Need Joomla 1.5 book recommendation for Webmasters

[Barrie North-2]

I like the one at joomlabook.com ;)

Seriously, you can get the ebook at informit.com, and here is a coupon for 35% off JOOMLA08

Good luck!

Barrie North

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[David A. Roth]

Now I read this. :-)

To follow-up my own postings. I'm like most of us, I tell people about Joomla and then would like to turn over good resources to them so they can get going on their own. I decided to explore two Joomla books for recommendations to Webmasters. One is the Visual Quickstart Guide Joomla! by Marni Derr and Tanya Symes published by Peachpit, and the second one is Joomla! A User's Guide by Barrie M. North published by Prentice Hall. Both of these books arrived today so I've not been able to examine them closely yet, but I did skim through them. North's book in Chapter 11 titled, "Creating a Restaurant Site for Joomla!" looks like an excellent guide for a Webmaster. I also like the areas called "The Least You Need to Know" which is exactly what a Webmaster is looking for. Before anyone gets huffy about the job title of Webmaster, I am referring to those who are not programmer types but have responsibility to control content on a web site. The Visual Quickstart Guide Joomla! is what the name implies as the rest of the Visual Quickstart series where there are many screen shots with text next to them briefly explaining each item such as a parameter.

I'm going to turn these two books over to a Webmaster and see how they do and what is found to be most useful. It might be the combination of these two books or merely specific sections from each.  I've professionally enjoyed the work of Barrie North and dig his newsletters and web site. However, I am looking for Joomla resources for Webmasters as I defined above since like all of us I want to see Joomla continue to grow and one way is for the Webmasters to be sold on it. I had a Webmaster search Amazon.com and come up with these two books independently of my influence.

David Roth

 

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I like the one at joomlabook.com ;)

Seriously, you can get the ebook at informit.com, and here is a coupon for
35% off JOOMLA08

Good luck!

Barrie North

_______________________________________________
New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

[Barrie North-2]

:)

Is that your review or someone elses?

Barrie

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:38 PM, David A. Roth <davidalanroth@...> wrote:

Now I read this. :-)

To follow-up my own postings. I'm like most of us, I tell people about Joomla and then would like to turn over good resources to them so they can get going on their own. I decided to explore two Joomla books for recommendations to Webmasters. One is the Visual Quickstart Guide Joomla! by Marni Derr and Tanya Symes published by Peachpit, and the second one is Joomla! A User's Guide by Barrie M. North published by Prentice Hall. Both of these books arrived today so I've not been able to examine them closely yet, but I did skim through them. North's book in Chapter 11 titled, "Creating a Restaurant Site for Joomla!" looks like an excellent guide for a Webmaster. I also like the areas called "The Least You Need to Know" which is exactly what a Webmaster is looking for. Before anyone gets huffy about the job title of Webmaster, I am referring to those who are not programmer types but have responsibility to control content on a web site. The Visual Quickstart Guide Joomla! is what the name implies as the rest of the Visual Quickstart series where there are many screen shots with text next to them briefly explaining each item such as a parameter.

I'm going to turn these two books over to a Webmaster and see how they do and what is found to be most useful. It might be the combination of these two books or merely specific sections from each.  I've professionally enjoyed the work of Barrie North and dig his newsletters and web site. However, I am looking for Joomla resources for Webmasters as I defined above since like all of us I want to see Joomla continue to grow and one way is for the Webmasters to be sold on it. I had a Webmaster search Amazon.com and come up with these two books independently of my influence.

David Roth

 

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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:37:19 -0500
From: "Barrie North" <barrie@...>
Subject: [joomla] Need Joomla 1.5 book recommendation for Webmasters
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I like the one at joomlabook.com ;)

Seriously, you can get the ebook at informit.com, and here is a coupon for
35% off JOOMLA08

Good luck!

Barrie North

_______________________________________________
New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

--
Barrie North
~Instant Joomla Sites~
www.simplweb.com

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[David A. Roth]

It's a follow-up not a review. If people are interested, I will ask
the Webmaster I turned these two books over to for comments after
allowing enough time to get familiar with them.

If anyone knows of other Joomla resources that are good for Webmasters
please let us know. Thanks!

David Roth


----------
:)

Is that your review or someone elses?

Barrie

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:38 PM, David A. Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com>wrote:

> Now I read this. :-)
>
> To follow-up my own postings. I'm like most of us, I tell people about
> Joomla and then would like to turn over good resources to them so they can
> get going on their own. I decided to explore two Joomla books for
> recommendations to Webmasters. One is the Visual Quickstart Guide Joomla! by
> Marni Derr and Tanya Symes published by Peachpit, and the second one is
> Joomla! A User's Guide by Barrie M. North published by Prentice Hall. Both
> of these books arrived today so I've not been able to examine them closely
> yet, but I did skim through them. North's book in Chapter 11 titled,
> "Creating a Restaurant Site for Joomla!" looks like an excellent guide for a
> Webmaster. I also like the areas called "The Least You Need to Know" which
> is exactly what a Webmaster is looking for. Before anyone gets huffy about
> the job title of Webmaster, I am referring to those who are not programmer
> types but have responsibility to control content on a web site. The Visual
> Quickstart Guide Joomla! is what the name implies as the rest of the Visual
> Quickstart series where there are many screen shots with text next to them
> briefly explaining each item such as a parameter.
>
> I'm going to turn these two books over to a Webmaster and see how they do
> and what is found to be most useful. It might be the combination of these
> two books or merely specific sections from each.  I've professionally
> enjoyed the work of Barrie North and dig his newsletters and web site.
> However, I am looking for Joomla resources for Webmasters as I defined above
> since like all of us I want to see Joomla continue to grow and one way is
> for the Webmasters to be sold on it. I had a Webmaster search Amazon.com and
> come up with these two books independently of my influence.
>
>
> David Roth

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New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

[Leam Hall]

I an up to Chapter 6 of "Barrie" and am enjoying it as a read. In th
enext couple days I plan on re-starting the Joomla based web design I
had gotten confused on before; that should give me a better feel of how
much I've learned.

While I'm sure there are web resources that cover everything Barrie
does, I save money by spending a little. Keeps me from Googling and
trying and then having to Google again. Besides, I can read my book in
the living room and don't have to worry about the dog or kid breakig
it.  :)

Leam


On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 23:53 -0500, David A. Roth wrote:

> It's a follow-up not a review. If people are interested, I will ask
> the Webmaster I turned these two books over to for comments after
> allowing enough time to get familiar with them.
>
> If anyone knows of other Joomla resources that are good for Webmasters
> please let us know. Thanks!
>
> David Roth
>
>
> ----------
> :)
>
> Is that your review or someone elses?
>
> Barrie

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