Preface

Joomla! is a Content Management System designed to organize and deliver content

within a website environment.

Multimedia provides us with stunning interactive user experiences and wonderful

design options, but it requires discipline and knowledge to utilize it effectively so

that we do not alienate our audiences.

If you want to display more than just text on your Joomla! pages, this book has been

designed for you and is a must-read. It takes you beyond the basics of Joomla! and

helps to take full advantage of this powerful CMS structure to deliver media-rich

web content to your site users. This book provides detailed information and all the

required know-how for Joomla! administrators to create engaging, media-rich Joomla!

websites. Utilizing core Joomla! features and the power of Joomla! Extensions, this

step-by-step guide will show you how to include popular media elements into your

website and collaborate with external web resources.

You will learn everything you need to know to present text, images, video, and audio

in your content by manually embedding content, using more automated methods,

and the power of specialized extensions. You will learn to create regular podcasts

and utilize RSS to help publicize and deliver your site content.

Learn about the popular multimedia extensions for Joomla!; learn how they benefit

your CMS with additional features, and how they are installed and configured.

Utilize the abundance of external resources now available on the Web and learn

how your Joomla! site can interact and present content from such sites as YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, and Google.