The Difference Between a Joomla Plugin, Module, and Component Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle New users to Joomla 2.5 often ask, “What is the difference between a plugin, module, and component?” All three are referred as extensions, as they extend the basic functionality of Joomla and add additional features. In this tutorial we’ll explain what sets apart plugins, modules, and components. What is a Plugin? When you think of Read More >
How to enable Search Engine Friendly URLs in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha In our last tutorial, we explained the basic concept of Search Engine Friendly URLs in Drupal 7. In this tutorial, we’ll expand upon those ideas and show you how to enable clean URLs, which is required for Search Engine Friendly URLs to work. Please note: Clean URLs, the setting discussed in this article, is enabled Read More >
How to install a Joomla 2.5 Component Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Along with installing modules and installing plugins, you can install Joomla 2.5 components to add additional functionality to your Joomla website. Read More >
Disabling Comments on Specific Blog Entries in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha At this point you’ve enabled the blog module and created your first blog entry. By default, commenting (allowing others to post comments on your blog post) is set to Open. Open commenting means anyone with an account that has the permissions set to Post comments will be able to comment. At times, you may want Read More >
Creating a Blog Entry in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Now that you have enabled the Blog module in Drupal 7, you can start adding blog entries in Drupal and start blogging. Adding a blog entry is just like adding any other content type. As you saw in the last tutorial, once the Blog module has been enabled, a new content type called blog entry Read More >
Enabling the Blog module in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha If you have decided you want to add a blog to your Drupal 7 website, this can be easily accomplished by enabling the blog module. Drupal has the module installed by default, but before you can actually start blogging you’ll need to enable it. Enabling the module is done through your Drupal dashboard. To enable Read More >
How to install a Joomla 2.5 Module Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. As we continue to learn about Joomla 2.5 extensions, we will now walk you through the steps needed for installing a Read More >
How to install a Joomla 2.5 Plugin Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In our previous tutorial, we explained the difference between plugins, modules, and components in Joomla 2.5. In this tutorial, we’ll begin Read More >
Creating Menus in Drupal 7 – Part 2 – Adding links and Displaying Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Welcome to part two of the menu creation tutorial series. At this point, we have already created a new menu in Drupal 7 and are ready to add links to it. The links are the actual menu items that your visitors will click on to visit pages within your website. Here is where we will Read More >
Creating Menus in Drupal 7 – Part 1 – Menu Structure Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Now that we’ve covered the basics behind menus in Drupal, you may want to begin creating your own custom menu. There are a few steps involved in creating your own custom menu and they are covered in this two part article. The first thing you need is a basic menu structure. As this is a Read More >
Introduction to menus in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Menus are one of the most powerful attributes of Drupal 7 and have been around since the early days of Drupal. Menus are powerful because they provide ways for your visitors to get to specific pages on the site. Menus are intuitive as well. If you edit the alias or path of a page, the Read More >
Changing the Time Zone in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha You can change the time zone for your Drupal 7 website at any time. You can even allow users of your website to set their own time zones as well. This allows the dates on pages, articles, posts, etc. to display in a timeframe that is meaningful to the viewer. Changing the time zone for Read More >
Adding a slogan to your Drupal 7 Website Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha During the initial installation of Drupal 7, you were never asked for a slogan; however you can easily add one. A slogan is a basic tagline for your website. Adding a slogan is easily accomplished through your dashboard. To add a slogan to a page in Drupal 7: Log into your Drupal 7 Dashboard Go Read More >
How to unblock an IP in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha In the previous tutorial, we showed you how to block an IP in your Drupal 7. There may be times you need to remove the block. This can be done through your Drupal 7 Dashboard. To unblock an IP address in Drupal 7: Log into your Drupal 7 Dashboard Go to Configuration Click on IP Read More >
Blocking a specific IP address in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha You may find it necessary to block a specific IP address from accessing your Drupal 7 website. Perhaps they are a spammer or have been attempting to break into the site to vandalize it. This can be done very quickly through your Drupal 7 admin dashboard. Log into your Drupal 7 Dashboard Go to Configuration Read More >
Setting up URL Aliases in Drupal 7 Updated on February 21, 2022 by Carrie Smaha In our last few articles, we introduced you to the idea of Search Engine Friendly URLs and walked you through the steps for enabling clean URLs in Drupal 7. At this point we have all the right settings in place, and we just need to setup our custom aliases! Continue reading to learn how to Read More >
Promoting an Existing Page to the front page in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Now that you know how to create basic pages in Drupal 7, you can set one or more of those pages to be on your website’s Home (or front) page. This is easily done through the Drupal 7 dashboard. Promoting to the first page just shows the title and the first portion of the actual Read More >
Creating a basic page in Drupal 7 Updated on December 28, 2020 by Carrie Smaha In our last article we talk about the differences between Articles and Basic Pages in Drupal 7. Now that we understand those fundamental ideas, we will begin first by creating a Basic Page in our Drupal 7 test site. To create a basic page to Drupal 7: Log into your Drupal 7 Dashboard In the Read More >
Adding the contact form to the menu in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Before being able to add the contact form into your main menu, you should have already installed the contact module and configured the settings. Now, you need to create a way for your website’s visitors to actually find and access the form. You can add a contact link to your main menu via the Drupal Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Menu Items – Category List vs. Category Blog Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle In a previous article, we created a new Joomla 2.5 menu item that links to a category. When we selected the menu type, we chose Category List. You may have noticed that there was a Category Blog option as well. What is the difference between a Category List and a Category Blog menu item? Category Read More >
