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 >
Configuring the Contact Form in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Now that you have installed the “contact” module in Drupal 7, it’s time to create and configure the contact form. Log into your Drupal Dashboard Go to Structure >> Contact form Click Edit next to the default Website feedback category Fill in the fields appropriately. Category Enter a category (more like a title) for your Read More >
How to enable the Contact Module in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Drupal 7 comes with many modules pre-installed with the default installation, but not all of then are enabled out of the box. The contact form module is one of the more popular ones. A contact form is a page where visitors will enter information into a form and then submit the information to you. It Read More >
How to link to a Category in a Joomla 2.5 Menu 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 a previous article, we created a new Category in Joomla 2.5, “Test Category 1”. We’ve also created 3 articles and Read More >
Working with Article Categories in Joomla 2.5 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. How to work with Article Categories in Joomla 2.5 What is a Joomla Category?When you write an article in Joomla 2.5, Read More >
How to enable maintenance mode in Drupal Updated on October 12, 2023 by Carrie Smaha Drupal has a built-in feature to display a maintenance mode page when you are working on your website. When maintenance mode is enabled, only users with the “Use the site in maintenance mode” permission will be able to access the website and perform maintenance. All other visitors will see the maintenance mode message. Authorized users Read More >
How to change the administration theme in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Drupal 7 is extremely versatile and has many customization features. In addition to the themes your site visitors see, Drupal allows you to change the look and feel of your admin dashboard by setting a separate theme just for it. By having a separate theme for the admin section it allows you to distinguish between Read More >
How to Log Into the Drupal Administrator Dashboard Updated on October 12, 2023 by Carrie Smaha After installing Drupal, you are ready to begin creating your new site. The vast majority of tasks are done via the administration dashboard. Follow the instructions below, or watch the video on YouTube, to learn how to log into your administration interface. How to Log into the Drupal Admin Interface You have successfully logged into Read More >
How to link to an Article in a Joomla 2.5 Menu 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 article, we created a new Joomla 2.5 Menu called “My First Menu”. We’ve also previously created a new Read More >
How to create a new Menu and Menu Module in Joomla 2.5 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 this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of creating a new menu in Joomla 2.5. If you don’t Read More >
An Introduction to Joomla 2.5 Menus Updated on September 22, 2020 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. Menus With your Joomla hosting, menus provide the basic site navigation for your website. They allow you to link visitors to Read More >
How to move a Joomla 2.5 module to a different position 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 article, we explained how positions help define the layout of a Joomla 2.5 template. In this article, we’ll Read More >
How to View Module Positions in a Joomla 2.5 Template 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. You can use any theme on your Joomla hosted website. Joomla 2.5 themes are used not only to define the style Read More >
