We had a question from a Joomla student: "Several articles are locked. The message says: Checked Out (name) (date) (time). That particular person is logged out of the administrator. Why are these articles locked and what does Checked Out mean?"
Firefox is a great browser for working with Joomla templates. In another tutorial we covered the Webdeveloper plugin. In this tutorial we'll cover the Firebug plugin which allows you to debug and edit your template's HTML and CSS files:
One of our Joomla students was wondering what options they could set up for their site's users. Joomla comes with eight different menu links for users to interact with. 6 of them allow users to control their account by logging in, registering or editing their…
User Meta is a small plugin that allows you to collect extra information from your users. Most solutions to this problem require you to install a large and complex extension. Although User Meta does require a little coding it is a small and lightweight solution.…
Bolt is professional template that we provide free to our training students. It's simple, fast and loads as fast as a lightning bolt (hence the name!) Because Bolt is not a complex template it's a great place to start learning Joomla template design. This tutorial…
This is probably the most popular question we get asked by Joomla beginners setting up their first sites. "How do I remove the "Welcome to the Frontpage" text from my home page?" Fortunately the answer is fairly simple (once you know it). Here's how to…
This is Part 2 of a series of tutorials on Joomla's offline page: Part 1 (Beginner): Take your Joomla site offline Part 2 (Intermediate): Customize your Joomla offline page Part 3 (Advanced): Create a new Joomla offline page
Embed codes are very common nowadays. Video sites such as YouTube provide them so you can share videos. Many shopping carts including PayPal provide them so you can sell products easily. Another common use is maps - go to http://maps.google.com and once you've foudnd a…
This is a 4 part guide to setting up your URLs correctly in Joomla. It's just about the most detailed guide you'll find anywhere online, hence the name! We present you with the Ultimate Joomla SEF URL Guide:
