In our last article we explained the differences between regions and blocks in Drupal 7. You should now understand that regions define the structure and layout of a theme, and blocks are pieces of content that are assigned to show up in specific regions of a theme. When assigning a block to a region, you’ll Read More >
Brad Markle
Understanding Nodes – Blocks – Regions in Drupal 7
As you begin to learn more about Drupal 7, several terms will begin to come into play, including entities, nodes, blocks, and regions. In this article we’ll give you an overview of what each of these terms are referring to. Entities and Nodes – Content on your website Entities Just about everything in Drupal Read More >
Creating an Article in Drupal 7
In our last few articles we have been reviewing content types in Drupal 7. At this point you should know: How articles and basic pages are different in Drupal 7 How to write a basic page in Drupal 7 The next thing we need to do now is learn how to create an article in Read More >
Content Types in Drupal 7
Now that you have installed Drupal 7, the next thing we would like to teach you is how to write content. You can think of content as text you will publish to your website, whether it be an About Us type page or a page with the latest news about your business. There can be Read More >
Joomla 3.1 Sample Data Set – Blog vs. Brochure vs. Default
When running through the Joomla 3.0 installation steps you will see on step 3 Overview the option to install sample data. What’s new in Joomla 3.0 is the option to choose which type of sample data to install: Sample Data Set: None Blog English (GB) Sample Data Brochure English (GB) Sample Data Default English (GB) Sample Read More >
What does Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1 look like?
As Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1 was just released, we have installed it to check it out. The Joomla team informed us that there were no changes to the front end or the back end, and that the only changes were to the Joomla platform itself. It’s not that we didn’t believe the team, but we wanted Read More >
Your host needs to use PHP 5.3.1 or higher to run this version of Joomla!
While installing Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1, we ran into the following error message as soon as we began testing: Your host needs to use PHP 5.3.1 or higher to run this version of Joomla! Fixing the problem – do you host with InMotion Hosting? I DO NOT host with InMotion Hosting I DO host Read More >
How to install Joomla 3
In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps on how to install Joomla 3.0. As Joomla 3.0 was recently released, we are eager to install it on our joomla hosting account and begin using it! Joomla 3.0 Requirements The following requirement changes are in effect for Joomla 3.0: PHP 5.3.1 is the minimum Read More >
Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1 has been released!
In the early hours of July 13th 2012, Joomla announced that Joomla 3.0 Alpha 1 was available for download! This is the first step towards a public release of Joomla 3.0.0, which is set to be available on or around September 24th, 2012. What is new in the Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1 release? Unless you’re a Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – JFactory::getApplication()
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. As we dig deeper into the PHP code that makes up the Joomla 2.5 Beez2 template, we come to the following Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – $this->params->get(‘templatecolor’);
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Continuing with our review of the Beez2 template, the next set of code in the template’s index.php file we will look Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – $this->countModules(‘position-3’)
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Continuing with our tutorial on learning how to create Joomla 2.5 templates, we will once again review the following code: // Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – $showRightColumn
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. As we continue to review the code in the Beez2 template, we come across the following code: // check modules $showRightColumn Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – defined(‘_JEXEC’) or die
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. The first section of PHP code that we see in the Beez2 template is the following: // No direct access.defined(‘_JEXEC’) or Read More >
Adding Google Analytics to Joomla 2.5
Google Analtyics is a great tool you can use in conjunction with Joomla 2.5 to help track all of the traffic that your website receives. It is free to setup and use Google Analtyics, and this guide will walk you through the necessary installation steps. Because Google Analytics is an industry standard, there are many Read More >
Inserting a slideshow on your Joomla 2.5 Homepage
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In our last few articles, we have been creating a slideshow within Joomla 2.5 using the Unite Nivo Slider extension. Our Read More >
How to add new slides to a Unite Nivo Slider in Joomla 2.5
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In our last two tutorials, we walked you through the steps for installing Unite Nivo Slider for Joomla 2.5 and creating Read More >
How to create a new Slider in Unite Nivo Slider for Joomla 2.5
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. After you have finished installing the Unite Nivo Slider Component and Module for Joomla 2.5, your next step is to create Read More >
How to install Unite Nivo Slider for Joomla 2.5
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Unite Nivo Slider is a free Joomla 2.5 Slideshow component that you can use to insert a photo slideshow in your Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Editor
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In this article we’ll elaborate more on the phrase Joomla 2.5 editor. There are different types of editors, and there are Read More >
