Mambo: Your visual blueprint for building and maintaining Web...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 334 pages
• Published by: Visual July 12, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0470040564
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470040560
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.6 pounds

Product Description
Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Open the book and you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 220 key Mambo techniques, including:
* Installing and configuring Mambo
* Changing time and language settings
* Editing the CSS file for a template
* Managing site users
* Creating sections and categories
* Linking a Content Item to a menu
* Adding images and media to Mambo
* Using Modules to embed content and links
* Installing features manually or automatically
* Working with Mambots

"I've read a number of your programming books, and they've really helped me with the basics so that I can understand the course materials in my classes a lot better. I'm a strong visual learner. You really know how to get people addicted to learning!"
-Helen Lee, (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
* High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task
* Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
* Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
* "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips

Back Cover Copy
Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Open the book and you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 220 key Mambo techniques, including:

• Installing and configuring Mambo
• Changing time and language settings
• Editing the CSS file for a template
• Managing site users
• Creating sections and categories
• Linking a Content Item to a menu
• Adding images and media to Mambo
• Using Modules to embed content and links
• Installing features manually or automatically
• Working with Mambots

"I've read a number of your programming books, and they've really helped me with the basics so that I can understand the course materials in my classes a lot better. I'm a strong visual learner. You really know how to get people addicted to learning!"
-Helen Lee, (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

• High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task
• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
• "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips

Reader Reviews
Using "Search inside this book" helped me decide for myself to purchase in what appeared to be conflicting love/hate reviews. The screens of the actual product do walk an administrator thru the steps, so that may seem repetitive or a "waste" to some, but the extra tips and explanations about why you'd do something and the alternatives offered make this a worthwhile purchase for me. Perhaps I could find a lot of the same info on the forums, but I wanted something cohesively packaged that I can follow along with - rather than the hunting expedition style of a forum. This book easily translates to Joomla! It is very useful if you are just getting started and need help with design.