How to Create Categories in Joomla 4

Creating various content categories on your Joomla site helps make sure all of your content is placed into the right buckets. It also helps you control which pieces of content are sorted correctly on the front end of your site. In this article, you will learn how to create categories and how to assign them Read More >

How to Create Articles in Joomla 4

One of the primary content types in your Joomla system is articles. Articles can be used as individual pages or blog posts, depending on how you want to organize and display them to your users. In this article, you will learn how to create and edit articles in your Joomla dashboard. You will also become Read More >

How to Create a Joomla User Account

Joomla allows you to create or delete different user accounts as needed. This means you can allow access to your site for other contributors and assign various levels of privilege. For example, if you want someone to be able to add content to your site, you can give them an “author” role. Or, if you Read More >

How To Integrate RSS Feed Into Joomla 4 Site

RSS is a general purpose format for syndicated news feeds. Most websites will provide such feeds, or a link to one, on their site. You can use this feed to display syndicated content on your own site that will link back to the origin site. In effect, this procedure will create an RSS feed page Read More >

How to Create a Contact Form in Joomla

In this article, you will learn how to create a simple contact form on your Joomla 4 site. A basic contact form is a great way to request feedback or simply provide your visitors with an easy way of getting in touch with you. The contact form you will be creating with this tutorial will Read More >

How To View Template Code In Joomla 4

Joomla templates, plus modules you can publish, make up the look, feel, and function of your site. But what if you want to edit the actual template code to do things outside of the scope of what comes with the template itself? With a note of caution, it’s easy to edit your template, as long Read More >

How to View Article Versions in Joomla 4

Joomla 4 gives you the ability to view, compare, and even restore different article versions for an individual piece of content. You can keep track of changes, author contributions, and revisions over time with this convenient feature. How To View Article Versions in Joomla 4 Version Control in Joomla 4 How To View Article Versions Read More >

How To Set Featured Articles in Joomla 4

Can you use your Joomla site as a blog? Of course, blog features are built into Joomla. You just need to know how to find them. When people talk about blogs they are basically describing an index of posts sorted in reverse chronological order in a feed. How Featured Articles Work How To Create a Read More >

How To Shuffle Text and Numbers In Linux Using `shuf`

Your Linux system comes pre-loaded with many helpful command line utilities. Some of these are commonly used and mentioned, like cat, grep, or diff. But there are many more utilities hidden in your system that might be of use to you. A good working knowledge of command line utilities can help you write small, efficient Read More >

How to Disable The TinyMCE Editor in Joomla 4

As you may know, Joomla 4 provides you with the TinyMCE editor by default. This interface basically mimics your standard what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editor in the style of Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or Open Office. You can highlight text, bold, italic, center, and do other basic formatting to make your text come alive. However, some web Read More >

How to Reset Joomla 4 Site to Base Settings

In this article, you will learn how to destroy and reset Joomla from base settings. This procedure is not recommended for someone who has an active Joomla site, as this process is designed for someone who is just learning Joomla 4 and wants a clean slate to start over. This action is destructive. The purpose Read More >

What Are The Basics of Git I Should Know?

Most individuals working in the tech world in some form must know the basics of Git. Git is the likely candidate for most popular version control system, and more and more workflows — from coding to writing documentation, or even managing “dotfiles” at your dedicated server host — integrate some form of Git version control. Read More >

How To Use the “Info” System

Info is a powerful terminal-based documentation reader that you can use an alternative to, or in addition to, man pages and Linux help pages. Instead of searching Google every time you have a question, get to know the info system and you can find your own answers from the best source: the documentation itself. So Read More >

How To Install MariaDB on Ubuntu 20

The popular MariaDB relational database service is a great drop-in replace for MySQL, and all of the commands you’re accustomed in MySQL should work perfectly in MariaDB. Or, if you are installing a relational database application for the first time, MariaDB is a great choice. It does all the things MySQL does just as well Read More >

Can You Undo a Commit In Git?

Can you undo a commit in Git? There are many instances in which you may want to reset your current working directory to a former state, marked by a commit, tag, or other “treeish.” The “reset” command can be destructive and wipe out your work. Be very careful when using this command. Git is incredibly Read More >

Save This: Emacs Magit Command Cheat Sheet

The Magit Git interface, for Emacs, provides both trivial and elaborate integration with Git right from within your Emacs text editor. Below, you will find a ready and easy cheatsheet for the basic (and more advanced) Git commands you can run from the Magit interface. The Very Basics The Staging Index (Applying Changes) Transient and Read More >

Install MySQL on Debian 10 Cloud Server

MySQL is the leading database application for running thousands of apps across the web every day. And more than remote services, MySQL can be used locally with all sorts of popular database management apps. MySQL (or other open source variations) is widely supported and required to run many of the most popular web apps and Read More >

Write Freely RSS Feed And How To Use It

There are many different ways you can share your Write Freely blog with the world. One of the most powerful ways to do so is through the built-in RSS feed. RSS “syndicates” your blog posts into a feed that updates whenever you publish new content. This way, anyone who uses an RSS feed reader as Read More >