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Joomla Tutorial – Joomla Users

October 18, 2011 webadmin2011 No comments

In this lesson we are going to learn what the different classifications of users in Joomla are.

In Joomla there are two classifications of user groups:

Back-end user groups consist of Manager, Administrator, and Super Administrator. Back-end users can create, edit and update content in your site by logging into the administration control panel of your Joomla site.

Managers: they have the privilege to access the content in the Backend. They can manage articles, sections and categories but they do not have access to user management and other components of Joomla like installing a component or modules.
Administrator: they have access to most of the functions of Joomla except that they can’t modify the site template and global configuration. They can manage users except for the Super Administrator.
Super Administrator: all of the functions in Joomla are given to this user group. Only another Super Administrator can modify a Super Administrator user account

Joomla Tutorial – Creating Articles

October 14, 2011 webadmin2011 No comments

Joomla Tutorial – Creating Article

In this lesson we are going to learn how to create an Article in Joomla.

Here are the steps in creating an Article in Joomla:

1. Login first in the backend site of Joomla or the Administration site (http://localhost/joomla/administrator).

2. You will be prompted to enter the username and password. Enter the valid username and password and click the login button.

Joomla Tutorial – Creating Categories

October 12, 2011 webadmin2011 No comments

Joomla Tutorial - Creating Categories

In this lesson we are going to learn how to create a category in Joomla.

Categories in Joomla is a collection of Articles, these categories belongs to a specific section. You can think of a section as a cabinet, a category as a folder inside the cabinet and the articles are the papers inside a folder.

Here are the steps in creating a Section in Joomla:

1. Login first in the backend site of Joomla or the Administration site (http://localhost/joomla/administrator).

2. You will be prompted to enter the username and password. Enter the valid username and password and click the login button.

Joomla Tutorial – Creating Section

October 07, 2011 webadmin2011 No comments

Creating Section in Joomla

In this lesson we are going to learn how to create a Section in Joomla.

Section in Joomla is container in which you can manage your categories. You must first create a section in order for you to store a category. You can’t create a category if there is no section. You are free to create multiple sections in your Joomla site as many as you want, depending on how complex is your site.

Here are the steps in creating a Section in Joomla:

1. Login first in the backend site of Joomla or the Administration site (http://localhost/joomla/administrator).

Joomla Control Panel

October 06, 2011 webadmin2011 No comments

Joomla Control Panel

Joomla Control Panel is the main administration interface in the Back-end part of your Joomla site. It is the page displayed when a Manager, Administrator, or Super Administrator logs in to the Joomla’s Back-end site.

The Control Panel provides access to Administration panel that allows you to create, manage articles, sections, categories and other functions and features of Joomla.

The Frontend and Backend of Joomla

September 20, 2011 webadmin2011 No comments

Joomla Frontend and Backend

After you have successfully installed your Joomla site on your local computer, you actually have to sites and these are:

Site Frontend (the public site) – it is where your visitor see, interact and navigate with your website. You can access your Joomla Frontend site through http://yoursitename.com

Joomla Core Modules

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Joomla Core Modules

Joomla Modules are small blocks of content that can be displayed anywhere on your Joomla site.

Joomla module subcategories:

Content Modules

A content module allows the user to manage and display article and other information from the content component.

Example of Content Modules:

Latest Articles Module
Most Read Content
News Flash
Related Items Module
Archive Module
Article Categories Module
Articles Category Module

Joomla Core Components

September 15, 2011 webadmin2011 No comments

Joomla Components are the core element that adds functionality to your Joomla site. Joomla components add functionality and features to your Joomla site from simple guestbook component up to ecommerce component such as Virtuemart. Joomla core components include Content, Banners, Contact, News Feeds, Polls and Web Links. There are other 3^rdparty Joomla components developed by Joomla community members. There are lots of Joomla components out there, some of those are free and others are not depending on the developer of the component.

Installing Joomla on WAMP server

September 13, 2011 webadmin2011 No comments

How to install Joomla on WAMP server?

In this lesson we are going to learn how to install a Joomla site on a WAMP server.

Installing WAMP server

1. We have to setup first our WAMP server on our machine. Click this link http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php to download the latest version of wamp.

2. When the download is complete, Double click on the downloaded file and just follow the instructions. WAMP server includes the latest version of Apache, MySQL and PHP.

3. The default installation path of your WAMP server is located in c:\wamp

Introduction to Joomla Content Management System

September 10, 2011 webadmin2011 No comments

What is Joomla?

Joomla is an open source content management system used to create a website and other online applications. Joomla is considered as the most popular website software. Joomla! is written in PHP, stores data in a MySQL database. Joomla modules and components are used to customize your joomla site. There is a wide variety of modules and components available, including RSS feeds, polls, and language internationalization, which make it easy for Joomla users to develop/publish online application, even with minimal knowledge with programming and web design.