Archive : Joomla

In this guide, we will be discussing the steps for installing the Content Management System (CMS) Joomla! on a local host server.
Joomla is an open source content management system, which is a web based system that helps users construct their website; offering streamlined, easy to use tools in their website design; such as a “what you see is what you get” or WYSIWYG editor, that lets users edit their text Las mere…

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Joomla has a number of settings throughout the administrator control panel which allow users to be sorted into groups. Groups make it so that administrators can effectively manage site permissions from a centralized point, which makes it much easier than changing user permissions one by one.
To explain it more clearly, users are split into groups, which use access levels and these groups follow a hierarchal structure from the users with Las mere…

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Once you have installed and configured your Joomla site, it's probably a good idea to start installing some extensions. The amount you can do with extensions is almost limitless, extensions can be used to increase the functionality of your site, help with security or even help you manage your users. In this article I will cover some of the basics of installing and configuring a site management extension.
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Now that you have Joomla installed, you may not be quite familiar with all the basics yet, but the first thing you will probably want to do is to find yourself a template. Installing a template in Joomla is quite simple and although there is a bit of configuring you will need to do from the start, in most cases you will be able to have your template up and Las mere…

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Any site, no matter what type of content you're hosting needs a menu. A menu brings your site together and connects all of your pages. A menu that is user friendly can attract users to spend more time on your site, allowing for easy navigation and quick access to content with a single click of the mouse. To setup your menu at first with Joomla will require some configuration, but Las mere…

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One great way of attracting visitors to continuously visit your site, is to setup a members section. Setting up a members section allows you to keep track of users, generate statistics, email news letters and offer a wider range of services.
By default Joomla comes with a login module which can be used to create a login form that users can access a members section from. The login module contains a Las mere…

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Adding articles to your Joomla site helps to define what your site is about, because without content, why would anyone visit your site? Articles are quite easy to add through Joomla and each individual article is highly configurable as we will explore below.
To create your first article, login to your administrator control panel and select content from the menu, followed by article manager.

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Firstly in order to install Joomla on your web server you will need to download the latest version (currently 1.7.0) from the Joomla website http://www.joomla.org/download.html.
Next depending on what you are using Joomla for and where you prefer to have it installed you can either install it in the main html folder of your server or you can create a "joomla" directory inside your html directory for your web server. Throughout Las mere…

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A content management system is a platform which can be used by developers to build websites. Developers can use content management systems for several different reasons; first and foremost they are excellent for users with very little experience developing websites. Secondly content management systems can also be powerful tools for experienced developers because it allows the developer to build websites in a shorter amount of time.
Joomla is used by over Las mere…

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