Tracking Banner Impressions and Clicks in Joomla 3.1

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 >

How to create a Banner Client in Joomla 3.1

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 >

How to create a banner Category in Joomla 3.1

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 >

Controlling which windows banners open into in Joomla 3.1

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 >

Using HTML to show a swf flash banner in Joomla 3.1

In a previous tutorial, we showed you how to create a Joomla 3.0 banner using an image. Not all banners are images however, some banners may be flash banners (.swf files) for example. To show a flash banner, you will need to enter HTML code when creating the banner (instead of defining an image as Read More >

How to change Joomla 3.1 Banner Sizes

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 >

How to show a banner in Joomla 3.1

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 >

How to create a new image banner in Joomla 3.1

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 >

How to hide a module after login in Joomla 3.1

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 >

How to hide a module title in Joomla 3.1

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 >

How to move a module’s position in Joomla 3.1

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 >

Working with the Most Read Posts module in Joomla 3.1

When you build a blog using Joomla, you’ll see a module in your right sidebar named most read posts. The most read posts widget simply shows your posts that have been seen the most by users on the web. By default, there will be a few posts already listed: About your home page Welcome to Read More >

Working with the BlogRoll module in Joomla 3.1

If you’re using Joomla 3.0 to blog, you’ll see a BlogRoll module in your sidebar. This module, commonly called a widget in other programs, allows you to link to other blogs that you either write or enjoy reading. The screenshot to the right shows where the blog roll module is located by default. In this Read More >

Configuring Older Posts in Joomla 3.1

If you installed Joomla 3.0 with the blog sample data, you will notice in your sidebar a section labeled older posts. You can see in the screenshot to the right where this feature is shown by default. If you’re familiar with WordPress, this Older Posts feature would be referred to as a widget, in Joomla Read More >

Joomla 3.1 frontpage article order

The Joomla 3.0 frontpage article ordering can be configured using various options within the Blog Layout Options. For example, you can control the direction of the ordering, such as across or down. You can also control how they are ordered, such as by date created, date modified, or date published. In this tutorial, we will Read More >

Changing the number of links on the Joomla 3.1 frontpage

You may have noticed on your Joomla 3.0 frontpage there are links that show below your leading articles and your intro articles. Refer to the screenshot to the right to see these joomla frontpage links that we are referring to:   The number of links that show on your homepage is determined by the following Read More >

Change the number of articles on your Joomla 3.1 frontpage

The first Blog Layout Option that we will review is the # Leading Articles setting, an option that controls the number of articles on your Joomla 3.0 frontpage: # Leading ArticlesNumber of leading articles to display as full-width at the beginning of the page. This setting, as the description implies, controls how many articles will Read More >

How to upload a logo in the Joomla 3.1 Protostar template

Another option in the Joomla 3.0 Protostar template we will review is the logo setting: LogoUpload a custom logo for the site template. Uploading a custom logo in your Joomla 3.0 hosted website is straight forward, and you can see in the screenshots below how the logo will show in the upper left of your Read More >

Changing your template background colour in Joomla 3.1

As we continue to review the available settings within the Protostar template of your Joomla 3.0 hosting, the next setting we will look at is the Background Colour setting: Background ColourChoose a background colour for static layouts. Default is #F4F6F7 Adjusting the Background Colour setting will do exactly what you expect, adjust the background of Read More >