Adjusting the Protostar Template Colour in Joomla 3.1

One of the settings within the Protostar template for Joomla 3.0 is Template Colour: Template Colour Choose an overall colour for the site template. Default is #08C In our testing, when changing the template colour the only noticeable change was the color of the links on the page. The color is set to #08C by Read More >

How to link to another article in Joomla 3.1

When writing content on the web, it’s natural to link to other content that you’ve written. If you have two similar articles, linking them to each other helps your readers find potentially more content on your site that they would like to read. This article doesn’t need too much of an introduction, it’s a basic Read More >

Changing Text in Joomla 3.1 using Language Overrides

In our last tutorial, we gave you a brief introduction about Joomla 3.0 language files. If you remember, there are three basic things involved: Language (such as English or Spanish) Constant (such as COM_CONTENT_WRITTEN_BY) Value (such as Written by or Excrito por)   Can I modify standard text in Joomla? If you refer to the Read More >

Understanding Language Files in Joomla 3.1

Language files are text files in Joomla 3.0 that basically list a set of common words for a specific language. The English language file may define a greeting as Hello, while a Spanish language file would define greeting as Hola. There are many words in your Joomla 3.0 site that are printed using this type Read More >

How to add an iframe in a Joomla 3 Article

In this Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we’ll show you how to add an iframe when writing an article. You can’t simply use the HTML editor and type in your iframe code because Joomla will strip it out for security reasons. Therefore, you need to update your editor’s settings and allow iframes. To use an iframe in Joomla Read More >

Using the Redirect Manager in Joomla 3.1

Joomla 3.0 includes a component named Redirect Manager. The Redirect Manager helps you identify URLs that your visitors are accessing that don’t actually exist, pages that return a 404 not found status. Know your 404 pages It is important to eliminate 404 pages for several reasons, two of them being: Usability – You may have Read More >

Why is Joomla 3.1 not showing a custom error page?

In our testing of Joomla 3.0, we noticed that when we caused a 404 page on purpose, the generic server error page appeared. We’re quite familiar with Joomla, and are use to seeing a custom error page appear instead. For example, you can see below the differences between a generic server error page and an Read More >

Adding CSS to sidebar items in a Joomla 3.1 template

In the last tutorial within our building a basic Joomla 3.0 template tutorial series, we showed you how to add style to login form using CSS. You can see in the screenshot to the right how this added a grey background and rounded corner to the login form. You can also see however that the Read More >

Adding security to a Joomla 3.1 template using JEXEC

Before we get into styling our Joomla 3.0 template, we will add the last piece of PHP code that we need, which is the checking of JEXEC variable. The concept of defining JEXEC hasn’t changed since Joomla 2.5. Simply put, JEXEC is a variable defined in your php files that prevents users on the web Read More >

How to change your Joomla 3.1 Site Template

Welcome to another article in our tutorial series on creating a Joomla 3.0 template. In our last tutorial, we showed you how to install the Joomla 3.0 template that we are in the middle of creating. Installing a template does not immediately activate it, and so we will show how to change your Joomla 3.1 Read More >

How to install a Joomla 3.1 Template

In this tutorial, Installing a Joomla 3.0 template, we will be installing a Joomla 3 template that you’ve created yourself or downloaded from the internet. Installation steps for a Joomla 3.0 Template Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard. In the top menu, hover over Extensions and then click Extension Manager. Under the Upload Package Read More >

How to zip a Joomla 3.1 template

At this point in our building a Joomla 3.0 template tutorial series, we are ready to zip / compress our template files and get it ready for installation on a Joomla 3.0 website. This is a very simple process to do, and in this article we will walk you through the steps. So far, this Read More >

Adding a templateDetails.xml file to a Joomla 3.1 Template

The last thing we need to do before we can install the Joomla 3.0 template that we are creating is to create a templateDetails.xml file. This file holds various details about the template, such as who wrote it and when. It can also contain configuration settings for the template that the user can modify, such Read More >

How to add module positions to a Joomla 3.1 template

As we continue to create a Joomla 3.0 template, we will begin adding module positions to the index.php file in our simple template. If you noticed in our starting template, we adding place holder text, such as Main Content Area and Right SideBar, as this is where we want the respective content to go. Joomla Read More >

A very basic template soon to be a Joomla 3.1 template

Welcome to our tutorial series on creating a basic Joomla 3.0 template! Over the next few articles, we plan to show you how to build from scratch a fully functional, responsive Joomla 3.0 template. The first thing we’ve done is created a very standard template. There’s nothing fancy about it. It has a header, footer, Read More >

Joomla 3.1 Blog Template

InMotion Hosting is pleased to announce our first Joomla 3.0 template, available free for download! The template was designed to mimic a standard blog, and will be perfect for anyone wanting to use Joomla 3.0 to blog with. It is a fully responsive Joomla 3.0 template, incorporating bootstrap and jquery. If you have any questions Read More >

How to change your site language in Joomla 3.1

When we installed Joomla 3.0, we chose English as the default language. Joomla 3.0 is able to support different languages. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to change you site language in Joomla 3.0. Learn more about Joomla Hosting here. Installing a new language in Joomla 3.0 is much easier than changing languages in Read More >

Joomla 3.1 Error – Could not instantiate mail function

If your Joomla server does not support the php mail() function and Joomla attempts to send an email (such as a new user registration email), any of the following message may appear: Could not instantiate mail function. The mail() function has been disabled and the mail cannot be sent. Registration failed: An error was encountered Read More >