Category:Getting Started FAQ

A

• Adding images

C

• Can articles be assigned to multiple categories or sections?

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 help the extension submission process?
• 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• How do authors find and edit unpublished articles they have created?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 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 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 convert an htaccess.txt file into a .htaccess file?
• How do you create a custom module?
• How do you empty your PM-box on the forum?
• How do you find a Joomla! extension?
• 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)?
• How do you install a new template?
• How do you link from inside content to another content item?
• How do you list your extension in the extensions site?
• 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 recover your admin password?
• How do you remove or change the "Welcome to the Frontpage" title?

H cont.

• How do you request a feature?
• How do you restrict directory access by IP address using .htaccess?
• How do you search the forum to find what you need?
• How do you set global preferences for content?
• How do you set parameters for articles and other content items?
• How do you set up Joomla! on Win XP for local testing?
• How do you setup a secure demo site?
• How does someone become a Core Team member?
• How is the forum at joomla.org integrated with Joomla!?
• How you reset an administrator password?

J

• JoomlaCode. If you have a problem or find a bug with JoomlaCode.org how can you report it?
• JoomlaCode. When you created your account, you typed in the wrong UNIX Name. Can you change it for you?
• JoomlaCode. Why did your project get rejected?
• JoomlaCode. Why you get a "Permission Denied" message when trying to view a project?
• JoomlaCode. You registered an account on JoomlaCode.org, but you never received an activation email. What do you do?
• JoomlaCode. Your project got rejected and you were asked to re-register it. Now you cannot re-submit it, you get a message saying that the project already exists. What do you do?

M

• More advanced Joomla! templates

O

• Only one edit window! How do you create "Read more..."?

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?
• What are the minimum Joomla! requirements?
• What are the recommended file and directory permissions?
• What are the rules of the joomla.org forums?
• What can you do with a template?
• What determines what is shown on your frontpage?

W cont.

• What determines your home page?
• What do the locks mean and how do you get rid of them?
• What do the stars/ranks under the forum username represent?
• What does a simple Joomla! installation include?
• What extension is used to manage extensions.joomla.org?
• What forum is used at joomla.org?
• What is "legacy mode"?
• What is JoomlaCode?
• What is a template?
• What is the Joomla! Administrator's Security Checklist?
• What is the difference between a Sub-Domain, Parked Domain and an Add-On Domain?
• What is the latest stable release of PHP?
• What is the purpose of a template?
• What license is Joomla! released under?
• What version of Joomla! should you use?
• Where are the content parameters in Joomla! 1.5?
• Where are the web pages ?
• Where can I find release notes for older versions of Joomla! 1.5?
• Where can you find information to checkout Joomla! using SVN?
• Where can you learn more about file permissions?
• Where is the static content?
• Why are the backgrounds of your WYSIWYG editor fields colored?
• Why are there different colors of usernames?
• Why can't you install any 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 is Joomla! written in PHP?
• Why was your extension rejected from being listed?
• Will your 1.0 extensions still work?