Joomla 3

This tutorial series, Joomla 3 component development, is currently in progress… I’ve already written tutorials on writing Joomla plugins and creating Joomla templates. A topic I’ve skipped for quite some time is how to create a Joomla component. Why? Well, it’s always seemed pretty difficult. Instead of writing code and placing it typically in a Read More >

Note that development for this plugin has ceased. The download link is no longer valid. If you follow the link, it will bring you alternatives. The following article will remain for archive purposes. In this tutorial: Install Xmap Generate a Sitemap The easiest way to create a Sitemap for a Joomla 3 website is to Read More >

Be default, individual items in your Joomla 3 breadcrumbs are separated by an orange arrow. You actually have the option to use a different separator in your breadcrumbs, and you can change the separator using the Text Separator breadcrumb setting. Joomla doesn’t say much about the Text Separator setting. The help information they provide in Read More >

As we continue reviewing the settings available for the breadcrumb module in Joomla, we come across the Show Last setting. According to Joomla, this setting controls the following: Show Last Show/Hide the last element in the Pathway Breadcrumbs are intended to show you where within the site you are, and to allow you to easily Read More >

In our last article, we showed you how to remove “Home” from your Joomla 3 breadcrumbs. If you wanted to keep “Home” but change the text to something else, you can. For example, you can have “Blog” show instead of “Home” in your breadcrumbs. One of the Joomla 3 breadcrumb settings, Text for Home Entry, Read More >

One of the new features in Joomla! 3.3 is the addition of microdata. This is a very exciting feature as it allows for a major boost in SEO for both your individual articles and site as a whole. What is Microdata? Microdata is a method of including contextual information to your site and articles. This Read More >

As we continue reviewing the settings available for Joomla’s breadcrumb module, the next setting we see is Show Home. Joomla’s documentation defines the setting as follows: Show Home Show/Hide the Home element in the Pathway Below, we will show you how toggling this setting on/off will affect your breadcrumbs. To remove “Home” in your Joomla Read More >

If you are using the breadcrumbs module in Joomla 3, you may have noticed that the breadcrumbs’ pathway begins with a You are here pinpoint. If you don’t want this pinpoint to show, you can disable it within the breadcrumb module’s settings. How to disable the “You are here” feature: Login to your Joomla 3 Read More >

The Admin Tools Joomla component can be used to protect your Joomla website against brute force attacks. In a snutshell, a brute force attack is when hackers repeatedly guess your Joomla password over and over again until they get it right and login to your dashboard. Enabling the password-protect administrator feature within Admin Tools adds Read More >

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to install the Admin Tools Core Joomla component. With this component, you can perform certain administrative tasks such as password protecting your dashboard, changing your Joomla database prefix, and more. We’ll cover these topics in future tutorials. To install Admin Tools: Download the latest stable version of Admin Read More >

After you have added new events to your Calendar, the next thing to do is display the calendar on your site so others can see! Adding an Events by month JEvents menu item in Joomla 3 allows users to be able to view/access the event. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a Read More >

In our last tutorial, we showed you how to create an Add an event page to allow users to create events within your JEvents Calendar in Joomla 3. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps a user would take to add an event. Click the link Now that you have added a menu Read More >

Now that you’ve installed the JEvents Joomla 3 calendar component, the next thing to do is allow users to add events. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to create a link on your site called Add an event. When users click this menu link, they’ll be taken to a form where Read More >

The JEvents Calendar in Joomla 3 helps you easily track and manage events. In this tutorial we will show you how to install the JEvents Calendar in Joomla 3. This is just the install guide, but in future tutorials we’ll show you how to add events and display your calendars too! JEvents Installation Steps for Read More >

Artisteer is a desktop program you can use to easily create templates for software such as Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress. I’ve known of the software for a few years now, but have never used it. Today, I’ve decided to test out the software, and this article is a brief summary of my experience. Heads up! Read More >

Joomla Menu Location Settings: Available Options What does this setting do? How to change When configuring menu items in Joomla 3, the Menu Location setting controls which menu the item belongs to. If you want to move a link to a different menu, you need to change the link’s (aka menu item’s) Menu Location setting. Read More >

When working with menu items in Joomla 3, one of the settings you will find is Target Window. This setting controls which browser window the menu item link will open into. In this tutorial we will review the available options for Target Window: Parent, New Window With Navigation, and New Without Navigation. Target Window Options Read More >

When creating a Joomla menu item, you will find that most menu item types have Page Display settings. In this article, we are going to review two of the options found within Page Display settings: Browser Page Title and Page Heading. What do these settings do? In our testing, we are working with a Login Read More >

When creating a Joomla Login Form menu item, two of the several options you’ll see are Login Description Text and Login Image. The Login Description Text allows you to show a block of text before the login form itself, and the Login Image setting allows you to show an image before the login form. How Read More >

What is a Joomla Menu Item Type? When setting up a Joomla menu item, you need to choose the menu item type. The menu item type defines what and how the content on the next page will look like. For example, if you choose the Single Article menu item type, that link will direct users Read More >