HIDDEN JOOMLA SECRETS BRIAN TEEMAN
NOV 2011

USER MANAGEMENT SLIDE SPONSOR KEEP
THE BAD GUYS OUT

USER REGISTRATION SLIDE SPONSOR GET
MORE INFORMATION

DEFAULT OPTION
LITTLE DATA GATHERED

USE EXTENSIONS GET MORE DATA
BUT COMPLEX

USER PROFILE
POWERFUL PLUGIN BUILT-IN

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR ADD
THE FIELDS YOU WANT

USER APPROVAL SLIDE SPONSOR GET
RID OF THOSE SPAMMERS

NEW OPTION ACCOUNT ACTIVATED BY
ADMINS

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR DECIDE
WHO GETS ACCOUNTS

ANYONE CAN USE IT SLIDE
SPONSOR IF THEY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS

SELECT LANGUAGE
CUSTOMISE THE STRINGS

TERMS ARE CONFUSING WHAT ARE
COMPONENTS?

BACKEND EXAMPLE USE THE TERMS
YOUR USERS KNOW

UPGRADE JOOMLA WITH JUST ONE
CLICK

WHAT HAPPENED? OH NO! THE
EDITS HAVE ALL GONE

JOOMLA DID IT! LANGUAGE STRINGS
WERE UPDATED

BACK END /administrator/languages/overrides/en-GB.override.ini FRONT END
/languages/overrides/en-GB.override.ini SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR OVERRIDE DON’T CHANGE

GREAT CONTENT IT’S MORE THAN
JUST WORDS

TOO MANY WORDS WE READ
LESS TEXT ONLINE

EASIER TO READ SPLIT INTO
MANY PAGES

HIDE EXTRA WORDS
USING SLIDES

GROUP CONTENT
USING TABS

ALL IN ONE PLUGIN CONTENT
PAGEBREAK

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR BREAK
UP LONG CONTENT

TAGGING CONTENT SLIDE SPONSOR CONTENT
ACROSS CATEGORIES

NEW MENU LINK LIST SEARCH
RESULTS

ENTER THE SEARCH THIS IS
LIKE A TAG

NOW YOU HAVE IT LINKS
TO CONTENT ACROSS THE SITE

FIND YOUR CONTENT IN NEW
AND IMPROVED WAYS

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR SAVED
SEARCH = TAGS (ALMOST)

COPY FROM WORD USE YOUR
EXISTING CONTENT

COPY FROM WORD SELECT ALL
AND COPY

LOOKS OK
BUT NOT PERFECT

OH NO!
WHAT’S ALL THAT?

TRY AGAIN SELECT ALL AND
COPY

THAT LOOKS BETTER WHAT ABOUT
THE SOURCE?

VALID HTML
NO MS ELEMENTS

WWW.JOOMLACONTENTEDITOR.NET SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR
JCE ENDS WORD FORMATTING WOES

MENU MAGIC SLIDE SPONSOR MENUS
SHOULD MAKE IT EASY

COMPLEX MENUS
A USABILITY NIGHTMARE

LOST & CONFUSED UP -
DOWN - UP - DOWN - UP - DOWN

CATEGORIES MENU
AUTOMATIC CATEGORIES MODULE

ARTICLES MENU
AUTOMATIC ARTICLES MODULE

AUTOMATIC MENUS USE THE BUILT
IN MODULES

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR KISS
- CONTENT AWARE MENUS

SITE DESIGN SLIDE SPONSOR IT’S
NOT JUST ABOUT THE COLOUR

CAN I HAVE IT IN
RED OR GREEN OR BLUE OR YELLOW

YES YOU CAN! IN RED
& GREEN & BLUE & YELLOW

■ Create a new directory
templates/my_new_template ■ Copy the contents of the original template directory to the my_new_template directory. ■ Go to the administrator/language/en-GB directory and copy en-GB.tpl_old_template.ini to en- GB.tpl_my_new_template.ini ■ Go to the language/en-GB directory and copy language/en-GB/en-GB.tpl_old_template.ini to en- GB.tpl_my_new_template.ini ■ Open the templateDetails.xml file in the my_new_template directory and change ALL references for the original template directory to the new directory my_new_template. THE OLD WAY NOT QUICK OR USER FRIENDLY

THE NEW WAY SELECT STYLE
YOU WANT TO COPY

DUPLICATE AND SET THE STYLE
OPTIONS

RINSE AND REPEAT ASSIGN THE
TEMPLATE STYLES AS NEEDED

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR DUPLICATE
DON’T COPY AND EDIT

ACL FOR DUMMIES SLIDE SPONSOR
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN ....

ACL FOR DUMMIES DOESN’T MEAN
YOU SHOULD!

IF YOU REALLY MUST THEN
IT CAN BE CONFUSING

GET ACL MANAGER SLIDE SPONSOR
VIEW IT ALL ON ONE SCREEN

WWW.ACLMANAGER.NET SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR
ACL MANAGER FOR JOOMLA

ACL FOR DUMMIES THERE ARE
SOME EASY OPTIONS

CREATING CONTENT IT’S SO EASY
ANYONE CAN DO IT

USERS ARE STUPID REDUCE THEIR
OPTIONS

CREATE A CATEGORY FOR ALL
INCOMING ARTICLES

CREATE A MENU JUST FOR
USERS WHO CAN SUBMIT

SET THE DEFAULT SO ALL
ARTICLES GO TO INCOMING

LET THEM WRITE YOU DECIDE
WHERE TO PUBLISH IT

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR KISS
- DON’T LET THEM THINK

ADMINISTRATION SLIDE SPONSOR WHAT ARE
ALL THOSE OPTIONS?

ADMIN TEMPLATES MORE THAN JUST
THE DEFAULT

CUSTOM LOOK CHOOSE THE COLOUR
& STYLE

CUSTOM MENU CHOOSE THE COMPONENTS
TO SHOW

KISS
OVERRIDE A COMPONENT LAYOUT

MANY STYLES
DUPLICATE THE TEMPLATE

ASSIGN TO USERS EACH USER
CAN HAVE THEIR OWN

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR ONLY
SHOW WHAT YOU NEED TO SEE

PROMOTE YOUR SITE SLIDE SPONSOR
CONNECT THE OFFLINE AND ONLINE

NESTED URLS TOO LONG TO
PRINT OR REMEMBER

CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOM URLS
FOR CAMPAIGNS

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOR USE
THE REDIRECT MANAGER

JOOMLA IS HARD SLIDE SPONSOR
WELL IT’S HARDER THAN ICE CREAM

THREE EASY STEPS TO LEARNING
JOOMLA

HTTP://DOCS.JOOMLA.ORG STEP 1 ONLINE DOCS
AND TUTORIALS

HTTP://FORUM.JOOMLA.ORG STEP 2 ASK FELLOW
USERS

STEP 3 GET YOURSELF A
GOOD BOOK

HTTP://JOOM.LA/JOOMLAEXPLAINED HTTP://COCOATE.COM/JOOMLA SECRET REVEALED RTFM
- READ THE FINE MANUALS

BIGGEST SECRET WHAT COULD IT
BE?

OPEN SOURCE MATTERS? WHO PROVIDE
LEGAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP? WHO MANAGE THE
SITES & INFRASTRUCTURE

THE CODE? JOOMLA WOULDN’T EXIST
WITHOUT THE CODE

IT’S YOU! YOU ARE JOOMLA’S
BIGGEST SECRET

SECRET REVEALED IT’S YOU THE
WORLDWIDE JOOMLA! COMMUNITY

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