Programmes
For the 2nd time in Malaysia, Joomla! Day will be hosted on August 2, 2008. Joomla! Day is a special day where all Joomla! fans and users in Malaysia, and all those curious about the most popular Open Source Content Management System in the planet, that is Joomla! gather around and learn more about Joomla! and its development roadmap.
On Joomla! Day itself there will be introductory topics for the novice users of Joomla! and talks for more intermediate and advance users. It’s a great opportunity for Joomla! fans and those wanting to know more about Joomla! to get acquainted and familiarize themselves with Joomla! For those who are convinced and are enthusiastic about Joomla!
There will be great talks from experienced users in the Joomla! community. Attendees of Joomla! Day will also receive gifts in goodie bag of software from Azrul Rahim who kindly sponsors his commercial components, plus free templates, and Joomla! installation CD.
Our homegrown Azrul Rahim and Lee CY - successful Joomla! third-party Joomla! components developers and other Joomla! web developers and Joomla! enthusiasts in Joomla! Day.
Joomla! Day Malaysia will be held on August 2, 2008 at Cititel Hotel, MidValley, Kuala Lumpur. Lunch at the Café and two breaks included.
Tentative Programme
| Time | Topic |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Introduction (Azrul, www.azrul.com) Welcoming note by our Project Manager. |
| 9:30 - 10:15 | What is Joomla? (Toby Patterson) - What is Joomla! Project ?
- History and future direction of Joomla
- Why Joomla ? Joomla 1.5 and Joomla 1.6 ?
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| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Getting on with Joomla! - How to install and run your own Joomla website in 5 minutes.
- Hosting requirements.
- Managing your content effectively with sections, category and. Static category.
- SEO. Optimizing Joomla for Search Engine such as Google.
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| 11:15 - 12:00 | Optimization and security (Shaiffulnizam Mohamad, President, Joomla-My) Shaifful, our server expert from Joomla-My will show you tips and technique on optimal server configuration for Joomla. He will also show you how to run your Joomla site at TOP speed and how to secure your site. The focus will be on - Joomla! performance optimization
- Security, your server and Joomla! installation
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| 12:00 – 12:30 | Case studies We will show some real life example on how Joomla is deployed in the following area. - E-commerce
- Community site
- Commercial/corporate website
- Government agency
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| | Lunch |
| 2:00 – 2:45 | Extending Joomla! With 3rd Party Extension (CY LEE, Mosets.com) - Explanation of Joomla components, module and mambots system and what it can do.
- How to install, configure and maintain 3rd party extension.
- Introduce a few common/popular extension.
- Introduction on JED website
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| 3:00 – 3:15 | Break |
| 3:15 – 4:00 | Advance Joomla! 1.5 Component Development (Toby Patterson, http://gmitc.biz/) - Develop your own components for Joomla
- Introduction to module and mambots development
- Introduction to essential Joomla API
- Common issues in Joomla development
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| 4:00 – 4:45 | Template development (Azrul, Azrul.com) - Customizing the default template. Personalize the template to your liking.
- How to develop your own Joomla template.
- Explanation of CSS system in Joomla.
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| 4:45 – 5:00 | Q & A |
| End | |
