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Joomla – Website Backup ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Website backup in Joomla. It allows backup of files, folders and re-opens it in Joomla. Website Backup Following are the simple steps used to backup the website in Joomla − Step 1 − Click on System → Global Configuration in Joomla administrator. You will get the following screen. Step 2 − Next, click on EJB – Easy Joomla Backup at the left sidebar. You get a basic editor page for Joomla Backup. Here by default, the Component tab is displayed. Below we have mentioned the details of the fields present in the Component tab on the page − Exclude files from backup archive − It indicates the name of the files with the path address to be excluded from a backup archive. Exclude folders from backup archive − It indicates the name of the folders with the path address to be excluded from a backup archive. Add ”DROP TABLE” instruction to dump file − It indicates to add drop table instruction to dump files without deleting the tables by selecting either (Yes/No). Add additional tables − It indicates to add additional tables, but it should not have the same prefix. Maximum number of backup files − It indicates the maximum number of backup files. Prefix for archive names − It indicates to use prefixes for archive names of backup file. Step 3 − After clicking on Permissions tab, you will get the following screen. Following are the details that are present on the Permissions tab − Configure − It allows the user to edit the user option. Access Administration Interface − It allows the users to access the administration interface. Delete − It allows the user in group to delete the content present in the extension. Download − It allows the user to download the backup archive file. Full Backup − It allows the user to create full backup file permission. Database Backup − It allows the user to create database backup. File Backup − It allows the user to permit creation of file backup. Discover − It allows the user to discover backup files or new entries into the database. Toolbar Following are the toolbar options in the Website Backup screen − Save − Saves your Backup of website. Save & Close − Saves the Backup of website and closes the current screen. Cancel − Cancels the created Backup of website in Joomla. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Joomla – Extensions Menu ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Extensions Menu in Joomla. Click on Extensions, a dropdown menu as shown below will be displayed − Extension Manager Extension Manager is used to extend the functionality of Joomla website. Click Extensions → Extension Manager, a screen as shown below will get displayed. You can study more about Extension Manager in the chapter Joomla – Extension Manager. Module Manager It manages the modules that are installed on the site i.e. the location and function of modules. Click Extensions → Module Manager, a screen as shown below will get displayed. You will study more about Module Manager in the chapters under section Joomla Modules. Plugin Manager It manages the Joomla plugins and allows to enable/disable or edit the details of plugins. Click Extensions → Plugin Manager, a screen as shown below will get displayed. You can study more about Plugin Manager in the chapter Joomla – Plugin Manager. Template Manager It manages the designs that are used in the website. The templates can be implemented without changing the content structure within a few seconds. Click Extensions → Template Manager, a screen as shown below will get displayed − You can study more about Template Manager in the chapter Joomla – Template Manager. Language Manager This helps you set a default language for your site. Click Extensions → Language Manager, a screen as shown below will get displayed. You can study more about Language Manager in detail in the chapter Joomla – Language Manager. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Joomla – Donation Module ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Donation Module in Joomla. Donation Module Following are the simple steps to edit an existing Donation Module in Joomla. Step 1 − Click Extension → Module Manager in Joomla administrator, the following screen will be displayed. Step 2 − Next, click on New button and the following screen will get displayed. Next, click on the OS Donate. Step 3 − After clicking on OS Donate, the existing Donate module will get displayed as shown below. By default, the Module tab is displayed. Below we have mentioned the details of the fields present in the Module tab. Title − Displays the title of Module. Module Class Suffix − Customized CSS styles are allowed to create on these modules to apply. Open in new window − Opens a new window after clicking on the PayPal button. Success return page − Enter the URL of the page where the user will return after donating at PayPal. Cancel return page − Enter the URL of the page where the user will return after cancelling the PayPal donate. Company Logo URL − Enter the image path of the company logo. PayPal button image − Sets the path of PayPal button. Show intro text − Intro text is shown in the module. Intro text − Enter the intro text which is displayed in the module. E-Mail/PayPal ID − Enter PayPal ID or email address. PayPal Description − Display the brief description of PayPal donation. Currencies − Allow users to select currencies. PayPal Language − Set the language for PayPal. Show amount field − Editable amount field is shown. Amount − Donation amount is set. Show Title − Display the title of the module in the front end. Position − It will select the position of the module to be displayed. Status − It displays the status of the article such as Published, Unpublished and Trashed. Start Publishing − It will start publishing on the assigned date and time. Finish Publishing − It will finish publishing at the assigned date and time. Access − It allows access only to selected users from the dropdown list such as Guest, Public, Super Users, Registered and Special option to view the items. Ordering − Displays the dropdown of all modules present in the position. Language − It specifies the language of the site. It provides either ALL or English (UK) options. Note − It is used to enter the text information. Step 4 − In Description tab, there is a brief description given about the Donation Module. Step 5 − When we click on the Menu Assignment tab, you will get the screen as shown below. Module Assignment − Select the option to view the item from the dropdown list such as on all Pages, no pages, only on the pages selected or on all pages except those selected. Menu Selection − After selecting the option only on the pages selected or on all pages except those selected, it will display all menu items present in Joomla. It will allow assigning module to some and not all pages. Step 6 − Module Permissions tab shows three action to choose from. It manages the setting of module permissions for the user groups as shown in the following screen. Delete − It allows users in group to delete the content present in the module. Edit − It allows users in the group to edit the content present in the module. Edit State − It allows users in group to change the state of content present in the module. Step 7 − In sticky hover options tab, you can set the options for sticky hover. Use sticky hover − Sets the position of the module where PayPal button is set constant after scrolling the page. Horizontal Reference Side − Sets the reference side horizontally on left or right side. Horizontal distance − Sets the distance horizontally in pixels. Vertical Reference Side − Sets the reference side vertically on bottom or top. Vertical distance − Sets the distance vertically in pixels. Font Color − Enter the font color in hexa value. Width − Set the width. Step (8)−The Advanced tab is used to do the advanced settings of the Donation module. The screenshot of Advanced tab is as shown below. Module Tag − Specifies the HTML tag for the modules. Bootstrap Size − Selects width of the module built in bootstrap. Header Tag − Modules uses the HTML header tags. Header Class − Optional CSS classes are added in the module header. Module Style − Overrides the template style for its position. Toolbar Following are the details about the function tabs present on the toolbar of Donation Module. Save − Saves your modules. Save & Close − Saves the modules and will close the current screen. Save & New − Saves the modules and opens a new creating module screen. Cancel − Cancels the created modules in Joomla. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Joomla – Adding Forum ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Adding Forum in Joomla. We can install the forum extension in Joomla to share or discuss ideas and views on particular issues. Joomla Adding Forum Following are the simple steps used to set the Joomla Adding Forum. Step 1 − Click on Install Extensions option in Joomla. Step 2 − Click on Choose File button and choose the extensions forum you have downloaded to include in your web site. After choosing the file, click on Upload & Install button. Step 3 − Joomla starts installing the Forum extension for your site. After the installation is complete, you get the screen below showing the success message. Step 4 − Click on Menus → Main Menu → Add New Menu Item option in Joomla. Step 5 − In Add New Menu Item page, specify title in the Menu Title. Click on the Select button to choose the Forum extension for your website. Step 6 − Click on the Discussion and choose the Discussion discussion index views. Step 7 − Open your website which contains the Forum menu as shown in the screen below. Toolbar Given below are few details about the toolbars present in Forum. Save − Saves your forums. Save & Close − Saves the forums and closes the current screen. Save & New − Saves the forums and opens a new create forum screen. Cancel − Cancels the created forums in Joomla. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Joomla – Latest News Module ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Latest News Module in Joomla. Latest News Module is used to display the most recent published article in a list. Latest News Module Following are the simple steps to edit an existing Latest News Module in Joomla. Step 1 − Click Extension → Module Manager in Joomla administrator control panel. Following screen will be displayed − Step 2 − Click on New button, you get a screen as shown below. Now select Module Type Latest News. Step 3 − After clicking on Latest News, screen displayed is as shown below. By default, the Module tab is displayed. The Module tab displays the Latest News. Below, we have mentioned the details of the fields present in the Module Latest News page. Title − Displays the title of Module. Category − Selects category for the article to display. Count − Specifies the number of articles to be displayed. Featured Articles − (Show/Hide/Only show Featured Articles) The articles can be displayed, hidden or you can only display the featured articles on the front page. Order − (Recently Added First/Recently Modified First/Recently Published First/Recently Touched First/Random Articles) Sets the order of the articles depending on recent activities done for the article. Authors − (Anyone/Added or modified by me/Not added or modified by me) Displays the article based on the author who has added or modified it. Show Title − Displays the title of the module in the front end. Position − It selects the position of the module to be displayed. Status − It displays the status of the article such as Published, Unpublished and Trashed. Start Publishing − It starts publishing on the assigned date and time. Finish Publishing − It finishes publishing on the assigned date and time. Access −It allows only the selected users from the dropdown list such as Guest, Public, Super Users, Registered and Special options to view the items. Ordering − Displays the dropdown of all modules present in the position. Language − It specifies the language of the site. It provides either ALL or English (UK) options. Note − It is used to enter the text information. Step 4 − Click on Menu Assignment tab, you will get the screen as shown below. Module Assignment − Select the option to view the item from the dropdown list such as on all pages, no pages, only on the pages selected or on all pages except those selected. Menu Selection − After selecting the option only on the pages selected or on all pages except those selected, it displays all the menu items present in Joomla. It allows you to assign module to some and not all pages. Step 5 − Module Permissions tab offers three actions to choose from. It manages the setting of module permission for the user groups as shown in the following screen. Delete − It allows users in group to delete the content present in the module. Edit − It allows users in group to edit the content present in the module. Edit State − It allows users in group to change the state of content present in the module. Step 6 − The Advanced tab is used to do the advanced settings of the latest news. The advanced tab screen is shown below. Alternative Layout − Select the layout to be used for this module, which you have already defined as one or more layouts for a module in Joomla or template. Module Class Suffix − Setting this parameter causes Joomla to either add a new CSS class or modify the existing CSS class for the div element for this specific module. Caching − Cache the content of the module. Use Global is used to cache settings from global configuration. No Caching is used whether to cache the content of the module or not. Cache Time − Specify the time in minutes before the module is re-cached. Module Tag − Specify the HTML tag for the modules. Bootstrap Size − Select width of the module built into bootstrap. Header Tag − Modules uses the HTML header tags. Header Class − Optional CSS classes are added in the modules header. Module Style − Overrides the templates style for its position. Toolbar Following are the details about the toolbar function tabs present in Latest News Module. Save − Saves your modules. Save & Close − Saves the modules and will close the current screen. Save & New − Saves the modules and opens a new creating module screen. Cancel − Cancels the created modules in Joomla. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Joomla – Help Menu ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about menus present in the Help Menu in Joomla. Click on Help, a dropdown menu as shown below will be displayed − Joomla Help This Help page guides the user to create Joomla website. Click Help → Joomla Help, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Official Support Forum Official Support Forum helps in supporting the exchange of ideas and views officially in Joomla. Click Help → Official Support Forum, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Documentation Wiki The Documentation Wiki is used for formatting the content of articles, cross linking pages and creating the documentation of Wiki template by themselves. Click Help → Documentation Wiki, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Joomla Extensions Joomla extension extends the functionality of Joomla websites. In this Joomla extension page there are many extensions available to apply on Joomla websites. Click Help → Joomla Extensions, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Joomla! Translations Joomla translations help in translation of language in Joomla core files. It helps in documentation and screens along with other tasks to meet the need of diverse language community. Click Help → Joomla Translations, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Joomla Resources Joomla Resources help in locating the professional service providers. It helps the users to connect and do many more things in the Joomla CMS. Click Help → Joomla Resources, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Community Portal Community Portal helps in bringing Joomla news from all over the world at one place. Click Help → Community Portal, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Security Center Security Center helps in providing a public presence for security issues. It helps to detect a problem or service attack. Click Help → Security Center, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Developer Resources Developer Resources helps in providing resources for the users who are willing to build or maintain software based on the Joomla platform. Click Help → Developer Resources, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Joomla Shop Joomla shop helps the user to shop maximum number of products related to Joomla, when you click on a particular product then you will get the brief description about that product where users can read and buy it. Click Help → Joomla Shop, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Joomla – Syndicate Module ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Syndicate Module in Joomla. Syndicate module helps in creating an RSS Feed link for the page. It allows creating a Newsfeed by the user for the current page. Syndicate Module Following are the simple steps to edit an existing Syndicate Module in Joomla. Step 1 − Click Extension → Module Manager in Joomla administrator,the following screen will be displayed. Step 2 − Next, click on New button and the following screen will get displayed. On this page, click on the Syndication Feeds. Step 3 − Next, click on Syndication Feeds, the existing Syndicate module will get displayed as shown below. By default, the Module tab is displayed. Below, we have mentioned the details of the fields present in the Module tab. Title − Displays the title of Module. Display Text − Text gets displayed by selecting option such as Yes or No. Text − The entered text will get displayed next to the icon when the Display Text is set as Yes. If the field is left empty then it will display a default text. Feed Format − The syndication Feed format is selected i.e. RSS 2.0 or Atom 1.0. Show Title − Displays the title of the module in the front end. Position − It will select the position of the module to be displayed. Status − It displays the status of the article such as Published, Unpublished and Trashed. Start Publishing − It will start publishing at the assigned date and time. Finish Publishing − It will finish publishing on the assigned date and time. Access − It allows access only to selected users from the dropdown list such as Guest, Public, Super Users, Registered and Special option to view the items. Ordering − Displays the dropdown of all modules present in the position. Language − It specifies the language of the site. It provides either ALL or English (UK) options. Note − It is used to enter the text information. Step 4 − Click on the Menu Assignment tab, you will get the screen as shown below. Module Assignment − Select the option to view the item from the dropdown list such as on all pages, no pages, only on the pages selected or on all pages except those selected. Menu Selection− After selecting the option only on the pages selected or on all pages except those selected, it will display all menu items present in Joomla. It will allow assigning module to some and not all pages. Step 5 − Module Permissions tab has three action to choose from. It manages the setting of module permission for the user groups as shown in the following screen. Delete − It allows users in group to delete the content present in the module. Edit − It allows users in group to edit the content present in the module. Edit State − It allows users in the group to change the state of content present in the module. Step 6 − The Advanced tab is used to do the advanced settings of the Syndicate. The advanced tab screen is shown below. Alternative Layout − Selects the layout to use for this module, which you have already defined as one or more layouts for module in Joomla or template. Module Class Suffix − Setting this parameter causes Joomla to either add a new CSS class or modify the existing CSS class for the div element for this specific module. Caching − Caches the content of the module. Use Global is used to cache settings from global configuration. No Caching is used, whether to cache the content of the module or not. Cache Time − Specifies the time in minutes before the module is re-cached. Module Tag − Specifies the HTML tag for the modules. Bootstrap Size − Selects width of the module built in bootstrap. Header Tag − Modules uses the HTML header tags. Header Class − Optional CSS classes are added in the module header. Module Style − Overrides the template style for its position. Toolbar Following are the details about the function tabs present on the toolbar of Syndicate module. Save − Saves your modules. Save & Close − Saves the modules and will close the current screen. Save & New − Saves the modules and opens a new creating module screen. Cancel − Cancels the created modules in Joomla. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Joomla – Menus ”; Previous Next Menu manager allows creating custom menus for your website and allows navigation through your website. Step 1 − Click on Menus → Menu Manager in Joomla administrator, you will get the following screen − You can see the menu and menu items point to logical page on the website. Step 2 − To add a new menu to your website, go to Menus → Menu Manager → Add New Menu as shown in the following screen − After clicking on Add New Menu, you will get the screen as shown below. Here you can create a new menu. Title − Title of the menu. Menu Type − Type of menu. Description − Brief description about the menu. Step 3 − To create a new menu item, go to Menus → Name of the Menu → Add New Menu Item as shown in the following screen − You can also add new menu item via User Menu. All the steps described below applies to menu item creation via this method. When you open the page of a New Menu Item, you will get the following screen − There are two main sections under New Menu Item − Menu Title − It displays the title of the menu item in the menu. Alias − It is used as SEF url. Joomla will automatically fill the value of the title. It will produce UTF-8 aliases; it does not allow spaces and underscores. There are some tabs present while creating menu items as shown in the following screen − Details The Details tab in Add New Menu Item, is as shown below − It contains the following options − Menu Item Type − It specifies the type of menu item such as articles, tags, web links, system links, contacts etc. Link − It determines the link in the menu. Target Window − It provides three options− Parent, New Window with Navigation and New without Navigation which targets the browser window when a menu item is clicked. Template Style − You can select a template style for your website by clicking dropdown menu which gives Beez3 – Default and protostar – Default styles or provides default templates for your website. Menu Location − It specifies which menu link will appear; either Main Menu or User Menu. Parent Item − This helps you select a parent item by selecting either Menu Item Root or Home. Status − It displays the status of the article. Status such as Published, Unpublished and Trashed. Default Page − It provides Yes or No options to set the menu item as default or home page of the site. Access − Only the selected option from this dropdown list such as Guest, Public, Super Users, Registered and Special can view the site. Language − It specifies the language of the site. It provides either ALL or English (UK) options. Note − It is used to enter the text information. Link Type The next tab is Link Type in Add New Menu Item, as show below − Link Title Attribute − It specifies a description for the title attribute of the given hyperlink. Link CSS Style − It applies a custom CSS style to the hyperlink. Link Image − It uses an image to be used with hyperlink. Add Menu Title − It provides Yes or No options and adds the menu title next to the image. The default is Yes. Page Display The next tab Page Display in Add New Menu Item, is as shown below − Browser Page Title − It specifies the description of the browser page title. Show Page Heading − It provides Yes or No option which hides or shows the page title in the page heading. Page Heading − It specifies the text for the page heading. Page Class − It defines the optional CSS class to styling the elements in the page. Metadata The next tab Metadata in Add New Menu Item, is as shown below − It contains following options as described below − Meta Description − It is used as an optional paragraph which includes a description of the page and is displayed in the results of the search engines. Meta Keywords − These are the optional keywords to be used in the html page. Robots − It specifies robot instructions such as use Global, Index, Follow, No Index,No Index, No follow. Secure − It defines whether link must use SSL or Secure Site URL. It provides three options such as Off, On and Ignore. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Joomla – Who”s Online Module ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Who”s Online Module in Joomla. This module helps to display the user”s information who are accessing the website. Who”s Online Module Following are the simple steps to edit an existing Who”s Online Module in Joomla. Step 1 − Click Extension → Module Manager in Joomla administrator, the following screen will be displayed. Step 2 − Next, click on New button and the following screen will get displayed. In this page, click on Who”s Online. Step 3 − After clicking on Who”s Online, the existing Who”s Online module will get displayed as shown below. By default, the Module tab is displayed. Below, we have mentioned the details of the fields present in the Module tab. Title − Displays the title of Module Display − Select the following option to be displayed i.e. #of Guests/Users, Usernames or Both. Given below are the details present on the right side of the module tab. Show Title − Displays the title of the module in the front end. Position − It will select the position of the module to be displayed. Status − It displays the status of the article such as Published, Unpublished and Trashed. Start Publishing − It will start publishing on the assigned date and time. Finish Publishing − It will finish publishing at the assigned date and time. Access − It allows access only the selected users from the dropdown list such as Guest, Public, Super Users, Registered and Special options to view the items. Ordering − Displays the drop-down of all modules present in the position. Language − It specifies the language of the site. It provides either ALL or English (UK) options. Note − It is used to enter the text information. Step 4 − When we click on the Menu Assignment tab, you will get the screen as shown below. Module Assignment − Selects the option to view the item from the dropdown list such as on all Pages, no pages, only on the pages selected or on all pages except those selected. Menu Selection − After selecting the option only on the pages selected or on all pages except those selected, it will display all menu items present in the Joomla. It will allow assigning module to some and not all pages. Step 5 − Module Permissions tab has three actions to choose from. It manages the setting of module permission for the user groups as shown in the following screen. Delete − It allows users in group to delete the content present in the module. Edit − It allows users in group to edit the content present in the module. Edit State − It allows users in the group to change the state of content present in the module. Step 6 − The Advanced tab is used to do the advanced settings of the Who”s Online. The advanced tab screen is shown below. Alternative Layout − Selects the layout to use for this module, which you have already defined as one or more layouts for module in Joomla or template. Module Class Suffix − Setting this parameter causes Joomla to either add a new CSS class or modify the existing CSS class for the div element for this specific module. Caching − Caches the content of the module. Use Global is used to cache settings from global configuration. No Caching is used, whether to cache the content of the module or not. Cache Time − Specifies the time in minutes before the module is re-cached. Module Tag − Specifies the HTML tag for the modules. Bootstrap Size − Selects width of the module built in bootstrap. Header Tag − Modules uses the HTML header tags. Header Class − Optional CSS classes are added in the module header. Module Style − Overrides the template style for its position. Toolbar Following are the details about the toolbar function tabs present in who”s Online. Save − Saves your modules. Save & Close − Saves the modules and will close the current screen. Save & New − Saves the modules and opens a new creating module screen. Cancel − Cancels the created modules in Joomla. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Joomla – Category Management ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Category Management in Joomla. Category Manager is used to create categories for the article which allow grouping your content better. Category Management Following are the simple steps to add new category manager in Joomla. Step 1 − Click on Category Manager in Control Panel as shown below. Step 2 − After clicking on a Category Manager, you will get the following screen. Step 3 − Click on New button in the above screen. Following is the basic editor page we get for category manager. This editor is explained in detail in the article Joomla – Adding Content. Different tabs are present on this page. By default, the Category tab is displayed. Step 4 − In Publishing tab, it gives the information of Joomla category. Following are the details of the fields present in the Publishing tab. Created Date − It is the date the category was created. Created by − It is the name of the user who has created the category. Modified Date − It is the date the category was modified. Modified by − It is the name of the user who has modified the category. Hits − Specifies the number of times the item was viewed. ID − It is the unique identification number assigned to the items automatically. Meta Description − It is used to write an explanation of the contents of web pages. Meta Keywords − Define keywords for search engines. Author − Specifies the name of the author within the metadata. Robots − It is the instruction given to the robots that browse the page using commands such as Use Global, Index, Follow, No index, No follow. Step 5 − In Permission tab, you can set the permission for different user groups for that category. Create − It allows the users in a group to create the categories. Delete − It allows the users in a group to delete the categories present in the extension. Edit − It allows the users in a group to edit the categories present in the extension. Edit State − It allows the users in a group to change the state of categories present in the extension. Edit Own − It allows editing the categories which is created by own. Step 6 − In the Options tab, you can choose different layouts for your website. Alternative Layout − It uses an alternative layout from the supplied component view such as Use Global, Blog and List. Image− It selects the image to be displayed. Toolbar Following are the toolbar options in the Category Management. Save − Saves your category. Save & Close − Saves the category and closes the current screen. Save & New − Saves the categories and opens a new create category screen. Cancel − Cancels the created category in Joomla. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;