Joomla! has seen some great advances in the CMS as the project's contributors continue to innovate and bring in cutting edge features. we'll take a look at the accomplishes of Joomla and what the future of Joomla 4 will bring.
Joomla Tutorial: Joomla 2.5 a first lookTim Plummer
This presentation gives an overview of what new features have been added to Joomla 2.5, how to upgrade, and potential problems to avoid. It was presented by Tim Plummer to the Sydney Joomla User Group on 14th February 2012.
If you like this presentation, please share it with your friends and colleagues. Follow Tim Plummer on twitter @bfsurvey.
In this beginner presentation on the topic, I would cover a quick introduction of content management system with focus on PHP based content management system “Joomla”. Joomla is considered as dynamic portal engine and content management system, and allows you to develop variety of systems from website, ecommerce store to a complex social network with the help of pre-built features i.e. caching, content management, web services, templates, and more.
Joomla! has seen some great advances in the CMS as the project's contributors continue to innovate and bring in cutting edge features. we'll take a look at the accomplishes of Joomla and what the future of Joomla 4 will bring.
Joomla Tutorial: Joomla 2.5 a first lookTim Plummer
This presentation gives an overview of what new features have been added to Joomla 2.5, how to upgrade, and potential problems to avoid. It was presented by Tim Plummer to the Sydney Joomla User Group on 14th February 2012.
If you like this presentation, please share it with your friends and colleagues. Follow Tim Plummer on twitter @bfsurvey.
In this beginner presentation on the topic, I would cover a quick introduction of content management system with focus on PHP based content management system “Joomla”. Joomla is considered as dynamic portal engine and content management system, and allows you to develop variety of systems from website, ecommerce store to a complex social network with the help of pre-built features i.e. caching, content management, web services, templates, and more.
Step by step basics of setting up a custom template for Joomla! 3 CMS for beginners, following along with the Joomla! Docs - Creating a basic Joomla! template tutorial.
Template is based on a typical two-column website layout.
Develop Basic joomla! MVC component for version 3Gunjan Patel
Develop Basic Joomla! Component in easy steps. Step by step information to develop joomla component.
Joomla! User Network Ahmedabad organizing a 2 days Joomla! workshop for students to teach joomla development. In this workshop we are going to teach joomla component, module and plugin development. This event will be organized at School of Computer Studies, Ahmedabad University in association with AESICS-CSI Student Branch. Event organized by School of Computer Studies, Ahmedabad University and Joomla User Network Ahmedabad Team. For more details visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/jugAhmedabad
http://bit.ly/joomlaWorkshop
Joomla a OpenSource Content Management System. We can easily build any kind of Web Site using Joomla CMS. For questions please visit my site and mail me www.radiustheme.com
Learn how to configure JSN Gruve- a responsive Joomla template. To see the Demo of JSN Gruve: http://demo.joomlashine.com/joomla-templates/jsn-gruve
To stay on top of Joomla tutorials from JoomlaShine, just:
- Like our fan pages on FB: http://www.facebook.com/joomlashine
- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/joomlashine
Learn how to configure JSN Boot - the Christmas Joomla template. To see the Demo of JSN Boot: http://demo.joomlashine.com/joomla-templates/jsn-boot
To stay on top of Joomla tutorials from JoomlaShine, just:
- Like our fan pages on FB: http://www.facebook.com/joomlashine
- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/joomlashine
Step by step basics of setting up a custom template for Joomla! 3 CMS for beginners, following along with the Joomla! Docs - Creating a basic Joomla! template tutorial.
Template is based on a typical two-column website layout.
Develop Basic joomla! MVC component for version 3Gunjan Patel
Develop Basic Joomla! Component in easy steps. Step by step information to develop joomla component.
Joomla! User Network Ahmedabad organizing a 2 days Joomla! workshop for students to teach joomla development. In this workshop we are going to teach joomla component, module and plugin development. This event will be organized at School of Computer Studies, Ahmedabad University in association with AESICS-CSI Student Branch. Event organized by School of Computer Studies, Ahmedabad University and Joomla User Network Ahmedabad Team. For more details visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/jugAhmedabad
http://bit.ly/joomlaWorkshop
Joomla a OpenSource Content Management System. We can easily build any kind of Web Site using Joomla CMS. For questions please visit my site and mail me www.radiustheme.com
Learn how to configure JSN Gruve- a responsive Joomla template. To see the Demo of JSN Gruve: http://demo.joomlashine.com/joomla-templates/jsn-gruve
To stay on top of Joomla tutorials from JoomlaShine, just:
- Like our fan pages on FB: http://www.facebook.com/joomlashine
- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/joomlashine
Learn how to configure JSN Boot - the Christmas Joomla template. To see the Demo of JSN Boot: http://demo.joomlashine.com/joomla-templates/jsn-boot
To stay on top of Joomla tutorials from JoomlaShine, just:
- Like our fan pages on FB: http://www.facebook.com/joomlashine
- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/joomlashine
A dynamic website/web portal is the only way to prove that your company exists. Managing contents on a CMS enables site is a mouse click job. You may find many Professionals sharing their company news or facts through blogs or similar way helps them to attract traffic to their sites, thus pulling you to their websites to spend some where around 3 minutes at an average. Manage your contents with open source CMS.. JOOMLA... Because OPEN source matters..!!
How to Develop Your First Ever Joomla Template?damienwoods
Sometimes creating a template gives you the freedom of customizing it. You can position the header, footer and other aspects of the template as and where you want to. Follow these steps to create your template, and then change the positions of the different elements as per your need. Hire Joomla developer to give your template the aesthetic purview
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
2. Table of Contents
Table of Contents....................................................................................................................2
Introduction.............................................................................................................................3
XAMPP Setup.........................................................................................................................4
Download & Unzip Joomla!.....................................................................................................6
Joomla! Installation.................................................................................................................8
Sections, Categories, and Articles........................................................................................10
Users.....................................................................................................................................15
Web Links.............................................................................................................................18
News Feeds..........................................................................................................................19
Menu.....................................................................................................................................20
Home..............................................................................................................................................20
Categories.......................................................................................................................................22
Contact............................................................................................................................................25
Web Links.......................................................................................................................................28
News Feeds.....................................................................................................................................31
Search.............................................................................................................................................34
Modules................................................................................................................................37
Syndicate........................................................................................................................................37
Login...............................................................................................................................................39
Newsflash.......................................................................................................................................41
Breadcrumbs...................................................................................................................................44
Templates..............................................................................................................................46
Further Resources................................................................................................................49
3. Introduction
Introduction
Hello there! Today, we are going to walk you through setting up your first Joomla! website.
In this demonstration, you are going to help set up a website for a landscaping company.
In your meeting with the company's president, he described that he would like a section
dedicated to trees, another for bushes, and a final for grasses. He would like his own
section that will be dedicated to company reports and such. The front page will be
reserved for specific material. You also need a section for links, a search page, and a
page dedicated to news feeds relevant to landscaping. The public relations director also
requested that news feeds be made available for the front page.
In this guide, you will be setting up a website to meet these needs in no time at all!
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4. XAMPP Setup
XAMPP Setup
In order to set up Joomla! for this website, you first need to have a server installed on
which Joomla! can run. The easiest way to set up a server on your own computer is to use
XAMPP. If you are installing Joomla! on a web host, please check out the “Official Joomla
1.5 Installation Guide” at http://help.joomla.org. Do not install the sample content and skip
ahead to the “Sections, Categories, and Articles” chapter after your installation is complete.
Note: The following instructions are based on a Windows install. Other operating
systems will be similar but slightly different. Please refer to the XAMPP installation
manual for your operating system.
1. Download the XAMPP installer for your version of Windows from the XAMPP
website: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html.
2. After downloading XAMPP, run the setup and follow the given instructions. Installing
Apache and MySQL as services is recommended:
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5. XAMPP Setup
3. Once you have completed the installation, make sure that the installation was
successful by visiting http://localhost/. If you have been successful, you should see
the following screen:
4. Congratulations, XAMPP is now correctly installed; now let us go get Joomla! setup!
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6. Download & Unzip Joomla!
Download & Unzip Joomla!
Now that you are done setting up the server, it is time to download and unzip Joomla!.
1. First, we need to make a folder for Joomla!. Open the folder that you installed
XAMPP into – usually C:XAMPP or C:Program FilesXAMPP on Windows.
2. Open up the folder “htdocs:”
3. Create a new folder in “htdocs” titled “joomla15.”
4. Now we need to download the latest copy of Joomla! 1.5 from the net. Go to http://
www.joomla.org and scroll down the left hand side to find “Download Latest” and
click on “1.5” to open the download page:
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7. Download & Unzip Joomla!
5. Then choose the file with the “.zip” ending:
6. After completing the download, use your favorite program to unzip the files into the
“joomla15” directory that we created:
Great! Now we are ready to setup Joomla!.
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8. Joomla! Installation
Joomla! Installation
Installing Joomla! is a simple thing.
1. First, go to http://localhost/joomla15.
2. Select your language on step 1 and press “Next” at the top.
3. Make sure that there are no red items on step 2 (if you set up with XAMPP, you
should already be fine) and press “Next” to proceed.
4. Read over the license in step 3 and press “Next.”
5. On the “Database Configuration” page, enter the following details, then press “Next:”
6. Skip over step 5 and press “Next” to proceed to step 6.
7. Enter the site name “Landscape Smart!”, then the e-mail address and admin
password of your choice. NOTE: DO NOT PRESS “Install Sample Data!”
8. Press “Next” to complete the installation.
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9. Joomla! Installation
9. IMPORTANT: Open up the location where you unzipped Joomla! (usually
C:XAMPPhtdocsjoomla15 or C:Program FilesXAMPPhtdocsjoomla15) and
delete the “installation” directory:
10. Return back to the installer and click on “Site.”
If you completed the install successfully, you should now see a blank page ready for all
your Joomla! content!
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10. Sections, Categories, and Articles
Sections, Categories, and Articles
One of the most important parts of a website is the content. Now that we have a blank site
setup, let us get some articles on the site! Articles are sorted in two ways: sections and
categories. Sections can contain numerous categories, and categories can contain
numerous articles.
1. To add a section to your website, go to http://localhost/joomla15/administrator and
log in with the username “admin” and the password you specified during the
installation.
2. To begin managing sections, click on section manager:
3. Click on “New” on the Joomla! toolbar.
4. Insert a title and description for the section and then press “Save” on the toolbar.
5. Create as many sections as you need. Use sections to group generally similar
items together into groups. For our landscaping site, add a section for “Corporate”
and a section for “Products.”
6. Click on “Content” on the menu and select “Category Manager” when you are done
with sections.
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11. Sections, Categories, and Articles
7. Follow the same steps to create categories, assigning each to one of the sections
created above. Use categories for more specific groupings. For the “Products”
section, create a category for “Trees,” “Bushes,” and one for “Grasses.” Under
“Corporate,” create a “President” category:
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12. Sections, Categories, and Articles
8. Finally, we need to create some articles. Click on “Content,” then “Article Manager,”
and select “New” from the toolbar.
9. This is the article screen. There are a lot of different things you can do here:
○ Add a title for the article, and put it into a section and category.
○ You have the option to publish or un-publish your article, as well as the choice
whether to display the article on the front page.
○ The large box is for the article's contents.
■ You can use the “page break” button to divide the article into pages.
■ You can use the “read more” to divide the article into the section to display in
a summary view and full view.
■ You can use the “image” button to insert an image into your article using the
simple upload form in combination with Joomla!'s media manager.
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13. Sections, Categories, and Articles
10. For the landscaping website, create five different articles in each of our categories.
Use the “read more” button to divide each article into introductory information and
then full content. From each category, choose two items to display on the front page
using the “Front Page” toggle switch:
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14. Sections, Categories, and Articles
11. When you are done typing each article, click “Save” to save it and return to the article
manager, or “Apply” to save it and continue editing. If you selected “yes” for “Front
Page,” then your article will show up on the home page: http://localhost/joomla15/:
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15. Users
Users
Next, the company president as well as the public relations director and product manager
are all going to need to be able to edit the website, so we need to create logins for them.
1. First, go to http://localhost/joomla15/administrator and log in with the username
“admin” and the password you specified during the installation. If you are already
logged in, go to the “Site” menu and select “Control Panel.”
2. Click on “User Manager:”
3. Click on “New” from the Joomla! toolbar.
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16. Users
4. Enter details for each user you wish to create. Give both the president and public
relations director the group level “Administrator” so that they can make changes to
the site. Give the product manager the “Manager” group level so that he can add
products but not make changes to the website:
5. Press “Save” when you are done creating each user.
6. Next, we need to set up a way for visitors to the site to contact the president, PR
director, and product manager. From the “Components” menu, select “Contacts”
and then “Categories.”
7. Create a new category titled “Corporate” and press “Save.”
8. Click on the “Contacts” button and then press “New.”
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17. Users
9. Create four different contacts—one for the president, one for the PR director, one for
the product manager, and one for yourself: the web master. Be sure to include their
e-mail addresses and positions within the company. Place each user inside of the
“Corporate” category that we created earlier and link each contact to the user that
we created earlier:
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18. Web Links
Web Links
In your briefing from the President, he wanted a section for links to landscaping resources.
Let us go ahead and get that set up.
1. First, go to http://localhost/joomla15/administrator and log in with the username
“admin” and the password you specified during the installation. If you are already
logged in, you do not need to do this again.
2. From the “Components” menu, select “Web Links” and then “Categories.”
3. Press “New” and create a category for “Landscape Information,” then press “Save.”
4. Click on the “Links” button.
5. Click “New” to create a new link. Create links for information about landscaping
information. Press “Save” to save your link. Add a few links to the “Landscaping
Information” category. Web links are things such as:
http://www.joomla.org
http://www.google.com
http://www.deere.com
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19. News Feeds
News Feeds
The president also requested a section to display news feeds from other landscape sites.
1. First, go to http://localhost/joomla15/administrator and log in with the username
“admin” and the password you specified during the installation. If you are already
logged in, you do not need to do this again.
2. From the “Components” menu, select “News Feeds” and then “Categories.”
3. Press “New” and create a category for “Landscaping,” then press “Save.”
4. Click on the “Feeds” button.
5. Click on “New” to add a news feed. Search around the Internet to find a few RSS
feeds with landscaping information. Then name the feeds and add the URL of the
RSS feed in the “Link” box. Make sure each is in the “Landscaping” category and
choose the number of articles to display from this news feed. Some examples of
news feeds may be:
http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wp&Itemid=105&feed=rss2
http://consumer.einnews.com/rss/news/landscaping
6. Click “Save” when you are done to save the news feed. Add a few different news
feeds to the “Landscaping” category.
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20. Menu
Menu
A website will not do you much good unless there is a menu to help users navigate to
different pages. Joomla! has a built-in system for managing menus. This system is built
around the three types of information in Joomla!—components, modules, and plugins. If
Components are the main information in Joomla! and are driven by menus. If you look at
the front page of your site, you can see only the front page articles. The contact
information, web links, news feeds, and articles not published on the front page are not
visible. This is because each page displays one component at a time. Let us add the
components we have already configured to the site:
1. First, go to http://localhost/joomla15/administrator and log in with the username
“admin” and the password you specified during the installation. If you are already
logged in, you do not need to do this again.
2. From the “Menus” menu, select “Main Menu.”
Home
Already on the menu is the default “Home” link, which provides access to articles to which
you have enabled the “Front Page” option. You can click on “Home” to edit many of its
settings including the name of the home page as well as the number of articles that are
displayed.
3. Click on “Home” to configure the home page.
4. In the “Parameters - Basic” area, there are a number of different options you can
configure:
“# Leading” is the number of article intros to display on the front page with a
“read more” link to see the entire article. These articles will stretch the entire
width of the news box.
“# Intro” is the number of article intros to display on the front page with a “read
more” link to see the entire article. These articles will fill only the width of one
column, not the entire page.
“Columns” is the number of columns in which articles are display.
“# Links” is the number of articles to display only as links at the bottom of the
page.
5. In “Parameters – Advanced” make sure that “Show a Feed Link” is enabled. This
will make the front page accessible by an RSS news feed.
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21. Menu
6. In “Parameters – System,” enter a title for the page inside of the “Page Title” field.
This will display in the browser's header as well as in the header for that page in the
document. For this website, enter “Landscape Smart” to replace the “Welcome to
the Frontpage!” text:
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22. Menu
7. Click “Save” to finish setting up the home page. Go to http://localhost/joomla15 to
see the results of your changes:
Categories
Next, we need to create four links to the “Trees,” “Bushes,” “Grasses,” and “President”
categories that we created:
1. From the “Menus” menu, select “Main Menu.”
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23. Menu
2. Click on “New,” select “Articles” and then “Category Blog Layout.”
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3. Under “Parameters – Basic” select one of the four categories we created. Name the
menu item accordingly. Adjust the settings similarly to the “Home” item and make
sure to include a feed link in “Parameters – Advanced.” Title the page in
“Parameters – System.” You also may want to change the “Primary Order” to “Title
– Alphabetical” in “Parameters - Advanced:”
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4. Click “Save” and check out the site for the results:
5. Repeat these steps for “Bushes,” “Grasses,” and “President.”
Contact
Next up, we need to add a link to the “Contact Us” page:
1. From the “Menus” menu, select “Main Menu.”
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2. Select “New,” then click “Contacts” followed by “Contact Category Layout:”
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3. Name the page “Contact Us” and select “Corporate” for the category. There is no
need for a news feed from this page, so disable that option. Under “Parameters –
System,” make sure to name the page “Contact Us:”
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4. Click “Save” and check out the site for the results:
Web Links
Our next component is “Web Links:”
1. From the “Menus” menu, select “Main Menu.”
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2. Click on “New,” select “Web Links” and then “Category List Layout:”
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3. Name the page “Web Links” and select “Landscape Information” for the category.
There is no need for a news feed from this page, so disable that option. Under
“Parameters – System,” make sure to name the page “Web Links:”
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4. Click “Save” and check out the site for the results:
News Feeds
The next menu item we need to add is “News Feeds:”
1. From the “Menus” menu, select “Main Menu.”
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2. Click on “New,” select “News Feeds” followed by “Category Layout:”
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3. Name the page “Landscaping Feeds” and select “Landscaping” for the category.
Under “Parameters – System,” make sure to name the page “Landscaping Feeds:”
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4. Click “Save” and check out the site for the results:
Search
The last menu item we need to create is the “Search” page:
1. From the “Menus” menu, select “Main Menu.”
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2. Click on “New,” select “Search” and then “Search:”
3. Name the page “Search.” Under “Parameters – System,” make sure to name the
page “Search:”
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4. Click “Save” and check out the site for the results:
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37. Modules
Modules
The next type of content in Joomla! are modules. Modules are sections that lie in pre-
defined boxes along each page around the main content. These boxes may be such
things as “left,” “right,” or “footer.” The menu displayed on the front page is one example of
a module. For this website, let us add a few helpful modules:
1. First, go to http://localhost/joomla15/administrator and log in with the username
“admin” and the password you specified during the installation. If you are already
logged in, you do not need to do this again.
2. From the “Extensions” menu, select “Module Manager.”
Syndicate
This is the module manager page. From here, you can manage which modules display on
each page. First off, let us add a module to show the RSS feed that we created for the
front page:
3. Click on “New,” then select “Syndicate” and click “Next:”
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4. Type a name for the syndicate box. Select a position to display your syndicate
module in: usually “left” or “right.” For this module, the default template has a
special “syndicate” section. These sections are defined in the template, which we
will get to next. Under menu assignments, choose “Select Menu Item(s) from the
List” in order to pick the pages on which the syndicate module will be available:
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5. Click “Save” and check out the site for the results:
Login
Great! Now, let us add a login box so that the users we set up earlier can easily access the
site.
1. From the “Extensions” menu, select “Module Manager.”
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2. Click on “New,” then select “Login” and click “Next:”
3. Configure this module with the name “Login” and choose the “left” position. This will
display the module immediately below the menu. We do want this module to appear
on all pages, so there is no need to change these settings:
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4. Click “Save” and check out the site for the results:
Newsflash
For another module, let us add a “Newsflash” module. This module displays a random
article from a specific category. For this demonstration, the “Newsflash” module will display
news from the president:
1. From the “Extensions” menu, select “Module Manager.”
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2. Click on “New,” then select “Newsflash” and click “Next:”
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3. Name the module “Latest News” and choose the “Top” position in order to display
this next to the logo. Choose the “President” category to display updates from the
president in this module. Make the title linkable so that the reader can view the full
article after clicking on the title and mark “Yes” in “Article Title” to show the title of the
article:
4. Click “Save” and check out the site for the results:
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Breadcrumbs
Let us add one final module, the “Breadcrumbs” module. This module helps users
navigate the site.
1. From the “Extensions” menu, select “Module Manager.”
2. Click on “New,” then select “Breadcrumbs” and click “Next:”
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3. Name the module “Breadcrumbs” but disable the title in the “Show Title” setting.
Leave the rest of the settings the same:
4. Click “Save” and check out the site for the results. Navigate around to different
pages to see how the breadcrumbs change:
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46. Templates
Templates
Templates allow you to define the look and feel of your Joomla! website. Joomla! ships
with two default templates, but many more can be found at Joomla.org.
1. First, go to http://localhost/joomla15/administrator and log in with the username
“admin” and the password you specified during the installation. If you are already
logged in, you do not need to do this again.
2. From the “Extensions” menu, select “Template Manager.”
The template selected with the star is the current template. To change to a different
template, select the template you wish to use and click on “Default.” For the landscaping
website, the “rhuk_milkyway” template will fit well:
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3. Click on “rhuk_milkyway” in order to edit some of the settings for the template.
Because this is a landscaping website, let us change the color scheme to green:
4. Take a look to see how the look and feel of the site has changed:
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5. Next, on the edit page, click on “Edit HTML” in order to adjust the template itself.
6. Remember when we put modules in? Each module was placed into a specific
section. These sections are defined in the template. For example, the “top” position
is defined by this code: <jdoc:include type=quot;modulesquot; name=quot;topquot; />.
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49. Further Resources
Further Resources
With all of this completed, and only a short amount of work with Joomla!, you have a
professional looking web page that meets all of the requirements from the company. In no
time at all, you will be getting a nice big pay check for doing just a few hours of work on the
website! Chances are, you are going to want to go further and do more with Joomla!.
Check out some of these resources to help you further your Joomla! experience:
● http://forum.joomla.org – Sign up for the forums, search, and ask questions, even
helping others if you are able!
● http://help.joomla.org – Find more documentation and training information.
● http://extensions.joomla.org – Find lots of very cool extensions to further enhance
your Joomla! websites.
● http://www.joomla.org – Find a way to give something back to the community!
Enjoy!
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