Brad Markle

In our last Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we walked you through the steps for setting up a menu in Joomla 3.0. The menu will not show until we add items to the menu, and so we’ll now walk you through the steps for adding links to your menu. How to add a new menu item to Read More >

In this tutorial: Creating a Menu Creating a Menu Module An important part of making your website easy to navigate is by creating menus. The initial creation of a menu is generally a two step process, creating the menu and then creating a module for the menu. In this tutorial, we will walk you through Read More >

By default, menus in Joomla 3.0 will be displayed vertically. Many users would like to instead create horizontal menus, such as a menu that appears at the top of your website. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps for creating a horizontal menu in Joomla 3.0. Creating a horizontal menu in Joomla 3.0 Read More >

View Module Positions in Joomla Joomla 3.0 Joomla 3.1 Joomla 3.2 In Joomla 3.0, the location a module shows up on a page is determined by the position the module is set to. For example, if you have a module position within your template named footer-1, to place a module there you will have to Read More >

By default, Joomla 3.0 will dispaly under articles Prev and Next navigational buttons. This is helpful for your readers if they are reading a set of related articles and want an easy way to navigate to the next article. If you want to hide these navigation buttons, you can do so using the Show Navigation Read More >

By default, Joomla 3.0 will display to your visitors the date when an article was published. If you don’t wish to show this to users, you can toggle this option using the Show Publish Date setting. Joomla gives the following description for this setting: Show Publish DateIf set to Show, the date and time an Read More >

Joomla 3.0 gives you the option to show to your visitors the last time an article was modified. This option is disabled by default, but you can enable it using the Show Modify Date setting. Joomla gives the following description for this setting: Show Modify DateIf set to Show, the date and time an Article Read More >

By default, the date an article was created will not show for articles on the front end of your Joomla 3.0 website. Joomla gives you the option to toggle this setting, which is controled by the Show Create Date setting. The following description is given for this setting: Show Create DateIf set to Show, the Read More >

By default, the author of an article will be shown on the page in Joomla 3.0. You can disable this feature in Joomla 3.0 by toggling the Show Author setting. Joomla 3.0 gives the following description for this setting: Show AuthorIf set to Show, the Name of the article’s Author will be displayed.  This is Read More >

In our last tutorial, we showed you how to show parent categories within your Joomla 3.0 articles. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to make those parent categories link to the parent category itself.   How does the Link Parent setting work? This linking to the parent category is controlled by Read More >

In Joomla 3.0, there is an article setting referred to as Show Parent. This setting controls whether parent categories of article categories are shown. Joomla gives the following description for this setting: Show ParentIf set to Show, the title of the article’s category will show.   Understanding the Show Parent setting In our testing, we Read More >

The default behavior within Joomla 3.0’s article options is to show the category an article belongs to, and to have that category as a link. When you click the category link, it will bring you to a page showing other articles that belong to that category. If you don’t want the category name to be Read More >

When viewing articles in Joomla 3.0, the default behavior is to show the category the article belongs to. This is useful for your visitors. If they are interested in a particular article, they can click the category link to view other articles within the category. Joomla 3.0 has an option you can use to toggle Read More >

When writing new articles in Joomla 3.0, you may notice that when you view the article on your site the title of the article is a link. The link points back to the article itself, and is the default behavior in Joomla 3.0. There is an article option within Joomla 3.0 that you can configure Read More >

If you want to hide an article’s title in Joomla 3.0, you can configure this within the article’s options. In this tutorial, we’ll review the Show Title setting in Joomla 3.0. Joomla 3.0 gives the following description for the Show Title option: Show TitleIf set to Show, the article title is shown. Hiding an article Read More >

After creating your new article category in Joomla 3.0, you can then assign articles to that category. This is a very simple process, and we’ll show you just how to do this in today’s tutorial. To move an Article to a different Category in Joomla 3.0: Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard In the Read More >

Before you create your first article category, all of your articles in Joomla 3.0 will be assigned to the Uncategorised category. You can see to the screenshot to the right where the article’s category will be displayed within your article. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps needed to create a new Read More >

One of the server settings available in Joomla 3.0 is the FTP Settings group. While most users do not need to enable this feature, if your server does require you to use FTP within Joomla, you’ll need to enter your FTP credentials into Joomla. Joomla 3.0 gives the following description regarding FTP: Enable FTP:Enable the Read More >