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1. 2 H 2 H Eee le E a w Parameters Advanced Show Title Use Global Title Linkable Use Global As the Gateway to Muskoka Gra Intro Text Use Global Section Name Use Global Whether an in town or rural resident permanent or seasonal young or simply young at heart an individual with Section Title Linkable Use Globa special needs a visitor passing through or contemplating an investment in our community Gravenhurst offers E opportunity to all Category Title Use Global Cat Title Linkabl Enjoy your visit with us on www gravenhurst ca but can assure you there is nothing quite like the real thing Alas tr Usa Global Article Rating Use Global Author Hame Hide Created Date and Time Hide Modified Date and Time Hide PDF Icon Hide Print icon Hide La La Lo Ll Ll Ls e Ll Ll Ls Le KK E mail icon Hide Content Language Select Language gt Key Reference Alternative Read more text gt Metadata Information Image Pagebreak Read more g Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License You will notice that a red line will be displayed at the section of the page you wish to have a link to Read More Click Save icon to save your changes Click Preview link at the top of the page to view your changes The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 15 Chapter 5 Introduction to Accessing Functions from the Back End Int
2. 3 Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview gt o 1 Logout Banner New e YO Save Apply Cancel Help Details Name Alias Show Banner No Yes Sticky No yes Order Category Select a Category zl Client Name Select Client z Impressions Purchased Unlimited M Click URL Clicks 0 Reset Clicks Custom Banner Code Description Hotes Banner Image Selector Select Image zl Width Height Banner Image Tags Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License U M g S E Done The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 67 Toolbar Buttons Upload images Save and Cancel are available Complete the following fields Name Enter the name of the Banner as it will appear in the Banner Manager Show Banner Choose whether to publish the banner or not Select Yes or No Client Name Select the name of the assigned client from the drop down menu Category Select the category from the drop down menu Impressions Purchased Input the number of times to display this banner or check the box for unlimited Click URL Enter the full URL of the page that should open when the banner is clicked on Clicks Records the number of times the banner has been clicked Click the Reset Clicks button to reset the number to zero Custom banner code You may enter here some code See Developers Manual
3. Name The name by which the User is known Username The name the User uses to login Logged In Indicates whether logged in or not Enabled Indicates whether enabled or not Group Indicates which Group the User belongs to e g Author Manager etc E Mail A valid e mail address Last Visit The date and time the User was last logged on 52 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 ID The unique User ID held in the database Other functions available on this screen Filter You may enter text in the Filter box to refine the list based on whether the text is found in the name Type in any text and press the Tab key Group You may also limit the list to a particular group Log Status You may also limit the list by the log status by selecting one or more combinations from the drop down boxes Create a User To create a New User click the New Button This will display the User Add screen Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x o gt O a E a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_users DDisable Cookies 11055 Y E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Y Py thesize v Ft vols y E View Source Options id vYOO A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Version 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview 0 M4 Logout QQ User New y QU Save Apply Cancel Help User Details Parameters Ha
4. Select Section z Select Category z Select Author z Select State O Title Published Ordera YA Access Level ID Section Category Author 110 Gateway to Muskoka v 1 Public 61 Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 2 Information About This Website A av 2 Public 154 Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 3 O Arts amp Culture g av 3 Public 105 Arts amp Culture o Administrator 4 7 Home Page Y a 4 Public 46 Administrator Display 20 gt EA Published but is Pending Y Published and is Current Published but has Expired Y Not Published Archived Click on icon to toggle state Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 49 Toolbar Buttons Archive Publish Unpublish and Remove are available This page shows a list of the Articles assigned to the Front Page Component You may filter the display by Section Category Author and or State The following information is displayed Title This is the title of the Articles displayed on the Front Page and is listed within Section and Category Published This shows whether the item is published or not Hover over this button to see a summary of the publishing information Click to change state Order Click the arrow buttons to move the item up or down in the list Or enter the list manually in the field pro vided and click the Save button to save the new order Access This is the
5. By JoomGallery ProjectTeam Based on JoomGallery 1 0 0 by JoomGallery ProjectTeam Wersion 1 5 RC BUILD 20090206 Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The following information is displayed ID The category identification number Category The category name The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 103 Parent Category Published If the category is a child of another category that category name will appear here A green check will appear if the category is published a red cross if not Click the icon to toggle the category between states Owner The creator of the category Access The level of Joomla user required to view the categorys content Reorder You can use the Up or Down arrows to alter the order in which the Category items are displayed Order You can enter the order in which you want the Category items to be displayed Click the Save button to save the changes Create a New Category Access Select Components gt JoomGallery gt Category Manager gt New The Category Manager Add Category screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox vDQ0048h 10 x http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php Qbisable Cookies 1055 Y E Forms Mlimages Information e Y Gl joomgallery tutorial Miscellaneous gt Outline Y P Resize v Tools X Lo view Source Y Options At Joomla Town o
6. ES Joomla User Manual A The Artstract Co Incorporated RTSTRACT www theartstract com 2 DESIGN PRINT COPY 705 687 1510 RTSTRACT INCORPORATES DESIGN PRINT COPY Joomla User Manual Joomla v 1 5 9 Manual Revision 2009 04 20 Brandon McGregor pRGD The Artstract Co Incorporated http www theartstract com Adapted From Joomla User Manual Joomla v1 0 11 By Steve White Websdezined com and Andy Wallace TUTORonline Joomla User Guide Module 1 Introduction to Joomla See Appendix A for License Information ii The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Table of Contents Chapter I Welcome to Joomla o o o eee eee l Mtr duction sopas a II A e a a cing See BG AA What is a Content Management System oaoa a Joomla for End Users 9 4 sce 4 ok eS mea ee Ee Oe RR e a l Taking Joomla to the Next Level 2 2 2 2 ee ee ee Objectives of the Joomla User Manual aa aaa o e 2 How to Use the Joomla User Manual oaaae 2 Manual Styles amp Conventions 2 2 ee 3 Chapter 2 Overview of the Installed Elements of a Joomla Web Site 4 Introduction hos iaa ra a as a ca 4 Templates de arios de ed do ti we SEN Fe do A Bes 4 COMPONER rin io Ad He e il BIE A EA 4 Modules ccc soii E DA AAA AE e Ges 5 AA A A RR 5 Chapter 3 Joomla Users o ooo o o 6 Introduction esti SAI A E RA ea AA
7. Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 73 Position Select the Module position in which you wish it to appear Order Select the order you wish the Module to appear Access Level Select the Access Level Public Registered or Special which is able to view the Module ID The ID for this Module Description A description of the functionality of the Module Menu Item Link s Select the Page s or Items that the Module should be displayed If you are creating a new module additional fields are required and vary by the module type Administrator Modules Access Select Extensions gt Module Manager gt Administrator The Module Manager Administrator screen will be displayed This screen appears and behaves identically to the Module Manager Site section detailed above Manage Specific Modules Purposes and Parameters The section below defines the purpose of each Module and details the additional Module specific parameters available to each Banners 74 Type mod_banners The banner Module allows you to show the active banners out of the Component within your site Parameters Banner client Insert the reference to the client id A comma should separate multiple client ids Module Class Suffix Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module e g moduletable_online In this example _online is the suf fix This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file This allows individual CSS classe
8. Site Offline No C yes Search Sale at Cono ves s Offline Message This site is down for maintenance Please check back agains saoi Use Apache mod_rewrite No C ves Add suffix to URLs e No O Yes Site Name Town of Gravenhurst Default WYSIWYG Editor Editor TinyMCE 2 0 gt List Length 209 gt Feed length 10 ea Metadata Settings Global Site Meta Joomla the dynamic portal engine and content Description Management system Global Site Meta joomla Joomla Keywords Show Title Meta Tag C No Oj Yes Show Author Meta Tag C No Oj Yes Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Ss Ee Done Y SEG ms Site Tab Site Offline With this option you can switch on and off your web sites Front End Use it if you are updating Modules or data and do not wish to have your visitors view the site until you are finished Remember to reset the Site of fline option to No once you are done Offline Message When the Site Offline switch is in the Yes position this default message will display on the Front End for your visitors to see This site is down for maintenance Please check back again soon You can change this text to whatever message you would like Default WYSIWYG Editor Choose which of the installed Text Editors you want to use to edit Articles List Length Choose a default length for lists in the Administrator Back End NOTE that if you have previously visited a page with a list
9. The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 When a user edits a file Joomla changes the file s status to Checked Out The file is locked and only the user who has checked it out can modify it This security feature prevents two users from editing a document at the same time thus preventing the loss of data upon saving A Article remains Checked Out until the user clicks Save Apply or Cancel while editing it Once saved the Article is Checked In However if there is a connection error such as when the user presses the browsers Back button or the user chooses another menu item without saving or cancelling the work in progress the Article remains Checked Out This means no one can edit it If users report this verify the item s availability by looking in the Section Category or Item file list If the item has a Padlock button a Super Administrator will need to make the item available again by performing a Global Checkin Global Checkin will unlock all Articles currently Checked Out Only a Super Administrator can perform it To perform a Global Checkin select System gt Global Checkin After performing the Global Checkin Joomla returns a list showing how many items and from which Tables were checked back in WARNING Performing a Global Checkin while documents are open for editing may result in data loss All checked out items will be checked in and any unsaved changes will be lost Mass Mail This page all
10. URL Enter the URL for the site file you wish to display within the IFrame Scroll Bars Choose whether horizontal and vertical scroll bars are added to your page No means scroll bars are never shown even when content extends beyond the inline frame Yes means scroll bars are always used even when content does not extend beyond the inline frame and Auto means scrolls bars are shown only when necessary Width Type in a value for the width of the Frame window either in pixels or in percentage Percentage is relative to the HTML element where the lt php include once mainbody php gt tag is placed in the template Height Type in a value for the height of the Frame window either in pixels or in percentage see above Auto Height Choose Yes if you desire the height of the Wrapper page to be set to the size of the external Web page Choose No if you do not The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 77 2 a Auto Add Choose Yes if you wish http to be added automatically to the URL that you type in the Wrapper Link field in the Details Tab If you already have typed in the http in the link field then Joomla will recognise this and not put a second http in the link field If set to No then you must type http or https at the begin ning of the URL in the URL field or else the link in the URL field will be treated as a link relative to the URL of your site Type mod_poll This Module compli
11. Access Select Components gt JoomGallery gt Picture Manager Click the name of the picture you wish to edit Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox _ O xl lt gt O a E a http testsite gravenhurst ca administrator index php 9 Y G ODisable Cookies y css E Forms Milmages B Information Miscellaneous Outline 5 TResize y P Tools X iew Source Y ptions Y y 0 e A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview om Y Logout Picture Manager Edit Picture e 0 Title Category Description Owner Author Picture Rating Thumbnail Preview Save Cancel Lake Muskoka_1 Gravenhurst From the Water 1 B Z U axe Styles gt Format gt Font family zl E beynmrathGoOm it A 2 Bl r 2e a admin gt Brandon McGregor 0 0 Votes E clear all votes for this image Picture Preview JOOM GALLERY By JoomGallery ProjectTeam Based on JoomGallery 1 0 0 by JoomGallery ProjectTeam Wersion 1 5 RC BUILD 20090206 The Picture Manager Edit Picture screen will be displayed with a preview image of the picture being edited Edit the fields as required and then click the Save button to update the picture information The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 107 Move a Picture Access Select Components gt
12. Buttons Icons that should be clicked selected in the course of a procedure are presented as follows Click Save button Select Yes radio button Select Show or Hide or Global Setting Toolbar Buttons Delete Save Edit Publish Unpublish and Save are available Internal addresses or addresses that you need to enter your own details into are shown as http www mydomainname com or usr local apache htdocs Web addresses of other resources are shown as http www joomla org If a point requires emphasis such as the name of a piece of software or that a particular path or element is being referenced then it will be highlighted either as MySQL or Component xyz The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Chapter 2 Overview of the Installed Elements of a Joomla Web Site Introduction Now that you have your Joomla installation up and running a word about the different elements that make up your web site Templates The template and its associated files provide the visual look and feel of your web site and are maintained separately from the web site content This is stored in a MySQL database A typical Joomla installation comes with two templates pre installed called madeyourweb and rhuk_solaflare_ii Template files are located in the templates folder in the root directory and each template typically consists of the following files index php This file contains HTML PHP and possibly JavaScript coding
13. Filter Go Reset Select Section gt Select State z 0 Title Published Ordera ceSs Section Pra b 1 General Information Y v 1 Public Arts amp Culture 1 0 73 2 Music on the Barge Y a 2 Public Arts amp Culture 1 0 74 TT Thoughts Y x 1 Public Blog Content 6 0 45 4 7 News amp Events Y ay 2 Public Blog Content 2 0 46 5 D Comments A a 3 Public Blog Content 0 D 47 6 TF General Information Y 1 Public Building Department 4 0 56 7 I General Information Y v 1 Public Bylaw Department 2 0 57 Bylaws Y a 2 Public Bylaw Department 0 0 70 9 I General Information Y 1 Public Clerks Department 3 0 58 10 7 General Information Y v 1 Public Committees 0 0 80 11 O Communities In Bloom Y ay 2 Public Committees 4 0 81 12 D Accessibility Y ay 3 Public Committees 1 0 82 13 O Youth Y nv 4 Public Committees 1 o Se E Done 36 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 The following information is displayed Title The title of the Category Published The published or unpublished status Click the button to toggle between these two states Order You can enter the order in which you want the menu items to be displayed Click the Save button to save the changes Access Level This indicates what type of user has access to the menu item By clicking on the title you can toggle between Public Registered and Special Section This is the name of the Section to which the Category is assigned Active This i
14. This option allows you to globally set whether visitors to your site can register for a user account If the Yes radio button is chosen the Login Form will include the prompt No account yet Create one If the No radio button is set no option to register is presented New User Registration Type The default access level that will be applied to new Users registering via the front end New User Account Activation If set to Yes the User will be e mailed a link to activate their account before they can log in The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 88 Eront end User Parameters If set to Show Users will be able to select their language editor and Help Site preferences on their Details screen when logged into the front end Legal Extensions File Types Extensions File Types for the files you allow to be uploaded comma separated Maximum Size in bytes The maximum size for an upload in bytes Use zero for no limit Path to Media Folder You can create a new folder to use with the Media Manager and enter the path to that folder here Warning Do not delete or change the existing images folder The images banners images M_images images smilies and images stories folders are used by the application Path to Image Folder You can create a new folder to use with the Image Manager and enter the path to that folder here If you want to access this folder from the Media Manager use the same folder name or make
15. identification code for this specific Menu Item used in the database Other functions available on this screen include Max Levels This drop down allows you to select the maximum levels of menu displayed Useful if you have a long and complex hierarchical menu State Allows you to view only Published or Unpublished menu items Display This drop down allows you to select the maximum number of menu items displayed per page Note the lt lt Start lt Previous page number Next gt End gt gt navigation to move between pages Create a New Menu Item To create a new menu item click on the New button This displays the New Menu Item screen 26 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Menu Item New Mozilla Firefox O x File Edit a lelp F ted E JL eadlines st f s of the Wor 2 M S o gt a fn a http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_menus amp task type amp menutype main 9 Y x Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms Y Images Y trformation v Miscellaneous Outline Y e Resize Tools fe View Source Options v Y O A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview 0o 8 Y Logout EN Menu Item New ea Cancel Help Select Menu Item Type a Internal Link a JoomlaComment a Articles a Archive o Archived Article List B Article o Article Layout o Article Submission Layout a Catego
16. s Back End as well as the Front End In this Section we will be looking at how to e Create a new Article e Move a Article e Copy a Article e Archive a Article The Article Manager Access Select Content gt Article Manager Access Click the Article Manager button from the Home page The Article Manager Section All screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox DicFindr Fr stock p dministrator index php opti jon com_content Disable Cookies 1055 E Forms MiImages Information Miscellaneous Outline Y P Resize v Fr cols y View Source Y Options X A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help T Article Manager R RG Unarchive Archive Publish Unpublish Fitter Go Reset Select Section Access wn A ee Move Copy z Select Category j Trash Y Edit M Preview New A S 20 M2 Logout Parameters gt Select Author z Select State sion 1 5 9 QQ Help 40 Title Published FrontPage Ordera YA emer Sectiona Category Author Date Hits ID 1 Home Page gt 2 1 Public Administrator 21 01 09 1382 46 3 Arts amp General RR Jnana Eg ne 2 FT Arts amp Culture Y 1 Public Culture ran Administrator 17 03 09 56 105 m i A Arts 2 Music on the Els NAAA 5 z 3 IT Music onthe Barge v 2 1
17. 1 0 0 February 2009 The Artstract Co 2 The Artstract Co Town of Gravenhurst Flight 1 1 0 March 2009 The Arts 3 beez 1 0 0 19 February 2007 Angie Radtke Robert Deutz 4 JA Purty 1 2 0 12 26 07 JoomlArt com 5 rhuk_milkyway 1 0 2 11 20 06 Andy Miller Display 20 gt Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The following information is displayed Template Name The name of the template as defined in the templateDetails xml file Default Assigns this default template to all Menu Items pages Assigned Opens a page where you can assign this template to specific Menu Items pages This will override the default template for the pages chosen If you choose None it will act the same way as the Default parameter Date The date of the template as defined in the templateDetails xml file Author The name of the templates author as defined in the templateDetails xml file Version The version of the template as defined in the templateDetails xml file Toolbar Buttons Default and Edit are available The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 93 Assign a Template You can assign a template to one or more pages from the list that is displayed When assigned the template will appear when a user clicks on these pages This will override the default template If you want to remove an assigned template from one or some page s select the assigned template again radio
18. 150 pixels for the menu this leaves me 610 pixels to play with for the main body of the site If I insert a 500 pixel width image and want to wrap my text around it this leaves me just 110 pixels width for text This might be too narrow Preview Preview is a function that allows you to view the web site Front End from your Administrator Back End Panel just by click ing the Preview button in the top right of your screen Manage Menu Items Note Creating and deleting menus is reserved for the Administrator or Super Administrator access levels only In this section we will be covering e How to add a new menu item e Publish and Unpublish menu items e Moving menu items e Copying menu items 24 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 e Deleting menu items e Using the Home Menu Option to control the Front Page Display By default there will be the mainmenu othermenu topmenu and usermenu listed The Menu Manager In this example we will be adding a menu link to an article Access Select Menu gt mainmenu View Menus Mozilla Firef This will display the Menu Manager mainmenu screen All existing menu item will be displayed File Edit ie o o gt a YS a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_menus Qbisable y Cookies y ic55 CForms Milmages E Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Y Resize Y Tools Y 2 View Source Options Y S700 Jooml
19. 2 View Source Options Y 709 A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help Ss Preview o 1 O Logout Picture Upload Q A Back CPanel Category Manager Picture Manager Comments Manager Votes Manager Picture Upload Batch Upload FTP Upload Java Upload Configuration Manager Customize CSS Migration Manager Help and Information Select Image Browse Select Image Browse Select Image Browse Select Image Browse Select Image Browse Select Image Browse Select Image Browse Select Image AAA Browse Select Image oo Browse Select Image L Browse Category photos will be assigned to z Generic Title Generic Description optional Author optional Transparent or animated picture files F Upload 1 This option allows the upload of special picture files Solely choose this option in case your upload not get resized and therefore are di f animated or transparent png or gif files Keep in mind that the files do JOOM GALLERY By JoomGallery ProjectTeam Based on JoomGallery 1 0 0 by JoomGallery ProjectTeam Wersion 1 5 RC BUILD 20090206 Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Batch Upload If you have a number of images to upload you may want to use the batch upload feature Images still need to be correctly op timized prior to upload but rather than uploading a
20. 20 65 Manage Banners Access Select Components gt Banners gt Manage Banners The Banner Manager screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x o gt O a As a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php option com_banners IG Qr DDisable Cookies 1055 E Forms Mimages iInformation Miscellaneous Outline Y gt thesize m Ft cols y View Source Y Options y YOO A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Version 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help a Preview o m1 O Logout a Banner Manager d le g J Q Publish Unpublish Copy Delete Edit New Parameters Help Banners Clients Categories Filter Go Reset Select a Category zl Select State gt ani Hame Client Categorya Published Order XA Sticky Impressions Clicks Tags ID Emergency Emergency 1 O Flood Warning In Effect 7 kak 2 Information Q 1 No 36 of Unlimited 0 0 00 9 SaS Banners UL 1063 of 2 FP Rec amp Leisure Guide Department Y 1 No l Jnlimited 0 0 00 10 Banners lia a Town Event i 1001 of ee 3 TO Event Banners 1 No Unlimited uai 11 Town Event 1043 of 0 0 00 2 4 Evert 2 Banners 2 No Unlimited Da i Town of Town Event 1026 of Ps 5 5 0 0 00 3 E O Event 3 Gravenhurst Banners Y 3 No Unlimited des 13 Display 20 gt Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The Banner Manag
21. 2009 04 20 71 The Module Manager Screen displays a list of the installed Site Modules 2028 Disable Cookies 1055 E Forms Miimages O information v Miscellaneous Outline Y e thesize Tools X E View Source Options X Y A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help bs Preview o mi O Logout amp Module Manager o Le 7900 Enable Disable Copy Delete Edit New Help Site Administrator Filter Go Reset Select Template z Select Position z Select Type z Select State z r Module Hame Enabled Ordera YA Access Level Positiona Pages Type 1D 1 O Breadcrumbs Y 1 Public breadcrumb All mod_breadcrumbs 35 2 Customized Footer Y 0 Public footer All mod_artstractFooter 54 3 D Footer a 3 Public footer All mod_footer 33 4 DT Statistics 5 v 0 Public left None mod_stats 20 5 Explore Gravenhurst Y ay 0 Public left Varies mod_random_image 28 6 7 JEvents Calendar Q av 0 Public left All mod_jevents_cal 45 7 TO Archive o ay 9 Public left None mod_archive 23 8 7 Sections av 10 Public left None mod_sections 24 9 Related items Q av 11 Public left None mod_related_items 26 10 7 Wrapper Q av 12 Public left All mod_wrapper 32 11 1 Feed Display o ay 13 Public left All mod_feed 34 12 7 Events Legend Y ay 14 Public left Varies mod_jevents_legend 46 9 Toolbar Buttons Publish Unpublish Copy Delete Edit and New
22. A wm As ma d E y de e Y a gt a A t A Author Administrator x Kos fs 2 E E 2 E Ba Author Alias Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer adipiscing elit sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet Access Levell Pubic El dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in Created Date 2009 04 14 10 19 24 vulputate velit esse molestie consequat vel ilum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi Start Publishing 2009 04 14 10 19 26 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer adipiscing elit sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet Finish Publishing Never 5 dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et A ose re E y p k h e gt Metadata Information iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi gt Parameters Advanced Image Pagebreak Read more g Joomla is Free Software
23. Add New Article Displays the Article New screen Article Manager Displays the Article Manager Section All screen The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 17 Frontpage Manager Displays the Frontpage Manager screen Section Manager Displays the Section Manager screen Category Manager Displays the Category Manager Content All screen Media Manager Displays the Media Manager screen Menu Manager Displays the Menu Manager screen Language Manager Displays the Language Manager Site screen User Manager Displays the User Manager screen Global Configuration This displays the Global Configuration screen Other Common Buttons 18 Save Click Save to save the data on the screen you are using and return to the appropriate list screen e g Article Manager Section All Apply Save the data on the screen and remain on that screen Cancel Logout The correct way to leave an input screen or to force a logout Help Access the built in help system The button is not referred to in the Toolbar Button lists for processes de scribed in this manual but it is available on all screens Publish Default Assign and Send Mail Used with Sections Categories and Articles etc to control publication assigning a template or sending a Mass Mail Unpublish Used with Sections Categories and Articles etc to control publication Delete Trash Uninstall Used to delete from the database send to t
24. Cache Select whether the cache is enabled or not The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Cache Time The maximum length of time in minutes for a cache file to be stored before it is refreshed Cache Handler The default caching mechanism is file based Session Lifetime Auto log out a User after they have been inactive for the entered number of minutes Do not set too high Session Handler The mechanism by which Joomla identifies a User once they are connected to the web site using non persis tent cookies Server Tab Path to Temp folder Please select a writable Temp folder GZIP Page Compression Compress buffered output if supported Error Reporting Select the appropriate level of reporting from the drop down list See the Help Screen for full details Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x A st Y St H g PICI or e Stock DN St brands the Y Lei zle blogs J Y et s e File Eqit Mew History Bookmarks Ii He Most visite atest Headlines i i e 1 o D O a A http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_config X Qr Disable Cookies y 1055 Y E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous Y Outline 5 thesize v PT cols y LE View Source Y Options X SOO Joomla Town of Gravenhurst rene Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help ba Preview 0 m1 O Logout Global Configuration de YOO Save Apply Close Help Site Sys
25. Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Setting Up the Global Parameters From here you can determine how the JEvents calendar system behave across the website Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Parameters The parameters pop up will be displayed JEvent ontrol Panel Mozilla Firefox http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_jevents Qbisable Cookies 1055 E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous Outline Y Pi Resize Tools E view Source Options y JEvents MVC Global Configuration Admin User Administrator z Enable User Authorisation No Yes Creator User Level Author Editor User Level Manager Publisher User Level Manager Specified category lect Category z Additional category Additional category Select Category zl Additional category Select Category zl Additional category Select Category zl Additional category Select Category zl Additional category Select Category zl Additional category Select Category zl Additional category Select Category zl Additional category Select Category zl You can alter the following information Admin User The user from the Joomla system that will act as the JEvents administrator Enable User Authorisation If yes then only authorised users can create events etc otherwise any user of the following levels can undertake these tasks Cre
26. Component Nolnk Firstline Lastline Hide Title Links using Javascript O No C Yes Sort reverse Cno ves eventDate la endDate 1 M4p 3 available Event fields Custom Format String ies pete format with date ate format with strftime Include link to RSS feed in module C no yes Reset to default O Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Maximum Events to Display Maximum number of events to display in the module max 150 Display Mode 0 default display closest events for current week and following week only up to maximal events 1 same as mode 0 except some past events for the current week will also be displayed if num of future events is less than maximal events 2 display closest events for days range relative to current day up to maximum events 3 same as mode 2 except if there are less than maximal events in the range then display past events within days range relative to current day 4 display closest events for current month up to maximal events relative to current day Days Before After Day range relative to Current Day to display Events modes 2 or 3 only Only Display a Repeating Event Once Display any event which has a repeat type only once in the module The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 137 Display Events As Link Display event titles as links to the view_detail option task which will display details of the event Displa
27. Deals with what an Administrator can do Chapter 8 Deals with what a Super Administrator can do Appendix A This manual is released under The Creative Common License see details here Appendix B Using the JoomGallery photo gallery Appendix C Using the JEvents event calendar Appendix D Using the JoomlaComment Appendix E Custom plugin parameters 2 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Manual Styles amp Conventions Throughout this manual we will refer to specific items of information in the following ways Note You will see this when an additional point needs to be made Caution You will see this when you should use care or due diligence to avoid problems occurring either immediately or potentially later on WARNING You will see this when there is a very high risk of damaging your installation in some way Exercise great care Seek further advice if you are unclear as to what you are doing _ _ ________ a C G R RREQ z gt zo q gt gt 5D Ro z_ _o Qu al Code that you are either required to enter reference or alter in some way will be displayed as in the following example lt meta name description content Joomla the dynamic portal engine and content management system This article provides simple information on using the Joomla CMS gt lt meta name keywords content Joomla Joomla Joomla CMS author editor publisher gt
28. Delete an event Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Events Select the checkbox next to the event title and click Delete Manage Users Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Users The Users screen will now be displayed with the following information Name The users real name Username The users user name Enabled Shows a green check if the user is enabled Create Shows a green check if the user has the ability to create a new event Max Events Shows the maximum number of events the user can create Publish Own Shows a green check if the user can publish their own events Delete Own Shows a green check if the user can delete their own events Edit All Shows a green check if the user can edit all events Publish All Shows a green check if the user can publish all events Delete All Shows a green check if the user can delete all events The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 129 O oN O E a a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php option com_jeventsttask user list Disable Cookies Jess E JForms Miimages E Information y 9 YEG Q Miscellaneous Outline 5 Resize Tools Biew Source Options t Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help w Preview 0 8 O Logout a a JEvents Users Ores XA x New Edit Delete Parameters CPanel Help l Hame Username
29. Enabled Create Max Events Publish Own Delete Own Edit All Publish All Delete All Upload Images Upload Files Create Own Extras Create Global Extras Max Extras I Administrator admin Y Y 100000 4 x Y Y Y Y Y o o 100000 I User One User1 Y Y 10000 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y o o 10000 Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Sw Li Done Upload Images Shows a green check if the user can upload images to their event description Upload Files Shows a green check if the user can upload files as part of their event description Create Own Extras Shows a green check if the user can create their own extra fields in the event display screen Create Global Extras Shows a green check if the user can create global extra fields in the event display screen Max Extras Shows the maximum number of extra fields the user can create Create a New User Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Users gt New The Edit User screen will be displayed where you can complete all the fields detailed above Click Save when you re done Note Joomla users are automatically given permission to add and edit events using JEvents based on the global parameters set by the administrator Further Information Setting up the Global Parameters 130 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Edit a JEvents Users Details Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Users Click the users name you wish to edit or s
30. Firefox File Edit Ww p Mo x o gt O O a As a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php 4 Y G Qbisable X amp Cookies css E Forms Images O information v Miscellaneous Y I Outline Py Resize Fr ols y View Source Options v Y Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help ea Preview 0 2 Y Logout v Welcome to Joomla gt amp amp W gt Logged in Users gt Popular Add New Article Article Manager Front Page Manager Section Manager z gt Recent added Articles gt Menu Stats k CA oi Jj a Ea A Joomla Security Newsfeed me Category Manager Media Manager Menu Manager Language Manager a S User Manager Global Configuration Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The Control Panel also known as the Home page is always accessible from the Home menu option The Control Panel consists of four distinct areas Menu Options The menu provides access to all the Back End functions available The menu and sub menu options displayed will vary accord ing to your User status i e Manager Administrator or Super Administrator On the right hand side there are buttons representing the number of private messages you have the number of logged on Us ers and a Logout link Quick Link Buttons These quick link buttons provide access to a number of common tasks with one click
31. Front Page no ves Hits Revised 0 Times Section Select Section Category Select Category Created Tuesday 14 April 2009 10 19 Modified Not Modified U ae Styles Format Font family y Bid ues H sez m a H Parameters Article mm ar G gt E LEJA OH ut 4 Author Administrator Z Js oe a A a 2 a Author Alias Access Level Public Created Date 2009 04 14 10 19 2 Start Publishing 2009 04 14 10 19 2 Finish Publishing Never El gt Parameters Advanced gt Metadata Information Image 2 Pagebreak Read more Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 43 Toolbar Buttons Preview Upload image Save Apply and Cancel This screen is divided into two main areas The left hand side is used to input content The right hand side handles a number of p g parameters which control what and how the content is displayed Complete the following fields Title Enter a Title Section Select a Section Title Alias If you leave this blank the system will determine it automatically Category Select a Category associated with the Section selected Show on Frontpage This determines whether the Article is displayed on the Front Page The default the option is not checked Check this option if you want to publish the Article on the Front Page Published This determines whether the Article is pu
32. Hea PicFindr Free stock Best Brar i y 4 os Oey O gt a Ay a http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_content 4 Y G Qr Qbdisable Cookies 1055 Y E Forms Images E Information Miscellaneous Outline Y e Resize ll Tools id 2 view Source Options id 2 00 A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help l Preview 0 m1 O Logout T Article New XX BY OBO Preview Save Apply Cancel Help Title Published C No ves State Published Alias Front Page No ves mis Revised 0 Times Section Select Section z Category Select Category al Created Tuesday 14 April 2009 10 19 Modified Not Modified D z Styles gt Format ll Font family gt parameter Amici bs y d a pr E 9 E id A Author Administrator To 2 E x x nimm 4 a Author Alias Access Level Public zl Created Date 2009 04 14 10 19 2 Start Publishing 2009 04 14 10 19 26 Finish Publishing Never E b Parameters Advanced gt Metadata Information Image Pagebreak Read more y Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Before you begin adding your content you will need to give the Article a title example Welcome Front Page So that you will be able to view the content make sure that the Published radio button is selected to Yes The Alias field which is the internal name of the
33. Linux uhs 14 1 SMP Thu Feb 19 16 19 09 EST 2009 64 Database Version Debian_7etch8 log Database Collation 8_general_ci PHP Version 5 2 tchi3 Web Server Apache 2 2 3 Debian mod_fastcgi 2 4 2 PHP 5 2 0 8 etch13 mod_ssl 2 2 3 OpenSSL 0 9 6c Web Server to PHP interface cgi fegi Joomla Version Joomla 1 5 9 Producti fatani 9 January 2009 23 00 GM User Agent Mozilla 5 0 Windows ws NT 5 1 en US rv 1 9 0 8 Gecko 201 Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Se E Done 9 SES 98 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 The Information screen has five tabs as follows System Info This tab provides information about the PHP build web server Joomla version installed and Browser being used PHP Settings This tab provides detailed information about important PHP settings on the server Configuration File This tab provides details of the configuration php file located in the Joomla root directory Directory Permissions This tab provides detailed information about the folder permissions of your Joomla installation Note For all Joomla functions and features to work all of the following directories should be writeable PHP Information This tab provides detailed information about the PHP Zend and MySQL versions and configurations being used Global Check in Access Select Tools gt Global Checkin The Global Check in screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administr
34. OlLogout e Q Save Cancel Content Settings Other components Settings Import Comments About com_content Gateway to Muskoka Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Make any appropriate changes to the comment then click Save 142 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 IJoomlaComment Configuration Access Select Components gt JoomlaComment gt Content Settings The configuration screen will be displayed General Tab Uninstall complete mode Delete both the component and the data on uninstall Do not use if you plan to reinstall later Mambot content function For expert only You can change here the joscomment mambot function if you have hacked the content html Frontend language Select autodetect to use the Global Parameters Backend language Select autodetect to use the Global Parameters Local charset Input the charset of your joomla installation if it is different from utf 8 Exclude Include If INCLUDE this will allow comments for items which are IN selected Ids OR IN selected sections OR IN selected categories If EXCLUDE this will not allow comments for items which are IN selected Ids OR IN selected sections OR IN selected categories Exclude Include items Ids You can use this field to exclude include items Ids Format list of Ids separated by with no space Exclude Include sections Click to Exclude Include sections Use Ctrl or Shift key to select
35. The Poll New screen will be displayed Toolbar Buttons Save and Cancel are available OQ200anG Qbisable Cookies 1055 E Forms v Miimages O information v Miscellaneous Outline Y A Resize v Ft oals y E View Source Y Options X Y A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst ion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help Wi Preview o Mai Logout Poll New XX yYOQ o Preview Save Apply Cancel Help Details Options Title Option 1 Alias Option 2 Lag 86400 seconds between votes Option 3 Published No yes Option 4 Option 5 Option 6 Option 7 Option 3 Option 9 Option 10 Option 11 Option 12 Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License 70 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Complete the following fields Title Type here the title question of the poll as it will appear on your site 100 characters max Lag Enter here the number of seconds users have to wait before being able to vote in the same poll again This interval is expressed in seconds The default value is 86400 24 hours Published Select Yes or No Options input fields 1 to 12 Fill in here the various options the user can select from to cast their vote Empty items will not be displayed Users may select only one of the possible answers Note You may add additional options after the poll has commenced Deleting options will corrupt
36. Upload Access Select Components gt JoomGallery gt Picture Upload The Picture Upload screen will be displayed shown next page Here you can upload up to 10 images by clicking the Browse button next to each of the 10 Select Image inputs You do not have to complete all 10 spots You can then complete the following fields to apply properties to all the pictures being uploaded Category photos will be assigned to Select the category from the drop down menu Generic Title Type a generic title the system will automatically append a number to the end of the title Generic Description Give these pictures a generic description optional Author The name of the photographer who created the picture optional Transparent or animated picture files This option allows the upload of special picture files Only choose this option if your upload exclusively con sists of animated or transparent png or gif files Keep in mind that the files do not get resized and therefore are displayed full size in detail view Click the Upload button when you have completed the form The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 109 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x p o gt a A a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php option com_joomgallery8 act upload Y Y Qr ODisable Cookies ICs E Forms Milmages E Information Miscellaneous Outline Y Resize Y J Tools
37. after saving it e g Blog Content Category has further parameters to control the way content displays Publish and Unpublish a Menu Item Publish and Unpublish a menu item is easy to do You have two choices e Click the Published icon to un publish or click the not Published icon to publish or e Select the radio button to the left side of the menu item and click the Publish or Unpublish buttons as appropriate Move a Menu Item Toolbar Buttons Move or Cancel are available This function allows you to move menu item s between menus Select the menu item s you wish to move by checking the check box to the left side of the item s Click the Move button The Move Menu Items screen will be displayed The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 29 Copy Menu Items Mozilla Firefox 5 x L 9 7 4 T Bre one Vor r 2 es rie Eat Mew history JONMarS LOOS OCP 4 Mo t VISIECO Latest Headlines PICFINOP Free stock ph est Brands of the Wor Mu PE Aya o gt O a A a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_menustmenutype mainmenu Y Qr Disable gt Cookies y 1055 E JForms Y Images Y Oinformation v Miscellaneous Outline Y e Resize v Tools y Lo View Source Options v Y Joomla Town of Gravenhurst ES Site Menus Content Components Help a Preview o Mi Logout n E Q a MH Menu Item s move zi i Move Cancel Help Move to Menu Menu Item s
38. an event ICAL The Edit Event screen will be displayed A JEvents Edit Event gt o e You are editing an event Ifyou save this it will generate a new set of repetitions and delete all existing repeats and exceptions Common Calendar Subject Event Priority ozi Categories Please select a category Y Access Level Public ll Activity B Z U a 3 Z Styles r Fommat y Font family y e E be Jum 64 F O OH th A i gt 2j x 2 g a Image E Readmore 4 Location Contact Extra Info Toolbar Buttons Save and Cancel are available Complete the following information Subject A short title for your event Category Select a category for the event from the drop down menu All events must have a category The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 115 Event Priority If multiple events fall on the same day at the same time the one with the lowest priority value will appear first in the list Access Level Public allows all site visitors to see your event Registered means your event only appear for logged in users Activity Fill in the details using the editor window Location Where is the event taking place Contact Who to contact for more information Extra Info Anything else that doesnt fit above Note Additional information fields those that appear below the editor window may vary depednding on how the administrators have configured the site
39. being moved mainmenu 4 usermenu 1 Arts amp Culture 2 Opera House 3 Music on the Barge Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Click the menu to which you wish to move the menu item s Click the Move button You return to the Menu Manager screen Copy a Menu Item Toolbar Buttons Copy or Cancel are available This function allows you to copy menu item s to other menus In the Menu Manager select the menu item s you wish to copy by selecting the check box to the left side of the item s Click the Copy button The Copy Menu Items screen displays 30 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Copy Menu Items Mozilla Firefox File Edit Vie listory Bookmarks Help e o gt O a A a http testsite gravenhu Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms Y Images Y Oinformation v Miscellaneous Outline Y e Resize y Tools Lo View Source Options v ted Lat stock p nd rst cafadministratorfindex php option com_menus amp menutype mainmenu Y Y X A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Help amp Preview o Mi Logout lH Copy Menu Item s i Copy Cancel Help Copy to Menu Menu Item s being copied mainmenu 4 usermenu 1 Arts amp Culture 2 Opera House 3 Music on the Barge Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Select the menu to which you wish to copy the menu item s to C
40. buttons Settings related to Event Detail View mail View By View Hits View Repeat and time Settings related to Monthly View Titlelength Max Events Show starttime Other Calendar display settings Show All Repeat Events in Year List No of Events Reset to default Calendar Latest Events Tooltip About default z Component name z C No ves Green z 2007 2025 Month Calendar zl Sunday first z C hide Show No ves C No ves C Hide show e No O Yes C Hide Show pagebreak C Hide Show Hide Show Hide show Hide Show 20 5 Hide Show C Hide Show Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License M Preview o M4 Save Cancel Config is writeable Modified 2009 04 06 10 46 29 EDT Help Show Copyright Footer Select Yes to hide the copyright information The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 133 Settings related to Edit Event Edit Events in one tab Only one tab is used to enter all attributes of an event Show editors button extensions Show all the buttons installed as extension of the edito Hide specific buttons Enter a comma separated list of buttons not to be shown e g image pagebreak readmore Settings related to Event Detail View mail Choose Show or Hide View By Choose Show or Hide View Hits Choose Show or Hide View Repeat and time Choose Show or Hide Settings rel
41. changing this setting in Global Configuration will not be immediately visible However the setting you specify will be honoured as a default upon your next login The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 85 Feed Length The number of items to show in any RSS feeds Global Site Meta Description Type a description of your web site used to assist Search Engines You may want to limit your description to maybe twenty words or so depending on the Search Engine you are targeting Make it concise and pertinent to your site s contents You can include some of your keywords and key phrases here too As some search en gines read more than 20 words you can add one or two sentences Make sure that the most important part of your description is in the first 20 words Global Site Meta Keywords The optimal number of characters for a keyword description is said to be between 300 and 500 Do not repeat words too often and either separate your keywords with a comma or a space or group two or three words together Joomla Open Source would be an example of this Show Title Meta Tag Shows the Title Meta tag in the source code when viewing content Show Author Meta Tag Shows the Authors Meta tag in the source code when viewing content Note The Description and Keyword Meta tags will have a bearing on how Search Engines will index your site Some Search Engines completely ignore Metadata altogether You should do some research on Sear
42. compress the data JPG JPG compression is designed to optimise photographs or images with fine gradations of colour PNG GIF compression is designed to optimise images with large continuous areas of colour such as illustrations The PNG file format for image compression is expected to replace the Graphics Interchange Format The PNG format was developed by an Internet committee expressly to be patent free It provides a number of improvements over the GIF format Like a GIF a PNG file is compressed in lossless fashion meaning all image information is restored when the file is decompressed during viewing A PNG file is not intended to replace the JPEG format which is lossy but lets the creator make a trade off between file size and image quality when the image is com pressed 9 Typically an image in a PNG file can be 10 to 30 more compressed than in a GIF format An image of around 19 5K in size will take approximately 3 5 seconds to download at 56Kbps Although broadband access to the Inter net is becoming increasingly common do not forget to design your site for the lowest common denominator Dial up access still represents a significant number of Internet users 10 Image Dimensions Refer to the dimensions of your template to avoid adding a large image that will stretch the width of your template particularly if you are using a fixed width layout For example if I have a fixed width of 760 pixels and a block on the left hand side of
43. gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php option com_categories section com_content A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Help ea eea 081 O gue wv Category Move e Q Save Cancel Move to Section Categories being moved Articles being moved This will move the Category ies listed Arts amp Culture a and all the Articles within each Category also Blog Content Y 1 Thoughts 1 Gateway to Muskoka listed Building Department 2 Information About This to the selected Section Bylaw Department Website Clerks Department 3 Test Blog item 1 Committees 4 Test Blog tem 2 Council 5 Test Blog item 3 Economic Development 6 Test Blog Item 4 Fire Department General Info v Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Select the Section to which the Category and its associated Articles is to be moved Click the Save button The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 39 Copy a Category Select the Category you wish to copy Click the Copy button The Copy Category screen will be displayed File Ed E e o gt O a A a http testsite gravenhurst ca administrator index php option com_categoriestssection com_content Y G Disable Cookies 1055 Y E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Y m Resize v PT cols y LE View Source Y Options y ultiple blogs c A Joomla Town of Gra
44. here will not affect the Global Configuration settings and will not affect the settings for other Articles on the web site Article Rating Show or Hide ratings given to home page items by your site s users Author Name Show or Hide the names of authors of the item Created Date and Time Show or Hide the date and time that those item were created Modified Date and Time Show or Hide the date and time that item were last modified PDF Icon Show or Hide the button and link to the PDF version of the item Print Icon Show or Hide the button and link to the printer friendly format of the item E mail Icon Show or Hide the button and link to the page that enables users to email the item to others Content Language The language of the article Key Reference A text key that the item may be referenced by like a help reference Alternative Read More text Alternative Read More text which overwrites the Global Settings for this article Meta Info Tab Description Poa By os 7 vy Metadata Information This information is inserted in the headers of your content i e lt head gt tag Search engines commonly use it Description Keywords These keywords are related to the header information provided for search engines They also drive the Related Items Module that provides Keywords automatic links to other Articles that share the same keyword Robots Author 46 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Mo
45. m1 Y Logout Banner Client Edit de Y Q 0 Save Apply Cancel Help Details Extra Information Client Name Town of Gravenhurst Contact Name Town of Gravenhurst Contact E mail info gravenhurst ca Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Toolbar Buttons Save Apply and Cancel are available Change the Client Name Contact Name Contact E mail or Extra Info as required Click the Save button Screen returns to Banner Manager Delete a Banner Client In the Banner Client Manager Select the checkbox next to the Banner Client you wish to delete and click the Delete button A pop up will ask whether You are sure you want to delete selected items If you are sure then click OK if not click Cancel Manage Categories Before you can set up a banner you must have a category Access Select Components gt Banners gt Manage Categories The Banner Category Manager screen will be displayed The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 63 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 xj File Edit view History Bookmarks Tools s t 7 P d n 3 0 vo j A ar OQ00atG T Y Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms Y MiImages Y rformation v Miscellaneous Outline Y Resize v Tools y Lo View Source Options v Y tock ph t Bri L ds of the Wor Mu http testsite gr t ca administratorfindex php option com_c
46. released under the GNU GPL License For each article you can often just copy and paste the content from your existing web site using your browser or Microsoft Word document into the edit area You can see that the toolbar is not dissimilar to Microsoft Word so text formatting is quite straightforward Note In some cases if you are copying from your existing website depending on the amount of custom HTML in the source page you may need to copy the page to a plain text editor first such as Notepad and then copy from there into Joomla save When you are happy with the content you can click the Save icon displayed at the top of your browser window 12 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 To create further articles repeat the process described remembering that if you don t want the content to be displayed on the Front Page make sure that you select No using the Front Page radio button Adding an Image to an Article Access Select Content gt Article Manager The Article Manager page will display Select your article The Article Edit page will display mae At the bottom of the Edit screen there is an Image button Click the Image button The Image Organiser pop up window will display Directory z up Insert Cancel fruit articles jpg clock jpg ext_com png ext_lang png o B gt de ful Monte joomla ext_mod png ext_pluginpng dev_cycle png key jpg pastarchives jpg powered_by pne
47. screen will be displayed Disable Cookies css E Forms S Images Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Y Py tResize v PT cols y View Source Y Options v SOO A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Version 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview o mi O Logout Copy Articles Lal Q Save Cancel Copy to Section Category Articles being copied Uncategorised Arts Culture General Information 1 Arts amp Culture Arts amp Culture Music on the Barge m 2 Music on the Barge Blog Content Comments Blog Content News amp Events Blog Content Thoughts Building Department General Information Bylaw Department Bylaws Bylaw Department General Information Clerks Department General Information v Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Select the Section Category combination to which this Article will be copied Click the Save button Delete an Article Select the Article s you wish to delete by using the check box on the left hand side of the Section s name Click the Delete button The Are you Sure dialogue will appear If you intend deleting the Item click OK The Item will now be removed from the list and database 48 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Archive an Article Select the Article s you wish to archive by using the check box on the left hand side of the Article s name Cli
48. series of individual photos you can upload a single zip archive created on your computer Consult the manual that came with your archiving software for more information on how to zip a set of files Access Select Components gt JoomGallery gt Batch Upload The Batch Upload screen will be displayed Complete the following fields to apply properties to all the pictures in the archive file 110 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x o gt a E a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php option com_joomgallery8 act batchupload G joomgallery tutorial DDisable y Cookies 1055 E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous Outline Y P Resize Ft vols Y 2 View Source Options il A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help bs Preview Lo Mi Logout F Batch Upload a Back CPanel Category Manager Picture Manager Comments Manager Votes Manager Picture Upload Batch Upload FTP Upload Java Upload Configuration Manager Customize CSS Migration Manager Help and Information IMPORTANT NOTE Please do not uf d directories Only Zipped Picture Files will be stored correctly Image Package File zip AAA Browse Category photos will be assigned to zl numbering start Generic Title Generic Description optional Author optional Begin Upload With t
49. should be changed in the Site gt Global Configuration page rather than on the Plugin Manager page You can also select to deactivate any WYSIWYG editors which leaves you with a standard HTML text area Editor Extension Plugins Editor Extension Plugins allow additional controls to be included for editing content For example buttons are placed within or under the editor to insert mosimage and mospagebreak tags into your content The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 83 Chapter 8 Accessing Functions from the Back End Super Administrator Introduction The Super Administrator has all the Front End access privileges of a Publisher In addition they have the following Back End privileges in addition to those of the Manager and Administrator which are covered in detail in this chapter e Global Configuration e Language Manager e Managing Templates e System Info e Global Checkin When a Super Administrator logs in to the Control Panel they will see the following screen i Meet Vieited Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox o O O a a http f testsite gravenhurst ca administrator index php 3 y G Qr bdisable pe amp cookies Y css E Forms Mi Images v Information Y Miscellaneous Y Outline id gt thesize Tools Lo View Source Y Options e Y Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview o Mi O Logout gt Welcome to Jo
50. shown Templates can be assigned to different parts of your site much like Modules can If you have several templates installed on your Joomla system you can take advantage of all of them You are able to assign a template to a specific page s Template HTML and CSS files can be edited as well This section deals with e The Template Manager Site and Administrator e Assigning a template Site e Editing the template HTML Site and Administrator e Editing the template CSS files Site and Administrator e Module Positions The Template Manager Access Select Site gt Template Manager gt Site Templates The Template Manager Site screen will be displayed 92 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox migi xj File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools He A sE n p d Best Brands of the Wor Mu Wo 3 A oopan Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms Images Y rformation v Miscellaneous Outline Y Resize v Tools y E View Source Y POptions v Y Sp MOSE visiteo eadines AS PICFIMO ee S sph http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_templates Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help amp Preview o Mai O Logout E Template Manager Z O Default Edit Help Site Administrator 2 Template Hame Default Assigned Version Date Author 1 Artstract_TOGOS02
51. the Water 1 av 1 Y Y admin 4 Sane is Sola Brandon 03 20 2009 Benue ot Ern Na 2 7 a r mal Lake Muskoka_3 Gravenhurst From the Water 3 av 2 Y Y admin McGregor is 09 30 50 AM Brandon 4 sl e 3 F ten Lake Muskoka_1 Gravenhurst From the Water ay Y Y admin McGregor i 3 F a Lake Muskoka_2 Gravenhurst From the Water 3 a 4 Y Y admin Brandon i McGregor A Brandon 03 19 2009 O Muskoka Vwharf_1 Muskoka Wharf 6 v 0 Y Y admin McGregor is 04 53 52 PM Brandon 0349 2009 skoka Y 7 E a O Muskoka Wharf_2 Muskoka Wharf av 1 Y Y admin McGregor s 0453 53PM eee m Brandon 0349 2009 F Muskoka Vharf_3 Muskoka Wharf 6 av 2 Y Y admin McGregor is 04 53 53 PM d 0319 2009 O Muskoka VVhart_4 Muskoka Wharf 7 av 3 Y Y admin Erie ask i esy FE Done SES i Ordering You can use the Up or Down arrows to alter the order in which the pictures appear or enter the order you wish them to appear and click the Save button Published A green check will appear if the picture is published a red cross if not Click the icon to toggle the picture between states Approved A green check will appear if the picture has been approved for display on the site a red cross if not Click the icon to toggle the picture between states Owner The name of the user who uploaded the picture Author The name of the photographer as entered by the Owner Date The date and time the picture was uploaded 106 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Edit a Picture
52. the fourth sub level Indent Image 5 Indent image for the fifth sub level The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 75 Indent Image 6 Indent image for the sixth sub level Spacer A spacer for horizontal menus End Spacer An end spacer for horizontal menus User Menu Type mod_mainmenu Displays the usermenu Parameters See Main Menu Other Menu Type mod_mainmenu Displays the othermenu Parameters See Main Menu Login Form Type mod_login This Module displays a Username and Password login form It also displays a link to retrieve a forgotten password If user registration is enabled See Global Configuration then another link will be shown to invite users to self register Parameters Module Class Suffix Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module e g moduletable_online In this example _online is the suf fix This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain Modules independent of the site s default Template CSS classes Pre text Optionally type in this text box to display text or HTML that will appear above the login form Post text Optionally type in this text box to display text or HTML that will appear below the login form Login Redirection URL The re direct from the login can be assigned to a specific URL If left blank it will display the home page of 76 The Artstract Co Joo
53. this a sub folder of the Media Manager folder Warning Do not delete or change the existing images stories folder since it is used by the application Restrict Uploads Restrict uploads for lower than manager users to just images if Fileinfo or MIME Magic isn t installed Check MIME Types Use MIME Magic or Fileinfo to attempt to verify files Disable this if you get invalid mime type errors Legal Image Extensions File Types Image Extensions File Types you are allowed to upload comma separated These are used to check for valid image headers Ignored Extensions Ignored file extensions for MIME type checking and restricted uploads Legal MIME Types A comma separated list of legal MIME types for upload Illegal MIME Types A comma separated list of illegal MIME types for upload blacklist Enable Flash Uploader Select whether the Flash Uploader should be used or not for uploading media in the Media Manager Enable Debugging If enabled diagnostic information language translation and SQL errors if present will be displayed The information will be displayed at the foot of every page you view within the Joomla back end and front end It is not advisable to leave the debug mode activated when running a live Web site Debug Language Joomla Language files will be displayed Debug Language will work without Debug System being activated but you will not get the aditional detailed references that will help you correct any errors
54. user access level for the Article Click on the Access Level to switch it between Public Registered or Special Section This is the Section associated with the Article Click the Section title to edit the Section page Category This is the Category associated with the Article Click the Category title to edit the Category page Author This shows the name of the author of the Content If the authors name is displayed in red click to edit the author s information Remove a Frontpage ltem To remove a Frontpage Item e Check the checkbox by the side of the Article you want to remove e Click the Remove button 50 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Chapter 7 Accessing Functions from the Back End Administrator Introduction The Administrator has all the Front End access privileges of a Publisher In addition they have the following Back End privi leges as well as those of the Manager which are covered in detail in this chapter e Managing Users e Managing Menus e Managing Components e Managing Modules e Managing Plugins As with the Manager the Administrator will not have all menu and sub menu options available Further Information Appendix B Back End Menu Options Manage Users In Chapter 3 Joomla Users we outlined the various access levels offered by Joomla This section deals with the creation of us ers from the Back End The Table below illustrates the permissions at each Access Lev
55. var WwWwW wWebroot users 10238 gravenhurst ca publicstyle css LAYOUT body text align center furapper width 915px text align left margin lZpx auto 0 auto fheader height 2Z70px width 915px hodyContent float left padding bottom 100px ai width 915px height 50px float left Se o Done When you ve finished making your changes click the Save button to apply them to the site Messages Access Select Tools gt Read Messages gt Settings Configuration There are three configuration options available to your Administrator 96 Lock Inbox This option allows you to prevent Administrators or System processes from sending you messages If you are the only administrator or work with a small group of administrators you may choose not to use this feature at all It is a good idea to leave the box open while you are adding new Components as it will help you be aware of system processes Mail me on new Message This option will result in an e mail being sent to you each time you receive a new message Auto Purge Messages Set the number of days old after which the message will be purged from the database The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x lis z O i E E RUSA Disable Cookies 1055 E Forms M Images O information v miscellaneous Outline Y P Resize v Fi cal
56. your poll Access Select Components gt Polls The Poll Manager screen will be displayed Toolbar Buttons Publish Unpublish Delete Edit and New are available File Ed ew ry 5 ls p R ted JLi dr Free ee o gt S a A a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_poll 9 y Qr Disable Cookies y 1055 Y E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous Y Outline thesize Tools LE View Source Y Options y SOO Joomla Town of Gravenhurst ENEE Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help 157 Preview o M1 O Logout OC m Poll Manager o e g 7 tA Publish Unpublish Delete Edit New Help Filter Go Reset Select State 4 O Poll Title Published Votes Options Lag IDa 1 O What Do You Think Y 12 5 86400 15 Display 20 z Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Se 9 SES The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 69 The following information is displayed Poll Title This is the name of the poll If you click on this name you may edit the related parameters Published This shows whether the poll is published Click the Published button to toggle the state of the poll Votes The total number of votes cast Options This is the number of options in the poll Lag Time in seconds between votes of the same user for the same poll Create a New Poll Click the New button
57. 2 General Information ONDAN Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Enter a new Section Name in the Copy to Section field Click the Save button This will copy the Categories listed and all the items within the Category also listed to the new Section created The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 35 Delete a Section Note Ensure that all Articles and Categories within the Section to be deleted are either moved or deleted Select the Section you wish to delete by using the check box on the left hand side of the Section s name Click the Delete but ton The Are you Sure dialogue will appear Click OK The Section will now be removed from the list and database Manage Categories The Category Manager Access Select Content gt Category Manager Access Click the Category Manager button from the Home page The Category Manager Content All screen will now be displayed File Ed LS aR e gt O a As a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_categoriest section com_content y v Qr Qbisable Cookies 1055 E Forms Miimages Information y Miscellaneous Outline Resize v Tools fe Wiew Source Y Options X 2 O0 A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Help S Preview om O Logout a i Category Manager Content o le les Qo QQ Publish Unpublish Move Copy Delete Edit New Help
58. A 6 Types of Users amp Access Permissions o eee eee 6 Front End USerS pias See la Aa ar 6 Back End USB et Dt Pal ita ew See BS eed 7 Recovering a Lost Password aaa e A Se Aaa 8 Lossing nand QUE ad oe oe hgh O IR A re Gee GS ah ea ls 8 Chapter 4 Adding Content to Your Website o o 10 Creating am Articles nd A AA RR AR 10 Adding an Image to an Article 2 2 0 o e e 13 Editing the Article Parameters 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 eee 14 Chapter 5 Introduction to Accessing Functions from the Back End 16 INFFOdUEO NE Gils e e RA A A A A ee te 16 Logging in to the Back End o i660 44 wd we ra e 16 The Control Panel 6 54 rro e al do aa le do bode th GS 17 Administrator Modules The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Chapter 6 Accessing Functions from the Back End Manager 21 INFFOdUCHON as onsin rr de as we 4 Ree Vs 21 Media Managers 0 ii E A Ss A A A Ae 22 PrevieW sic e A a ae a 24 Manage Menu Items ls Ad wae A e ee ean ae 24 Manage Contents y are A RNA A AA 32 Manage Sections at a RA AA 4d aug ec Boh we bay A 32 Manage Categories co rs oe Say fee Sie a a a ens ee wa eS 36 Manag Articles soos oi 6 aoe gm Se a peel ee ke BAR Bole ee a ea 41 Frontpage Manager 5 ero es EH e A A 49 Chapter 7 Accessing Functions from the Back End Administrator 51 INGROGUELION s s sa a n A Se Gl ae LAA e
59. Category Name The default category type when adding an event to this calendar Published Shows a green check if the calendar is currently published Anon Refresh Shows a green check if the calendar allows anonymous updates from a remote script Is Default Shows a green check if this is the default calendar Access Shows what level of user has access to the calendar Create a New Calendar Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Calendars gt New The Edit ICS screen will be displayed Edit ICS Mozilla Firefox o gt O a E 6B http itestsite gravenhu 9 Y G isable Y ookies id orms Y a images information iscellaneous utline Y esize Tools iew Source iptions Qbdisable Cookies css EFF Ei informat Miscell J Outline FTool 5 t YOO ted Mul rst A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help p Preview o mi O Logout 3 JEvents Q Cancel Help Unique Identifier Select Default Category Access level Public z Please select a category Y From file From URL Creating from scratch Browse Load lcal from File Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 121 Complete the following information Unique Identifier A unique name for the calendar to be used internally Should not contain any special cha
60. Click the Calendar tab to set the dates and repetition A JEvents Edit Event e 0 Q Save Cancel Help You are editing an event Ifyou save this it will generate a new set of repetitions and delete all existing repeats and exceptions Common Calendar Start End Duration All day Event or Unspecified time 12 Hour M Start date 20090416 Start Time 07 23 am Cpm End date 20090416 EndTime 04 47 Cam pm Repeat type No Repeat C Daily CWeekly C monthly C Yearly All day Event or Unspecified time Check this if your event is a full day event or takes place at an indeterminate time 12 Hour When this is checked you can enter start and end times using a 12 hour clock am pm When unchecked times are specified using the 24 hour clock Start date Enter the starting date by clicking on the calendar icon and enter the start time 116 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 End date Enter the ending date by clicking on the calendar icon and entering the end time Repeat type If your event is recurring select the radio button next to the recurrence type Further options will appear Daily Enter the Repeat Interval number of days between repeats and choose either Repeat Count to repeat the event x number of times or Repeat Until to select the last date from a calendar Weekly Enter the Repeat Interval Repeat Count or Repeat Until and the week day s the event occurs By Day Monthly Enter the Repeat I
61. Date This overrides the automatic created date for this Item This is also a useful tool when it is necessary to re order an Item Start Publishing Is by default set to the current date If you wish to override this with say a date in the future click on the calendar button This will display a pop up calendar Click on the required Start Publishing date Alternatively enter a date time in the fol lowing format YYYY MM DD HH MM SS The time is optional Finish Publishing This date can be overwritten from its default value of Never The settings are the same as for the Start Pub lishing field Above the Publishing Tab is a report of the status of the Item State Identifies whether the Item is Published or Unpublished Hits Reports on the number of times the Item has been viewed A Reset Hit Count button will appear after the Item has been viewed Revised Reports the number of times the Item has been edited Created Identifies the date upon which the Item was created Last Modified Identifies the date of the last time the Item was edited It identifies the person who carried out the edit Note The Hits counter does not include views of items that appear on the Front Page Parameters Tab These parameters control what you see when you view a Article in full view Check aa AT uncheck or select from a drop down box as appropriate In most cases however you can Show Title Use Global leave these setting alone and u
62. Date Format Choose French English US or Continental German date formats to be used Use 12hr time Format Select Yes to use the 12 hour clock by default No to use 24 hour The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 131 Use Simple Use Simple IE No Repeat types Event entry Form for user front end Default Event Color Choose Random None or Category based colouring for your events Set meta tag to stop robots crawling Select Yes to hide events from search engine spiders Event color rule Event specific colors allowed Frontend and backend editors can use event specific colours Event colors in backend edit only Only backend editors can specify event specific colours Always use category colors Editors cannot use event specific colours and any events specific colours defined before the use of this setting will be ignored and the category colour displayed instead Use Joomla Cache Select Yes to allow Joomla to cache event information Not compatible with session based filtering Component 2 Tab Choose layout view Choose alternative default ext geraint default layout Show Headline Displays a headline of the component view Use new Icon Navigation bar Choose Yes or No Navigation Bar Color Green Orange Blue Red Gray Yellow First Year to Display in Calendar Type the first year to include a calendar for Last Year to Display in Calendar Choose the last year to include a calendar for Start Page Choose
63. Do Mi Logout E FTP Upload K Back CPanel Category Manager Picture Manager Comments Manager Votes Manager Picture Upload Batch Upload FTP Upload Java Upload Configuration Manager Customize CSS Migration Manager Help and Information Picture Path Jpublic components com_joomgallery ftp_upload 100_8766 JPG A AN_Delivery04 jpg DSC_0201 JPG Grace amp Speed 015 jpg IMG_26010 operahouse JPG Jazz 7 16 07 jpg boathouse skinny jpg Please select the pictures Category photos will be assigned to z numbering start Generic Title Generic Description optional Author optional Delete pictures after upload Vv Transparent or animated picture files T Upload With the general title consecutive numbers are assigned to the pictures In case you want the numbering to start with a chosen value enter it in this field Otherwise leave the field empty This option allows the upload of special picture files Solely choose this option in case your upload exclusively consists of animated or transparent png or gif files Keep in mind that the files do not get resized and therefore are displayed full size in detail view JOOM GALLERY By JoomGallery ProjectTeam Based on JoomGallery 1 0 0 by JoomGallery ProjectTeam Version 1 5 RC BUILD 20090206 Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 113 Configuration Manager Access Select Componen
64. Image URL Align Not Set f Image Description Title Caption 7 Upload Browse Start Upload You can either select an image from the window or to upload your own image click the Browse button Directory 4 up Insert Cancel a Look in O stories o P gt h Fe My R ecent oO Documents xt_mod ermen Desktop Image URL Image Desc e Title My Documents Upload E My Computer w wW Fle name Files of type All Files y Cancel Za The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 13 The Choose File window will display where you can navigate to where you have your images stored Select your image and click the Open button Your image will then be displayed in the Image Organiser pop up window Select your image and click the Insert button Click the Save icon at the top of the Article Edit page Click the Preview hyperlink at the top of the browser window Your image will now display on the relevant article Editing the Article Parameters Home Page oa You may have noticed that having created your article and published it on your website so that you can now see the content that there are some fi h On behalf of council staff and the community welcome you to this electronic extra functions that you may not want version of the Town of Gravenhurst Looking along the top of your content is an information banner that As the Gateway to Muskoka Gravenhurst is ackno
65. JoomGallery gt Picture Manager Select the checkbox next to the picture s you wish to move Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox EJ o gt a E a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php 9 Y G joomgallery tutorial Qbisable Cookies y css E Forms M Images E Information Miscellaneous Outline by Resize y Tools X View Source Y DP Options v y A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview om O Logout Picture Manager Move pictures to a different category Lal Q Save Cancel Target category to move pictures to z Pictures to move Title previous category Lake Muskoka_1 Gravenhurst From the Water Lake Muskoka_2 Gravenhurst From the Water Lake Muskoka_3 Gravenhurst From the Water Lake Muskoka_1 Gravenhurst From the Water Lake Muskoka_2 Gravenhurst From the Water 3 JOOM GALLERY By JoomGallery ProjectTeam Based on JoomGallery 1 0 0 by JoomGallery ProjectTeam Version 1 5 RC BUILD 20090206 Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Click the Move button The Picture Manger Move pictures to a different category screen will be displayed Select the category you wish to move the pictures to from the Target category to move pictures to drop down and click the Save button to move the pictures Rem
66. Public Culture Barge Administrator 17 03 09 66 5 News amp fan An 4 I Test Blog Event 2 A Q v 1 Public Blog Content Preis Administrator 10 03 09 2 60 5 TF Test Blog Event 1 z Q a 2 Public Blog Content ta Administrator 10 03 09 1 57 6 Information About This Website 74 0 v 1 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 190309 6 154 7 Gateway to Muskoka Y 0 av 2 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 10 03 09 129 61 8 O Test Blog ltem 4 Q Q av 3 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 10 03 09 1 59 9 Test Blog item 3 Q Q avi 4 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 10 03 09 3 58 10 O Test Blog item 2 v ay 5 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 10 03 09 4 56 11 O Test Blog item 1 wy 0 a 6 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 10 03 09 1 55 12 Building Department Y 2 v 1 Public EE ene Administrator 17 03 09 30 130 Department Information ean S7 7 a i Y SES The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 41 The Article Manager shows a list of the Articles on your site The following information is displayed Title This is the title of the Articles and is listed within Section and Category Click the title to edit content A Pad lock button next to it shows that it is checked out To check in click the title Published This shows whether the item is Published or Not Hover over this button to see a summary of the publish ing information Click to change its state Frontpage Thi
67. Rev 2009 04 20 1 Objectives of the Joomla User Manual The objectives of this User Manual are to e Provide a walk through of the many facets of the Joomla core e Describe the various types of user together with their access permissions e Provide detailed instructions for both Front end and Back end inputting and site management within the Joomla user framework of Authors Editors Publishers Managers Administrators and Super Administrators This is not a Technical Manual in that we do not go into major depth on modification design and development of the various elements of Joomla or any kind of programming There are guides and web sites that provide this information Nor do we go into detail about PHP MySQL or other essential software that you need to have some understanding How to Use the Joomla User Manual The Joomla User Manual details the types of users Joomla has and Front End through to Back End functionality A summary of the chapters and appendices follows Chapter 1 Introduces you to Joomla its benefits versatility and strengths Chapter 2 An overview of the elements of a typical Joomla installation Chapter 3 Provides information about the different types of Joomla user and what functionality they can access Chapter 4 Covers adding content to the site Chapter 5 Deals with logging on to the Back End the Control Panel and Buttons Chapter 6 Deals with what a Manager can do Chapter 7
68. S as Sea 5I Manage Users irs prat a ARA a Pte pt a eTa i 5I Manage Menus c sae LI ERA A linea Bog EA 55 Manage EXtensiOns cc 95 ce ARA AA AR ie 60 Manage Components oaoa a 6l Manage Modules heit wast eck e oc we a ee SRK a do e a 71 Manage PIUSINS a ri a A a 8l Chapter 8 Accessing Functions from the Back End Super Administrator 84 Merod cti n ces Lea OE arta A AAA 84 Global Configuration Ra a eS Re Oe Sw HBOS Be SH SORS 84 Language Manager ge as Ge i oe ae A a Ra ee a es Ga A 91 Manage Templates y a a A A A ae 92 Messages s Li e e Sm we ae A a ta 96 System Information si e i soe e a ak GR Sor ere a e eS e Ee BE 98 Global Checkin s oe ecann 405 RA AAA A AAA GS 99 Mass Mal ate ok pgs a Gs A ge ge Sl ie BOSS Seat ae eae BN a 100 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Appendix A Creative Commons License o o 102 Appendix B Using JoomGallery eee eee ee ween 103 Introd tion rc AI A ES BENS AE ASS 103 Catepor Manag r a le st wate A A tes 103 Picture Manager S ya a E ee A a A A 105 Comments Manager d ened A A a 4d Ge ds ai 109 Votes Manager 5 245 E Gig ee A id e dr 109 Uploading New Pictures o o e e 109 Configuration Manager 2 0 roma eR EE ee A 114 Appendix C Using JEvents o o ee we ww ww we 115 Front End Functions xo api as a NA es as 115 Back End FUNCIONS s is a RR A ts a 118 Setting Up Globa
69. S feed Post max length Maximum allowed characters in posts 1 for no max Line max length Maximum allowed characters in one line 1 for no max Word max length Maximum allowed characters in words 1 for no max Captcha Enabled recommended If set to Yes this will force the user to input a random string displayed in a specially crafted image This will disallow automated submissions to your site Captcha Usertypes Only the selected usertypes will have to complete the Captcha other users will not see it Website URL only for registered If set to Yes the writers website URL will only display when the user is registered Enable Choose Yes to activate the word censor The censor will use the rules written in the censored words list to hide or change those words Case sensitive Choose Yes to make the censor case insensitive The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Censored words List of words to censor in the format word censored version word 2 censored version Whenever a cen sored word appears in a comment the censored version supplied here will replace it Usertypes The word censor will be applied only to the selected usertypes Posting Tab Ajax support recommended Choose Yes to enable Asynchronous JavaScript XML Allow nested comments This will allow users to insert make a comment in response to any other comment of the content item not only the last with an indent display Only mod
70. Tte Published C No Yes ONO article does not need to be completed as Joomla A baie i ill complete this field fot Section Select Section zl Category Select Category z w you If you wish your article to be displayed on your front page then check that the Front Page radio button is selected to Yes Select the Section and Category that your new article belongs to Using sections and categories allow oher users to find your article should they need to edit it later or insert it into the website navigation menu The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 11 Add your content in to the edit area of the Article Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox o gt O O a As a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php option com_content 700 Obisable y Cookies 1055 E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous Outline Y py Resize i Ft vols Y View Source DP Options il Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help a Preview Bo Mi Logout s A Article New XX BYyYOQ Preview Save Apply Cancel Help Title Published C No Yes State Published Alias Front Page No ves ms a Revised 0 Times Section Select Section zl Category Select Category z Created Tuesday 14 April 2009 10 19 Modified Not Modified Styles x Paragraph zf Font family x gt y Hi A graph z Y H w Parameters Article eS z
71. User Menu and the Main Menu module instances ID This is the ID number for the module item This is allocated by the Joomla site system when the module instance is saved At the bottom of the list you may see a pagination feature which will allow you to navigate to the next set of modules in the list You can also set the number of modules displayed on a page by selecting the number in the drop down box at the bottom of the screen Filtering functions are available at the top right of the list To filter the displayed modules by Position and module type select from the Select Position and or Select Type drop down menu You can refine your filter by typing in the keyword that you wish to filter in the field box Uninstall a Module Select the radio button next to the Module you want to uninstall and then click the Delete button A JavaScript alert will show Are you sure you want to delete selected items Click OK The page will reload displaying the word Success Site Module Screen This option covers both amending existing modules and creating your own module Access Click on the Module Name Access Check the box to the left of the Module Name and click the Edit button All Modules have the following Details and Page Items options Title This is the title of the Module as you wish it to appear in its header Show title Select whether you wish the Module title to appear or not Enabled Yes or No The Artstract Co
72. a Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components ion 1 5 9 Extensions Tools Help bs Preview 0 m1 Y Logout i 3 QO EE Menu Manager g 2 iy Copy Delete Edit New Help Title Type Menu Item s Published Unpublished Trash Modules 1D 1 Main Menu mainmenu E 149 s 1 1 2 User Menu usermenu E 4 1 2 Display 20 y Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Toolbar Buttons Menus Default Publish Unpublish Move Copy Trash Edit and New are available The following information is displayed Menu Item This is the name given to the menu item and is displayed on the menu on the Frontend Default Indicates the default page a visitor will see when accessing the site the home page The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 25 Published This indicates whether the menu item is published or not published Clicking on the button will switch the state of that menu item between Published and Unpublished Order You can use the Up or Down arrows to alter the order in which the menu items are displayed Or you can enter the order in which you want the menu items displayed Use the Save button to save the changes Access Level This indicates what type of user has access to the menu item By clicking on the title you can toggle between Public Registered and Special Type This indicates the type of link used for this menu item Itemid This shows the ID
73. a Module The first method of installing is to upload a zipped package file that will be automatically installed to your server Click Browse to go to the location of the Component zip file on your local computer Once identified select the file and click Open The name and location of the file will be displayed in the Package File box Then click the Upload File amp Install button If all goes well you will transfer to a new screen confirming Success The second method is to upload an unpacked archive to your host s server Type the location of this file it must be the absolute location then click the Install button The third method is similar to the second but uses an address on another server 60 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Uninstall an Extension Access Select Extensions gt Install Uninstall Click on the tab for the type of extension you wish to uninstall Tick the box next to the Extension you want to uninstall and then click the Delete button A dialogue alert will show Are you sure you want to delete selected items Click OK The page will reload displaying the word Success Manage Components Banners This Component allows you to display banners in rotation on your site It also allows some advanced features such as impres sions management and custom code Banners can be displayed on your web site by simply publishing the banner once it has been created through the process bel
74. act Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 135 Calendar Tab Global Configuration Mozilla Firefox aj Disable Cookies css E Forms Images O Information Miscellaneous Outline Y e Resize y PT cols y Lo View Source Y POptions v y O Tools Help ost Visited A a http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_jevents amp task config edit 9 Y A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help ba Preview o m1 O Logout A JEvents Global Configuration B 9 o Control Panel JEvents Config v1 5 0 beta Check for newer version Contig is writeable Modified 2009 04 06 10 46 29 EDT Component 1 Component 2 RSS Calendar Latest Events Tooltip About These setting are only for the additional calendar module gt A Display Last Month YES with stop day al Day in Current Month to Stop 0 Display Next Month YES with start day gt Days left in Current Month to Start o Hide Links using Javascript Cono yes Reset to default Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Display Last Month Choose No YES with stop day YES if has events AND with stop day ALWAYS ALWAYS if has events Day in Current Month to Stop Day in Current Month to Stop displaying Last Month Display Next Month Choose No YES with start day YES if has events AND with start day ALWAYS ALWAYS if has
75. al Rev 2009 04 20 125 ICal Events Mozilla Firefox COS 00anh Ga Qbisable Cookies y ic5S E Forms M Images Information v Miscellaneous Outline Y Pj Resize v HE cols View Source Options v Y O O Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Dae Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview Do Mi Logout A JEvents ICal Events r E r 7 Q Publish Unpublish New Edit Delete CPanel Help Control Panel All categories E ALLICS FILES y Search l Event Summary Repeats Published Timesheet Access Ao From 2009 02 20 09 00 00 User Meeting a Public To 2009 02 20 13 00 00 5 From 2009 01 06 16 00 00 Council Meeting A v Public To 2019 12 31 17 00 00 From 2009 02 17 07 23 00 Super Special Event o Public To 2009 02 17 20 47 00 From 2009 02 19 07 23 00 Super Duper Event rx Public To 2009 02 20 16 47 00 From 2009 05 09 10 00 00 Going Green Show ra Public To 2009 05 09 16 00 00 R From 2009 05 16 10 00 00 Adventure Show re Public To 2009 05 16 17 00 00 pa From 2009 05 23 07 00 00 Muskoka Bassmasters Pike Tournament Public To 2009 05 23 16 00 00 oe From 2009 05 03 19 00 00 Bill Anderson e Public To 2009 05 03 21 00 00 Display 10 gt D Published but is Coming Published and is Current Y Published but has Finished Y Not Published Click on icon to change status Joomla is Free Soft
76. al menu items you are likely to see Your Details Used to view and or modify your account details Submit News Used to submit your new Articles Author and Above Submit Web Link Used to submit new web links that you have found Registered users and above Check In My Items Used to check in any items you may have been working on but not saved 8 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Your Details To view your account details you can click on the Your Details menu link which will present you with the following options screen Edit Your Details Username your_username Your Name Your Name E mail fyou email com Password gt Verify Password TT Back end Language Select Language Front end Language Select Language User Editor Select Editor Help Site Local n l Time Zone UTC 05 00 Eastern Time US amp Canada Bogota Lima Save Here you can change Your Name e mail address User Name and Password User Editor You can also select the default User or WYSIWYG Editor from the User Editor drop down list Select Editor In a default installation the only editor that is available is TinyMCE which provides good basic abili ties to edit content right from the web site The Administrator may install additional editors in which Editor No Editor case they would be available from the drop down list as well You may also choose no WYSIWYG Edi
77. also the Name of the menu as it will appear on the Module header if you choose to publish it This may be changed in the future when editing the Module Click the Save button Your new menu appears in the Menu Manager list Copy a Menu Select the radio button next to the Menu Name you want to copy Then click the Copy button in the toolbar This displays the Copy Menu screen Copy Menu Items Mozilla Firefox ted JLatest Headlines Pic I o gt a A 22 http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php 9 Y Gl Disable y amp Cookies css E Forms 7 Images Information Miscellaneous Outline Py thesize v PT cols y LE View Source Y Options y SOO Y r Ties CUY s O dr Free stock Brands of the Wor LO PN H ror A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview o m1 O Logout Copy Menu Ou Copy Cancel Help Hew Menu Title Menu being Copied usermenu Menu Item s being copied Hew Module Hame esca T 2 Submit a Web Link 3 Submit an Article 4 Your Details Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 57 A Copy Page with the same fields as in Create New Menu is displayed It will also state the name of the Menu being copied and a list of the Menu Items associated to the menu being copied Fill in the f
78. an assign These levels are Regis tered Author Editor and Publisher Registered A Registered User has no ability to create edit or publish content on a Joomla web site They may have ac cess to restricted content that is not available to guests Author Authors can create their own content specify certain aspects of how the content will be displayed and specify the date when the material should be published Editor Editors have the same abilities as an Author and they can edit their own content as well as that of any other Author 6 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Publisher Publishers can perform all the duties of Authors and Editors and have the ability to publish content The default user role is Registered User For Front End users to receive any other role requires an Administrator or Super Ad ministrator to change their profile through the Back End Administrator panel Back End Users Back End users Managers Administrators and Super Administrators are typically thought of as the site administrators but they also have access to the Front End interface Just as with the Front End Users Back End Users may have different privi leges Manager A Manager has the same permissions as a Publisher but with access to the Backend Administrator s panel Managers have access to all the content associated controls in the administrator panel but are not able to change templates alter page layout
79. and all of the Modules associated with it A JavaScript alert popup box gives you the choice to OK or to Cancel this action 58 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Edit a Menu Select the radio button next to the Menu Name you want to edit Click the Edit button The Menu Details screen will be displayed File Edit view History Boo lt S Help visit test Headlines 3 gt PicFindr Free stock ph st Brands of the Wor Multiple blogs one Wor o gt O a A rst cafadministrator index php 9 Y G Qr Disable Cookies 1055 Y E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Resizer Tools y iew Source Y ptions Y YOO 14 A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst ion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview 0 m1 O Logout E Menu tear 90 Save Cancel Help Unique Hame mainmenu O Title Main Menu O Description The main menu for the site 7 Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License You can edit the Unique Name Title and Description on this screen Manage Extensions Introduction Extensions are add on elements to the Joomla core that provide specific functionality Members of the Joomla community produce third party Joomla Extensions on a continuous basis Look at http extensions joomla org or http developer joomla org for a listing of available Extension downloads or
80. are available The following information is displayed Module Name This is the title of the module It is editable and will be displayed on the Front End of your Web site if you choose so Enabled This tells you if the module contents will show on the Front End of your Web site Click the button to toggle the published unpublished state Order This column allows you to change the relevant order that the modules display on the Front End of your Web page s Click the Up or Down arrows to increase or decrease the module order by one position Or to modify this order type in the number that you would like to have them presented Then click the Save Order button next to the Column Heading Order Access Level This shows who can see the modules on the Front End of a Web page Clicking the link will toggle through Public Registered Special 72 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Position This shows which template positions the module will be displayed Some common Template positions are Userl Left Righting and Top NOTE You can only assign the module position to one that is already coded into your template Pages This shows on which pages the module will be displayed Options include All Varies or None NOTE This is not applicable to Administrator modules Click on the Edit button in the Toolbar to edit this Type This is the type of module An example is mod_mainmenu which is the type of module used for the
81. ase with no spaces or use an underscore and keep it short e g newsitems or news_items Then click the Create button When the screen is refreshed a new folder will have been added to the images stories sub folder Upload and Delete an Image Ok so now you have created a sub folder let us upload an image varlwwwiwebrootlusers 10238 gravenhurst ca public images stories i J Use the Browse button to locate the image on your y File Upload _2 x local computer that you wish to upload Look in O images 10565 From the Choose File dialogue click on the selected Fe 2 a Ly banners 8 index html image and click on Open The pathname to the My Recent OM images Hd joomla logo black jpa ng p Documents maps M menu_divider png selected image is displayed in the File Upload box e A iow for D smilies ia powered by pna Now click the Upload button Kai Jo stories til preview f2 pna E apply f2 png eit f2 png m ad 9 UB archive f2 pna save pna m At the conclusion of the upload a confirmation aao meak teena pep y sl OE blank pna sort_asc png Upload completed will be displayed on the screen E aim BU sort desc png Y H j A and a thumbnail of the image will have been added DE canca reon ra a a My Comput Ss 14png enpuein tepng to the stories sub folder me pim edt 2 000 i upload f2 png tal w NETA File name X A Jploa Places Files of type an Files T Cancel The Arts
82. ated content This is especially important when using the vertical and horizontal options Note The Item Title option on this page must also be set to Yes before the titles may actually be displayed Search Type mod_search This Module will display a search box Parameters Module Class Suffix Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module e g moduletable poll In this example the poll is the suf fix This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain Modules independent of the site s default Template CSS classes Enable Cache Select Yes or No Set Itemid Allow setting of the Itemid for the referencing search link Box Width Size of the search text box Text The text that appears in the search text box Search Button No or Yes Button Position Position of the button relative to the search box Right Left Top or Bottom Button Text The text on the search button Popular Type mod_mostread This Module shows a list of the currently published Items that have been seen the most determined by the number of times the page has been viewed Parameters 80 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Module Class Suffix Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module e g moduletable_poll In this example the poll is the suf fix This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style fi
83. ated to Monthly View Titlelength If a title has too many characters an unwanted design could be the result Enter here how many characters to allow before the title will be trimmed and added Max Events Maximum number of displayed events as text per day in month view If you have many events per day displaying them could destroy your layout Define here how many events should displayed as text if too many they will be displayed as an icon tooltip is not affected Tip Setting the value to 0 null forces the display of all events as icon Show starttime Should the starttime be displayed when in month view Other Calendar display settings Show All Repeat Events in Year List Choose Show to show all repeats of an event or Hide to show only the initial event when in year view No of Events No of Events to List per page for week month or year views RSS Tab Should RSS results be cached Select Yes to allow Joomla to cache the RSS feed RSS Cache Time in Seconds Length of time to cache RSS feed 134 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Global Configuration Mozilla Firefox Oj xi n L PicFindr Fr o gt a YS a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_jeventsttask config edit DDisable Acookies css E JForms Mimages iInformation Miscellaneous Outline Y z Resize si Ft ools y 2 View Source POptions hd YOO A Joomla Town of Graven
84. ategories Please select a category Access level Public soma Styles gt Fomat x Font famiy z d T EO i A 2x lt 2 a Image gt Readmore 4 Location Contact Extra Info Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Q E Se E Done The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 127 Toolbar Buttons Save and Cancel are available Complete the following information Subject A short title for your event Category Select a category for the event from the drop down menu All events must have a category Event Priority If multiple events fall on the same day at the same time the one with the lowest priority value will appear first in the list Access Level Public allows all site visitors to see your event Registered means your event only appear for logged in users Activity Fill in the details using the editor window Location Where is the event taking place Contact Who to contact for more information Extra Info Anything else that doesnt fit above Note Additional information fields those that appear below the editor window may vary depending on how the administrators have configured the site Click the Calendar tab to set the dates and repetition 128 All day Event or Unspecified time Check this if your event is a full day event or takes place at an indeterminate time 12 Hour When this is checked you can enter start and end times u
85. ategories amp section com_bannet A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview 20 B Logout i Category Manager Banner Ea YrOQ Publish Unpublish Delete Edit New Help Banners Clients Categories Fitter Go Reset Select State y Access 4 D Title Published Ordera YA Level 1D 1 O Emergency Information Banners Y v 1 Public 50 2 C Urgent information Banners Y a v 2 Public 51 3 I Town Department Banners Y ay 3 Public 48 4 7 Town Event Banners Y a 4 Public 49 Display 20 gt Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Toolbar Buttons Delete Edit and New are available Create a Banner Category To add a new category click the New button The Banner Category New screen will be displayed Toolbar Buttons Save and Cancel are available Complete the Title Published Category Order Access Level Image and optionally Description Click the Save button The new category will be added to the Banner Category Manager list Edit a Banner Client To edit a category s details click the category s name in the Banner Category Manager list The Banner Category Edit screen will be displayed 64 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox F L lt gt a Ay a http testsite gravenhurst ca administrator index php option co
86. ation Mozilla Firefox Fi Edi ke o o gt O a A http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator index php option com_checkin Disable Cookies y css E Forms S Images Information Miscellaneous Y Outline x Resize Tools LE View Source Options X y Joomla Town of Gravenhurst ES Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview o Mi Logout A Global Check in O Help Database table of Items Checked in Checking table jos_banner Checked in 0 items Checking table jos_bannerclient Checked in 0 tems Checking table jos_categories Checked in 0 items Checking table jos_contact_details Checked in 0 Items Checking table jos_content Checked in 2 Items Y Checking table jos_menu Checked in 4 items Y Checking table jos_modules Checked in 0 tems Checking table jos_newsteeds Checked in 0 items Checking table jos_plugins Checked in 0 tems Checking table jos_polls Checked in 0 tems Checking table jos_redevent_categories Checked in 0 items Checking table jos_redevent_events Checked in 0 items Checking table jos_redevent_groups Checked in 0 items Checking table jos_redevent_settings Checked in 0 items Checking table jos_redevent_venues Checked in 0 items Checking table jos_sections Checked in 1 items Y Checking table jos_weblinks Checked in 0 ttems All checked out Items have now been checked in Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License
87. ator User Level User Level required to be event creator Editor User Level User Level required to be event editor The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 119 Publisher User Level User Level required to be publish and mangage events Specified category Shows events only from the selected category Additional category multiple Also include events from this additional category Manage Calendars Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Calendars The ICals screen will be displayed oki stock ph File i tory s To d e o a A a http testsite gravenhurs Disable Cookies Jess E JForms Images Information _jevents amp task Miscellaneous Outline Y 3 Resize id Tools i Lo View Source Y POptions bi 709 A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Version 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help ba Preview o m1 O Logout 73 JEvents cas 70078 xo Publish Unpublish New Edit Delete CPanel Help Control Panel All categories gt Search FT Event Summary type Category lame Update Published Anon Refresh Is Default Access TF mainCalendar Native Special Events Y Y Public Display 10 z Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The following information is displayed Event Summary The unique name of the calendar Type The calendar type 120 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20
88. ay images contained in Articles Select the No radio button to hide all images Linked Titles Select an option from this drop down list to make the Article titles linkable or not The Yes option turns linked titles on The No option turns linked titles off The Use Global options defaults to the setting for this parameter in the Global Configuration area of the web site Read More Select the Show radio button to display a Read More link at the end of each Article Select the No radio to hide this link Item Title Select Yes from this drop down list to display the title and the text of Articles Select No to hide all titles See also Linked Titles on this page of Items Enter a number to determine how many Articles will be displayed with each page refresh This is only appli cable for the horizontal and vertical options listed in the Style section on this page Enable Cache Click the Yes radio button to turn caching on for this Module Click the No radio button to turn caching off Module Class Suffix Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module e g moduletable_poll In this example the poll is the suf The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 79 fix This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain Modules independent of the sites default Template CSS classes Note It is important to allow sufficient space to display the gener
89. blished or not The default option is checked Uncheck it if you do not wish to publish the Article this is particularly useful when it cannot be finished at the first attempt Main Text All of the content for this Article may be entered in the editor window The main text directly below the Intro Text box is used specifically when you wish to publish the Article to the Front Page or a Category Blog display The Intro Text will be displayed on the Front Page with a Read More link Note The Read More text can be changed in the language file Tab Settings Block Publishing Tab The Publishing Tab contains the settings for how and when the Article is to be pub ee ia lished Hits Revised 0 Times Created Tuesday 14 April 2009 10 19 Access Level Modified Not Modified This determines who can see the Item The option is by default set to aad v Parameters nicle Public If you wish to restrict access to this Item set the appropriate A oria level of access for it Author Alias Access Level Public Author Alias Created Date 2999 04 14 10 19 26 The author of the Article is normal the logged on user creating it If Start Publishing Rosca 8 you wish to override this and the Global Configuration or Parameters ae a inish Publishing Never E options is set to display the Authors name enter the Authors name you wish to be displayed Author Select from available Users The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Created
90. button and click the Assign button in the Toolbar Now either deselect the items you do not want assigned for this template anymore or click None to completely remove the assignment for this template Access Select Extensions gt Template Manager The Template Manager Site screen will be displayed Click on the template name you wish to assign to open the Template Edit Screen Select the page s you wish to assign the template to from the Menu Assignment Panel You can Ctrl Cmd click to select mul tiple items or Shift click to select a range Click Save to save your changes Edit the HTML File Access Select Extensions gt Template Manager The Template Manager Site screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox Ed e to marks le o gt O a A a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php 9 Y G ADisabler Cookies y css E JForms MiImages E Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Y e Resize Y Tools Lo View Source Options X A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help ba Preview o M1 E Template HTML Editor e y Q Save Apply Cancel var WwWW wWebroot users 10238 gravenhurst ca public templates Artstact_T0G0902 index php lt php defined _JEXEC or die Restricted access gt lt DOCTYPE html PUBLIC W3C DTD XHTML 1 0 Transitional EN http ww
91. cafadministratorfindex php 9 Y Disable Cookies 1055 E JForms Miimages trformation v Miscellaneous Outline Y P Resize v Ft cols y E View Source Y Options v Y A Joomla of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help 8 Preview o Mai O Logout Banner Client New ey QU Save Apply Cancel Help Details Extra Information Client Name Contact Name Contact E mail Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Toolbar Buttons Save and Cancel are available Complete the Client Name Contact Name Contact E mail and optionally Extra Info Click the Save button The new client will be added to the Banner Client Manager list Edit a Banner Client To edit a client s details click the client s name in the Banner Client Manager list The Banner Client Edit screen will be displayed 62 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox lolx File Ed iew History Booki p Most Visited nes PicF stock ph ls of th si ip Is on 3 hurst cafadministratorfindex php To Help 24 Mo a http testsite graven Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms Y MImages Y O information v Miscellaneous Outline Y e Resize Tools Lo View Source Y Options v Y A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help amp Preview 0
92. category by us Home Page Public 46 21 01 09 ing the drop down menus in the top 2 Music on the Barge Public 66 Arts amp Culture ips ca 17 03 09 right or by filtering by keywork by Sia Arts amp Culture Public Arts amp Culture as A y typing a word into the Filter input in the top le ft Test Blog Event 2 Public 60 Blog Content News amp Events Information 4bout This Website Public 54 Blog Content Thoughts The selected Article will be displayed 6 Test Blog Event 1 Public 57 Blog Content News amp in the Select Article field 7 Gateway to Muskoka Public 6 Blog Content Thoughts 8 Test Blog item 2 Public 56 Blog Content Thoughts If you wish the new menu item to be 9 Test Blog Item 1 Public 55 Blog Content Thoughts Seti Lge ete le ae Building General a sub item below and existing menu Mpana egaman Ree Department Information item select the parent item from the Parent Item list A new menu item will appear in the navigation hierarchy below its parent Click the Save icon displayed at the top of the Menu Item page The Menu Item Manager page will display with your new menu item displayed Click the Preview link to display your web page with the new Menu item Your web page will display with the new Menu option where you can test to see if by clicking on the title you just created the correct page will be displayed Some menu items have further parameters which may be visible when you first set up the menu item or become visible
93. ch Engine Opti misation if high rankings and Search Engine traffic are important to you Search Engine Friendly URLs and Use Apache mod_rewrite This changes the way site links are presented and optimises them so that search engines can access more of your site This option is ONLY available to sites hosted on Apache servers Choose Yes to enable Joomla to output friendly URLs rather than normal database generated URLs If you use this option you must rename your htaccess txt file to htaccess Add suffix to URLs Allows the system to add a suffix to the URL based on document type System Tab Secret Word This is the unique word for every Joomla installation It is used for security functions Path to Log File Absolute path to the log files Enable Web Services Enable the ability of the installation to make RPC Remote Procedure Calls using HTTP as the transport medium and XML as the encoding language This function is required to ensure that many third party exten sions work Help Server Select the name of the Help Server from which your system will collect the Help Screen displays 86 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox o gt O a A a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php option com_config pi H Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms Y MiImages Y O information v Miscellaneous Outline Y o Resize v Ft oal
94. check the special forums In this section we will look at The core Extensions that come with the Joomla installation e How they are configured and used e Installing and deleting an Extension The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 59 Install an Extension Access Select Extensions gt Install Uninstall The Install new Extension screen will be displayed Extension Manager Install Mozilla Firefox File Ed ew el al p ag a o gt O a A a http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_installer 9 Y G Qr Disable Cookies 1055 Y E Forms Images Information y Miscellaneous Outline Y Py Resize v HToo s View Source Y Options i SOO A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview o Mi Logout a Extension Manager ty Help Install Components Modules Plugins Languages Templates Upload Package File Package File Browse Upload File amp Install Install from Directory Install Directory Jwweaigravenhurst caitmp Install Install from URL Install URL http 4 Install Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Se Ez Done Y SES i This screen has six tabs The first is used to install a comonent module plugin language or template The remaining five tabs are used to manage each type of extension There are three methods for installing
95. ck the Archive button Frontpage Manager Introduction First we will explain the concept of Home page and the Front Page Component in Joomla as many people easily confuse these two concepts When a visitor types in the URL of your site http www yourdomainname com or when they navigate from another site the Home page is usually the first page they visit The Home page itself is the published item located in the mainmenu section of the Menu Manager that is set as Default The Frontpage Component publishes content to your homepage as long as the Frontpage Component is the default Menu Item in your Main Menu You can assign any Article to the Home page by checking the parameter Show on Frontpage How ever as with any other Component it may be placed anywhere in your menus Access Select Content gt Frontpage Manager The Frontpage Manager screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 2200 8 Disable Cookies y css E Forms Sf Images Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Resize Tools y E View Source Options v SOO a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_frontpage oY G Qr A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help amp Preview 0 21 Y Logout Front Page Manager A VS g0o Archive Publish Unpublish Remove Help Filter Go Reset
96. dering can be changed after this Category is saved Access Level Registered Special v Image Select Image zl Image Position Left zl Preview Description B Z Us Styles z Format z Font famiy zf A derma ON i 5 Ae 2E x 2 z 4 Image Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Complete the following fields Title Enter a short name to appear in menus Section Select the appropriate Section from the drop down menu Image If desired select an image to be displayed for this Category a preview will be displayed of the image optional 38 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Image Position Select whether the image appears to the Right or Left of the text Access Level Select who can see the new Category Public Registered or Special Description Enter a description of the Category in the editor window optional Click the Save button Note You return to the Category Manager screen which now displays the new Category Name you have created Move a Category Select the Category that you wish to move Click the Move button The Move Category screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x Q300ab gt Qbisable Cookies C55 E Forms Mimages Information Miscellaneous Outline Y Resize v Tools y View Source Y Options X YOO Q y a http testsite
97. e esize Tools iew Source Y ptions Disable Cookies css EFF Ei informat Miscell J Outline Hook 5 ti 709 ands of ite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_comment amp task comments 9 Y X Qr A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help a Preview o m1 O Logout Je OAB Publish Unpublish New Edit Delete Manage Comments Content Settings Other components Settings Import Comments About List of joomlacomment Comments I M Search Published Delete Comment Voting Voting Parent Imported Fla Writer Userid Notify Url Date o Contentitem notify notify IP inks and pictures are deactivated writer writer Yes Ho Id from TD 4 Brandon 0 url Another Test Comment Gateway to Y a 74 13 49 5 0 0 1 McGregor Are you tired of reading these yet Muskoka D 3 Biff 0 url A third test comment Gateway to Y a 27 0 01 0 0 1 Pedachenko In response to the article Muskoka Tr Biff 0 url Another Test Comment Gateway to Y a 127 0 0 1 0 0 1 Pedachenko This time in response to the first Muskoka comment CTA Brandon 0 url Test Comment Gateway to Y A 27 0 01 0 0 1 McGregor This is test comment please ignore Muskoka Display 20 al Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The following information is displayed Id The comment identification number Writer The person who wrote the c
98. e Items to be un published and click the Unpublish button Move Click the Move button to move Articles to another Content Section or Category 42 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Copy Trash Edit New Click the Copy button to copy Articles to another Section or Category Click the Trash button to put Articles in the Trash Bin They are not completely removed but will not be dis played on your site You can restore these Articles in the Trash Manager Click the Edit button to edit the Article Click the New button to create a new Article Create a New Article There are a number of ways of accessing the Article New screen Access Click the Add New Article button on the Home page Access Select Content gt Article Manager gt New Any one of these actions will display the Article New screen Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox Fil f st lelp ited O SS iS O a A B http ftestsite gravenhurst ca administrator index php option com_content 9 YEG Q DDisable y Cookies Jc5S CForms MiImages Information Miscellaneous Outline Y y Resize Y Tools 22 View Source Options Y y 0O aii ON hd l 2 gt 4 PE i a adi y YY 88 Preview o mi O Logout Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help Article New AX BYOQ O Preview Save Apply Cancel Help Title Published Cno ves State Published Alias
99. e category categories you wish to delete Click the Remove button to delete the category categories Picture Manager Access Select Components gt JoomGallery gt Picture Manager The Picture Manager screen will be displayed with the following information Title The name of the picture Category The name of the category the picture belongs to Hits The number of times the picture has been viewed by site visitors The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 105 Qbisable i amp Cookies v Essv ESForms ja images dl Or formation Miscellaneous Outline dl esize Y a cols iew Source Y ptions Y y 13 a A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help ba Preview Lo Mi O Logout IR a Ral Dd Mal Picture Manager ds O O o7 aog 4 Publish Unpublish Approve New Edit Move Remove CPanel Category Manager Picture Manager Comments Manager Votes Manager Picture Upload Batch Upload FTP Upload Java Upload Configuration Manager Customize CSS Migration Manager Help and Information Search Sort by order Fitter by category Fitter by type descending by ordering number zl zl Show All Pictures O Title Category Hits Ordering La Published Approved Owner Author Type Date Brandon 03 20 2009 raw ri Ni 3 oO Ex Lake Muskoka_1 Gravenhurst From the Water 3 v 0 Y Y admin McGregor is 09 30 49 AM A Brandon 03 20 2009 F wal Lake Muskoka_2 Gravenhurst From
100. e the following fields Title The title of the category Parent The category parent if this is to be a child category otherwise select No Parent Administrator pEr ii Select the category administrator from the drop down list a la m mt To in A A LL Ll MAA AN eae TILT BEER Eee eee Event Colour EERE EEE eee This is apreview Cancel Access Level 3 Select the level of Joomla user that is able to see events in this Click Choose Colour to select a category colour Description A category description optional Edit a Category Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Categories Click the title of the category you wish to edit or the check box next to the category title and click Edit The Categories screen will display where you can edit all the fields above Delete a Category Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Categories Click the check box next to the category title and click Delete Manage Events Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Events The ICal Events screen will be displayed showing the following information Event Summary The title of the event Repeats Shows an icon if the event has a repetition scheduled Published Shows an icon noting whether the event is Published or Unpublished as well as if a published event is in the future current or past Click on the icon to toggle the event between states The Artstract Co Joomla User Manu
101. ect Components gt JoomlaComment gt Manage Comments Select the checkbox next to the comment s you wish to publish or unpublish Click the Publish or Unpublish button as appropriate The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 141 Delete Comments Access Select Components gt JoomlaComment gt Manage Comments Select the checkbox next to the comment s you wish to delete Click the Delete button Edit a Comment Access Select Components gt JoomlaComment gt Manage Comments Click on the Writer name of the comment you wish to edit or select the checkbox next to the comment you wish to edit and click Edit The comment editor screen will display File Edit view story B Too p 3 EN Pici i e o gt O O a E a http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_comment amp task editeid 2 9 Y X Qr Disable cookies css E Forms M Images E Information Miscellaneous Outline 5 Resize v Tools v Lo View Source Y POptions v y O A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Manage Comments Edit Comment Component Content item Name Userid Email Website Notify Title Comment Published Components Extensions Tools Help Biff Pedachenko No User zl brandon pedachenko com http www pedachenko com Cono ves Another Test Comment This time in response to the first comment C No ves M Preview o Mi
102. egory Author Date Hits ID 1 TT Home Page 7 Q 1 Public Administrator 21 01 09 1382 46 a gt Arts amp General fae a ae 2 I Arts amp Culture v Q 1 Public Gare a Administrator 17 03 09 56 105 3 i a Arts amp Music on the ran nana 3 La 3 TT Music on the Barge AY Q 1 Public Culture Barge Administrator 17 03 09 25 66 z News amp nee 5 4 Test Blog Event 2 lt 5 X 1 Public Blog Content Events Administrator 10 0309 2 60 7 Test Blog Event 1 g x a 2 Public Blog Content ata be Administrator 10 03 09 1 57 6 Information About This Website Y Q vi 1 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 1903 09 8 154 7 Gateway to Muskoka Y Q av 2 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 10 03 09 129 61 8 C Test Blog item 4 Q Q av 3 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 10 03 09 1 59 a Test Blog item 3 5 0 avi 4 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 10 03 09 3 58 10 O Test Blog item 2 Y Q ay 5 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 10 03 09 4 56 11 Test Blog tem 1 y Q a 6 Public Blog Content Thoughts Administrator 10 03 09 1 55 12 7 Building Department S Q v 1 Public Building UA Administrator 17 03 09 30 130 Department Information DINE 5 g Click the New icon displayed at the top of the browser window The Article New page will display 10 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox A File Ed eN oc ks Tools p Most visited Latest
103. el E jean pa a Jaen Span Publisher Editor Author Registered v selfonlyifenabled Note Managers and Administrators may only maintain users up to their level Registered users may only maintain their own account Access Select Site gt User Manager This will display the User Manager screen The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 51 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox O20 0abe Qbisable Cookies C55 CForms images E Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Y Resize Y J Tools 2 View Source Options Y http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_userstitask view Joomla Town of Gravenhurst VRETI Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help Ei Preview gt 20 Mi Logout ry 08 00 2 User Manager Logout Delete Edit New Help Filter Go Reset Select Group Select Log Status zl 4 0O Name Username Logged In Enabled Group E Mail Last Visit 1D 1 0 Y Y Super Administrator IA RRA AR 2009 04 14 13 31 19 62 2 OD Y Administrator n_n o 2009 04 14 10 01 39 64 3 0 w Y Manager MARA 2003 04 09 11 25 56 65 40 Y Manager ARA RR 2009 04 14 13 31 15 63 Display 20 gt Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License E bone gt SES Toolbar Buttons Logout Delete Edit and New are available The following information is displayed
104. elect the checkbox next to the user you wish to edit and click Edit The Edit User screen will be displayed Here you can edit all the fields detailed above Global Configuration Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Global Configuration The JEvents Configuration panel will be displayed Component Tab Global Configuration Mozilla Firefox AS File F FN Mu gt Lo gt O O da A http testsite gravenhurst ca administrator index php option com_jevents amp task config edit 9 y ba Qr DDisable Cookies css y CForms Mlimages E Information Miscellaneous Outline Py Resize y Tools y view Source Y Options id YOO A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview om O Logout A JEvents Global Configuration e 9 Q Control Panel JEvents Config v1 5 0 beta Check for newer version Config is writeable Modified 2009 04 06 10 46 29 EDT Component 1 Component 2 RSS Calendar Latest Events Tooltip About These settings are only for the component Date Format US H Use 12hr time Format C No yes Use Simple 9 No C Yes Default Event Color Random None Category Set meta tag to stop robots crawling O No Yes Event color rule Event specific colors allowed z Use Joomla Cache Hot compatible with session based filtering No ves Reset to default Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License
105. end in HTML mode Message Group All User Gi Public Front end Registered Author Editor i Publisher Public Back end Manager Administrator Super Administrator Recipients as BCC Vv Adds copy to site e mail Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 101 Appendix A Creative Commons License DS BY NC SA Attributation NonCommercial ShareAlike 2 5 You are free e to copy distribute display and perform the work e to make derivative works Under the following conditions Attributation You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor Noncommercial You may not use this work for commercial purposes Share Alike If you alter transform or build upon this work you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one For any reuse or distributiuon you must make clear to other the license terms of this work Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above 102 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Appendix B Using JoomGallery Introduction JoomGallery is a photo gallery component for Joomla with a wealth of options One of the key concepts to understand in working with JoomGallery is it s photo organization systems E
106. ent upload and add images and to manage the critical data that makes your company or organisation go Anybody with basic word processing skills can easily learn to manage a Joomla web site You will easily be able to add new press releases or news items manage staff pages and create an unlimited amount of Sections Categories and Articles on your web site via a simple browser based interface Taking Joomla to the Next Level Out of the box Joomla does a great job of managing the content needed to make your web site sing However for many people the true power of Joomla lies in the application framework that makes it possible for thousands of developers around the world to create powerful add ons and extensions Components Modules and Plugins Here are just some examples of the hundreds of available extensions e Dynamic form builders e Business or organisational directories e Document management e Image and multimedia galleries e E commerce and shopping cart engines e Forums and chat software e Calendars e Blogging software e E mail newsletters e Data collection and reporting tools e Banner advertising systems e Subscription services in addition many many more You can find examples at the growing Joomla Extensions or Components directory at http extensions joomla org Prepare to be amazed at the amount of exciting work produced by our active developer community The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual
107. er details a list of all the banners available to be displayed Toolbar Buttons Upload images Publish Unpublish Delete Edit and New are available The display shows the following information Name The name of the banner usually associated with the client or image that associated with the banner Click on the name or select the checkbox next to the name and click the Edit button to access the settings for the banner Client The client this banner is associated with Category The category this banner is in 66 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Published The status of the banner Click on the image to either publish or un publish the banner Order The order of priority of the banners Impressions The number of times the banner has been displayed and the total number of impression aloted this banner Clicks The number of times the banner has been clicked to access the underlying URL and the number of clicks as a percentage of the impressions for that banner Create a New Banner To create a new banner click the New button The Banner New screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox E lew mon i iz y e gt O O a As a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_banners Qbisable Cookies 1c55 CForms MlImages E Information Miscellaneous Outline pj Resize i Pal cols y Lo View Source Y Options il YOO
108. erators Only moderators will be allowed Indent pixels This is used to indent messages in threaded view Comments sorting if NOT nested comments Ordering of comments used only if nested is NOT active If New entries first the form will be on the top else it will be on the bottom Number of comments by page Number of comments to be display per page Input website field Allow the users to input their website link UBB code support Allow the use of UBB Codes Picture support Allow the use of pictures in comments Picture maximum width Maximum width in pixel Enable voting If set AND ajax mode is set will display reactive image to allow to vote or for any comments Use names Use names rather than usernames it concerns only registered users Enable profiles Allow the use of Community Builder Profiles in comments Enable avatars Allow the use of Community Builder Avatars in comments only if profiles is enabled Date format Input the date format you wish to use The syntax used here is identical to the PHP date function The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 145 Deactivate search button Deactivate the search button Visible If set will display the IP address of the unregistered writers OR the usertype of the registered users Usertypes At least one usertype must be selected IP visible is set to Yes will show only for comments of selected usertypes select all i
109. erwise leave the field empty Generic Title Type a generic title the system will automatically append a number to the end of the title Generic Description Give these pictures a generic description optional Author The name of the photographer who created the picture optional Delete pictures after upload Ensure this box is checked to remove the pictures from the FTP upload folder after they have been processed and added to the gallery category you selected If this is not checked you will have to remove the files manu ally using your FTP client Transparent or animated picture files This option allows the upload of special picture files Only choose this option if your upload exclusively con sists of animated or transparent png or gif files Keep in mind that the files do not get resized and therefore are displayed full size in detail view Click the Upload button after selecting the files and completing the fields The system will automatically process the selected images as usual and remove them from the FTP Upload folder if so selected 112 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x Ca Od0ah Disable Acookies 1055 Forms Y MiImages Y O information Miscellaneous Outline Y P Resize v Pa cols y View Source Options ia X Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview
110. ev 2009 04 20 117 Back End Functions Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC The JEvents Control Panel will be displayed JEvents Control Panel Mozilla Firefox Mfz File Edit View Hist Bookmarks Ti p Mo d jLat es W PicFind ckp O gt O a A a http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_jevents 9 Y x Qbisabley Cookies 1055 E Forms M Images Information Miscellaneous Outline Py Resize v Tools v View Source Options v y 0 A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview 0 m2 0 Logout A JEvents JEvents Control Panel A o R o AR Advanced Only use these options if specifically asked to do Manage Manage Categories Authorised Users Events so gt Delete iCal related tables C _ a Configuration Convert Legacy DB Setup Events Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Erom the control panel you can Configure global calendar settings e Manage calendars e Manage events e Manage categories e Manage users e Configure JEvents e Convert legacy events e Setup the database e Delete calendar related tables Note The last three options are advanced configuration options that shouldn t be used unless you have a specific reason to do so These commands could damage the database destroying the events information 118 The Artstract
111. events Days left in Current Month to Start Days left in Current Month to Start displaying Next Month Hide Links using Javascript Make links inaccessible to most search engines 136 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Latest Events Tab Global Configuration Mozilla Firefox 0 x File Edit Yiew History Bookmarks Tools Help Ay ost Visited eadlines PicF stock Is of 4 Mi ji F E j gt y o gt O O a A a http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_jevents amp task config edit 9 y El v Qr Disable Cookies css E Forms MImages Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Resize y Tools v Lo View Source Y POptions v YOO Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview 0o m1 O Logout A JEvents Global Configuration B 9 o Control Panel JEvents Config v1 5 0 beta Check for newer version Config is writeable Modified 2009 04 06 10 46 29 EDT Component 1 Component 2 RSS Calendar Latest Events Tooltip About These setting are only for the additional module Latest Events q P A Maximum Events to Display 5 Display Mode 0 zl Days Before After 20 Only Display a Repeating Event Once e No Yes Display Events As Link o No al Yes Display Year e No Yes Disable default CSS Date Field Style no yes Disable default CSS Title Field Style No C yes Display link to the Calendar
112. f Gravenhurst 7090 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help Ed Preview o m1 O Logout Q m Category Manager AddCategory o Save Cancel Title Parent Category Gravenhurst From the Water al Description Styles z Format z Font family ll demas OA i a Access Public gt Published Yes z Ordering JODOM GALLERY By JoomGallery ProjectTeam Based on JoomGallery 1 0 0 by JoomGallery ProjectTeam Version 1 5 RC BUILD 20090206 Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License 104 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Complete the following fields Title The name of the category Parent Category If this is to be a child category select it s parent from the drop down menu Description A description of the category optional Access The level of Joomla user required to view the category Published Select Yes to have the category appear online Click the Save button to create the category Edit a Category Access Select Components gt JoomGallery gt Category Manager Click the name of the category you wish to edit The Category Manager Edit Category screen will be displayed Edit the fields as required and then click the Save button to update the category Delete a Category Access Select Components gt JoomGallery gt Category Manager Select the checkbox next to th
113. f requests made to your website GZip generated CSS and JavaScript files to about 1 4 of the original size These optimizations may reduce server load bandwidth requirements and page loading times This compression may introduce problems with the code being served however and should be thoroughly tested On launch CSS Optimization was turned off due to issues Javascript Oprtimization was turned off due to problems and GZip Javascript and CSS compression was Enabled Joomap Access Select Components gt Joomap Joomap is a component to change a menu into an HTML site map which makes the site more accessible to site visitors and can improve search engine rankings A number of settings for this component can be configured but most require an advanced knowledge of CSS 150 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20
114. for more information Description Notes Optional additional information about the banner Banner Image Selector Select the image to be displayed Banner Image The image selected under Banner Image Selector is displayed here for your convenience and verification Click the Save button Delete a Banner To delete a banner select the checkbox next to the banner that you intend to delete and click the Delete button There will be a pop up challenge as to whether you are sure this is what you intend click OK to confirm or Cancel to stop the deletion Edit a Banner To edit a banner select the checkbox next to the banner that you wish to edit and click the Edit button Edit the Options Details as necessary Click Save to accept changes or Cancel to reject changes You will be returned to the Banner Manager 68 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Upload New Banner Images To upload new banner images add them to the images banners folder using the Media Manager Further Information Chapter 6 Accessing Functions from the BBack End Manager gt Media Manager Polls This Component allows you to manage and create different polls for your visitors The questions you ask can be useful for information purposes After publishing the poll you need to activate the Polls Module You can choose where you would like the poll to be published and on which page The Module will also provide a link to show the results of
115. g a lost password e Logging in to the Front end e User s Account Details Types of Users and Access Permissions Users of Joomla web sites can be broken down into two broad categories e Guests e Registered Users Guests are simply visitors to your Joomla web site Depending on how the Super Administrator has configured the site some content can only be viewed by Registered users while visitors can only browse a limited amount of it or all the content can be accessible Registered Users have registered with your site to obtain a username and password This username and password allows Regis tered Users to log into your site receiving special privileges not available to guests Registered Users are broken down into two groups e Front end Users e Back end Users Note The admin panel refers to these two groups of users as Public Front End and Public Backend Front End Users Front End Users get additional rights over guests which may include the ability to create and publish content on the web site We will generally refer to these users as content providers since their primary goal is to provide content on the web site not to administer the site or alter its design Content providers may provide new content through the web interface using an embedded WYSIWG What You See Is What You Get editor without any knowledge of HTML coding Within the Front End User classification there are four specific levels the site administrator c
116. got your Password e mail you a verification link where you can choose a Peace Please enter the e mail address for your account A verification token will be sent to you Once new password that you Can use to access the system you have received the token you will be able to choose a new password for your account E mail Address The reason that Joomla cannot send your old pass word to you is that passwords are stored using an Submit encryption format that is not reversible This means that even Super Administrators cannot view your password This is proper practice in web site design these days so do not be upset that you cannot use your old password be happy that passwords are protected Caution Since the new password request is sent out via e mail and e mail is inherently insecure it is always a y y good idea to change your password as soon as possible If your e mail address has changed the only option you will have is to contact the Super Administrator Logging In and Out Log In Once you have registered with the web site and optionally responded to your validation e mail you simply enter your user name and password in the Login Form and click the Login button to login to the web site User Menu Once you have logged in to the web site you will notice that a User Menu appears This menu may contain more or less op tions depending on the individual web site The following gives a short description of the typic
117. he pre tag and add the programming language you want to use for highlighting purposes as a parameter Example lt pre lang xml gt your code here lt pre gt The Plugin version of the GeSHi highlight code comes with the following highlighters for the most common renders installed ready to be used CSS gt use lang css HTML4 Strict gt use lang HTML4strict JavaScript gt use lang Javascript PHP gt use lang php PHP Brief gt use lang php brief SQL gt use lang sql XML gt use lang xml Should you need additional languages you may download the full package from the developer site http qbnz com highlighter which includes over 30 languages You should then upload the required newLanguage php from the package into your Plugins content geshi geshi folder 82 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Load Module This Plugin using the tag loadmoduleposition modulepositionname allows a Module s content to be displayed in a Article Search Plugins Search Plugins add the ability to search all of the different Components of Joomla Basic searching is provided for e Articles e Web Links e Contacts Content Categories Content Sections Any number of search Plugins can be published at any one time Editor Plugins Editor Plugins provide support for installable WYSIWYG editors Only one editor Plugin can be published at a time This setting
118. he Trash Manager or uninstall a Component Module or Plugin Edit Used to edit Sections Categories etc New Used to create new Articles etc The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Upload Used to upload images to the Media Manager Edit HTML Used to edit a template Edit CSS Used to edit a template s css file Restore Used to restore items that have been sent to the Trash Manager Copy Used to copy Articles etc Move Used to move Articles between Sections Categories etc Archive Used to archive Articles Administrator Modules The modules display Logged In Users Components installed most Popular Articles viewed Recently Added Articles pub lished and Menus with the number of links per menu The order and whether the modules are displayed or not can be controlled from the menu option Access Select Extensions gt Module Manager gt Administrator Logged In Users Tab v Logged in Users Mame Group Client Last Activity Logout 1 admin Super Administrator administrator 0 0 hours ago This displays a list of users currently logged on together with their access level both in the Backend and in the Front End sec tions Click a username to go to the User Edit page for that user Logout a user by clicking the red cross Popular Tab y Popular Most Popular Articles Created Hits Click this Tab to access the screen that lists in order the most popular Ar Home Page 1396 t
119. he general title consecutive numbers are assigned to the pictures In cas want the numbering to start with a chosen value enter it in this field Otherw e leave the field empty JOOM GALLERY By JoomGallery ProjectTeam Based on JoomGallery 1 0 0 by JoomGallery ProjectTeam Marsion 4 amp PC ALILD 2NNANINE Se E http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_joomgalleryS act configuration Category photos will be assigned to Select the category from the drop down menu Numbering Start Consecutive numbers are appended to the Generic Title and assigned to the pictures In case you want the numbering to start with a chosen value enter it in this field Otherwise leave the field empty Generic Title Type a generic title the system will automatically append a number to the end of the title Generic Description Give these pictures a generic description optional Author The name of the photographer who created the picture optional Click the Begin Upload button after selecting the archive file and completing the fields The system will automatically extract your images from the archive and process them as usual The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 111 FTP Upload If you have a number of images to upload and have access to FTP software and the server login information you may want to use the FTP upload feature Images still need to be correctly optimized prior to
120. he images displayed This will force all images to be displayed using this fixed height The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Module Class Suffix Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module e g moduletable_online In this example online is the suf fix This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain Modules independent of the site s default Template CSS classes Caution Changing the height and or width settings may cause unwanted results if there is a sizeable differ ence between the width or height of the original image and the fixed width you input Newsflash Type mod_newsflash The Newsflash Module randomly selects one of the published items from a Category upon each page refresh It may also display multiple items in horizontal or vertical configurations Parameters Category Select a content Category from this drop down list listed as Section Category The Articles in the selected Category will be formatted based on the layout selected in the Style parameter on this page Style Select a style from this drop down list to determine how the Module will display its contents The vertical and horizontal options are self explanatory The Randomly choose one at a time option randomly displays a single Category item with each page reload Show images Select the Yes radio button to determine whether the Module should displ
121. he main body of the web site s template De pending on the design of the template in use this is often in the centre of the web page A typical Joomla installation comes with Banners Contacts News Feeds Polls and Web Links Components 4 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Members of the Joomla community produce third party Joomla Components on a continuous basis Look at http extensions joomla org or http developer joomla org for a listing of additional Component downloads Modules Modules extend the capabilities of Joomla giving the software new functionality A Module is a small piece of content that can be displayed anywhere that your template allows Modules are very easy to install in the Administrator Section Back End Joomla Modules may include Main Menu Top menu Template Chooser Polls Newsflash Hit Counter etc Members of the Joomla community produce Joomla Modules on a continuous basis They are freely available on http developer joomla org or http extensions joomla org for download Plugins A Plugin is a small task oriented function that intercepts and manipulates content in some way before displaying it Joomla provides a number of Plugins in the core distribution The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 5 Chapter 3 Joomla Users Introduction This Chapter deals with The different types of Joomla Users e User Registration e Recoverin
122. hor E mail 1 English United Kingdom Y 159 Joomla Project admin joomla org Display 20 gt Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Installed Languages This list shows all of the currently installed Joomla Languages with a tick next to the currently active one The following information is displayed Name Shows the name of the languages installed The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 91 Default Shows which is the default language Version Shows the version of the language file Date Shows the date of the language file Author Shows the author of the language file Author E mail Shows the author s e mail address if available Other functions available on this screen include Manage Templates Introduction There are two types of templates the Site Templates and Administrator Templates The Site Templates control the appearance of the Front End of your Joomla web site whereas the Administrator Templates control the Back End Administration area of the Joomla web site Note All reference to Template Manager Site refers equally to Template Manager Administration as well The Template Manager provides a workbench for manipulating templates The initial view provides you with a list of the in stalled templates Site or Administrator A yellow star will be shown adjacent to the name of the default template Some supplied information about each template is also
123. hurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview Do Mi Logout a JEvents Global Configuration Sl 9 Q Control Panel JEvents Config v1 5 0 beta Check for newer version Config is writeable Modified 2009 04 06 10 46 29 EDT Component 1 Component 2 RSS Calendar Latest Events Tooltip About These settings are only the RSS syndications Should RSS results be cached C No ves RSS Cache Time in Seconds 3600 Number of Events to show S Live Bookmarks C no ves Get RSS feed data from module Component settings gt RSS Title Powered by JEvents JEvents Syndication for Joomla RSS Description Limit Text Length Cno ves Text Limit 20 Reset to default O Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Number of Events to show The number of event to include in the RSS feed Live Bookmarks Choose Yes to create a Live Bookmark With Live Bookmarks you can see the item titles of an RSS web feed in your bookmarks Get RSS feed data from module Get data for the live bookmark RSS feed from the Latest Events tab of the component or the selected Latest Events module RSS Title The public title of the RSS feed RSS Description The public description of the RSS feed Limit Text Length Choose yes to limit the title length in the RSS feed Text Limit The maximum number of characters allowed in the title of RSS feed items before trimming The Artstr
124. icles on your site Included are the dates the Articles were created and the reetinus Residents 01 21 16 09 22 number of hits or views Steamship Festival 2009 01 21 16 13 01 273 Gateway to Muskoka 03 10 14 41 24 129 Click the Article name to edit that item About Gravenhurst 2009 01 21 16 02 24 125 Greetings Visitors 2009 01 21 16 09 22 95 Gravenhurst Opera House 2009 03 17 10 10 44 72 Municipal Services 2009 03 17 11 38 46 62 Arts amp Culture 2009 03 17 11 05 09 57 Departments amp Committees 2009 03 17 12 16 11 56 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 19 Recent Added Articles Tab v Recent added Articles Latest Items Created Creator Tax Estimator Dave Eidsness Information About This Website Administrator Town Council Administrator Cemetaries Administrator Licenses amp Forms Administrator Public Works Administrator Planning Department Administrator Recreation Administrator Treasury Department Administrator Accessibility Administrator Click this Tab to access a screen that lists the most recently added Articles This includes the creation date and the author Click the Article name to edit that item Menu Stats Tab Menu Stats Menu items mainmenu 149 usermenu 4 Click this Tab to access the screen that lists all menus and the number of item links in each menu The number of links is the total created not the total published Click the name of a menu to access the screen that lists the
125. ields as in the create New Menu screen Enter a new Menu Title and Module Name This will duplicate the menu You may copy any of your menus Copying will create a new Menu Name containing the same Menu Items as the menu copied associated to a new Menu Module Delete a Menu Select the radio button next to the Menu Name you want to delete Then click the Delete button in the toolbar The Delete Menu menuname screen will be displayed Confirm Delete Menu Type usermenu Mozilla Firefox ES E Ala A PE EN y ols He Findr Fre cl Brands of the File Ed ei E es Be P N e gt O a E a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php 9 Y Gl Disable Cookies 1055 E Forms Miimages Information v Miscellaneous Outline Y 5 Resize Tools iew Source Y ptions Y O e Gg A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help ba Preview om O Logout Menu Delete g t Delete Cancel Help Module s being deleted Menu Item s being deleted 1 User Menu 1 Logout 2 Submit a Web Link 3 Submit an Article 4 Your Details Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License It shows the Module s to be deleted the mod_mainmenu Modules associated to this Menu and the Menu Items to be de leted Click the Delete button surrounded by a dotted line This will delete this Menu all of its Menu Items
126. inname com images This is useful to remember as you need to select the correct sub folder to upload images which will be available to your Articles Normally you will see the following sub folders M_images banners smilies and stories used to store images for Articles In addition you will see a number of images in the images folder itself Some third party Components e g Zoom Gallery may create sub folders in the images folder Access Click on a folder button or use the Directory drop down box to access a sub folder 22 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Use the Up directory button to move up in the folder sub folder hierarchy Note Images for use in Articles are stored in the stories sub folder It is a good idea to organise your images in a logical set of sub folders I remember one person putting hundreds of images directly in the stories sub folder Not only did it take a long time to load but also they had a never Ending quantity of images making it difficult to man age In this section we will look at e Creating a folder e Uploading an image e Deleting an image e Using the Image Url Code Create a folder Click on the stories sub folder button Note The change in the Directory drop down box to stories Files Ivariermwtmebrootusers 10238 gravenhurst ca publicmages stories i Create Folder o 8 Mm 5 amp Enter a name in the Create Directory field Note Ideally use all lower c
127. ional 34 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Access Level Select which level of user can see the Section Public Registered or Special Description Enter a description of the Category in the editor window optional Click the Save button Note You will be returned to the Section Manager screen which now displays the new Section Name you have cre ated Copy a Section Select the Section you wish to copy using the check box to the left of the title Click the Copy button The Copy Section screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox Ol x File Edit elp 24 Most Visited eadlines PicFir to ands of the o D O a E a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_sections scope content Qbisable Cookies 1055 E Forms Miimages Information v Miscellaneous Outline Y gt Resize v Ft cols y View Source Options y y A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Help va precise 121 Y E Section Copy e Save Cancel Copy to Section Categories being copied Articles being copied This will copy the Categories listed and all the Articles within the Category also listed Contact Us to the new Section created Town Directory About Gravenhurst Community Directory Education Emergency Services Health Services Maps 1 Contact Information
128. items for that menu 20 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Chapter 6 Accessing Functions from the Back End Manager Introduction The Manager has all the Front End access privileges of a Publisher In addition they have the following Back End privileges which are covered in detail in this chapter e Media Manager e Preview e Menu Items e Managing Content Sections Categories and Articles e Frontpage Manager When a Manager logs in to the Control Panel as described in the previous chapter they will see the following screen Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox ay ds of the Tor File Edit Hist Help Most Visite eadlines t o gt O O a A a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php 4 Y Gl Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms Y MiImages O information v miscellaneous Outline Y a Resize F Tools v fa View Source Options v Y Fre ph n ion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Help S Preview 0 8 Y Logout y E gt Welcome to Joomla A 3 gt Logged in Users gt Popular Article Manager Front Page Manager Section Manager gt Recent added Articles gt Menu Stats Jj Mal gt Joomla Security Newsfeed Category Manager Media Manager Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License You will notice that the menus are limited to Home Si
129. l Parameters o o 119 Manage Calendars es pr AAA IA ra 120 Manage Categories e 123 Manage Events pss ira to ps e ti e ate A o sa 125 Manage USES ia ic ir amp il Bae ya 129 Global Configuration oscar 624465 6 44 E a 131 Appendix D Using JoomlaComment o ooo 140 Manage Comments Li ts ARA amp A Ad e GO 140 loomlaComment Configuration 2 o o e ee 143 Appendix E Special amp Custom Extensions o o 148 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Chapter Welcome to Joomla Introduction Thank you for choosing Joomla Content Management System CMS software You have made a great choice by selecting one of the most powerful and versatile Open Source Content Management Systems available Joomla is an award winning CMS that will help you build web sites and other powerful online applications Best of all Joomla is an Open Source solution that is freely available to everybody What is a Content Management System CMS A CMS is a computer software system for organising and facilitating collaborative creation of documents and other content A CMS is frequently a web application used for managing web sites and web content Joomla for End Users Once Joomla is installed and running it is simple for even non technical users to add or edit cont
130. le This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain Modules independent of the site s default Template CSS classes Enable Cache Select to cache or not the content of this Module Module Mode Allows a choice between display of Articles Static Articles or both Frontpage Items Show Hide items designated for the Frontpage Component this works only for Articles Count The number of items to display the default is 5 Category ID Select to display items from a specific Category or set of Categories to specify more than one Category sepa rate with commas Categories IDs may be found in the list accessed through Content gt Category Manager Section ID Select to display items from a specific Section or set of Sections to specify more than one Section separate with commas Sections IDs may be found in the list accessed through Content gt Section Manager Top Menu Type mod_mainmenu See mainmenu Manage Plugins Plugins are functional units of code that support the operation of Joomla They have many different purposes and functions and are grouped together for easier management For example there are Plugins that only operate on Articles others provide search capabilities etc In some groups any num ber of Plugins can be published at once while in others for example the WYSIWYG editors only one can be active In some groups ordering is important In this Section we will be covering e Uninstall a P
131. lick the Copy button You return to the Menu Manager screen Delete a Menu Item Toolbar Buttons Trash This function allows you to delete menu item s In the Menu Manager select the menu item s you wish to delete by checking the check box to the left side of the item s Click the Trash button Note The Trash Manager allows you to restore deleted menu item s The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Manage Content Introduction There are three levels to organising the content of a Joomla Content Management System e Sections are big containers they hold Categories e Categories are little containers they hold Articles e Articles are all the text and images you want to appear on a page The only catch is that you cannot create a Article without having a Section and Category for it to live in Imagine a filing system Sections are drawers Categories are folders and Articles are pieces of paper If you had all of the pieces of paper lying around in your room that would be a mess If you had them in folders but the fold ers were lying all over the floor that would not be much better If you had the all the pieces of paper in a drawer with no fold ers to organise them that would not be so great either So to keep things organised you need to put all your papers Articles inside folders Categories inside drawers Sections The other nice thing about having Sections and Categories is that you can a
132. lugin e Outline definitions of each type of Plugin Uninstall a Plugin Access Select Extensions gt Plugin Manager Check the box next to the Plugin you want to uninstall and then click the Delete button A JavaScript alert will show Are you sure you want to delete selected items The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 81 Click OK The page will reload displaying the word Success Content Plugins Any number of Plugins can be published in this group These Plugins operate on Articles before they are displayed They typi cally replace some sort of shorthand tag with other information Legacy Plugin Includer This Plugin allows for the handling of Plugins designed for version 1 0 of Joomla If you do not have any pre version 1 5 Pl ugins installed this Plugin can be safely unpublished SEF The Search Engine Friendly Plugin makes links in content compatible with installed SEF support It operates directly on the HTML within the item and does not require a special tag E mail Cloaking This Plugin rewrites all e mail addresses within a Article to cloak them from unwelcome spambots Code Highlighter GeSHi This displays formatted code in Articles based on the GeSHi highlighting engine This is to be considered as an enhanced version of moscode allowing the rendering of many different programming languages with colour highlighted code by specifying the to be used language Usage Use t
133. m_categories amp section com_banner amp te Y 7 Qr Qbisable Cookies Licss CForms MlImages iInformation Miscellaneous Outline P Resize ha Tools v Lo View Source Y Options y 2 00 A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview Do Mi Y Logout ri Category Edit e y QU Save Apply Close Help Details Title Emergency Information Banners Alias emergency nformation banners Published C No yes Section N A Category Order 1 Emergency Information Banners gt Access Level E Registered Special v Image Select Image al Image Position Left gt Preview Description B Z U Styles z Format z Font famiy z FH 9 Ole Sb BIO OM a A 20s 2 3H 30 3 EEL I une II Image Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Toolbar Buttons Save Apply and Cancel are available Change the Title Published Category Order Access Level Image and Description as required Click the Save button Screen returns to Banner Manager Delete a Banner Category In the Banner Category Manager Select the checkbox next to the Banner Category you wish to delete and click the Delete button A pop up will ask whether You are sure you want to delete selected items If you are sure then click OK if not click Cancel The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04
134. me Back end Language Select Language tha Username Front end Language Select Language z E mail User Editor Select Editor zf Hew Password Help Site Local z Verify Password Time Zone UTC 05 00 Eastern Time US amp Canada Bogota Lima gt Group Publio Front end ered Contact Information Editor Publisher Public Back end No Contact details linked to this User Manager See Components gt Contact gt Manage Contacts for details Administrator Super Administrator Y Block User No yes Receive System E mails no yes Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License S E maito brandon theartstract com The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 53 Name The real name of the user Username The name by which they will be identified when logged on to the site E mail address A valid e mail address Validation can be utilised by requiring a confirmatory e mail to be sent and a special activation link followed back to the site by the user New Password A password ideally a mixture of numbers letters and symbols Verify Password The re typing of the password to ensure accuracy Group Select the Group to which the User is to be assigned from the stated options Block User Options Yes or No Allows the administrator the chance to block this user and prevent logging in Receive System Emails Determines if this user receives emails with web
135. ments the Polls Component It is used to display the configured poll The Module differs from other Modules in as much as the Component supports linking between Menu Items and Polls This means that the Module shows only those Polls which are configured for a certain Menu Item Parameters Enable Cache Select to cache or not the content of this Module Module Class Suffix Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module e g moduletable_online In this example online is the suf fix This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain Modules independent of the sites default Template CSS classes Random Image 78 Type mod_random_image This Module display a random image from your chosen directory Parameters Image Type Enter the image type of the files to be randomly displayed e g jpg png gif etc The default image type is jpg Image Folder Enter the path of the folder directory containing the images to be randomly displayed For example if the files are located in http www joomla org images random then enter images random in the text box Link Enter the URL that a user will be redirected to if the image is clicked e g http www joomla org Width Enter the width in pixels you want the images displayed This will force all images to be displayed using this fixed width Height Enter the height in pixels you want t
136. meters Advanced heading to display a list of options Section Title Linkable Use Global gt Category Title Use Global z To hide the options such as pdf icon Print icon Email icon title Author Name etc Category Title Linkable Use Global Select Hide from any of the drop down menus Article Rating Use Cicba J Author Hame Hide z To create an automatic Read More link to your content position your mouse cursor at Crested Date ang Time ide M A Modified Date and Time Hide z the section of the page you want the link PDF Icon Hide Y i Print Icon Hid E Click the Read More button A E mail icon Hide z Content Language Select Language zl Key Reference Alternative Read more text 14 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 o Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Version 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help a Preview o Mi Logout E A yYOQ Article Edit b gt OQ Preview Save Apply Close Help O Successfully saved changes to Article Home Page Title Home Page Published C No Yes Article ID 46 Alias test home page Front Page O No ves State Published o Hits 1392 Reset Section Uncategorised zl Category Uncategorised al Revised 9 Times Created Wednesday 21 January 2009 15 32 Modified Tuesday 14 April 2009 12 23 Styles Fomat Font famiy zf ieee Seer eee be Som Oh 90H mia b Parametara Article
137. mla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 your web site Logout Redirection URL The re direct from the logout can be assigned to a specific URL If left blank it will display the home page of your Web site Login Message Select Show or Hide the JavaScript pop up alert that indicates whether the user s login was successful or failed Logout Message Select Show or Hide the JavaScript pop up alert that indicates that the user logged out successfully Greeting Select Show or Hide to display or not display the simple greeting text Name Username Choose from the drop down menu whether to display the user s name or username in the login Module after a successful login Wrapper Type mod_wrapper The Wrapper Module wraps an external Web page into your site The external Web page is inserted as a Frame into your template This is not only useful to display other people s sites but also to include in your site pure DHTML pages you would have created with a specialised web editor It also allows you to integrate indepen dent applications and scripts galleries directories into your Joomla site content Parameters Module Class Suffix Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module e g moduletable_online In this example _online is the suf fix This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain Modules independent of the site s default Template CSS classes
138. nterval Repeat Count or Repeat Until and the By Month Day the x day of the month or x from last day when checking Count back from month end or the By Day to select the day of the week and week of the month that the event takes place Yearly Enter the Repeat Interval Repeat Count or Repeat Until and the By Year Day the number of days from the start or end of the year the event takes place on Edit an Event When a user is logged in and views an event detail page a small edit icon will appear to the right of the event title clicking that will open a menu listing ways in which you can edit the event Unpublish event Edit repeat Edit event Unpublish event Unpublish the event so that it is not visible to site visitors but is still available RO to be edited later Copy and edit event Delete this repeat Delete all repeats Edit repeat Fal amp L amp Delete future repeats Change the repeat settings Edit event Edit the event details Copy and edit event Copy this events details and open the editing panel to create a new event based on this one Delete this repeat Delete only this repetiton occurance of this event Delete all repeats Deletes all occurances of this event Delete future repeats Delete all repeats of this event that have yet to occur Note Editing the repetition settings of an event will overwrite the existing event and may cause unforeseen results The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual R
139. nus gt Menu Manager This will display the Menu Manager screen View Menus Mozilla Firefox JO x File Edit View History Books Tools Help ve ted Jla adlines PicFindr Free stock Brands of the Wor Multiple js o gt a A a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_menus 4 Y X Qr Disable Cookies 1055 Y E Forms S Images Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Py Resize Tools View Source Y Options y SOO Joomla Town of Gravenhurst EEEIEE Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help 157 Preview o mi O Logout l 3 QO EE Menu Manager g 7 e Copy Delete Edit New Help Title Type Menu Item s Published Unpublished Trash Modules 1D 1 Main Menu mainmenu E 149 1 1 2 C User Menu usermenu E 4 1 2 Display 20 gt Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Se E Done Y SES Toolbar Buttons Copy Delete Edit and New are available The following information is displayed Title The English name of the menu The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 55 Type This is the identification name used by Joomla to identify this menu within the code It must be unique It is recommended to use no space within this name For example in the core Joomla the User Menu s Menu Name is usermenu and the Main Menus Menu Name is mainmenu Menu Items Click on the Menu Item bu
140. of categories Enter a new order manually in the field provided and click the Save button to save the new order Published Shows an icon denoting the category as Published or Unpublished Click the icon to toggle between states Access The Joomla user level required to see the category Other functions available on this screen include Parent Show only categories with a specific parent chosen from the drop down menu Display The drop down allows you to select the maximum number of categories to be displayed per page Add A New Category Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Categories gt New Categories Mozilla Firefox Al To o gt a Ay a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php 9 Y G Disable Cookies css E Forms M Images O Information Miscellaneous Outline z Resize v Tools v View Source Options v y 0 A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst ion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help ba Preview o m1 O Logout ie JEvents Categories a O a Title Event Colour Choose Colour Parent No Parent Y Access Level Public y Administrator Select Admin f esc sion B Z U se Styles z Format z Font family z z d ES mat HOOF id A olx 2 a CEL Image 124 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 The Categories screen will display Complet
141. of the desired message Details of the message will be shown Click the Back button in the tool bar to return to your Inbox Create a new message Click the New button in the toolbar Select the Recipient from the list and enter the desired subject and Message Click the Save button to send the message Click the Cancel button to abort the operation Delete a message Select the checkbox next to the Subject of the message or multiple messages that you want to delete Click the Delete but ton in the toolbar An alert box will ask you to confirm the operation Note Private messaging is only supported to or between Back End System Information System Info users in a group that have access to the Administrator Access Select Help gt System Info Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox Ol x File Edit y PE tiple ra Lo gt a A C a http testsite gravenhurst ca administrator index php option com_admin amp task sysinfo 9 Y X Qr Disable gt amp Cookies C55 ESJForms Images E Information Miscellaneous Outline 5 BResize y Tools iew Source ptions Y Y 0 aw Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help bs Preview o 1 O Logout O Information Help System Info PHP Settings Configuration File Directory Permissions PHP Information System Information Setting Value PHP Built on
142. omla aa A J gt Logged in Users gt Popular Add New Article Article Manager Front Page Manager Section Manager gt Recent added Articles gt Menu Stats i M EN Category Manager Media Manager Menu Manager Language Manager gt Joomla Security Newsfeed SB User Manager Global Configuration Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Se E Done SES All menu and sub menu options are available to the Super Administrator Global Configuration Global Configuration controls Joomla s operational settings Changes made on this screen will update the configuration php file This file needs to be writeable in order for you to be able to edit your configuration Access Select Site gt Global Configuration 84 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 The Global Configuration screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x File E o w a 4 P sto http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator index php option com_config oY z Q ADisable Cookies css Y E Forms SE Images Information Miscellaneous Y gt Outline 7 z Resize v Tools Lo View Source Options hd SOO x Joomla Town of Gravenhurst _ Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help a Preview o 1 Y Logout X Global Configuration YO Save Apply Close Help Site System Server Site Settings SEO Settings
143. omment Userid The comment writers userid if they are a registered Joomla user The userid will be 0 if they are not a user Notify Displays an icon showing whether the writer has requested notification if there is a new comment after theirs and allows you to email them by clicking 140 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Url The writers supplied URL Date The date and time the comment was made Comment The comment text Contentltem The article the comment was made on Published notify writer Displays an icon showing if the comment has been published and let s you click to toggle the published state Delete notify writer Click the icon to delete the comment IP The commenters IP address Voting Yes Indicates the number of visitors who have voted for the comment requires configuration to use Voting No Indicates the number of visitors who have voted against the comment Parent Id Indicated the comment id of the comment this is in response to E g If comment 2 is in response to comment 1 the parent id of comment 2 will be 1 and the partent id of comment 1 will be 1 no parent Imported From Indicates where the comment was imported from if appropriate Other functions available on this screen include Search Keyword search of the comments Display This drop down allows you to select the maximum number of comments to be displayed per page Publish amp Unpublish Comments Access Sel
144. on they should remain in the gallery folder Otherwise you risk access problems tt is indicated whether a folder is writable for the gallery resp whether the files are present green or not red In addition you can specify the desired date and time format on this page Picture Path components com_joomgallery img_pictures Path to where pictures are saved This is where downsized pictures are stored Directory is writeable provided that the automatic resizing is activated see Image Processing A copy of the original file will be saved if the automatic resizing is not activated Images saved in this folder are used for display on the detail page Originals Picture components com_joomgallery img_originals Path to where originals are saved This is where the original files are stored without Path Directory is writeable resizing Images saved in this folder are used for popup display provided that the popup option has been chosen Thumbnails Path components com_joomgallery img_thumbnails Path to where thumbnails are saved This is 5 re the automatically generated Directory is writeable thumbnails are stored The thumbnails are displayed in the gallery overview the category overview and the top list page In addition the thumbnails are used to generate the Minis FTP Upload Path componentsicom_joomgallery tp_upload Path to the FTP upload folder This folder is used for FTP uploads Pictures that you Directory is
145. oose Yes to have the shadow fall above the tooltip window No to fall below 138 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Global Configuration Mozilla Firefox Oj xi Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms M Images Oinformation Miscellaneous Outline Y z Resize v HF cols y 2 View Source POptions la Y sion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help Wi Preview Do Mai Logout JEvents Global Configuration e Q O Save Cancel Help Control Panel JEvents Config v1 5 0 beta Check for newer version Config is writeable Modified 2009 04 06 10 46 29 EDT Component 1 Component 2 RSS Calendar Latest Events Tooltip About Settings belongs to the tooltip window in monthly view Enable Calendar popup tooltips e No 19 Yes Tooltip Mainwindow Shadow O Pads background as C No G Yes Shadow c his e Vice Horizontal Position C Lett center Right Lett C No ves Vertical Position Below Above Above no ves Reset to default O Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Se E Done E e The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 139 Appendix D Using JoomlaComment Manage Comments Access Select Components gt JoomlaComment gt Manage Comments The Manage Comments tab will now be displayed RO gt O O a A BF http jitestsi isable Y cookies Y id orms y 5 images information iscellaneous Y utlin
146. option com_content amp view article Display in Main Menu gt Parent item a Home Residents Ants amp Culture Opera House Music on the Barge About Gravenhurst Events Events Calendar Gravenhurst Events v Published C No E Yes Order New Menu items default to the last position Ordering can be changed after this Menu Item is saved Access Level a Registered Special v On Click Open in Navigation New Window without Browser Navigation v Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Complete the following fields Title Type a Title to display on the menu Parent Item By default it is added as a Top level item under the Parent Item option If you wish it to make it a sub menu option select the appropriate Parent Item Access Level By default the menu item is available to Public access If you wish to restrict access to it select the appropriate Access Level Public Registered or Special Published Select No or Yes By default it is Yes You now need to select the article that the menu is going to link to Click the Select button displayed at the right hand top corner of the browser window 28 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 The Article Select pop up window will display Select the article in the Article Title Le ves EE ET y 2 gt Access z column You can filter the articles list Tie Ee a eae Bee by section and or
147. ove a Picture Access Select Components gt JoomGallery gt Picture Manager Select the checkbox next to the picture s you wish to delete Click the Remove button to delete the picture s 108 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Comments Manager If comments are enabled the Comment Manager will help you mange them Here you can see all the comments made and ap prove or remove them and publish or unpublish any comment with a few clicks Votes Manager If voting is enabled the Votes Manager will help you mange voting Here you can Reset Votes for all images if you wish Uploading New Pictures JoomGallery offers a number of ways of adding new photos to the gallery depending on which method best suits your needs and knowledge Here we ll highlight the most common types of upload Note In order to give the site visitor the best experience fast downloads and keep from using too many resources on the server images are very resource intensive any image should be optimized before uploading this is particu larly important in the photo gallery Ideally the image should be no more than 1000 pixels in any dimension and with an optimized file compression scheme before being uploaded to the server Once there the server will auto matically create the thumbnail images necessary Optimizing images for the web is beyond the scope of this docu ment but many excellent books and online tutorials are available Picture
148. ow Their location is dependent upon the template being used for your site The Banner Component consists of three options Manage Clients Manage Categories and Manager Banners Manage Clients Before you can set up a banner you must have a client Access Select Components gt Banners gt Manage Clients The Banner Client Manager screen will be displayed The Artstract Co Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox vi Tools lt gt O O a ES a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php option com_bannerst c client oY G Qr Disable Cookies Licss CForms M Images iInformation Miscellaneous Y Outline Y gt Resize Tools fo view Source Options ki 4 00 A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help 157 Preview o m1 O Logout mm O pa ly Banner Client Manager g 2 t Delete Edit New Help Banners Clients Categories Filter Go Reset m Client Name Contact Banners ID 1 Emergency Banners 1 6 Town of Gravenhurst 4 Display 20 gt Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Se Y SES Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 61 Toolbar Buttons Delete Edit and New are available Create a Banner Client To add a new client click the New button The Banner Client New screen will be displayed 920009 a As a http testsite gravenhurst
149. ows you to send a message to one or more groups of Users Access Select Tools gt Mass Mail The Mass Mail screen will be displayed Toolbar Buttons Send Mail and Cancel are available Complete the following information Mail to Child Groups Check this box to automatically include all of the child groups of the selected group For example if you select the Editor group and check this box all users in the Publisher group will also be included in the mass mail Send in HTML mode Check the box for Yes leave blank for No Group Make a selection from the list Select All User Groups to mail the message to all users Only one selection can be made from this list Subject Type a subject for the message Message Type the body of the message When you are finished click the Send Mail button to mail the message or Cancel to abort the mail 100 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Le gt O a y a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_massmail Qbdisable Cookies 1055 Y E JForms MlImages Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Y Resize hi Fi ools Y La view Source Y Options i YOO Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview gt 20 Mi Logout ES i z wm A w Mass Mail CO as gt Sendmail Cancel Parameters Help Details Message Mail to Child Groups 7 Subject S
150. propri ate or click the icon in the Published column to toggle between the two Delete a Calendar Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Calendars Check the box next to the calendar you wish to delete and click the Delete button Manage Categories Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Categories The Categories screen will be displayed showing the following information File Edit vie Tools Ip 3 ck pl ls Mul dea j o O a YS a http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_jevents amp task categories list oY h Qr Disable Cookies y css E Forms MImages O Information Miscellaneous Outline Pj Resize v Tools iew Source Options v Y A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview 0o mi O Logout A JEvents Categories Joao OZA kO Publish Unpublish New Edit Delete CPanel Help Control Panel Select Parent z Title Parent Administrator Order Published Access Opera House Shows admin 1 Y Public O m Meetings admin 2 Public U Special Events admin 3 U Public Display 10 zf Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Title The title of the category Parent The category parent if it s a child category The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 123 Administrator Shows the category administrator Order Shows the order
151. r parameters Customized Footer Access Select Extensions gt Module Manager gt Customized Footer This module creates a customized footer for the site Parameters Show Site Map Link Choose Show to include a link to the HTML site map Site Map Link Enter the URL to the HTML site map Explore Gravenhurst Access Select Extensions gt Module Manager gt Explore Gravenhurst This is a standard Joomla Random Image module set to pull an image at random from the JoomGallery thumbnails and link to the JoomGallery page These locations can be changed here Events Legend Access Select Extensions gt Module Manager gt Events Legend This module is an extension to the JEvents component that displays the events category legend in the left hand panel Sidebar Maps Access Select Extensions gt Module Manager gt Sidebar Maps This is a standard Joomla Custom HTML module that is used to input the text used in the Maps sidebar item 148 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Sidebar Artstract News Flash Access Select Extensions gt Module Manager gt Sidebar Artstract News Flash This is a heavily modified version of the default Joomla Newsflash module with a number of new features and parameters as outlined below The purpose of the module is to select one or more of the published items from a Category News Newsflash upon each page refresh Parameters Category Select a content Category from
152. racters or spaces Select Default Category The default category new events in this calendar will take Access Level The level of Joomla user who the calendar will be available to There are three ways to create a new calendar depending on how you wish to create your calendar select the appropriate tab and complete the following information From File Load Local from File Click Browse to select an Cal file from your computer to define the new calendar From URL Allow anonymous refresh Select Yes to allow a remote script to make updates to the calendar Load Local From URL Enter the URL to a remote iCal Creating from scratch Is Default Select Yes to make this the default calendar Create Calendar from scratch Click here to create the calendar Edit a Calendar Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Calendars Click on the calendar name to open the edit window or check the box next to the calendar name and click the Edit button The Edit ICS screen will appear From here you can edit the Unique Identifier Select Default Category Access Level and any configuration options depend ing on how the calendar was created in the first place Publish and Unpublish a Calendar Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Calendars 122 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Check the box next to the calendar you wish to publish or unpublish and click the Publish or Unpublish button as ap
153. rameter to copy standard template Then you will be allowed to modify HTML or CSS it will not be overwritten during next upgrades If none is selected standard template will be used The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Modify current customized template Set YES if you would like to modify HTML and CSS style of your current customized template 2 new tabs will appear after saving the selection Set to NO will simplify the save of the setting faster Include javascript library Include javascript library when using templates with effects JQuery Mootools Set to NO if library is already included Else you will have javascript errors and problems Columns number of the input area You can use this parameter to increase or decrease width of input text area according to your website design Emoticon smilies support Allow the use of Emoticons in comments Emoticon pack Select the emoticon pack to use Number of emoticon by line Number of emoticon to display on each line Value O means no limit Proposition use 12 in case of emotop templates emoticon are on top and 2 or 3 if possible for others left emoticon templates Try and see what is the best for your website The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 147 Appendix E Special amp Custom Extensions Introduction A number of special use and custom built extensions have been configured on this site Here you ll find information on thei
154. rash ID 1 O News lt v 3 Public 1 6 0 1 2 General info Y av 3 Public 2 3 0 8 3 O Blog Content Y a v 10 Public 3 8 0 9 4 0 Building Department Y av 11 Public 1 4 0 17 5 D Bylaw Department Y a vi 12 Public 2 2 0 18 6 Clerks Department Y a v 13 Public i 3 0 19 7 O Fire Department Y av 1 Public 1 4 o 20 8 O Human Resources Y av 15 Public 1 2 D 21 9 Fl Library Y a vi 16 Public 1 1 0 22 10 0 Opera House Y a v 17 Public 1 1 0 23 11 7 Planning Department Y a v 18 Public 1 3 0 24 12 Public Works Y a v 19 Public 1 5 0 25 13 7 Recreation Y a vi 20 Public 5 26 0 26 x m a Duklia 4 2 a az Se E Done Categories This is the number of Categories defined for the specific Section Active This is the number of published Articles in the Section Trash Number of Articles belonging to this section and currently in the Trash Manager ID This is the ID for each Section as defined in the database Other functions available on this screen include State Allows you to view only Published or Unpublished menu items Display This drop down allows you to select the maximum number of Sections to be displayed per page in the Section Manager Note the lt lt Start lt Previous page number Next gt End gt gt navigation to move between pages Toolbar Buttons Publish Unpublish Copy Delete Edit and New are available The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 33 Create a New Section Click the New b
155. roduction In this chapter we will e Look at how Managers Administrators and Super Administrators log in to the Back end functions e Examine the Control Panel located on the Back end s Home page e Describe the default buttons Joomla uses Logging in to the Back End The Back End functions are available by logging onto the Back End via the www yourdomainname com administrator URL This will display the Login screen Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox To File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help Most Visited Latest Headlines Wor e blo o gt O a A a http testsite gravenhurst ca administrator a Y G Qbisable y Cookies y css E JForms Images E Information Miscellaneous Outline e Resize Tools Lo View Source Options y YOO A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Joomla Administration Login tj ultipl gs one Wor Use a valid username and password to gain access to Username the Administrator Back end Password Return to site Home Page Language Default gt a Fo Login E z z a Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Input you Username and Password in their respective fields and click the Login button The Control Panel Home page is displayed 16 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 The Control Panel Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla
156. ry o Category Blog Layout o Category List Layout a Front Page o Front Page Blog Layout a Section o Section Blog Layout o Section Layout a Contacts a JEvents MYC a Joomap B JoomGallery a News Feeds a Polls g Search a User a Web Links a Wrapper a A External Link a A Separator a Alias Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Note Some menu types appear in more than one grouping to aid selection they are still the same menu type Click on the Article Layout link in the Article Item box This will display the Add Menu Item Article Layout screen Note You can select the required options radio button and click the Next button or simply click the option name you require Either action will then display the Add Menu Item Component screen The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 O800an Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms Y Images Y O information v Miscellaneous Outline Y P Resize Tools fe View Source Options v A O A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst EEEE Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help a Preview 0 m1 Y Logout EN Menu Item New de y Q 0 Save Apply Cancel Help Menu Item Type v Parameters Basic Caoga pa Select Article Select an Article Select gt Parameters Component Article Layout The Article Layout displays a single Article gt Parameters System Menu Item Details Title Alias Link index php
157. s or add or delete extensions to Joomla Managers also have no authority to add users or alter existing user profiles Administrator Administrators have a broader range of access than Managers do Administrators can add and delete extensions to the web site change templates or alter page layouts and can even alter user profiles equal to their own permission levels or below What they cannot do is edit the profiles of a Super Administrator or change certain global characteristics of the web site Super Administrators do not show up in the User Manager screen when users are logged in as an Administra tor Super Administrator The Super Administrator has the same kind of power as root in a traditional Linux system and has unrestricted abilities to perform all administrative functions inside of Joomla Only Super Administrators have the abil ity to create new users with Super Administrator permissions or to assign Super Administrator permissions to existing users The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 7 Recovering a Lost Password If you are like most people these days you have too many passwords and it is inevitable that you are going to forget one even tually Joomla like most systems today allows you to automatically reset your password should you forget it The following dialogue appears when you click on the Forgot Your Password prompt in the Login Form When you fill in your e mail address Joomla will For
158. s indicates whether this item is Published or Not on the Front Page Order Click the Up and Down arrow buttons to move the item up or down in the list Or enter the list manually in the field provided and click the Save button to save the new order Access Level This is the user Access Level for the Article Click on the Access level to switch it to Public Registered or Special Section This is the Section associated with the Article Category This is the Category associated with the Article Author This shows the name of the author of the Content If the authors name is displayed in red click to edit the author s information Other functions available on this screen include You may enter text in the Filter box to refine the list based on whether the text is found in the title of any item Type in any text and press the Tab key You may also limit the list to a particular Author Category Section or State by selecting one or more combinations from the drop down boxes Toolbar Buttons Archive Publish Unpublish Move Copy Trash Edit and New are available A summary of their functions is listed below Archive Check the Items to be archived and click the Archive button to put Articles into an archived state They are still accessible to the Front End of your site ifin published mode Publish Select the radio button of the Items to be published and click the Publish button Unpublish Select the radio button of th
159. s recommended IP visible is set to No will show only for selected connected usertypes Partial If set will not display the last digit of the unregistered users IP address Caption Description before display the IP value Layout Tab 146 Show Read On In case of intro display mode of content items frontpage blogs will display a write comment link with the count of existing comments for this content item Only if Read On set in Menu Show only if Read On parameter of the calling menu link in joomla admin Menu gt is set YES is recom mended Do not show if detail link exists Do not show when content item has link to detail Readon or Title and the page is intro only Preview visible Display preview of last comments if Show Read On is enable Preview Length The length of the preview in characters Preview Number of lines The height of the preview in lines Standard template Templates are the different looks of your comments If you have enabled emoticons adapt the numbers of emoticons by line see below according to your tem plate choice Copy current standard template to customized template directory If set when saving setting the selected standard template will be copied in custom directory as a new my standard template which you could then modify see parameters below It will be copied only if it does not already exist Your customized template Use the copy pa
160. s the number of published Articles in the Category Trash Number of Articles belonging to this Category and currently in the Trash ID This is the id of the Category as held in the database Display This drop down allows you to select the maximum number of Categories to be displayed per page Toolbar Buttons Publish Unpublish Move Copy Delete Edit and New are available Note the lt lt Start lt Previous page number Next gt End gt gt navigation to move between pages The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 37 Create a new Category Click the New button The Category New Content screen is displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x Ele Edt View History Bookmarks To A O8200an ES aem PicFi FTE is Help Most Visited 2st Headlines PicFindr Free stock ph FP Best of the Y p gt E http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_categoriest section com_content y Google Qr Qbisable Cookies ic55 E Forms M Images Information y A z 5 A Miscellaneous Outline thesize v Tools La view Source Options la A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Version 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Help M Preview 0 81 Logout Y Category New e YO Save Apply Cancel Help Details Title Alias Published C No yes Section News z Category Order New Categories default to the last position Or
161. s to be applied to certain Modules independent of the site s default Template CSS classes Further Information Chapter 7 Managing Components Banners The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Main Menu Type mod_mainmenu This Module displays a menu Parameters Menu Class Suffix An extension to the table moduletable css class which allows individual customisation of the Module Module Class Suffix Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module e g moduletable_online In this example _ online is the suf fix This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain Modules independent of the site s default Template CSS classes Menu Name The name of the menu used by default this is mainmenu Menu Style Select from Vertical Horizontal or Flat List Enable Cache Select whether to cache the content of this Module Show Menu Buttons Show the menu buttons you have selected for your menu items Menu Button Alignment Select Left or Right Expand Menu Make the sub menu items appear at all times Activate parent Set s the activation ID also for all parent menus in the tree Indent Image Choose which indent image to utilise Indent Image 1 Indent image for the first sub level Indent Image 2 Indent image for the second sub level Indent Image 3 Indent image for the third sub level Indent Image 4 Indent image for
162. s y View Source Options v http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_messages Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview 50 Mi Logout we Private Messaging Configuration e Q O Save Cancel Help Lock Inbox No ves Mail me on new Message gl No Yes Auto Purge Messages 7 days old Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Message Inbox This menu option displays your current Inbox Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox H E Le gt O E a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_messages 9 Y Disable Cookies 1055 Y E Forms Images Y O information v Miscellaneous Outline Y gt Resize ii PT ools E View Source Y Options Y O Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Help Ei Preview 22 Mi Logout EA Private Messaging 30XO Delete New Settings Help Search Go Reset Select State z 20 Subject Read From Date y es il 200 1 1 Site Updates Q Administrator ores 14 April 2009 2 7 Urgent Note Q Administrator Meee 14 April 2009 Display 20 gt Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License si ee SEO The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 View a message Click the hyperlinked Subject
163. s y fe View Source Y Options v Y Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools X Global Configuration Site System Server System Settings Secret Word Path to Log folder Enable Web Services Help Server User Settings Allow User Registration Hew User Registration Type Hew User Account Activation Front end User Parameters Media Settings Legal Extensions File Types Maximum Size in bytes Path to Media Folder Path to Image Folder Restrict Uploads Check MIME Types Legal Image Extensions File Types Ignored Extensions Legal MIME Types Illegal MIME Types Enable Flash Uploader roCsLmwwKM6UdvZ5 Jawwigravenhurst cailogs Cno Yes English GB help joomla org z Reset C No Yes Registered zl no ves Hide show bmp csv doc epg git ico jpg odg odp ods odt p 10000000 images images stories Cno Yes Cno Yes bmp git ipg png image jpeg image gif image png image bmp af text html No ves Debug Settings Debug System Debug Language Cache Settings Cache Cache Time Cache Handler Session Settings Session Lifetime Session Handler Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License M Preview Zo 1 OlLogout e YOO Save Apply Close Help No ves No ves No ves 15 Minutes File y 15 Minutes Database z Allow User Registration
164. se the Global Values set by the Super Administrator The Title Linkable Use Global following list details each of the parameters itio Teat Use Goba I Section llame Use Global z Show Title Section Title Linkable Use Global Category Title Use Global y Show or Hide the Page Title text ze Soba Category Title Linkable Use Global Article Rating Use Global z Title Linkable Author Hame Hide z Drop down options are Use Global to use the parameter as defined in o ested Date and Time Hae the Global Configuration Show or Hide Modified Date and Time Hide 3 PDF Icon Hide z Section Name Printicon Hide 3 Show or Hide the name of the Section to which the Item belongs E mailleon Hide 3 Content Language Select Language gt Section Title Linkable Key Reference Enables you to make the item s section name linkable Applies only nee ren dc jeer The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 when the Section Name option is set to Show Category Title Show or Hide the name of the Category to which each item belongs Category Title Linkable Enables you to make the item s Category name linkable Applies only when the Category Name option is set to Show For each of the following seven items listed below you can use the option selected in the Global Configuration settings by selecting Use Global or you can override the setting by selecting Show or Hide Overriding the settings for items
165. sing a 12 hour clock am pm When unchecked times are specified using the 24 hour clock Start date Enter the starting date by clicking on the calendar icon and enter the start time End date Enter the ending date by clicking on the calendar icon and entering the end time Repeat type If your event is recurring select the radio button next to the recurrence type Further options will appear Daily Enter the Repeat Interval number of days between repeats and choose either Repeat Count to repeat the event x number of times or Repeat Until to select the last date from a calendar Weekly Enter the Repeat Interval Repeat Count or Repeat Until and the week day s the event occurs By Day Monthly Enter the Repeat Interval Repeat Count or Repeat Until and the By Month Day the x day of the month or x from last day when checking Count back from month end or the By Day to select the day The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 of the week and week of the month that the event takes place Yearly Enter the Repeat Interval Repeat Count or Repeat Until and the By Year Day the number of days from the start or end of the year the event takes place on Edit an Event Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Events Click the title of the event you wish to edit or select the checkbox next to the event title and click Edit to open the Edit Event screen Here you can edit all the fields detailed above
166. site system status Back End Language The language used by the user in the back end administrator area Ignore to use Global Configuration Front End Language The language used by the user on the front end of the website Ignore to use Global Configuration User Editor Determines what text editor the user will use Ignore to use Global Configuration Help Site The site the user will see when they click a help button Time Zone The users time zone Click the Save button Delete a User You can delete a User from the User Manager screen using the select box by the side of the Name and then clicking the Delete button Logout a User You can force a logout of a User by using selecting the radio button beside the Name and then clicking the Logout button 54 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Manage Menus Navigation and access to content in your web site is made possible using menus Menus in Joomla are groups of links to Sections Categories Articles Components or external pages These links are called Menu Items Each menu must have an identification name which is only used internally by Joomla A menu only becomes visible on a site ifit has a published mod_mainmenu Module which references it A menu may have multiple mod_mainmenu Modules referencing it By default you should find the following menus available mainmenu othermenu topmenu and usermenu under the Menu option Access Select Me
167. ssign different templates to them Manage Sections Access Select Content gt Section Manager Access Click the Section Manager button from the Home page The Section Manager The Section Manager screen will now be displayed The following information is displayed Title The title of the section Published The published or not published status of a Section Reorder You can use the Up or Down arrows to alter the order in which the Section items are displayed Order You can use the Up or Down arrows to alter the order in which the Section items are displayed Or you can enter the order in which you want the Section items to be displayed Click the Save button to save the changes Access Level This indicates what type of user has access to the Section By clicking on the title you can toggle between Public Registered and Special 32 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x Obisable Cookies y 1055 E JForms Y Images Y Oinformation v Miscellaneous Outline Y e Resize y Tools sd fe View Source Options v Y A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Help S Preview o Mi Logout A 3 Section Manager o Le 3 00 Publish Unpublish Copy Delete Edit New Help Fiter Go Reser Select State gt mj Title Published Ordera A Access Level Categories Active T
168. te Menu Content and Help Within these there is a sub set of the full menu options The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 21 Media Manager Access Select Site gt Media Manager The Media Manager screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox al ES o gt O a A E http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php option com_media q id Qr Disable Cookies y css Y E Forms Images iInformation Miscellaneous Y Outline Y E Resize Y Tools Lo View Source Options YyOO Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Help S Preview om O Logout E n M Media Manager au Delete Help Thumbnail View Detail View Folders Files a A Media Ivariwwwwebrootusers 10238 gravenhurst ca publicmages y Create Folder a M_images a G dy agendas O i m a banners J maps a a recGuide dl smilies er m er er er a J stories M_images agendas banners maps recGuide smilies J treasuryPdf j j O g O or or or or or er or stories treasuryP d apply_f2 p archive_f2 back_f2 pn blank png cancel png x o a p D or or or en or or or cancel_f2 css f2 png edit_f2 pn htmi_f2 pn joomla_log menu_divid new_f2 png rio AN A 1 rr F v Upload File Max 10M Browse Start Upload Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License This screen displays the entire images folder i e www yourdoma
169. tem Server Server Settings Database Settings Path to Temp folder jwwwigravenhurst caltmp Database Type mysql GZIP Page Compression 7 No Oj Yes Hostname sqll vianet ca Error Reporting System Default gt Username 200253 Force SSL None Database 200253_a Database Prefix jo A Locale Settings Time Zone UTC 05 00 Eastern Time US amp Canada Bogota Lima z Mail Settings Mailer PHP Mail Function gt FTP Settings Enable FTP No Oj Yes Mail from brandonOtheartstract com From Hame Town of Gravenhurst FTP Host uhs2 vianet ca Sendmail Path jusr sbin sendmail ora 21 SMTP Authentication yo ves FTP Username gravenhurst ca SMTP Username FTP Password seoro SMTP Password FTP Root i public SMTP Host localhost Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Force SSL Force site access to always occur under SSL https for selected areas You will not be able to access selected areas under non ssl Note you must have SSL enabled on your server to utilize this option Time Zone Current date and time configured to display Enable FTP Enable the built in FTP File Transfer Protocol functionality of Joomla to be used instead of the normal upload functionality of Joomla FTP Host Enter the name of the host of your FTP server FTP Port Enter the port that FTP should be accessed by Default is Port 21 FTP Username The
170. that provides the framework for your web site s design In combination with the css and image files it builds all the design and content placement elements of your web site templateDetails xml This file is the authority to use the template and contains references to all the files used e g index php the css file etc template_thumbnail png This file is used in the Template Manager to provide if switched on a small thumbnail representation of the web site design There must be a template_thumbnail png file in the template s root directory template_css css Located in the css folder this Cascading Style Sheets CSS file contains the code to handle the visual elements of the web site e g font sizes colours etc There can be as many CSS files as you wish provided the appropri ate HTML reference is in the index php file For example lt php echo lt link rel stylesheet href SGLOBALS mosConfig live site templates SGLOBALS cur_template css template_css css type text css gt gt Although this example has been wrapped over four lines there are no spaces in this coding Image files These files are located in the images folder and may be gif jpg or png They provide the graphical elements of the web site design Further Information This manual does not cover template design in detail Components Components are core elements of Joomla s functionality and are displayed in t
171. the Wor Multip gs one Wor ae o gt O a E a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php 9 Y M Qr Disable Cookies 1055 E Forms Ml Images O information Miscellaneous Outline 5 Resize J Tools iew Source Y ptions Y YO O PM F A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Version 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help Ba Preview 0 21 O Logout E Template CSS Editor QOQ Edit Cancel Help var Www webroot users 10238 gravenhurst ca public templates Artstact_TOG0902 css Writable Unwritable O ie css Writable O Writable C Writable Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Click the radio button next to the CSS file you wish to edit and click the Edit button The Template Manager screen will be displayed The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 95 Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Book Tools Help HM dlines A Pic ph ands of the Multiple blogs e gt O a E a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php 9 Y eN Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms Y MiImages Y O information v miscellaneous Outline Y e Resize Tools Y fe View Source Options v Y A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help S Preview 0 8 O Logout EF Template Manager de y QU Save Apply Cancel Help
172. the data so you should create a new poll WARNING As of 03 02 05 this is bugged because you are allowed to save a poll without items which will generate a MySQL error You should at least have two options filled out Note You can control where on the site and which poll appears using the Poll module by going to Extensions gt Module Manager and selecting Polls Manage Modules Introduction This section deals with e Explaining what Modules are e Introducing the Module Manager and the functions associated with it e Installing and uninstalling a Module e Providing an explanation of how to configure installed Site Modules Modules are used to display various information and or interactive features throughout your Joomla site A Module can contain just about anything from simple plain text to HTML to complete standalone third party applications Modules can also display interactive content such as polls latest news Newsfeeds and more Site Modules are different from Administrator Modules because they display their content on the Frontend of your site while Admin Modules pertain to various Administrative Back End tasks and or features Modules can be created by you custom user Module or downloaded and installed Module Manager Screen The management of the Modules is always done in the Administrator Back End panel Access Select Extensions gt Module Manager The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev
173. the maximum number of characters to show from an article before the content is trimmed Article Title Select Yes from this drop down list to display the title and the text of Articles Select No to hide all titles See also Linked Titles above No of Items Enter a number to determine how many Articles will be displayed with each page refresh This is only appli cable for the horizontal and vertical options listed in the Style section above The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 149 Module Class Suffix Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this Module e g moduletable_poll In this example the poll is the suf fix This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain Modules independent of the sites default Template CSS classes Note It is important to allow sufficient space to display the generated content This is especially important when using the vertical and horizontal options Sidebar Community Associations Access Select Extension gt Module Manager gt Sidebar Community Associations This is a standard Joomla Custom HTML module that is used to input the text used in the Community Links sidebar item CssJsCompress Access Select Extensions gt Plugin Manager gt System CssJsCompress CssJsCompress can automatically optimize external resources like CSS and JavaScript which can reduce both the size and number o
174. this drop down list listed as Section Category The Articles in the selected Category will be formatted based on the layout selected in the Style parameter on this page Layout Select a layout from this drop down list to determine how the Module will display its contents The vertical and horizontal options are self explanatory The Randomly choose one at a time option randomly displays a single Category item with each page reload Show images Select the Yes radio button to determine whether the Module should display images contained in Articles Select the No radio button to hide all images Linked Titles Select an option from this drop down list to make the Article titles linkable or not The Yes option turns linked titles on The No option turns linked titles off The Use Global options defaults to the setting for this parameter in the Global Configuration area of the web site Show last separator Choose Yes if you want to show the separator between items following the last item in the list or No to hide this separator Read More Select the Show radio button to display a Read More link at the end of each Article Select the No radio to hide this link Read More Link Text Enter the text to use as a link to the article when the module automatically trims the content Auto Trim Choose Yes to enable auto trimming of content that exceeds the Auto Trim Length or No to show full ar ticles regardless of length Auto Trim Length Enter
175. tor TinyMCE 2 0 editor if you wish to input your content without the use of the WYSIWYG editor Note This option will require some knowledge of HTML Logout Click on the Logout button to end the current session The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 9 Chapter 4 Adding Content to Your Web Site Joomla organises content by Sections which can contain one or more Categories very much like a newspaper An example of a section could be sport with categories being golf basketball and cricket in the sports section You then add your articles to a Section and Category Creating an Article Access Select Content gt Article Manager The Article Manager page will display Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox File Edit 00 Tools 5 es o a Ay a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministrator findex php option com_content 9 Y Disable Cookies 1055 E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous Outline Y Resize y Ft ols Y 2 view Source POptions e YOO a A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help sa Preview o m2 O Logout Article Manager BAGS BZ X Q Unarchive Archive Publish Unpublish Move Copy Trash Edit New Parameters Help Fitter Go Reset Select Section z Select Category Select Author gt Select State gt i Access E i 20 Title Published FrontPage Ordera YA qe Sectiona Cat
176. tract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 23 Notes on images 1 I have found it best to keep the image file names as short as possible Use lower case letters and or numbers with out spaces I always use the underscore _ to put gaps in a file name if I need it e g camp_tent gif 2 Remember to keep files and image sizes small 3 File Size Someone asked why a web page with one small image and a lot of text took over 1 minute to load The answer was simple The original image which was large was scaled down to a small image size in the browser and was therefore still the same file size When you resize your image on your web page you have done nothing to the file size What you are actually doing is telling the browser to re scale the image on the fly This creates a lot of work for the browser 4 When you use an image editing program to resize the image and save it as a jpg or a gif you have actually cre ated a smaller image and therefore a small file size 5 If you want to optimise your images the first thing you need to know about is the three image formats recog nised by your web browser 6 gif These are gif pronounced jif as in Jiffy pg jpeg pronounced Jay Peg and png pronounced ping gif jpg and png files are compressed That means that information has been organised inside the file in a special way to minimise the file size 7 The difference between gif jpg and png files is the way that they
177. ts gt JoomGallery gt Configuration Manager The Configuration Manager screen will be displayed EN TA Disable Cookies 1055 E Forms MiImages Y Information Miscellaneous Outline Y 4 Resize v Pal cols y View Source Options X Y A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help M Preview 20 1 Logout EJ Configuration Manager B KR Save CPanel Category Manager Picture Manager Comments Manager Votes Manager Picture Upload Batch Upload FTP Upload Java Upload Configuration Manager Customize CSS Migration Manager Help and Information General Settings User Access Rights Frontend Settings Gallery View Category View Detail View Toplists Favourites Paths and Directories Replacements Image Processing Backend Upload Additional functions The JoomGallery is using a file in which all CSS settings from the configuration manager are saved You can find the file named joom_settings css in the directory components com_joomgallery assets 1 This file must be writable for the gallery Regulary the file should have the File permissions 766 In the following there will be shown a status message about the capability to write this file CSS file writeable Here you can specify the paths where your pictures ought to be saved Although paths generally can be chosen without any restricti
178. tton to access the menu items on the Menu Manager menu name screen Published The number of Menu Items published Unpublished The number of Menu Items unpublished Trash The number of Menu Items trashed Modules This is the number of Menu Modules associated to the Menu Name Create a New Menu Click the New button The Menu Details screen will be displayed i a e r Ree Be To File Edit View istor ookmarks ols Help 4 Most Visite j bli o gt O O a E E http testsite gravenhurst ca administrator index php 9 Y X Qr Disable Cookies 1055 E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous Y Outline gt thesize v Ft cols Y iew Source Options ee SOO A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help amp Preview 0o 8 O Logout EN Menu New e0 Q Save Cancel Help Unique Hame Title Description Module Title Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License 56 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Unique Name This is the name that Joomla will use to identify this menu in the database It must be unique There should be no spaces in the name Title The English name of the Menu Description A description of the menu optional Module Title This is the name given to the new mod_mainmenu Module which is automatically created when you save this menu It is
179. u wish to use for the delivery of site e mails 90 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Mail from The e mail address that will be used to send site e mails from From Name By default this field is populated with the site name entered during installation Sendmail Path Enter the path to the sendmail program directory on the host server SMTP Authentication Select Yes if your SMTP Host requires SMTP Authentication SMTP Username Enter the username for access to the SMTP host SMTP Password Enter the password for access to the SMTP host SMTP Host Enter the name of the SMTP host Language Manager The Language Manager allows you to maintain the installed language files for Joomla Access Select Extensions gt Language Manager The Language Manager Site screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox Mie File Edit View H D e j ph ls of th Multiple Bo o gt O O a A a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_languages oY G Qr Disable Cookies y css E Forms MImages Information Miscellaneous Y Outline Resize HTools LE View Source Options X SOO A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst sion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help a Preview o m1 Y Logout meant w C 1 Language Manager t Default Help Site Administrator 2 Language Name Default Version Date Author Aut
180. unselect lines Exclude Include categories Click to Exclude Include sections Use Ctrl or Shift key to select unselect lines Excluded content item list This is a depreciated setting from previous versions DO NOT USE Username concerned by debug Debug alerts will be dislplayed only for this username account xmlErrorAlert Choose Yes or No to receive debug alerts for XML errors ajaxdebug Choose Yes or No to receive debug alerts for AJAX errors The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 143 Security Tab 144 Only registered Selecting Yes means only registered users can write comments Autopublish comments If you set this to No then comments will be added to the database and will wait for you to review and publish them before showing If set to Yes the comments will be published automatically and can be moderated later Banlist Specify IPs to ban separated by commas Notify admin This is a depreciated setting from previous versions DO NOT USE Admin s email The administrators email address Notify moderators Click Yes to notify moderators when a new comment is made Moderator groups Designates which Joomla user groups are considered JoomlaComment moderators Moderators can modify and delete comments Enable users notification Email and notification field will be available and if notified is set users will receive information of new post Enable comment feed RSS Choose Yes to enable the comment RS
181. upload but rather than uploading through the relatively slow Hyper Text Transfer Protocol HTTP you can use the much faster File Transfer Protocol FTP There is a wide variety of FTP clients available each with differing methods of operation so you ll have to consult the manual for your FTP software for instructions on how to login to your server Once connected to the FTP server browse to JoomGallery s FTP Upload folder This can be changed by the administrator but by default will be components com_joomgallery ftp_upload To verify the correct address browse to the FTP upload screen in the administrator panel where the full path will be displayed Once the images are uploaded into the folder access the FTP Upload screen Access Select Components gt JoomGallery gt FTP Upload The FTP Upload screen will be displayed The filenames of the pictures you just uploaded will be displayed in the Please select the pictures list Select the files to add to the gallery here by clicking on them You may Ctrl Cmd click to select multiple files or Shift click to select a range of files You must also complete the following fields to apply properties to all the pictures selected Category photos will be assigned to Select the category from the drop down menu Numbering Start Consecutive numbers are appended to the Generic Title and assigned to the pictures In case you want the numbering to start with a chosen value enter it in this field Oth
182. username used to access the FTP server ETP Password Enter your FTP password FTP Root The path to the root directory of the FTP server The root directory is the base directory to which the FTP server is allowed access WARNING Do not change the below five database settings unless you absolutely have to Database Type The type of database in use entered during the installation process Do not edit this field unless you are having to migrate to a different type of database perhaps due to changing your hosting provider Hostname The hostname for your database entered during the installation process Do not edit this field unless absolute ly necessary e g the transfer of the database to a new hosting provider Username The username for access to your database entered during the installation process Do not edit this field unless absolutely necessary e g the transfer of the database to a new hosting provider Database The name for your database entered during the installation process Do not edit this field unless absolutely necessary e g the transfer of the database to a new hosting provider Database Prefix The prefix used for your database entered during the installation process Do not edit field unless absolutely necessary e g the transfer of the database to a new hosting provider WARNING Do not change unless you have a database built using tables with the prefix you are setting Mailer Select which mailer yo
183. utton The Section New New Section screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox 0 x File Edit View H Bookmarks ols p fost Visited Latest Headlines PicFind o gt O a A a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option Qbisable Cookies 1055 E Forms Images Information x i FI com_sections amp scope content 9 Y Miscellaneous Outline Y a Resize Ft ools Y LE View Source Y POptions X y 00 Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Help M Preview So M4 Logout P lt gt J Section new Y Q O Save Apply Cancel Help Details Scope content Title Alias Published No yes New Sections default to the last place Ordering can be changed after this Order ce Section is saved Access Level a Registered Special v Image Select Image gt Image Position Left z Description z N E E 100 Styles Format Font family desmat OH id A 2B r2 g gt a Image Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Complete the following fields Title Enter a short name for the new Section to appear in menus Description Enter a description for the new Section to be displayed in headings fields optional Image Select an image to be displayed for this Section a preview will be displayed of the image opt
184. ve an Article Select the Article s to be moved Click the Move button This displays the Move Items screen Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox y ple EOE yew Mmistory Bookmarks loos ne Most visited Latest Headlines sm Picrinar o gt O a E a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php option com_content Disable Cookies 1055 E JForms Y MiImages O information v Miscellaneous Outline Y 3 Resize v Ft cols y fa View Source Y Options Y O A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Version 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help Ei Preview 20 M1 Logout Move Articles B Q Save Cancel Move to Section Category Articles being moved Uncategorised Arts Culture General Information Arts amp Culture Music on the Barge Blog Content Comments Blog Content News amp Events Blog Content Thoughts Building Department General Information Bylaw Department Bylaws v 1 Arts amp Culture 2 Music on the Barge ED Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Select the Section Category combination to which this Article will be moved Click the Save button The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 47 Copy an Article Select the Article s you wish to copy by using the check box to the left hand side of the Title Click the Copy button The Copy Articles
185. venhurst Wersion 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Help S Preview 0 8 OY Logout WW Category Copy e Q Save Cancel Copy to Section Categories being copied Articles being copied This will copy the Categories listed News a and all the Articles within each Category also Fire Department e 1 Thoughts 1 Gateway to Muskoka listed Human Resources 2 Information About This to the selected Section Library Website NOTE If the same Section is selected a new Copy Council 3 Test Blog item 1 of categoryname will be created in that Section Tourism 4 Test Blog item 2 Arts amp Culture 5 Test Blog Item 3 General Info 6 Test Blog ttem 4 Blog Content Clerks Department v Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Select the Section to which the Category and its associated Articles is to be copied Click the Save button Delete a Category Note Ensure that all Articles within the Category to be deleted are either moved or deleted Select the Category you wish to delete by using the check box on the left hand side of the Section s name Click the Delete button The Are you Sure dialogue will appear Click OK The Category will now be removed from the list and database 40 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Manage Articles Introduction Managers Administrators and Super Administrators may create edit and generally manage Articles from the Administrator
186. very photo in JoomGallery must exist inside a Category However a category can also contain other child categories In this way you can organize your photos using a series of nested categories Category Manager Access Select Components gt JoomGallery gt Category Manager The Category Manager screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox File Edi 3 Lat 1d ck lor 4 gt e gt a A a http testsite gravenhurst ca administratorfindex php option com_joomgallery amp act categories oY G joomgallery tutorial Qr Disable Cookies y 1055 E Forms M Images O information v Miscellaneous Outline Y BResize Tools Y iew Source ptions Y Y t 9 A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Version 1 5 9 Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help a Preview o m1 O Logout O J Category Manager o 9 PP Y a Publish Unpublish New Edit Remove CPanel Category Manager Picture Manager Comments Manager Votes Manager Picture Upload Batch Upload FTP Upload Java Upload Configuration Manager Customize CSS Migration Manager Help and Information Search Sort by order Fitter by type ascending by ordering number z zl r 1D Category Parent Category Published Owner Type Access Reorder a E 2 Muskoka Wharf Y Administrator MW Public v 1 mj 1 Gravenhurst From the Water Y Administrator s Public a 2 Display 20 y JOOM GALLERY
187. w w3 org TR xhtmll DTD xhtmll transitional dtd gt http fii w3 org 1999 xhtml ang lt php echo this gt language gt lang lt php echo this gt language gt gt lt head gt head gt templates system templates system 3 f templates lt php echo EN i lt link rel link rel lt if IE lt link rel fthis template gt scripts SpryAc js type text jav this template gt scripts add load listener js type text j this gt template 80 60 lt head gt lt body gt div id wrapper gt lt php imageR switch case 1l Logout gt e Help S E Done Y SES 94 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Click on the template name you wish to edit to open the Template Edit Screen Click the Edit HTML button The Template HTML Editor screen will be displayed Toolbar Buttons Save and Cancel are available Edit the CSS file Access Select Extensions gt Template Manager The Template Manager Site screen will be displayed Click on the template name you wish to edit to open the Template Edit Screen Click the Edit CSS button The Template CSS Editor screen will be displayed Town of Gravenhurst Administration Mozilla Firefox o x File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help Most Visited Latest Headlines PicFindr Free stock ph Eq est Brands of
188. ware released under the GNU GPL License See 00ne SER Timesheet Shows the start and end times for the event Access Shows what level of Joomla user is able to see this event Other functions available on this screen include Categories Select a category from the drop down to filter events by category 126 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 ICS File Select events from a specific calendar from this drop down Search Quickly search the events for a keyword Display The drop down allows you to select the maximum number of categories to be displayed per page Adding an Event Access Select Components gt JEvents MVC gt Manage Events gt New The Edit Event screen will be displayed Edit Event Mozilla Firefox A 0j xj File Edit Too Help 4 Most Visited s 8 PicFind tock ph Q 4 o gt a Ay a http testsite gravenhurst cafadministratorfindex php 9 Y s Qr Disable Cookies 1C55 E Forms M Images information v Miscellaneous Outline Y Pi Resize Tools id View Source Options y YO Joomla Town of Gravenhurst M Preview o Mi O Logout Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help 3 JEvents seven 222 Save Cancel Help You are editing an event If you save this it will generate a new set of repetitions and delete all existing repeats and exceptions Common Calendar Subject Event Priority om C
189. whether the first page displayed in the events calendar system is Day Week Month Calendar Month List Year Categories or Search view First Day Choose Sunday first or Monday first Show Print Icon Generates a print view for the current calendar page Hide See By Categories appropriate if events legend module is visible Choose Yes to hide the See By Categories selection Hide Links using Javascript Make links inaccessible to most search engines 132 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Global Configuration Mozilla Firefox Qbdisable Cookies y 1055 Y E Forms MiImages E Information Miscellaneous Outline 7 P Resize i Pai ools Y iew Source Y Options A Joomla Town of Gravenhurst Site Menus Content Components Extensions Tools Help A JEvents Global Configuration Control Panel JEvents Confi Q v1 5 0 beta Check for newer version Component 1 Component 2 RSS These settings are only for the component Choose layout view Load those from directory names Show Headline Use new Icon Navigation bar Navigation Bar Color First Year to Display in Calendar Last Year to Display in Calendar Start Page First Day Show Print Icon Hide See By Categories appropriate if events legend module is visible Hide Links using Javascript Show Copyright Footer Settings related to Edit Event Edit Events in one tab Show editors button extensions L Hide specific
190. wledged as a town of opportunity surrounded by beauty We encourage choice opportunity and displays the date of when the document was created who created it and _jwestmentwhile respecting adentra Dels G EN three icons that allows your visitor to get a copy of this page as an Adobe Whether an in town or rural resident permanent or seasonal young or simply Acrobat pdf file print this page and email a link to this page young at heart an individual with special needs a visitor passing through or contemplating an investment in our community Gravenhurst offers You may also not want to display all of the content but instead have a opportunity to all Read More link Enjoy your visit with us on www gravenhurst ca but can assure you there is nothing quite like the real thing You can edit these functions so that they don t display and a Read More link will be displayed automatically Access Select Content gt Article Manager The Article Manager page will display Select your article by clicking the article title The Article Edit page will display v Parameters Advanced To hide the functionality of the page such as who wrote the content etc you will need Show Title Use Global E to use the Parameters Advanced option Title Linkable Use Global Z Intro Text Use Global gt This is displayed on the left hand side of the Article Edit page If the options are not Section Hame Use Global Z displayed click the Para
191. writeable choose to add to the gallery via FTP go into this folder gt Se E Done Y Erom here nearly every possible configuration setting for JoomGallery can be updated Due to the sheer number of settings available we wont detail them here but rest assured that each setting has an extremely helpful note explaining the setting and what it affects These settings should only be changed by the Super Administrator with care but regardless of what type of update is required there is sure to be a setting for it here General Settings User Access Rights Frontend Settings Gallery View Category View Detail view Toplists Favourites Paths and Directories Replacements Image Processing Backend Upload Additional Functions i Above is a preview of the tabs available in the Configuration Manager each of the main top tabs has its own set of sub tabs available 114 The Artstract Co Joomla User Manual Rev 2009 04 20 Appendix C Managing Events with Events Front End Functions Once logged into Joomla in the front end you ll see a JEvents menu below the calendar pad an event 1caL Erom here you can filter how you see the calendar by seeing unpublished events only Show Unpublished Events No your events or a specific category You ll also see a link to add a new event Show Only My Events No z Select Category All categories Ea reset Adding an Event Access Select Add
192. y Year Display Year in the Events Date default format only Disable default CSS Date Field Style Do not apply the default mod_events_latest_date css class to the date field Disable default CSS Title Field Style Do not apply the default mod_events_latest_content css class to the title field Display link to the Calendar Component Generates a link to the Calendar Component Current category restrictions are passed as parameters Hide Title Links using Javascript Make links inaccessible to most search engines Sort reverse If set to YES events are sorted reverse order from newest to oldest Custom Format String Allows a customized specification of the desired event fields and format to be used to display the event in the module The string can specify html directly Include link to RSS feed in module Choose Yes to include a link to the RSS feed in module Tooltip Tab Enable Calendar popup tooltips Should tooltips be shown for main monthly event calendar Tooltip Mainwindow Same background as event Should the tooltip use the same background as the event If you choose No the standard color will be used Horizontal Position The positon of the tooltip can be Left Center or Right Vertical Position The vertical position of the tooltip window can be below or above Shadow Shadow Choose Yes to add a shadow to the tooltip window Left Choose Yes to have the shadow fall to the left of the tooltip window No to fall right Above Ch

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