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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 – Quick Guide ”; Previous Next Joomla – Overview Joomla is an open source Content Management System (CMS), which is used to build websites and online applications. It is free and extendable which is separated into front-end and back-end templates (administrator). Joomla is developed using PHP, Object Oriented Programming, software design patterns and MySQL (used for storing the data). What is Content Management System (CMS)? The Content Management System (CMS) is a software which keeps track of the entire data (such as text, photos, music, document, etc.) which will be available on your website. It helps in editing, publishing and modifying the content of the website. History Joomla is based on Mambo CMS which was developed by an Australian company in 2001 and initially released on August 17, 2005. The official version of Joomla 1.0 was released on September 22, 2005. Features Joomla has its own powerful built-in features (core features). User Manager − It allows managing the user information such as permission to edit, access, publish, create or delete the user, change the password and languages. The main part of the user manager is Authentication. Content Manager − It allows managing the content using WYSIWYG editor to create or edit the content in a very simple way. Banner Manager − It is used to add or edit the banners on the website. Template Manager − It manages the designs that are used on the website. The templates can be implemented without changing the content structure within a few seconds. Media Manager − It is the tool for managing the media files and folder in which you can easily upload, organize and manage your media files into your article editor tool. Contact Manager − It allows to add contacts, managing the contact information of the particular users. Web Link Manager − The link resource is provided for user of the site and can be sorted into categories. Search − It allows users to search the appropriate information on the site. You can use smart indexing, advanced search options, auto suggest searches to make Joomla search best. Menu Manager − It allows to create menus and menu items and can be managed subsequently. You can put menu in any style and in multiple places. RSS − It stands for Really Simple syndication which helps your site contents and RSS files to be automatically updated. Advantages It is an open source platform and available for free. Joomla is designed to be easy to install and set up even if you”re not an advanced user. Since Joomla is so easy to use, as a web designer or developer, you can quickly build sites for your clients. With minimal instructions to the clients, clients can easily manage their sites on their own. It is very easy to edit the content as it uses WYSIWYG editor (What You See Is What You Get is a user interface that allows the user to directly manipulate the layout of the document without having a layout command). It ensures the safety of data content and doesn”t allow anyone to edit the data. By default, Joomla is compatible with all browsers. The templates are very flexible to use. Media files can be uploaded easily in the article editor tool. Provides easy menu creation tool. Disadvantages It gives compatibility problem while installing several modules, extensions and plugins simultaneously. Plugins and modules are not free in Joomla. Development is too difficult to handle when you want to change the layout. Joomla is not much SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly. It makes website heavy to load and run. Real World Examples of What Joomla Can Create? Corporate web sites or portals Corporate intranets and extranets Online magazines, newspapers, and publications E-commerce and online reservations Government applications Small business web sites Non-profit and organizational web sites Community-based portals School and religious web sites Personal or family homepages Joomla – Installation System Requirements for Joomla 3.x Database − MySQL 5.1 + Web Server − WAMP (Windows) LAMP (Linux) XAMP (Multi-platform) MAMP (Macintosh) Nginx Microsoft IIS Operating System − Cross-platform Browser Support − IE (Internet Explorer 7), Firefox, Google chrome SSL (Secure Socket Layer) − A valid security certificate is required for HTTPS PHP Compatibility − PHP 5.4+ or PHP 5.3.10+ Download Joomla When you open the link https://www.joomla.org/download.html, you will get to see a screen as below − Download the Joomla zip file from the official site or if you want to update the files of your previous version, then click on Upgrade Package option. Create Store Database Joomla requires MySQL database. So create a new empty database and user/password (for e.g. User as “root” and password as “root” or else you can set as per your convenience) for Joomla. After following the above step, you can continue with the installation process. SetUp Wizard It”s very easy to set up Joomla into your system. The following steps describe how to setup Joomla locally on your system. Step 1 − Extract the downloaded Joomla folder and upload it on your web server or localhost. Step 2 − Open your browser and navigate to your Joomla file path, then you will get the first screen of the Joomla installer as shown in the following screen. In our case the path is localhost/< Your_joomla_folder >. It contains the following fields − Site Name − Enter the name of the site which you are going to create in Joomla. Description − Add a small description about your site. Admin Email − Enter your email address which helps to recover our password or any update. Admin Username − Enter the username as per your choice while logging into Joomla. Admin Password − Enter password to protect your site. Site Offline − It specifies whether your site should be offline or online after completion of installation by clicking on Yes/No. After filling all the information, click on the Next button. Step 3 − Here, you have to enter the information about the MYSQL database as

Joomla – Components Menu ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Components Menu in Joomla. Click on Components Menu, a dropdown menu as shown below will be displayed − Banners Components → Banners are used to setup the banners on the website. When you click on Banners, you see a submenu as shown below − Let us study each of the submenu as follows − Banners It is used to edit or add banners in the Joomla website to display. Click Components → Banners → Banners, a screen as shown below will get displayed. We will study about Adding Banners in detail in the chapter Joomla – Adding Banners. Categories With Category Manager you can create new banner categories or edit the existing banner categories. Click Components → Banners → Categories, a screen as shown below will get displayed. You can study more about Category Manager Toolbar in detail in the chapter Joomla Toolbar. Below, we have mentioned the details about the column header present under the Category Manager – Banner page. Checkbox − It is used to select one or more category items by clicking on the box. Status − Specifies the status of the category i.e. Publish/Unpublish. Title − Specifies the name of the title in the category. Access − Specifies the access level, i.e. public or private. Language − Specifies the item language used. ID − It is the unique identification number assigned to the items automatically. The Search box in the Category manager – Banners page is used to search the category items very easily. You can search the item in the article manager page by selecting any of the following ways i.e. through Select Status, Select Max Levels, Select Access, Select language or Select Tag. Clients With Client Manager you can create a new client banner or edit the existing ones. Click Components → Banners → Clients, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Below, we have mentioned the details about the column header present in the Banner Manager − Clients page. Checkbox − It is used to select one or more clients by clicking on the box. Status − Specifies the status of the category i.e. Publish/Unpublish. Client − Specifies the name of the Banner clients. Contact − Specifies Contact information of the client. Banners − Specifies the number of banners defined for this client. Purchase Type − It indicates how the clients are purchasing the banners i.e. Yearly or Monthly. By default it is monthly. ID − It is the unique identification number assigned to the items automatically. The Search box in the Banner Manager− Clients page is used to search the client items very easily. You can search the item on the Client Banners page by selecting the Status or Type. Tracks In Tracks, you can view the tracking information for a list of existing banners. Click Components → Banners → Tracks, a screen as shown below will get displayed. The Begin Date and End date is used to track the information of the banner within a particular period (For instance, consider begin date as 2015-07-06 and end date as 2015-07-10, within this period of time the banner information will get tracked). Toolbars Export − It exports the banner tracking information in the CSV file. Delete Tracks − Deletes the information of the selected tracks. Contacts It adds contact information of client on Joomla site such as name, address, telephone number, email etc. Click Components → Contacts → Contacts, a screen as shown below will get displayed. We will study about Adding Contacts in detail in the chapter Joomla – Adding Contacts. Joomla Update It specifies the Joomla latest version which is being used. Click Components → Joomla! Update, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Messaging Components → Messaging allows sending and reading messages in Joomla. When you click on Messaging, you see a submenu as shown below. New Private Message It is used to send messages to the other backend of Joomla site. You can read, write or delete the messages. Click Components → Messaging → New Private Message, a New Private Message page opens up. We will study about Private Message in detail in the chapter Joomla – Private Messages. Read Private Messages In this section, you can read all the private messages. Click on Components → Messaging → Read Private Message, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Toolbars Below, we have mentioned details about the toolbars present in Read Private Message. New − Creates a new message. Mark as Read − Marks the messages as read from this section. Mark as Unread − It marks the messages which have not been read yet. Trash − It deletes the messages permanently. My Settings − It is used to set the messages i.e. Lock the inbox, email a new message and auto-purge the message. Newsfeeds It allows adding news feed on your Joomla site from other sites. Click Components → Newsfeeds → Feeds, a Newsfeeds page will open. We will study about Newsfeeds in detail in the chapter Joomla – Adding News Feed. Post-installation Messages It allows reviewing actionable messages after installation. Click Components → Post Installation Messages, a screen as shown below will get displayed. Here it delivers messages after successful installation of Joomla extension or core. Redirect Redirect Manager is used to redirect the URL”s that do not exist on the website with web pages that are working. Click Components → Redirect, a screen as shown below will get displayed. The details about the column header present in the Redirect Manager page are mentioned below. Checkbox − It is used to select one or more items by clicking on the box. Expired URL − The URL is redirected towards the website. New URL − Redirects the designated URL. Referring Page − Redirects the referring web pages. Created Date − Specifies the date the URL was created. 404 Hits − The pages were not forwarded after making the

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 – Overview ”; Previous Next Joomla is an open source Content Management System (CMS), which is used to build websites and online applications. It is free and extendable which is separated into front-end and back-end templates (administrator). Joomla is developed using PHP, Object Oriented Programming, software design patterns and MySQL (used for storing the data). What is Content Management System (CMS)? The Content Management System (CMS) is a software which keeps track of the entire data (such as text, photos, music, document, etc.) which will be available on your website. It helps in editing, publishing and modifying the content of the website. History Joomla is based on Mambo CMS which was developed by an Australian company in 2001 and initially released on August 17, 2005. The official version of Joomla 1.0 was released on September 22, 2005. Features Joomla has its own powerful built-in features (core features). User Manager − It allows managing the user information such as permission to edit, access, publish, create or delete the user, change the password and languages. The main part of the user manager is Authentication. Content Manager − It allows managing the content using WYSIWYG editor to create or edit the content in a very simple way. Banner Manager − It is used to add or edit the banners on the website. Template Manager − It manages the designs that are used on the website. The templates can be implemented without changing the content structure within a few seconds. Media Manager − It is the tool for managing the media files and folder in which you can easily upload, organize and manage your media files into your article editor tool. Contact Manager − It allows to add contacts, managing the contact information of the particular users. Web Link Manager − The link resource is provided for user of the site and can be sorted into categories. Search − It allows users to search the appropriate information on the site. You can use smart indexing, advanced search options, auto suggest searches to make Joomla search best. Menu Manager − It allows to create menus and menu items and can be managed subsequently. You can put menu in any style and in multiple places. RSS − It stands for Really Simple syndication which helps your site contents and RSS files to be automatically updated. Advantages It is an open source platform and available for free. Joomla is designed to be easy to install and set up even if you”re not an advanced user. Since Joomla is so easy to use, as a web designer or developer, you can quickly build sites for your clients. With minimal instructions to the clients, clients can easily manage their sites on their own. It is very easy to edit the content as it uses WYSIWYG editor (What You See Is What You Get is a user interface that allows the user to directly manipulate the layout of the document without having a layout command). It ensures the safety of data content and doesn”t allow anyone to edit the data. By default, Joomla is compatible with all browsers. The templates are very flexible to use. Media files can be uploaded easily in the article editor tool. Provides easy menu creation tool. Disadvantages It gives compatibility problem while installing several modules, extensions and plugins simultaneously. Plugins and modules are not free in Joomla. Development is too difficult to handle when you want to change the layout. Joomla is not much SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly. It makes website heavy to load and run. Real World Examples of What Joomla Can Create? Corporate web sites or portals Corporate intranets and extranets Online magazines, newspapers, and publications E-commerce and online reservations Government applications Small business web sites Non-profit and organizational web sites Community-based portals School and religious web sites Personal or family homepages 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 ”;