how to use them, drawing attention to significant differences from how things used to behave. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the consequences these changes will bring to you as a Joomla! user or developer.

This book will take you through all that's new in Joomla! 1.6 and explain how it's going to make your life better

What you will learn from this book

• General changes to the Joomla! interface and the practical effects this has on creating and maintaining sites with Joomla!
• Changes in Joomla! 1.6 that affect the day to day routine of organizing, adding and editing articles
• Changes in menus, that make it easier to manage menus and add new menu items fast
• Access Control Levels relevant to website administrators in need of fine grained user permissions control
• What's new in selecting, using and editing templates
• New extensions overhauled in Joomla! 1.6
• New SEO features to enhance your site's SEO

Approach

This book looks at the main functional areas of Joomla! that have significant new features. All features are explained with the help of illustrative screenshots and step-by-step instructions on how to use them.

Who this book is written for

This book is for existing Joomla! users, developers, and designers who want to know about everything that's new in Joomla! 1.6.

Eric Tiggeler

Eric Tiggeler is author of the Joomla! 1.5 Beginner's Guide! and has written two Dutch Joomla! guides, which all got excellent reviews. He writes tutorials for several computer magazines and for the Dutch Joomla! community website.

Eric is fascinated by the Web as a powerful and creative means of communication - and by revolutionary software such as Joomla!, enabling anybody to create beautiful and user friendly websites.

On a daily basis, Eric works as a consultant and copywriter at a communication consultancy company affiliated with the Free University of Amsterdam. Over the last few years, he has written more than ten Dutch books on writing and communication. His passion is making complex things easy to understand.

Eric Tiggeler is married and has two daughters. He lives and works in Hilversum (the Netherlands). On the Web, you'll find him on schrijfgids.nl (in Dutch) and joomm.net (in English).