It's quite simple to make people register on your Joomla site before they can use the 'read more' links to view the full text of your articles. This guide explains how to set it up.
Page 1 How to Use Joomla!'s Register to Read More Function This tutorial will guide you in the process of creating an article using Joomla! 1.5 and setting it up in a way so that only part of the article shows, and then further reading of the article would require the user registering on your site and then logging in. So, let’s begin. Note: This document will begin with instructing readers with detailed instructions on creating sections, categories, articles (content), and menu items. Advanced Joomla! users should skip to Step 4. (Page 4) Log into Joomla!’s Administrative Back End: Log into the back end using your user details. (Figure 1) Create a Section: Navigate to the Content menu. In the drop down list a menu item named Section Manager will appear. Click it. (Figure 2)
Using the Media Manager for File Downloads A. Introduction You might be wondering, “How can I offer files to download off of my website?” With Joomla!, it is possible to do this using an included feature called Media Manager. Files might include PDFs, word documents, or just pictures. The nice part about storing your documents and files through the Media Manager is that Joomla! takes care of uploading everything for you. This means that if you want to insert an image or a file link into one of your content pages, it doesn't require as much work as using FTP (file transfer protocol) to put the files on your web server. B. Joomla! Configuration First off, you have to make sure that your Joomla! website is setup so that it can accept the files that you want to upload. 1. Go to your Administrator page and log in. Then go to the menu bar, select 'Site' and then press 'Global Configuration' from the list. Caution: You might ask why there needs to be such settings. The main reason is so that unwanted files are not uploaded to your site which might be dangerous. 2. Click on the 'System' tab. Then find the area titled 'Media Settings'. This is where all of the Media Manager settings are held.
Creating an Image Gallery in Joomla! 1.5 Sharif Oerton This document will guide you, stepbystep, in creating an image gallery with Joomla!. Requirements: A Joomla! v 1.5 installation and images needed for a gallery. Hint: You can use the images already in the Media Manager to practice. 1. In the “Media Manager” section, upload the images that you wish to place in the gallery. 2. Create a new page from the administration control panel with the “Add New Content” button. Add the desired text and a page title. Place your mouse at the location where you want to place the Image Gallery. 3. Click the “Image” button beneath the article and select the desired image. ● The “Image Title” value displays when the cursor hovers over the image. ● The “Image Description” displays for web browsers without image support. ● Use the “Caption” checkbox to display a caption, ● When complete, click the Insert button and your image will be placed into your article. 4. Once in your article, you can resize the image by “grabbing” its corner and carefully changing the size proportionally. Repeat previous steps This document is available under the terms of the Joomla! Electronic Documentation License.
Page 1 Using The Joomla! Contact Component as a Business Directory Note: This tutorial assumes that you have administrative access when logging into the Joomla! back end. Log Into Joomla!'s back end: Go to your Joomla! website and log into the back end by typing in your user details. (Figure 1) Create a New Category in the Contacts Component: In Joomla!'s back end menu, go to the components menu. In the list of sub menu's that drop down you will see the contacts manager. The contacts manager also has sub menus that pop out to the right. Select the categories menu. (Figure 2) Click new to create a new contacts category. (Figure 3)
Using Joomla! Newsflash To Display Random Text! The Newsflash module is a extremely handy feature. It allows you to add things such as Jokes, Quotes, or Testimonials to your web page. The text can be chosen at random, and aligned in any way you want. And it can be done in four easy steps. We are already assuming you have a working copy of Joomla! Installed, that you have administrative access, and are using the default milky way template. Step 1: Creating a Category 1. From the friendly administrative panel, go tho the menu select content and click on category manager. 2. At the category manager page select “New” from the manager panel. 3. From there you will come up with a editor page. For this tutorial we will be creating a Joke Newsflash using jokes found on Wikipedia. So I have named the category “Funniest Joke Newsflash” and added the description of what the newsflash does. For the section I just used the default for my pages. You can use the default or create a new one it is your choice. 4. Select Save from the menu and you are done! This is published under the Joomla! Electronic Documentation License.
What is a component? Definition: "Components are Joomla!'s content elements or applications that are usually displayed in the center of the main content area of a template. This depends on the design of the template in use. Components are core elements of Joomla!'s functionality. These core elements include Banners, Contact, News Feeds, Polls and Web Links. Members of the Joomla! community produce third party Joomla! components on a continuous basis." Banner Component Banners are a very popular way of advertising. Joomla! has banner placement and organizational capabilities as a basic feature. This component is designed so that the webmaster can easily manipulate with banner exchange. The webmaster has information on the number of clicks on the banner, and can also set certain banner categories as well as give authorization to the clients he/she chooses. First we must configuring banner component. In the backend Administrator, select the Components-Banner menu option, and you will notice three sub-menus: Banners, Clients and Categories. How to use the banners component and modules featuring parts of a website
Joomla 1.5 comes with an excellent SEF (search engine friendly) URL extension, out of the box. If your server supports it, it's a must have. See more details below.
Joomla! v 1.5 Search Engine Friendly URLs (SEF URLs) A. What are SEF URLs? SEF means “search engine friendly.” Websites are considered search engine friendly if the pages can easily be found by search engines. One part of this is nonparameterized URLs. In version 1.5, Joomla! offers three different options you can choose to build SEF URLs. Let's have a look at the normal Joomla! URLs: These URLs are very long and contain a lot of parameters. This makes it obvious the pages are constructed dynamically. Some believe Google and other search engines often ignore these URLs or don't place them at the top of the result list. Other than search engine impact, there are other advantages of SEF URLs: • The URLs contain keywords. • The URLs are much shorter. • The URLs are more “human friendly.” This is an advantage for search engines, because indexing your site is more accurate. Long URLs break in blogs and in emails where the shorter SEF URLs do not. Even for humans, SEF URLs are better because increased readability makes it easier to remember the address or to share a web page with friends. Combined, these benefits translate to more site visitors. B. Search Engine Friendly URL Configuration You have to do all important changes in the “Global Configuration” dialog.
Joomla! for Managers – Page 1 If you are reading this, it means your webmaster has selected you to be a manager on your new Joomla! system. What is Joomla!? Joomla! is a two time award-winning system for publishing content on the internet, also known as a CMS. Joomla! makes it easy to build and manage a website. Using Joomla!, you can easily update, manage, and improve your website. What can you do with Joomla!? Lets find out! Joomla! gives your site a powerful publishing system to work with. There are basically seven groups that are influential in making sure the site works. 1. Visitors Visitors are the reason most websites exist. Visitors go to the site and read the content that is there. Most activity that goes on in the site is to make sure the user has a great experience. 2. Users Users are people who have registered on your site. These people probably have special privileges on your site, like being able to see articles non registered user can't, and receiving the weekly email update. 3. Authors The only difference between authors and users is that authors can submit content to your site.
