Joomla#1

A New Start
Ok, so today i started a new project using Joomla.

I have a concrete project to work on, and a rudimentary design. What i want to do is document the process i go through and the challenges and problems i face along the way.

So, here we go; the goal. The site is to manage images; photographers upload images and people pay to download them; nothing new, but important to someone.

So, part 1; configuration.

Configuration
First decision; how to manage my content taxonomy; The site will (mostly) contain one sortof content; Photographs. These images will be categorised by their 'topic', e.g. Landscape, Wildlife etc etc.

So, heres how i'm going to set it up:

• One section: Photographs


• Multiple Categories: wildlife, landscape etc; this will evolve over time

Update

Ok, i also managed to install the Export Content module.

The idea is that i need to be able to export configuration and Published content from one site to another; i.e. we'll have a staging environment for uploading/creating content and then once approved, we'll move that content to the main live area.

Export Content Module
You can get the module from here.

To install it you need to enable legacy mode. To do that, go to the Administration Control Panel and select the "Extensions > Plugin Manager" menu options and enable "System-Legacy".

Then, to install the component, go to "Extensions > Install/Uninstall" and selected the component's ZIP file. And that's it.