Joomla Tutorials, How to

How to control what is shown in Latest News Module

Latest News Module will show by default latest items from your website.You can control that from the module parameters. You can choose to show latest news from a particular section or multiple sections. Also, you can show your latest items from a single category or multiple categories.

To do that you must know the section/category id. The section id can be found in the Section manager and the category id in the category manager.

In the module parameters enter the section id. For multiple section enter all the ids separated by commas.

Joomla Tutorial - Understanding The Jargon

Joomla can seem more confusing than it is due to the jargon used to describe different aspects of it. We take a look at some of those below, and give you a brief understanding of how they fit into your website structure.

Components

Joomla components are not part of the basic installation package that you download. They are applications that provide extra functionality for webmasters. Even though they are ‘add-ons’, they are designed specifically for Joomla, and thus integrate with Joomla’s base code - unlike a separate program.

Useful Joomla Plugins - Joomsayer

If you plan on using quotes on your Joomla site - which is great if you want to include testimonials from people - then I’ve found a plugin you might want to look at.

Testimonials could be about your products, services, a newsletter, or even the site itself. They’re a great way to establish trust. But you could even go further by including important and relevant quotes from experts in your field.

Joomla Security Tips

Michele at Blacknight highlighted an important, ongoing issue for those using content management systems - Joomla included. She was writing about how earlier this year (July) a number of attacks were noted on Joomla run web sites. And I know from when I was using a different CMS to host an article directory, that I experienced problems at the begriming of the year, that resulted in a temporary disabling of my site. Fortunately, that attack was a fairly simple one to fix, but it caused me some frustration and headaches whilst I was figuring it out.

Because popular CMS are, well, popular, they become targets for less than ethical people trying to promote their own dubious sites (you can imagine the type). So, it’s up to the webmasters who use a CMS to keep on top of security.

Speed up Joomla Website Load Time

Joomla is an Open Source software program that offers users many different components, modules and Mambots in order to run an effective, dynamic, community website. But, all these add-ons and additional features can often slow down your website. While, we can't blame Joomla, because we heart Joomla, we can understand that Joomla websites are not always downloading fast on user's browsers.

There are simple ways to speed up your Joomla website right away, they’re easy and effective.