Category:Administration FAQ

A

• Adding images
• Administration FAQs Version 1.0

C

• Can articles be assigned to multiple categories or sections?
• Can you remove the "Powered by Joomla!" message?
• Cannot save Global Configuration changes

D

• Does the home page need to be a front page menu item?

H

• Help! Your site's been compromised. Now what?
• How can you change PHP settings using .htaccess?
• How can you check your Joomla! installation's overall security and health?
• How can you view a live site while developing, but hide it from others?
• How do authors find and edit unpublished articles they have created?
• How do you add a PayPal button?
• How do you assign a module to a position?
• How do you assign a module to specific pages?
• How do you assign a template to a specific page?
• How do you block direct hot linking to image files using .htaccess?
• How do you block directory scans using .htaccess?
• How do you block or delete a Super Administrator?
• How do you change the date format?
• How do you change the favicon?
• How do you change the image(s) in your template?
• How do you change the images in your template?
• How do you choose a quality hosting provider?
• How do you choose secure extensions?
• How do you control whether modules are vertically or horizontally arranged?
• How do you convert an htaccess.txt file into a .htaccess file?
• How do you copy a site from localhost to a remote host?
• How do you create a custom module?
• How do you display an RSS feed?
• How do you find a Joomla! extension?
• How do you find exploits using the *NIX shell?
• How do you get rid of the News Flash or other modules?
• How do you get rid of the breadcrumbs?
• How do you implement Search Engine Friendly URLs (SEF)?

H cont.

• How do you install an extension?
• How do you link from inside content to another content item?
• How do you make a menu link that is not clickable?
• How do you make it so your modules are laid out horizontally?
• How do you modify a template?
• How do you organize the front page with the right columns and layout?
• How do you password protect directories using .htaccess?
• How do you put a module inside an article?
• How do you recover your admin password?
• How do you recursively adjust file and directory permissions?
• How do you redirect users after a successful login?
• How do you remove or change the "Welcome to the Frontpage" title?
• How do you report a bug?
• How do you restrict directory access by IP address using .htaccess?
• How do you set global preferences for content?
• How do you set parameters for articles and other content items?
• How do you setup a powerful password scheme?
• How do you setup a secure demo site?
• How do you switch to PHP5 using .htaccess?
• How do you tune for speed with PHP5 and MySQL5?
• How does FastCGI affect Joomla?
• How you reset an administrator password?

J

• Joomla and languages/translations

M

• More advanced Joomla! templates
• Moving sensitive files outside the web root
• Moving the site among directories/sub-directories

S

• Should PHP run as a CGI script or as an Apache module?

U

• Unable to connect to the database

W

• What are components, modules, mambots and plugins?
• What are module positions?
• What are section, categories, content items and articles?
• What are the best practices for site backups?
• What are the different Menu Item Types?
• What are the extension types?

W cont.

• What are the top 10 stupidest Joomla! security tricks?
• What are these strange (URL-Encoded) characters doing in your code?
• What determines your home page?
• What do the locks mean and how do you get rid of them?
• What is "legacy mode"?
• What is Apache modSecurity?
• What is a vulnerable extension?
• What is the Joomla! Administrator's Security Checklist?
• What is the latest stable release of PHP?
• What should you do if you have problems with an Extension?
• Where are the content parameters in Joomla! 1.5?
• Where are the web pages ?
• Where can you learn about vulnerable extensions?
• Where can you learn more about file permissions?
• Where did the Mambots go?
• Why are the backgrounds of your WYSIWYG editor fields colored?
• Why are the front page articles ordered differently after the upgrade to 1.5.7?
• Why are there vulnerable extensions?
• Why can't users login in version 1.5.7 with php 4?
• Why can't you edit the content from the front end?
• Why can't you install any extensions?
• Why do most of the Joomla! PHP files start with "defined(' JEXEC')...?
• Why do the pop ups in your WYSIWYG editor not work or show gibberish?
• Why do you get a "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: stripos()" when editing Joomla! 1.5.7 Articles from the frontend when using PHP 4?
• Why does the Extensions site include insecure extensions?
• Why does the formatting disappear after enabling SEF URLs?
• Why does your site get messed up when you turn on SEF (Search Engine Friendly URLs)?
• Why doesn't the PDF button work?
• Why isn't restricting access by IP recommended?
• Why isn't un-publishing a vulnerable extension enough to protect your site?
• Why should you immediately change the name of the default admin user?
• Why shouldn't you use PHP safe mode?