How to create a banner Category in Joomla 3.1

As we continue our tutorial series on working with banners in Joomla 3.0, we will now discuss banner categories. Why should I create banner categories? Organization Creating categories helps to organize your banners. If you’re only going to have 1 or 2 banners, you may not need to create banner categories. Showing Banners Besides helping Read More >

Setting up a Calculated Simple question in Moodle 2.3

Creating calculated questions in Moodle 2.3 can be quicker using the Calculated Simple question type in the Moodle Question Bank. If you have not reviewed the Calculated and Calculated multichoice tutorials, please do so as they will help with this tutorial. The following article will explain the steps for setting up the Calculated Simple question Read More >

How to Create Wildcards and datasets in Moodle

When creating Calculated and Calculated mutichoice questions in the Moodle 2.3 Question Bank, Wildcards and Datasets can be created for randomizing the question answers. For example, If the question is on Addition of integers, the when previewing the question, 2 + 5 will show at one time and 5 + 7 at another time. This Read More >

Controlling which windows banners open into in Joomla 3.1

There are many settings available for banners in Joomla 3.0. One such setting, which we discussed in our last article, is adjusting your banner size. In this tutorial, we will review how you can control the window that banner clicks open up to. This setting in Joomla is referred to as: TargetTarget window when the Read More >

Using HTML to show a swf flash banner in Joomla 3.1

In a previous tutorial, we showed you how to create a Joomla 3.0 banner using an image. Not all banners are images however, some banners may be flash banners (.swf files) for example. To show a flash banner, you will need to enter HTML code when creating the banner (instead of defining an image as Read More >

Viewing statistics reports with Logaholic

In this article we’ll go over viewing your website’s statistical report available from Logaholic in cPanel. Logaholic can provide you with a quick general overview of the website traffic you’ve been receiving including the amount of visitors and their page views. It also has much more powerful reporting tools that lets you drill down and Read More >

Viewing statistics reports with Webalizer

In this article we’ll go over viewing your website’s statistical report available from Webalizer in cPanel. Webalizer can provide you with a quick general overview of the website traffic you’ve been receiving, this includes the amount of hits, file requests, page loads, and visits. Login to your cPanel. Under the METRICS section, click on Webalizer. Read More >

How to change Joomla 3.1 Banner Sizes

In our previous articles, we showed you how to setup your first banner on your Joomla 3.0 website. We created a simple banner, and now we’re going to begin to look at the various options available with banners. In this tutorial, we are going to focus on the size of the banner, specifically the width Read More >

How to show a banner in Joomla 3.1

If you’re following along in our tutorial series on using Joomla 3.0 banners, we now know how to create both image banners and flash banners. Creating a banner doesn’t automatically show it on your website, and so that’s the next topic we will discuss. How to create a banner module In order to show a Read More >

How to create a new image banner in Joomla 3.1

In this Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we are going to show you how to add a new banner. This is the first of several articles in our tutorial series on working with the banners component in Joomla 3.0. Image banners vs. Flash banners When we refer to banners in Joomla, we are referring to advertisements, such Read More >

Creating categories in the Moodle Question Bank

When creating questions, the Moodle Question Bank has the ability to create categories for maintaining groups of questions. Each category is contained in parent and sub-parent positions in either the Default Front Page or Default System category. This is useful when Quizzes are being added to the course sections. For example, instead of creating each Read More >

313: Setting up the Authorize.net module in PrestaShop 1.5

There are many payment gateways around the web to help merchants process credit cards. One of the more popular gateways is Authorize.net. This article will guide you in installing and configuring the module so that you can use it to accept many different payment types from your customers. Follow the steps below to have the Read More >

Moodle Question Bank Overview

In Moodle 2.3, Quiz questions can be set up prior to inserting the Quiz module. The Question Bank is designed specifically for this purpose. Questions can be set up in particular categories and randomized using the Question Bank. For example, if a course is set similar to chapters in a book, the quizzes can be Read More >