Brad Markle

In our previous tutorial we showed you how contact forms work in Joomla 3.0. One of the points that we mentioned is that when you submit the form, the page reloads and shows the user a confirmation message that the form was submitted. You have the option to configure what URL is shown after the Read More >

If you’ve been following our tutorial series on using the Contacts Component in Joomla 3.0, then you’re now ready to review how the actual contact form works. The contact form was created when we setup a Contacts menu item (which we did in our last tutorial). Form Values The contact form by default contains the Read More >

After creating new contact categories and new contacts within the Joomla 3.0 Contacts Component, you are now ready to create new Menu Items for this component. Creating a Contacts Menu Item Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard In the top menu, click Menus, hover over the menu you wish to add a new link Read More >

It is easy to create a new contact within the Contacts Component in Joomla 3.0. Here are the steps: Creating a new Contact Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard In the top menu, click Components, hover over Contacts, and then click Contacts In the top left of the page, click the New button There Read More >

In this Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we are going to show you how to create a new Category within the Contacts module. Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard In the top menu, click Components, hover over Contacts, and then click Categories In the top left of the page, click New Fill out the details on Read More >

As we dive deeper into another tutorial about using banners in Joomla, we will now teach you how to show your banners side by side. By default, banners are shown in div tags, which by default are block elements. Our goal in this tutorial is to turn them into inline elements instead. Does this CSS Read More >

As we continue to learn about the Joomla 3.0 banners component, our next topic of discussion is rotating banners. When you create a banner module, you can specify how many banners you would like to show. Let’s say you have 3 banners and you want all to show, your banners will appear vertically, as in Read More >

Article Overview: What data about banners is kept How to view this banner data How make sure this data is being logged When using banners in Joomla 3.0, tracking their progress is very important. When you have banner clients paying you money to show their banners, they will want to see detailed statistics about what Read More >

Welcome to another tutorial in our guide on using banners in Joomla 3.0. In this article we will discuss banner clients. What is a banner client? Most banners are going to be advertisements of some sorts. When you display a banner for a customer of yours, well, you’re showing a banner for a client. Why Read More >

As we continue our tutorial series on working with banners in Joomla 3.0, we will now discuss banner categories. Why should I create banner categories? Organization Creating categories helps to organize your banners. If you’re only going to have 1 or 2 banners, you may not need to create banner categories. Showing Banners Besides helping Read More >

There are many settings available for banners in Joomla 3.0. One such setting, which we discussed in our last article, is adjusting your banner size. In this tutorial, we will review how you can control the window that banner clicks open up to. This setting in Joomla is referred to as: TargetTarget window when the Read More >

In our previous articles, we showed you how to setup your first banner on your Joomla 3.0 website. We created a simple banner, and now we’re going to begin to look at the various options available with banners. In this tutorial, we are going to focus on the size of the banner, specifically the width Read More >

If you’re following along in our tutorial series on using Joomla 3.0 banners, we now know how to create both image banners and flash banners. Creating a banner doesn’t automatically show it on your website, and so that’s the next topic we will discuss. How to create a banner module In order to show a Read More >

In this Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we are going to show you how to add a new banner. This is the first of several articles in our tutorial series on working with the banners component in Joomla 3.0. Image banners vs. Flash banners When we refer to banners in Joomla, we are referring to advertisements, such Read More >

In our Joomla 3.0 testing site, we have the following custom HTML module showing in our right sidebar: Become a Registered UserRegister for an account on this website to gain access to all features that we offer We don’t want our registered and logged in users to see this message, as they’re already registered. How Read More >

In our last tutorial, we showed you how move a module to a different position in Joomla 3.0. If you noticed in the screenshots, the title of the search module did not appear when in position-0, but it did show in position-3. What if you wanted to hide the module title? In this tutorial we’ll Read More >

Now that you know how to view the available module positions in a template, we will now show you how to move a module to a different position. Putting a module in a different position on the page is a very simple process, and so we’ll get right to the steps. Moving Module Positions in Read More >