Creating a School Website with Joomla PDF chapter

[vm252]

  Hello from the land down under !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AUSTRALIA. As a computer teacher I have been asked to redesign the school website using JOOMLA. We are new to it here....thanks for the reading material....I will get stuck into it over the next couple of weeks and I will keep you posted on my outcomes. bye from vm252

[Barrie North]

Hi VM, thanks for stopping in and good luck! Don't be a stranger here

[enad]

ei, where can i find the tutorial for js education. i need to know the module positions

[hollywood]

What really helped is giving the parameters detail.  I'm still pretty new and I keep finding things to learn!

[CountryHunter]

Ok. I downloaded it and now I get the corrupt thing as well.. Need help here. I tried IE and Firefox and cleared my browser and save target as.. any other suggestions. Anyone got a working copy of this they would like to loan me. lol

[CountryHunter]

Ok.. Now I have tried everything. Even removing my adobe and reinstalling and still no luck. I just want to know how to get the extended menus on the site?? Anyone got any suggestions?? Thank you for your time.

[John Henderson]

I am considering Joomla, and your Education template, for a pre-school. Following your tutorial example -- I would set up a section for "Classes" and categories for each separate class. What would you recommend if the administrator wants the parents to be able to see ONLY the category that represents their child's class -- and be blocked from seeing other class "categories" if they do not have a child in that class?

[Barrie North]

@John

That kind of permission control is not possible with default Joomla. You would have to install a major ACL component like JBAM.

[mudoch]

Ack... I write ok, but speeling isn't my strong point. Please PM me with edits....

You haven't read the Joomla newsflash that come in the "Box" have you?

Spllenig not mteatr! 

OK for me it's morte the grammer... for and educator, being written by, someone needs to re-read it....  Well at least thats what I remember most form my school days.... 

[John Henderson]

@John

That kind of permission control is not possible with default Joomla. You would have to install a major ACL component like JBAM.

Thanks for the reply. That's what I suspected -- but I thought I'd ask anyway!

[John Balyeat]

Thanks, Barrie.  This was a very helpful tutorial and I learned a lot. One section I would add would be one on how to change the logo. I eventually found the answer in the forum, but it would have been nice to have it here. 

[Joomla_user]

Thanks alot for this tutorial I find it very helpfull especially for someone trying to find there way around Joomla, hopefully i'll learn from this and take it on from there.

Cheers

[ducnhan168]

thanks

[teelions]

Hi Barrie,

I purchased your ebook (JoomlaAdminManual-V13.pdf )which includes the chapter about Creating A School Website. Most IT books include a website or CD with the files used in their tutorials. Why do I have to spend more for the template files for this chapter?

[Philip Roy]

You don't. There's a free school template on this page....
http://www.joomlashack.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=171&Itemid=43

Given that this is a site selling commercial temapltes, you'd kinda expect that if you want more than the free ones on offer, they're going to charge you 

Phil

[Barrie North]

The template used in that chapter is a freebie.....

[ainhoa711]

Is it possible to apply this tutorial to other themes? I really like the tutorial but I'm not too enthusiastic about the theme, I'd like something like my blog www.ainhoavega.com but with three columns like the Education theme. Any suggestions?

[Philip Roy]

Absolutely...I'm using it with another template. Barry has written a great generic chapter and just uses the template from here as an example. You may not get the exact same layout, but it's a great guide as to the types of tools to use in a school environment.

Phil

[rogaj]

Hi Barrie,
Congratulations for excellent job! There is Polish saying - do not open the opened door... Instead of reinventing many things I have everything in one file. But... I decided to wait for Joomla 1.5. To my best knowledge your new book  Joomla! a User's Guide: A User's Guide Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1 edition (December 21, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0136135609 ISBN-13: 978-0136135609 will be about version 1.5. What about perForms, DOCMan, ReMOSitory. To my best knowledge they are available only for version 1.0.x.
Robert

[Philip Roy]

Absolutely...I'm using it with another template. Barry has written a great generic chapter and just uses the template from here as an example. You may not get the exact same layout, but it's a great guide as to the types of tools to use in a school environment.

And after posting that, I thought I'd follow it up with this (just gone live)....
http://www.pnins.school.nz/

That site doesn't use a Joomlashack template but the structure, layout and many of the tools were inspired by Barrie's chapter and the ideas suggested.

Cheers, Phil

[ruswady]

Help! help!.. I'm totally new to Joomla. This is my 1st project.. need to setup a school website. I already installed an education template. But the problem is.. the navigator bar/main menu is missing! (overwrote by previous default template). 

[gosselina]

Great work!
I was however confused a lot by the mention that this chapter was an excerpt from your upcoming book on Joomla 1.5.
In fact, comparing it to your current eBook on Joomla Admin (which I just purchased)
which deals with version 1.0, il seems clear to me that this sample chapter (with its numerous typos) is in fact a draft of the corresponding chapter in your eBook, and does NOT deal at all with Joomla 1.5. The screen shots are quite clear about that.
I think this should be mentionned alongside the download link, to save others from the confusion I went into.

Does that mean that your upcoming Joomla book will include a rewrite of this chapter to adapt it to version 1.5 ?

Regards

[Barrie North]

The free chapter here is for 1.0.

The chapter has been upgraded for 1.5 (and typos fixed ) and ithat version is part of the (to be) published book for Joomla 1.5.

Hope that helps....

[Hypogeal]

Hi I am editting this templatye for a small dance school in Hertfordshire and I have been trying to find where to edit the

Education
Template Demo

text so it does not appear.
Can you please advise?

Thanks
BPK

[Barrie North]

its in/templates/js_education/index.php