When writing content on the web, it’s natural to link to other content that you’ve written. If you have two similar articles, linking them to each other helps your readers find potentially more content on your site that they would like to read. This article doesn’t need too much of an introduction, it’s a basic concept, so let’s get right into the training!
Categories in Joomla
In Joomla 3 you also have Categories. Each time you create an article or other content type you can assign it to a category. Categories can give you more options for structuring your content. For example you can group similar articles in one category and create a page that displays the intros of all the articles.
Display new article on Joomla page
Once you have created your article you will most probably want to link it in the menu of your website, so that your visitors can actually be able to find and see it.
There are couple options how to display article in Joomla. Lets see two of them :
Create Joomla article
In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps for writing a new article in Joomla 3. There are many settings you can configure for your new content, however we’re only going to review the minimum requirements.
Joomla! 3.4.8 Released
Joomla! 3.4.8 is now available. This is a bug fix release for the 3.x series of Joomla This release fixes some bugs related to session management from Joomla 3.4.7. The project understands that many of our users are now on Christmas Holiday’s so we would like to emphasise that this release only contains bug fixes and whilst we strongly encourage our users to update as soon as practically possible, this update can be left until after any holidays.
Joomla Template Installation
There are two ways how to install the Joomla template
1. Install Joomla template using Quickstart installation package, so it will looks exact like the demo preview (premium version only)
2. Manual template installation and modules configuration
Not permitted to use that link to directly access
Error after update to Joomla 3.4.7: You are not permitted to use that link to directly access that page (#xxx)
Impossible to open articles or manage templates and extensions in Joomla! back-end.
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Reset password failed in Joomla
Forgot password or username is most frequent issue in Joomla. There are 2 ways how you can change Joomla website user password.
Could not instantiate mail function
If your Joomla server does not support the php mail() function and Joomla attempts to send an email (such as a new user registration email), any of the following message may appear:
- Could not instantiate mail function.
- The mail() function has been disabled and the mail cannot be sent.
- Registration failed: An error was encountered while sending the registration email. A message has been sent to the administrator of this site.
Joomla! 3.4.7 Released
Joomla! 3.4.7 is now available. This is a security release for the 3.x series of Joomla which addresses a critical security vulnerability and one low level security vulnerabilities. We strongly recommend that you update your sites immediately.
This release only contains the security fixes; no other changes have been made compared to the Joomla 3.4.6 release.
Joomla! Two Factor Authentication
Two factor authentication is one of Joomla! 3 improvements which can and will improve security. This is because by enabling two factor authentication, it is practically impossible for a hacker to use a brute-force attack to guess the details of your Joomla! username and password. This is particularly important for the administrator part of the website, which ensures that attacks which try to guess your password can never be successful.
ReCaptcha in Joomla
The CAPTCHA plugin uses the reCAPTCHA service to prevent spammers while it helps to digitize books, newspapers and old radio shows. In this Joomla 3 tutorial, we’ll show you how to setup ReCaptcha.
How to turn off magic quotes gpc in Joomla
FOR MAMP
Go to MAMP application -> Preferences (button) -> PHP (tab) -> Choose 5.3.1 or greater -> choose OK.
Go to the MAMP folder -> bin -> php -> php5.3.26 -> conf -> edit php.ini -> add
“magic_quotes_gpc = Off” a few lines above “magic_quotes_sybase = Off”.
Restart MAMP’s servers.
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Iframe in Joomla
In this tutorial we will show you how to add an iframe when writing an article. You can’t simply use the HTML editor and type in your iframe code because Joomla will strip it out for security reasons. Therefor, you need to update your editor’s settings and allow iframes.
Setting mail in Joomla
If you have not made any custom changes during the installation, your Joomla will be set up by default to use the PHP Main function to send email messages. The settings can be modified via the Joomla admin area -> Site -> Global Configuration -> Server. The corresponding settings are found under the “Mail Settings” section.
Setting safe path in VirtueMart
VirtueMart uses a folder for storing invoices and downloadable files you eventually offer for sale. You must configure the path to this folder referred to as ‘Safe Path’. For security reasons, it is recommended that this folder is outside of the public website folders.
