Joomla 3

In our last tutorial, we showed you how to change the banner image within Joomla 3.0. If you want to hide the banner image all together, that is much easier to do. In this tutorial, we are going to walk you through the steps for removing the header image in Joomla 3.0. Hiding the Header Read More >

In our testing of the blog sample data in Joomla 3.0, we noticed the header image of raindrops on each of the pages. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to change the banner image (as seen in the screenshot below) in your Joomla Hosted website. How is the current header image being displayed? The Read More >

In our last tutorial, we showed you how to write a blog post in Joomla 3.0. Our example was a very short post, but if you write a very long post, then entire post will show on your homepage (as in the screenshot to the right). You can make your homepage look much cleaner if Read More >

If you’re using Joomla 3.0 to run a blog, one of the first things you may want to learn is how to publish your first blog post. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through those steps. Publishing a blog post in Joomla 3.0 Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard In the top menu, click Read More >

In our last tutorial, we showed you how to disable user registration in Joomla 3.0. You may have noticed that even though we disabled registration, the login form on the front end of the website was still showing. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps for hiding that login form. Hiding the login Read More >

The default settings in Joomla 3.0 allow users to register and create new accounts within your website. Not all websites need to have registered users, and if your site is like this, then you may want to disable user registration in Joomla 3.0. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps for disabling user Read More >

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 >