CMS Made Simple 1.6: Beginner's Guide

by Sofia Hauschildt

Overview

This practical, hands-on book is ideal both for newcomers and for webmasters wanting an introduction to building powerful professional websites with a content management system. You need only basic knowledge of HTML and CSS. The book covers all aspects of web publishing as you build a case study website using CMS Made Simple. With clear instructions and detailed screenshots, you will know exactly what to do at each step, from CMS installation to the finished website. Chapter by chapter you adopt the roles of web designer, developer, administrator, and business manager, learning every aspect needed to build rich yet simple-to-manage websites. You can use an existing template or implement your own design, add a photo gallery, an e-commerce solution with PayPal checkout, forms, and popular JQuery effects and finally optimize the site for search engines. You will gain the knowledge and confidence to build a website optimized for search engines with rich functionality and individual design.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847198204
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	03/02/2010
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Sofia Hauschildt is a tutor for web mastering and web development, who started designing and developing professional websites in 1995, just before her graduation in computer science. With experience as a Data Warehouse developer and ERP consultant she became a self-employed tutor. During her career she has been contracted by IT and management academies, the German army, several city administrations, and international companies like Siemens. Her work as a tutor is always focused on practical training combined with a theoretical background in order to get fast and handy results.

In her publications she shares not only solid knowledge but her personal experience and shows a simple and powerful way of creating websites for ambitious beginners. Building websites is an amazing chance to communicate with the whole world and to discover it as well.