The next Joomla 3.0 SEO Setting we will look at is Include Site Name in Page Titles. This setting will allow you to adjust whether or not your Site Name is included in your site’s title. Many users like to include their website’s name in all of their title tags. For example, in the Read More >
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How to add the .html suffix to the end of URLs in Joomla 3.1
Joomla 3.0 allows you to toggle on / off whether you want to add the .html suffix to the end of your URLs. This is just one of several SEO Settings you can adjust in Joomla 3.0. In this tutorial we’ll go into more depth on the Adds Suffix to URL option in Joomla 3.0. Read More >
How to Remove index.php from URLs in Joomla 3
As we continue to review the SEO settings in Joomla 3.0, the next option we get to is Use URL rewriting. In our testing, we noticed that when the Use URL rewriting option was enabled, index.php was removed from our URLs. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to use this Use URL rewriting Read More >
Using Search Engine Friendly URLs in Joomla 3.1
In the Global Configuration settings of Joomla 3.0 is a set of SEO Settings that you can adjust. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, and configuring these parameters will allow you to change various settings about your site that some search engines may look at when crawling your site. In this tutorial, we’ll look specifically Read More >
How to change the URL alias of Joomla 3.1 articles
Thus far in our Joomla 3.0 testing, we have created a new article and published it to the front page. When we visit this new article in our browser, the url becomes: https://domain.com/index.php/2-uncategorised/1-this-is-my-first-test-article As we set the title of the article to, “This is my first test article“, Joomla used the article’s title as the Read More >
How to feature an article on your Joomla 3.1 homepage
After you have creating your first article, you can set it as a featured article so you can see it on your Joomla 3.0 homepage. The steps below will show you how to set an article as featured after you have already published, but you can just as easily make this change while you are Read More >
How to write a new Article in Joomla 3.1
In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps for writing a new article in Joomla 3.0. There are many settings you can configure for your new content, however we’re only going to review the minimum requirements. To create a new article in Joomla 3.0: Log into your Joomla 3.0 dashboard From here, you have Read More >
I forgot my Joomla 3 admin username
If you’re having trouble logging into your dashboard because you’ve forgotten your Joomla 3 admin username, you can have Joomla remind you of it by emailing it to you. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to do this. Visit your Joomla 3 admin login page. You can do this by adding /administrator to the Read More >
Should I upgrade Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3.0?
The latest news announcement from the Joomla team says that those of us running Joomla 2.5 on a server shouldn’t update to Joomla 3.0. It’s recommended instead to wait for the next long-term-support release version, which will be Joomla 3.5. If you’re familiar with the update tool in Joomla 2.5, you should not expect to Read More >
Initial thoughts on converting existing templates to Joomla 3.0
The information in this article has been transcribed from the Joomla! User eXperience (JUX) Webinar. This was a webinar upload in early June of 2012, in which Kyle Ledbetter (lead of the Joomla JUX project) discusses upcoming changes in Joomla 3.0 What about template conversion for existing sites to Joomla 3.0? We will need to Read More >
Joomla 3.0 and Bootstrap
The information in this article has been transcribed from the Joomla! User eXperience (JUX) Webinar. This was a webinar upload in early June of 2012, in which Kyle Ledbetter (lead of the Joomla JUX project) discusses upcoming changes in Joomla 3.0 General ideas behind Joomla 3.0 and bootstrap Another thing that we’re doing is Read More >
Joomla 3.0 and Mootools
The information in this article has been transcribed from the Joomla! User eXperience (JUX) Webinar. This was a webinar upload in early June of 2012, in which Kyle Ledbetter (lead of the Joomla JUX project) discusses upcoming changes in Joomla 3.0 General thoughts on Joomla 3.0 and Mootools Joomla 3.0 will now ship with jquery Read More >
Joomla 3.1 Sample Data Set – Blog vs. Brochure vs. Default
When running through the Joomla 3.0 installation steps you will see on step 3 Overview the option to install sample data. What’s new in Joomla 3.0 is the option to choose which type of sample data to install: Sample Data Set: None Blog English (GB) Sample Data Brochure English (GB) Sample Data Default English (GB) Sample Read More >
What does Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1 look like?
As Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1 was just released, we have installed it to check it out. The Joomla team informed us that there were no changes to the front end or the back end, and that the only changes were to the Joomla platform itself. It’s not that we didn’t believe the team, but we wanted Read More >
Your host needs to use PHP 5.3.1 or higher to run this version of Joomla!
While installing Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1, we ran into the following error message as soon as we began testing: Your host needs to use PHP 5.3.1 or higher to run this version of Joomla! Fixing the problem – do you host with InMotion Hosting? I DO NOT host with InMotion Hosting I DO host Read More >
How to install Joomla 3
In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps on how to install Joomla 3.0. As Joomla 3.0 was recently released, we are eager to install it on our joomla hosting account and begin using it! Joomla 3.0 Requirements The following requirement changes are in effect for Joomla 3.0: PHP 5.3.1 is the minimum Read More >
Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1 has been released!
In the early hours of July 13th 2012, Joomla announced that Joomla 3.0 Alpha 1 was available for download! This is the first step towards a public release of Joomla 3.0.0, which is set to be available on or around September 24th, 2012. What is new in the Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1 release? Unless you’re a Read More >
How to install Joomla on your Temporary URL
If you’re domain name is not yet pointing to your InMotion Hosting account and you would like to test Joomla, you can install Joomla on your temporary URL. If you’re looking for instructions on how to install Joomla normally (IE. not on your Temporary URL), please instead see: How to install Joomla using Fantastico. Installing Read More >
How to install a Joomla Template
This article will assist you with installing a Joomla template on your Joomla hosting. Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. When you first install Joomla, the default Read More >
Getting Started Guide: Joomla
About Joomla From Joomla.org: Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone. Read More >