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Scripting language Lab report

The document provides an overview of two open-source Content Management Systems (CMS), Joomla and WordPress, detailing their functionalities and administrative features. Joomla allows users to create websites using a structured tutorial that covers basics, menus, modules, and settings, while WordPress focuses on dynamic website and blog creation with a user-friendly dashboard for managing content. Both systems offer customizable templates and various options for managing website elements such as menu items, posts, and themes.

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Scripting language Lab report

The document provides an overview of two open-source Content Management Systems (CMS), Joomla and WordPress, detailing their functionalities and administrative features. Joomla allows users to create websites using a structured tutorial that covers basics, menus, modules, and settings, while WordPress focuses on dynamic website and blog creation with a user-friendly dashboard for managing content. Both systems offer customizable templates and various options for managing website elements such as menu items, posts, and themes.

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12.

JOOMLA

Task: Implement a simple website using the Joomla administrator including module,
component, extensions, etc.
Joomla is an open source Content Management System (CMS), which is used to build
websites and online applications. It is free and extendable which is separated into frontend
templates and back-end templates (administrator). Joomla is developed using PHP, Object
Oriented Programming, software design patterns and MySQL (used for storing the data).
This tutorial will teach you the basics of Joomla using which you can create websites with
ease. The tutorial is divided into sections such as Joomla Basics, Joomla Menus, Joomla
Modules, Joomla Global Settings, and Joomla Advanced. Each of these sections contain
related topics with screenshots explaining the Joomla admin screens.
It contains the following options: 
Menu Item Type: It specifies the type of menu item such as articles, tags, web links, system
links, contacts etc. 
Link: It determines the link in the menu. 
Target Window: It provides three options:
Parent, New Window with Navigation and New without Navigation which targets the
browser window when a menu item is clicked. 
Template Style: You can select a template style for your website by clicking dropdown menu
which gives Beez3 - Default and protostar - Default styles or provides default templates for
your website. 
Menu Location: It specifies which menu link will appear; either the Main Menu or User
Menu. 
Parent Item: This helps you select a parent item by selecting either Menu Item Root or
Home.
Status: It displays the status of the article. Status such as Published, Unpublished and
Trashed. 
Default Page: It provides Yes or No options to set the menu item as default or home page of
the site.

13. Wordpress

Task: Implement a simple website using the Wordpress including pages, posts, theme,
etc.
WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), which allows the users to build dynamic
websites and blogs. WordPress is the most popular blogging system on the web and allows updating,
customizing and managing the website from its back-end CMS and components.

Dashboard Menu : The WordPress Dashboard provides navigation menu that contains some
menu options such as posts, media library, pages, comments, appearance options, plugins,
users, tools and settings on the left side.
Screen Options The dashboard contains different types of widgets which can be shown or
hidden on some screens. It contains check boxes to show or hide screen options and also
allows us to customize sections on the admin screen. Welcome It includes the Customize
Your Site button which allows customizing your WordPress theme. The center column
provides some of the useful links such as creating a blog post, creating a page and view the
front end of your website. Last column contains links to widgets, menus, settings related to
comments and also a link to the First Steps With WordPress page in the WordPress codex.

Quick Draft The Quick Draft is a mini post editor which allows writing, saving and
publishing a post from admin dashboard. It includes the title for the draft, some notes about
the draft and save it as a Draft.

WordPressNews The WordPress News widget displays the latest news such as latest
software version, updates, alerts, news regarding the software etc. from the official
WordPress blog. Activity The Activity widget includes latest comments on your blog, recent
posts and recently published posts. It allows you to approve, disapprove, reply, edit, or delete
a comment. It also allows you to move a comment to spam. At a Glance This section gives
an overview of your blog's posts, number of published posts and pages, and number of
comments. When you click on these links, you will be taken to the respective screen. It
displays the current version of running WordPress along with the currently running theme on
the site

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