Joomla! Documentation™

The "J1.5" namespace is an archived namespace. This page contains information for a Joomla! version which is no longer supported. It exists only as a historical reference, it will not be improved and its content may be incomplete and/or contain broken links.

The available modular templates for the column headers (Joomla! 1.5 help screens). Please add the new templates you created to this page.

Column headers

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{{Help screen column header Assigned}} Template:Help screen column header Assigned

{{Help screen column header Author}} Template:Help screen column header Author

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{{Help screen column header Date}} Template:Help screen column header Date

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{{Help screen column header Enabled}} Template:Help screen column header Enabled

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• Checkbox. You can select this box to select a user. You will need to do this for several actions, for example editing and deleting.

• Name. The (full) name of the user.

• Username. The username of the user is displayed here. When a user wants to log in, he has to fill in this username.

• Logged in. In this column you can see whether the user is logged in or not. A green hook is shown when the person is currently logged in. The column is left blanco when the user is logged out.

• Enabled. In this column you can see wheter the user is enabled or disabled. A green hook is shown when the user is enabled, a red cross sign when the user is disabled. A disabled user did not activate their account by clicking on the link in the e-mail sended after registration. A disabled user could also be a user who was blocked by an Administrator or a Super Administrator. Click on the icon to toggle between enabled and disabled.

• Group. The group of the user is displayed here. This can be: Registered, Author, Editor, Publisher, Manager, Administrator or Super Administrator.

• E-Mail. The e-mail address from the user is displayed here.

• Last visit. Here you can see the date on which the user last logged in.

• ID. Here you can see the ID number of a user. You can not change this number. The ID of the Super Administrator created during installation has the ID number 62.

• New password. Fill in a (new) password. Although this field is not required, the user will not be able to log in when no password is set.

• Verify password. Fill in the password from the field above again, to verify it. This field is required when you filled in the New password field.

• Block User. Here you can select whether to disable this user or not. Only available when editing Administrators or Super Administrators.

• Receive System E-mails. Here you can select whether to let this user receive the System E-mails or not. Only available when editing Administrators or Super Administrators.

• Register Date. Here you can see the registered date. Only shown when editing a user.

• Last Visit Date. Here you can see the last time this user was logged in.

• Back-end Language. Here you can select the back-end language of the user. All installed languages for the back-end will be displayed in the drop-down box. Default is the language set in Language Manager.

• Front-end Language. Here you can select the front-end language of the user. All installed languages for the front-end will be displayed in the drop-down box. Default is the language set in Language Manager.

• User Editor. Here you can select the front and backend editor of the user. All installed editors will be displayed in the drop-down box. Default is the WYSIWYG editor set in the Global Configuration.

• Help Site. Set the help site of the user. Default is the Help Server set in the Global Configuration.

• Time Zone. Set the time zone of the user. Default is the Time Zone set in the Global Configuration.

• Contact information. If you linked a Contact to this user, the contact information will be showed here.

Icons (cpanel)

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• Add New Article. This will take you to a new article creation page where you can create new content, and then select a section and category, and then save the article. Its useful for quick and easy additions to your site's content.

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• Article Manager. This will take you directly to the Article Manager where you can manage all of your current articles.

{{Help screen icon front page manager}} Template:Help screen icon front page manager

• Front Page Manager. Similar to the Article Manager, this icon will take you to the Front Page Manager so that you can manage all of the articles published to the Front Page.

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• Section Manager. The Section Manager icon directs you to the Section Manager. You can create new sections, and publish/unpublish current ones.

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• Category Manager. As you might guess, this takes you to the Category Manager. You can create new categories, and publish/unpublish current ones. You can also change which section each category is published in.

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• Media Manager. The Media Manager will allow you to manage files on your web server. You can delete existing files or upload different ones from your hard drive. You can also create new directories on your web server's file system.

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• Menu Manager. The Menu Manager icon takes you to the Menu Manager. Here you can manage the current menus by creating new ones, deleting current ones, or directly managing each menu's subsequent menu items.

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• Language Manager. Following suit with all of the other 'managers' in the control panel, the Language Manager allows you to manage installed languages by setting one to be the site's default language.

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• User Manager. The user manager does just what you might guess by it's title. It manages users. You can create new users, delete existing ones, change passwords, change language and time settings, and even change which WYSIWYG editor the user has access too. Lastly, but perhaps most importantly, you can assign the user's user group, giving the user access to different access levels and different abilities in your site.

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• Global Configuration. Perhaps one of the most important areas in your Joomla! back end is the Global Configuration. The global configuration has parameters that when adjusted will effect your entire Joomla! site. Here you can change many options, including, but certainly not limited to: FTP Layer, Site Time Zone, Site Language, Server Configurations, Session settings, and Meta Data.