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 >
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How to Disabled Linked Titles in Joomla 3.1
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 >
How to Hide Article Titles in Joomla 3.1
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 >
How to Assign an Article to a Category in Joomla 3.1
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 >
How to create a new Article Category in Joomla 3.1
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 >
How to change Database Settings within Joomla 3.1
Joomla 3.0 requires a database in order to run. If you Joomla website is running right now without any issues, then it is safe to assume that your database is setup correctly. If you move your Joomla 3.0 website to a different server, you may need to update your database username / password / etc. Read More >
Configuring FTP Settings in Joomla 3.1
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 >
Joomla 3.1 Server TimeZone
Joomla 3.0’s Server Time Zone setting can be found within the Joomla Server Settings section. Joomla gives the following description for this setting: About the Server Time Zone Available Time Zone Options Server Time ZoneChoose a city in the list to configure the date and time for display The default time zone is set to Read More >
How to Force SSL in Joomla 3.1
Another Joomla 3.0 Server Setting that is available is Force SSL. Description of the Force SSL Option Available Options for Force SSL 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 Read More >
Joomla 3.1 Error Reporting
Joomla includes the ability to use error reporting to help determine if there are problems occurring with your site. In this guide, we will explain what error reporting is in Joomla, go over the available options, test the settings, then show you how to change them. What is Error Reporting What Options Are Available for Read More >
How to use Gzip Page Compression in Joomla 3.1
Within Joomla 3.0’s server settings is an option labeled Gzip Page Compression. What this feature does is allow your server to compress files before sending them to the user. This means that the user has to downloaded less content because it is compressed, and thus in theory pages should load faster for your users. To Read More >
How to change the path to your Temp Directory in Joomla 3.1
One of the settings available in Joomla 3.0 is the Path to Temp Folder. It’s safe to assume that this temporary folder is used for miscellaneous purposes, and the files stored in this folder are most likely deleted or moved to a more permanent location almost immediately after being put in the tmp folder. Read More >
A look at the Joomla 3.1 Session Handler Setting
In our last Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we talked a little about sessions, specifically the session lifetime setting. Again, the session lifetime setting allows you to change the amount of time idle users will stayed logged into Joomla 3.0 Joomla 3.0 includes another session setting you can adjust, Session Handler. Joomla gives the following description on Read More >
How to change the Session Lifetime in Joomla 3.1
When you visit a website managed by Joomla 3.0, a session is started. Sessions help Joomla track specific information about specific users. What are sessions? Let’s say that two people are sitting side by side in an office. Each user visits the same website at the same time, and that particular website is driven Read More >
Changing the folder logs are stored in within Joomla 3.1
There are various times that Joomla 3.0 will attempt to write to a log file to your hosting account. For example, when a user attempts to log into your site and fails, a line similar to the following will be written to a log file named error.php #Fields: datetime priority category message 2012-08-16T03:35:45+00:00 INFO joomlafailure Read More >
Understanding the Joomla 3.1 Debug Language setting
When you put Joomla 3.0 in Debug Mode, you have the additional option to turn on Debug Language. Joomla 3.0 gives the following description for the Debug Language setting: Debug LanguageSelect whether the debugging indicators (…) or (??…??) for the Joomla! Language files will be displayed. Debug Language will work without Debug System being activated, Read More >
How to put Joomla 3.1 in debug mode
When troubleshooting various issues in Joomla 3.0, you may find it beneficial to put your website in debug mode. Enabling the debug system allows you to see details about how Joomla is rendering your site, including: Session Data Profile Information Memory Usage Database Queries To put Joomla 3.0 in debug mode: Log into your Joomla Read More >
How to change the Default List Limit in Joomla 3.1
There are many places within Joomla 3.0’s Control Panel in which there are things listed. For example, when you’re within your Article Manager, you will see a list of articles on the page. Joomla 3.0 gives you the option to set how many items will be listed by default. This setting is referred to as Read More >
How to change the Default Access Level in Joomla 3.1
Within the Global Configuration settings for Joomla 3.0 is a setting labeled Default Access Level. Joomla 3.0 offers the following description for this setting: Default Access Level:Select the default access level for new content, menu items, and other items created on your site. The following options are available: Public Registered Special How to change Read More >
303: How to setup ReCaptcha in Joomla 3.1
ReCaptcha is a very popular captcha plugin. It is in use all across the web, and is not just limited for use in Joomla 3.0. In addition to being a very high quality tool, there are several interesting facts about ReCaptcha that you may not be aware of. In this Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we’ll show Read More >
