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Banner ads in Joomla

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How to manage banner ads from Joomla?

Joomla allows you to easily remove or change the banner ads that are part of the default installation, or add and manage new ones. That can be done through the Components menu - Manage Banners tab and from the expended menu select Manage banners.

How to remove banner ads?

In the banner list check the boxes in front of the two default banners and then click the Unpublish or the Delete icon at the top right...

Well done! You have just removed the banner successfully.

How to add banner ads?

In order to add a new banner, please click the "New" button and fill in the required info. Please, use the "Upload" button to add new banner image.

How to manage clients?

You can also add or remove clients from the Components menu - Manage Clients tab, just below the Manage Banners one.

Joomla Languages

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When you enter the administration panel, you will first see the index page with all management options.

If you'd like to add a new language pack to your Joomla installation, please, visit the Joomla Extentions - Languages page and download the language pack of your choice. Then, please go to the Installers menu and select Languages.

Press the [Browse] button to locate the installation pack for your language...

...and then select the [Upload File & Install].

Wait for the confirmation and press the Continue.. link. From the listed languages select the new one and then click the [Publish] icon.

Now you have successfully installed a new language pack on your Joomla system.

Next we will set it as default. For this purpose please go to Joomla's admin panel: Global Configuration -> Site, the Locale tab. In the Language option choose the newly installed one and this will automatically set it as default for your site.

Well done! You have successfully changed the language the default language of your Joomla!

How to use Joomla Media Manager?

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In order to fully utilize the multimedia capabilities of Joomla, you can start using the Media Manager utility. You can find that in the SiteDirectory drop-down menu.

Under the file and folder list, you will be able to see three input boxes:

[Upload] allows you to select file and upload it to the image library (using the [Browse] button and then clicking the [Upload] icon in the top right corner).

The Code box displays the HTML code that allows you to link to the image from the library you have clicked on.

Through the Create Directory box you can create a new folder to which you are able to upload files. Type in the name of the directory and then click the Create icon at the top right corner menu.

In order to be able to upload to a certain directory, please click the folder image, under which the specific name appears:

the page will be refreshed and you will be able to upload directly to the respective folder.

If you'd like to delete a file or an empty folder, you can click the Trash can image below the item you wish to delete. You will be prompted to confirm deletion.

Joomla Extensions

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Installing components, modules or mambots on Joomla is not a hard task. Most of Joomla extensions come along with installation insctructions. However, it is always adviseable to backup your current installation prior importing additional functionality.

Once the backup is complete you can proceed with the desired installation.

First, you need to download the desired component, module or mambot to your local computer. Generally they come as archives with the appropriate prefix according to their functionality: com_ - for component, mod_ - for module and mos or bot added in the file name for a mambot.

Once you have downloaded the file, please login to your Joomla administrator backend and click on the Installers menu from the main menu.

Now, please select the appropriate choice for the installation (component, module or mambot) and click the [Browse...] button, find the extension file you have downloaded and click [Upload File and Install]. If all is fine, you will be redirected to a screen stating Upload component - Success.

That is it. You can now use the newly installed addon. You will be able to see it in the corresponding menu in your admin backend - Components, Modules or Mambots.

Joomla Administration - Global Configuration

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Site, Locale, Content

Now we can proceed to tuning your Joomla, including changing the default language. In your administrator's panel visit Site - > Global Configuration.

In the first Site tab you can:

make your website unavailable to the public while it is still in development
change the offline message;
choose a Site Name (Company Name) for your website - that would be the tag of your website;
change the default HTML editor, and
the number of items in each list.

The Locale tab allows you to:

specify locale different from the default one;
change the TimeZone settings. Siteground's servers are set in CDT (Central Daylight Time) and you might wish to adjust it to yours.
select the language that the site will display - it can be picked up amongst the ones already installed and published language packs on your Joomla system.

In the Content tab you can choose whether to display the printer-friendly version link in your content.

For those of the options that sound unfamiliar to you, additional information can be obtained when hovering with the mouse pointer over the blue 'i' circle at the end of each row.

If you have to change the database setting, you can do this in the Database tab. The server, database name, user and password can be edited from that tab.

How to install Joomla with Fantastico

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In order to install Joomla with Fantastico, please log into your cPanel and click on the blue smiley icon () at the bottom of the page.

Please, select ‘Joomla’ from the menu list on the left-hand side

and click on New Installation.

You will be presented with a form that asks for all necessary information about your future Joomla website.

Form explanation:

Install in Directory - this determines the address where your Joomla installation will be accessible at. If you want to use Joomla for your home page, just leave this field blank.
Admin access data - the username and password for accessing the administration panel of your Joomla installation.
Base Configuration Admin e-mail - your e-mail address
Admin full name - your full name
Site Name - the name of your website that will be displayed on the front page

Once you have filled in the form, please proceed by clicking on the "Install Joomla" button. You will be asked to confirm the installation on the next page. Finally, you get a page that informs you of a successful installation. You should bookmark the address of the administrator panel (yourdomain.com/administrator), and note your login credentials.

Well done! You are now ready to log in and start building your website!

How to install and change Joomla Templates?

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Installing a template on Joomla is an easy task. The first thing you have to do is to find the template of your choice and download it. The template file is a zip archive (a.k.a. package file) containing everything needed for its installation. To install it, please, log in to your Joomla administrator panel and go to Installers -> Templates – Site.

Click on the [Browse...] button, select the .zip file of the template you downloaded and click on [Upload file & Install]

The upload should complete in few seconds. Then click on Continiue...

You are now taken to the Template Manager section of the Joomla administration panel. We assume you'd like to have the newly installed template set as default for your site. To make this happen select the radio button just in front of its name and click on the [Default] button, at the top bar of the page.

Your site now uses the newly installed template. Go to your site and enjoy it :)

Community Builder

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Community Builder suite (CB) extends the Joomla! user management system. Key features: extra fields in profile, enhanced registration workflows, user lists, connection paths between users, admin defined tabs and user profiles, image upload, front-end workflow management, integration with other components, like PMS, Newsletter, Forum, Galleries. Over 165 extensions for CB are listed here. New release 1.2 is compatible with all Joomla! 1.5 native, Joomla! 1.0.x native and Mambo 4.5.2-4.6.5. New CB version 1.2 Stable brings multi-criteria user searches, full field controls of core fields, ajax email and username checkers, new lost username/password form, image and integer fields, custom validations and many more features and fixes. CB 1.2 Stable has been released after a long RC cycle. CB 1.2 Stable is open-source and free. Please see announcement on our homepage.

Download: click here

Insertcode plugin for JCE Extension Specific Addon

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Adds Maxime Lardenois' insertcode plugin to JCE, allowing much better handling of code snippets within the WYSIWYG editor. If you are familiar with the CoderMCE plugin posted elsewhere on this site -- this is it, repackaged as a JCE plugin. Did it for my own use (in production now) and thought I'd give a little back to the community.

Download: click here