The Hidden Joomla Secrets inside Joomla 1.7. You may think you know everything there is to know about Joomla but you don't until you watch this. I guarantee there will be at least one thing that's new to you

1. HIDDEN JOOMLA SECRETS
BRIAN TEEMAN NOV 2011

2. USER MANAGEMENT
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KEEP THE BAD GUYS OUT

3. USER REGISTRATION
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GET MORE INFORMATION

4. DEFAULT OPTION
LITTLE DATA GATHERED

5. USE EXTENSIONS
GET MORE DATA BUT COMPLEX

6. USER PROFILE
POWERFUL PLUGIN BUILT-IN

7. SECRET REVEALED
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ADD THE FIELDS YOU WANT

8. USER APPROVAL
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GET RID OF THOSE SPAMMERS

9. NEW OPTION
ACCOUNT ACTIVATED BY ADMINS

10. SECRET REVEALED
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DECIDE WHO GETS ACCOUNTS

11. ANYONE CAN USE IT
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IF THEY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS

12. SELECT LANGUAGE
CUSTOMISE THE STRINGS

13. TERMS ARE CONFUSING
WHAT ARE COMPONENTS?

14. BACKEND EXAMPLE
USE THE TERMS YOUR USERS KNOW

15. UPGRADE JOOMLA
WITH JUST ONE CLICK

16. WHAT HAPPENED?
OH NO! THE EDITS HAVE ALL GONE

17. JOOMLA DID IT!
LANGUAGE STRINGS WERE UPDATED

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

19. GREAT CONTENT
IT’S MORE THAN JUST WORDS

20. TOO MANY WORDS
WE READ LESS TEXT ONLINE

21. EASIER TO READ
SPLIT INTO MANY PAGES

22. HIDE EXTRA WORDS
USING SLIDES

23. GROUP CONTENT
USING TABS

24. ALL IN ONE PLUGIN
CONTENT PAGEBREAK

25. SECRET REVEALED
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BREAK UP LONG CONTENT

26. TAGGING CONTENT
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CONTENT ACROSS CATEGORIES

27. NEW MENU LINK
LIST SEARCH RESULTS

28. ENTER THE SEARCH
THIS IS LIKE A TAG

29. NOW YOU HAVE IT
LINKS TO CONTENT ACROSS THE SITE

30. FIND YOUR CONTENT
IN NEW AND IMPROVED WAYS

31. SECRET REVEALED
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SAVED SEARCH = TAGS (ALMOST)

32. COPY FROM WORD
USE YOUR EXISTING CONTENT

33. COPY FROM WORD
SELECT ALL AND COPY

34. LOOKS OK
BUT NOT PERFECT

35. OH NO!
WHAT’S ALL THAT?

36. TRY AGAIN
SELECT ALL AND COPY

37. THAT LOOKS BETTER
WHAT ABOUT THE SOURCE?

38. VALID HTML
NO MS ELEMENTS

39. WWW.JOOMLACONTENTEDITOR.NET
SECRET REVEALED
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JCE ENDS WORD FORMATTING WOES

40. MENU MAGIC
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MENUS SHOULD MAKE IT EASY

41. COMPLEX MENUS
A USABILITY NIGHTMARE

42. LOST & CONFUSED
UP - DOWN - UP - DOWN - UP - DOWN

43. CATEGORIES MENU
AUTOMATIC CATEGORIES MODULE

44. ARTICLES MENU
AUTOMATIC ARTICLES MODULE

45. AUTOMATIC MENUS
USE THE BUILT IN MODULES

46. SECRET REVEALED
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KISS - CONTENT AWARE MENUS

47. SITE DESIGN
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IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE COLOUR

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

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

50. ■ 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

51. THE NEW WAY
SELECT STYLE YOU WANT TO COPY

52. DUPLICATE
AND SET THE STYLE OPTIONS

53. RINSE AND REPEAT
ASSIGN THE TEMPLATE STYLES AS NEEDED

54. SECRET REVEALED
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DUPLICATE DON’T COPY AND EDIT

55. ACL FOR DUMMIES
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JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN ....

56. ACL FOR DUMMIES
DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULD!

57. IF YOU REALLY MUST
THEN IT CAN BE CONFUSING

58. GET ACL MANAGER
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VIEW IT ALL ON ONE SCREEN

59. WWW.ACLMANAGER.NET
SECRET REVEALED
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ACL MANAGER FOR JOOMLA

60. ACL FOR DUMMIES
THERE ARE SOME EASY OPTIONS

61. CREATING CONTENT
IT’S SO EASY ANYONE CAN DO IT

62. USERS ARE STUPID
REDUCE THEIR OPTIONS

63. CREATE A CATEGORY
FOR ALL INCOMING ARTICLES

64. CREATE A MENU
JUST FOR USERS WHO CAN SUBMIT

65. SET THE DEFAULT
SO ALL ARTICLES GO TO INCOMING

66. LET THEM WRITE
YOU DECIDE WHERE TO PUBLISH IT

67. SECRET REVEALED
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KISS - DON’T LET THEM THINK

68. ADMINISTRATION
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WHAT ARE ALL THOSE OPTIONS?

69. ADMIN TEMPLATES
MORE THAN JUST THE DEFAULT

70. CUSTOM LOOK
CHOOSE THE COLOUR & STYLE

71. CUSTOM MENU
CHOOSE THE COMPONENTS TO SHOW

72. KISS
OVERRIDE A COMPONENT LAYOUT

73. MANY STYLES
DUPLICATE THE TEMPLATE

74. ASSIGN TO USERS
EACH USER CAN HAVE THEIR OWN

75. SECRET REVEALED
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ONLY SHOW WHAT YOU NEED TO SEE

76. PROMOTE YOUR SITE
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CONNECT THE OFFLINE AND ONLINE

77. NESTED URLS
TOO LONG TO PRINT OR REMEMBER

78. CREATE YOUR OWN
CUSTOM URLS FOR CAMPAIGNS

79. SECRET REVEALED
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USE THE REDIRECT MANAGER

80. JOOMLA IS HARD
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WELL IT’S HARDER THAN ICE CREAM

81. THREE EASY STEPS
TO LEARNING JOOMLA

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

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

84. STEP 3
GET YOURSELF A GOOD BOOK

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

86. BIGGEST SECRET
WHAT COULD IT BE?

87. OPEN SOURCE MATTERS?
WHO PROVIDE LEGAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT

88. COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP?
WHO MANAGE THE SITES & INFRASTRUCTURE

89. THE CODE?
JOOMLA WOULDN’T EXIST WITHOUT THE CODE

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

91. SECRET REVEALED
IT’S YOU THE WORLDWIDE JOOMLA! COMMUNITY

92. HTTP://BRIAN.TEEMAN.NET
HTTP://HIDDENJOOMLASECRETS.COM