Joomla beginners tips
Joomla 1.5 installs with three pre-installed templates. These templates are good as a starting point when learning Joomla. Still, if you want to create a Joomla website, you will want to look at other templates as well.
There are a lot of templates out there. Both free and commercial. I usually recommend spending a few dollars on a template from a professional provider if you're creating a business website. You will get those dollars back in less frustrations, better search engine rankings and easier customization. The support is also better (not always, though).
This tutorial will show you how to install a Joomla template and how to get started customizing it.
I regularly scan the unaswered questions in the Joomla forums. Many times, the questions posted have to do with how the output of Joomla is presented. This may have to do with the template, but oftentimes it has to do with the CSS (stylesheet) of the Joomla template.
New users are often unaware of how CSS and Joomla works. There are sometimes confusion regarding if the problem relates to the Joomla core, or the template installed. In this post I will try and give you an overview on how to use CSS in Joomla.
A short tip showing you the best way to link directly to Joomla articles when using SEF URLs (search engine friendly URLs).
Joomla comes with a built-in text editor: TinyMCE. Although this is OK for many users, the need to change it to something more advanced may arise. When installed, you need to make sure that the editor is selected as the default editor. I'll show you how to do that.
This is a problem that may arise oif you upload images to your image folder. The default configuration of Joomla sets the path to the image folder to images/stories. If you upload your images outside the stories folder you won't be able to access them from the editor.
Sometimes, you might experience your Joomla session tables going out of wack. This may result in your website displaying nothing but an error message.
Relax, I'll show you how to fix it!
If you're just starting out using Joomla, some concepts can be a bit confusing.
For instance, what is the difference between the Feed Display module and the Syndication module? What do I use them for?
