Knowledge-Bases

How to access only the component heading/title in a Joomla! 1.5****template when building a new template and the component heading needs to be in a strategic place on the template. Answer: Insert the following code where you need to have the component heading displayed on the template. //Open PHP tag <?php //First we instantiate the document object, to get all document details. $document =& JFactory::getDocument(); //Now we echo the component heading by echoing the getTitle() method of the getDocument class echo $document->getTitle(); ...

How to access only the component heading/title in a Joomla! 1.5****template when building a new template and the component heading needs to be in a strategic place on the template. Insert the following code where you need to have the component heading displayed on the template. //Open PHP tag <?php //First we instantiate the document object, to get all document details. $document =& JFactory::getDocument(); //Now we echo the component heading by echoing the getTitle() method of the getDocument class echo $document->getTitle(); ...

What is a favicon? A favicon is a small 16px X 16px square image with the .icoextension that appears on the left side of the URL in the addressbar and on the browsers tabs. Answer: Follow these steps in order to successfully create a favicon for you’re Joomla! site. STEP 1 Create a square pixel image with height 16px and width 16px using a graphic tool like Gimp or Photoshop. Save the image. ...

If you need to add a Read More link to your Articles and display it on the Front Page or as a News Article as a synopsis and want to be able to display the rest of the text if you click on the Read More link then Joomla! has an solution for you. STEP 1 Create a New Article and add Content to it as you would do normally. Choose a Category and a Section ...

Login to webmail.co.za using your Username and Password Then click on Settings and then on Profiles Then under the Aliases section type in your Alias “you do not need to enter @webmail.co.za” and click on the Add Alias button After you clicked on the Add Alias button your new Alias will appear under theAliases Section and Emails can be sent to your new Alias Address

Open Microsoft Outlook 2010 Click on File -> Options -> Mail -> Signatures Create a New signature and give it a name that can easily be identified later, leave all text blank Now while still having MS Outlook 2010 open, open Windows Explorer or Computer and navigate to **_C:\Users\YOURLOGINUSERNAME\AppData\Roamin\Microsoft\Signatures _**_Note that this folder is a hidden folder so it might not be visible. You will need to enable the Show Hidden Folders options in **Windows Explorer ...

If you need to add an Image Icon or Image next to your Menu Item in Joomla! 1.5 then this Tutorial is for you. STEP 1 Log into the back end. Once in the backed of your Joomla! site eg. (www.yoursite.com/administrator) select MENUS=>MAIN MENU (Any menu you prefer). The Menu Item Manager should open now. STEP 2 Click on a Menu Item to edit, or make a check in the checkbox next to the item that you wish to edit and click on the Edit button. ...

Launch **GIMP ** Create a New Image (File->New Image) Select the Text Tool (T) and add some text with the size and colour you want. Right click on the Text Layer and select Layer to Image Size. This will resize the layer to the size of the image Then duplicate the layer Select the layer you have just duplicated. Next right click on the Text Layer and select Alpha to Selection ...

STEP 1 Click on Content Items Manager on the Front Page of the Joomla! 1.0.x interfacein the Back End STEP 2 Once the Content Items Manager opens you’ll see all of your Content in the List, under the heading Front Page you’ll see a Red Cross for each content article. STEP 3 Click on the Red Cross and it will be changed to a Green Arrow or Checkmark. STEP 4 ...

BACKUP Open Evolution Click on File and then Backup Settings Choose a destination where you wish to save the backup file and give the file a name Click on SAVE A popup window will appear asking you if you are sure to close Evolution since the backup process can only start if Evolution is not running. If you wish to restart Evolution after backup check the checkbox next to “Restart Evolution after backup” and click on Yes or you can also choose not to check the checkbox. ...