Start to manage a Joomla! 1.5 site
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The aim of this document is to give a brief introduction to the tasks needed for the day-to-day running of a Joomla! site.
Who is it written for?[edit]
Everyone: who needs to look after a Joomla! site.
- It is written on the assumption that you have used the Back-end and have some initial experience of setting up a simple Joomla! site.
What does an Administrator do?[edit]
The Administrator role is a broad one and includes both maintaining the integrity of the site and, when required, adding to its functionality. The majority of the work for this is done using the Back-end of the Web site.
Cross Reference: the background doc and detail about Sections and Categories elsewhere
The day-to-day administration and the development of a site are sometimes done by the same person but often done by different people because different skills are needed. It depends on the site. For a general site, perhaps for a club or small organisation, one person is likely to do most of the work. For a larger site, there will be specialists for many of the functions needed.
- Day-to-day activities where the site is not altered
- day-to-day operation and maintenance of the site
- back up
- managing user access
- content management
- Global configurations
- security of the website.
- Administrators need to be aware of security issues
- Security policies
- Security of usernames and passwords
Cross Reference: The advnaced aspects of managing a site and extending it are not dealt with here. There are links and helpful advice - in learning more doc
Administrator permissions:[edit]
- Super Administrators: Can do anything and in particular they can alter configurations and install new extensions.
- Administrators: Can do most things, apart from installing extensions, altering site-wide configurations or the Super administrator user accounts.
- Managers: Can login to these pages but are limited to the main menu and managing the content.
It is obvious that administrators need to be aware that they can alter content anywhere on the site and can change how the site functions, so their role is important - even if it is hidden from the Front-end.
The important day-to-day tasks[edit]
Manage Users[edit]
Security of usernames and passwords[edit]
Adding Front-end users[edit]
Content management[edit]
Configuration[edit]
Security issues[edit]
Further information[edit]
- Help on-line:
Help on all the Management pages has a link to the Joomla! documentation web site. In each Manager section Help gives comprehensive information about what all the features do.
On-line administrator's manual
- Joomla! Administrator's Manual - on-line This will be comprehensive when it is complete.
--Lorna Scammell January 2011