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The Joomla! User Manual follows the installation process, the types of users Joomla! has, Frontend through to Back-end functionality. A summary of the chapters and appendices follows.
Table 1: Summary of the Chapters Chapter Details

Chapter 1 : Chapter 2:

Introduces you to Joomla!, its benefits, versatility and strengths. Deals with installing the Joomla! software and an overview of the elements of a typical Joomla! installation. Provides information about the different types of Joomla! user and what functionality they can access. Deals with accessing the Front-end functionality and provides details about what an Author, Editor, and Publisher can do. Deals with logging on to the Back-end, the Control Panel, and Buttons. Deals with what a Manager can do. Deals with what an Administrator can do. Deals with what a Super Administrator can do. This manual is released under The Creative Common License see details here. A list of the Back-end menu options together with detail of which user level is required to access them. A list of Menu Item parameters. A listing of all the key words and phrases used in Joomla! together with brief details of their function/use. Site Map of the Joomla! Back-end menu options.

Chapter 3:

Chapter 4: Chapter 5 Chapter 6: Chapter 7: Chapter 8: Appendix A: Appendix B: Appendix C: Appendix D: Appendix E:
ManualStyles&Conventions
Throughout this manual, we will refer to specific items of information in the following ways: Note: You will see this when an additional point needs to be made Further Information: You will see this as a reference to another chapter or an external publication. Access: You will see this when you are being directed via a menu sequence to access a specific Component, Category, Module, Mambot, Content Item or other file, Caution: You will see this when you should use care or due diligence to avoid problems occurring either immediately or potentially later on. WARNING!: You will see this when there is a very high risk of damaging your installation in some way. Exercise great care. Seek further advice if you are unclear as to what you are doing. Code that you are either required to enter, reference, or alter in some way will be displayed as in the following example: <meta name="description" content="Joomla!: the dynamic portal engine and content management system, This article provides simple information on using the Joomla! CMS." /> <meta name="keywords" content="Joomla!, Joomla!, Joomla! CMS author editor publisher" /> Buttons/Icons that should be clicked/selected in the course of a procedure are presented as follows: Click Save button. Select Yes radio button. Select Show or Hide or Global Setting. Toolbar Buttons: Delete, Save, Edit, Publish, Unpublish, and Save are available. Internal addresses or addresses that you need to enter your own details into are shown as: http://www.mydomainname.com/ or /usr/local/apache/htdocs Web addresses of other resources are shown as: http://www.joomla.org. If a point requires emphasis such as the name of a piece of software, or that a particular path, or element, is being referenced then it will be highlighted either as: MySQL or Component xyz.

DetailofthePreinstallationCheckPage
The pre-installation check page is in five parts: The first checks that your system meets the requirements necessary to run Joomla!
Figure 2: Check Page part 1
The second part checks that you are installing the most up to date version of Joomla!. Click on the Check for newer version button to verify this.
Figure 3: Check Page part 2
The third part is a security check related to register_globals and RG_EMULATION in the
globals.php file in the Joomla! site root folder. Refer to the Official Joomla! forum,
http://forum.joomla.org for further advice on this.
Figure 4: Check Page part 3
The fourth part checks whether the PHP settings are correctly set for compatibility:
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Figure 5: Check Page part 4
The fifth section relates to Directory and File Permissions:
Figure 6: Check Page part 5
If everything is Writeable, click the Next button. If some items are highlighted in red as Unwriteable, either change the relevant folders permissions using your FTP program or ask your host service provider to correct them for you. If it is not possible to correct them, you can still click the Next button and see what happens.

GNU/GPLLicenseAgreement

The next page displays the licence for Joomla! to ensure that you are aware of the terms and conditions for using the software.
Figure 7: GNU/GPL License
Click the Next button to go to Step 1 of the installation process.

Installation:Step1

Step 1 of the installation deals with the configuration of the MySQL database.
Figure 8: Installation Step 1
Enter the configuration data for your MySQL database. The Host Name of your MySQL database will depend on how the host provider has configured it. While it is commonly localhost, you should check with your provide if in doubt. On occasions,
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where localhost is not the name of the database server you will need to contact your provider, e.g. Go Daddy refers to their host name as mysql123.secureserver.net or similar. Host providers, using cPanel, usually allow you to set up your own User Name, Password, and Database Name. Again, if in any doubt consult your host provider for this information. The option to Drop Existing Tables in the nominated database as is the option to Backup Old Tables is given. For a first time installation, you should leave both of these blank. You may also Install Sample Data. If this is your first Joomla! installation, we recommend you check this option as you will find the benefit when you get to look around your site for the first time. When you have entered your database information correctly, click the Next button. Confirm the database information when asked.

Administrator

Super Administrator
The only user that exists after a Joomla! installation is the Super Administrator. This is the admin account created during the installation process. Further Information: Chapter 2: Browser Installation Step 4.

Registration

Other than the Super Administrators (admin) account, that is created by default when Joomla! is installed, there are two ways that guests have of becoming registered members on a Joomla! web site. First, they may register themselves using the register link in the login form, if provided. Second, the Super Administrator, or Administrator if there is one, may enter them directly using the Administrator panel (Back-end). The two images below show the Login Form with and without the Register link.
Figure 15: Front-end Login box
The Login Form displays the Register link by default. The Super Administrator may disable this feature. Further Information: Chapter 8: Global Configuration. For a direct registration, there is an optional e-mail activation to ensure that the potential user is supplying a valid e-mail address, the default for this is also - enabled. When enabled, the user will receive an e-mail containing a validation link that they must follow in order to complete the registration process.

RecoveringaLostPassword

If you are like most people these days, you have too many passwords and it is inevitable that you are going to forget one eventually. Joomla!, like most systems today, allows you to automatically reset your password should you forget it. The following dialogue appears when you click on the Lost Password? prompt in the Login Form:
Figure 16: Lost Password Request
When you fill in your username and e-mail address, Joomla! will e-mail you a new password that you can use to access the system.
The reason that Joomla! cannot send your old password to you is that passwords are stored using an encryption format that is not reversible. This means that even Super Administrators cannot view your password! This is proper practice in web site design these days, so do not be upset that you cannot use your old password, be happy that passwords are protected! Caution: Since new passwords are sent out via e-mail and e-mail is inherently insecure. It is always a good idea to change passwords received via e-mail as soon as possible. If your e-mail address has changed, the only option you will have is to find a link on the site to contact the Super Administrator and have them send it to you.

As we said earlier, different roles can be assigned to users on a Joomla! web site. By default, this is that of a Registered user. This type of user cannot submit Content Items. Note: In order to follow along with these examples you must either have system administration privileges to edit the role of the user or request that your system administrator set you up with users that have the specific roles covered in these examples. Otherwise, you can simply read along and try the examples out at some point in the future.

SubmitNewsviatheFrontend

Access: Select User Menu>Submit News When an Author clicks on the Submit News menu link, in their User Menu, they will be presented with a dialogue entitled The News / Add Content.
Figure 20: Add Content from the Front-end
This window has three main areas: The top area contains input fields for the title of the new article and an appropriate Category for the Item. Note: The available categories will depend on the way the site content has been set up. In general, where only one Section has been set up, all the categories for that Section will be available. If you have multiple Sections, you will need to set up multiple links on the User Menu: one for each Section. Toolbar Buttons: Save, Apply, and Cancel are available. Note: Save will save the data and close the window. Apply will save the data while leaving the Add Content screen open. The second major area of the screen contains the WYSIWYG editor where the Author enters the content. The WYSIWYG editor that is included in the Joomla! installation by default is known as TinyMCE and contains many of the features available in a typical HTML editing program. With the editor you can type in and format, content without having to know HTML. Here are just some of the features of this editor are: Choosefontsizestyleandcolour. Insertbulletedornumberedlists. Justifytextwithleft,centreorrightattributes. Inserthyperlinks. CreateandeditTablesforinsertingTabularcontent. You will notice that there are two WYSIWYG editor panes. The first one allows you to type some Intro (introduction) Text for your article. This serves as a summary of the article and can be used as a teaser for the full article when the content is displayed under certain circumstances, such as a Front Page article, or on the blog style page, rendering that is supported by Joomla!. It is not necessary to split your article up in this fashion as you can simply type the entire article into the Intro Text window. The second WYSIWYG editor is where you type the Main Text. As we said, this area is optional as all text may be input into just the Intro Text field.

Figure 21: Adding Intro Text
In addition to all the standard HTML type formatting, you may also insert images into your Content Item. Inserting images is done differently in Joomla! than you may be used to in programs such as Dreamweaver. Joomla! uses tags, {mosimage}, in your article that identify where pictures should go; the pictures are inserted by the system when called up by visitors to the web site. Just below the WYSIWYG editor display, you will see two buttons The first labelled Insert Image enables you to insert the image tag anywhere in to your text. When you do this, you will notice that the editor simply inserts the tag {mosimage} into the text. The second button, called Insert Page Break inserts a page break at a particular point inside your document. Clicking on this button will insert the tag {mospagebreak} inside your document. Documents with embedded page breaks will display an Article Index when the document is displayed. Next and Previous links, at the bottom of the document, are provided for easy navigation from one page to the next.
Figure 22: Multi-page Content Item Index
The last of the three sections contains three Tabs entitled Images, Publishing, and Metadata. These Tabs are used to control various aspects of your content such as associating images with the {mosimage} tags, setting the publishing dates, and specifying the metadata for your article. This Tabbed window will take on different characteristics depending on the permissions of the user who is currently logged into the system; the principal difference being that Publishers will have a field available in the Publishing Tab that will enable them to publish the article on the web site. This functionality will not be available to Authors and Editors.

ImagesTab

The Images Tab contains the necessary options to assign images to the {mosimage} tags you inserted in your article. One important thing to keep in mind here is that the images will appear in the Content Item in the order that they appear in the Content Images field. You can use the Up and Down buttons to adjust the order of the images. The right hand column contains various attributes that you can assign or adjust for the image that you have picked. These include the alignment of the picture, any alternate text that you would like to have displayed when the users mouse is over the picture and a caption for the picture and the position that you would like it to appear. Once you have set the desired attributes for the image, click the Apply button.

In Joomla!, Authors may edit their own content once it has been published. Additionally, Editors and Publishers may also edit the content submitted by any Author on the site. Editing is the same process that I used to submit new content. All of the screens are the same and they perform the same function. The only slight difference that you need to understand is how to access the article to be able to edit it. When logged into the Joomla! system Authors, Editors and Publishers will see a small Edit button next to the articles that they have been responsible for authoring, editing, or publishing. Clicking on this button will bring up the content edit window containing the same screens that we just discussed for authoring content. From here, you may edit the content and save the article once again.
Figure 26: Category List screen
As you can see from the picture above, Editors and Publishers will see this button associated with any content on the system allowing them to edit any article by any Author.
Publishers have all the same abilities as Authors and Editors plus the ability to publish articles on the web site. All the controls that we just saw for submitting and editing content are also available to Publishers. A Publisher may author their own content, edit the content of all Authors or Editors, and publish the articles to the web site. The most noticeable difference that a Publisher will see when logged in to the web site is the addition of a new field called State in the Publishing Tab when authoring new content or editing an existing Content Item. It allows the Publisher to publish articles without having access to the Administrator (Back-end) panel.
Figure 27: Publishing Tab Front-end Publishers
The selection list available for this field has just two choices, Published and Unpublished. When published the article will be viewable on the web site between the times and dates specified by the Start Publishing and Finish Publishing fields.
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Note: Publishers may publish articles on Joomla! web sites. However, they do not have access to the Administrators (Back-end) panel. The equivalent role to a Publisher, which allows access to the Administrators (Back-end) panel, is the Manager. This is discussed later in this users manual.

SubmitaWebLink

The web link is another form of content that a Joomla! web site uses. Web links are simply links to other web sites of interest and all Registered users can submit them. You access this function by clicking on the Submit Web Link menu item in the User Menu. As you can see from the picture below, when you click on the Submit Web Link menu item a new dialogue box appears that allows you to enter the Name, Section, URL, and Description of the web link.

AdministratorModules:

The modules display logged on users, Components installed, most Popular Content Items viewed, Latest Content Items published, and Menus with the number of links per menu. The order, and whether the modules are displayed, or not, can be controlled from the menu option: Access: Select Modules > Administrator Modules

LoggedTab:

Figure 35: Administrator Modules - Logged
This displays a list of users currently logged on together with their access level (both in the Backend and in the Front-end sections). Click a username to go to the User Edit page for that user. Logout a user by clicking the red cross.

ComponentsTab:

Figure 36 Administrator Modules - Components
This displays a list of Components installed. Click a Components title to access that Component.

PopularTab:

Figure 37 Administrator Modules - Popular
Click this Tab to access the screen that lists in order, the most popular Content Items on your site. Included are the dates the Content Items were created, and the number of hits or views. Click the Content Item name to edit that item.

LatestItemsTab:

Figure 38 Administrator Modules - Latest Items
Click this Tab to access a screen that lists the most recently added Content Items. This includes the creation date and the author. Click the Content Item name to edit that item.

MenuStatsTab:

Figure 39 Administrator Modules - Menu Stats Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 57 Version 1.0.1.
Click this Tab to access the screen that lists all menus and the number of item links in each menu. The number of links is the total created, not the total published. Click the name of a menu to access the screen that lists the items for that menu.

CheckforNewerVersion

On the Home Page, the following button is available to check for a newer version of Joomla!. This will take you to http://www.joomla.org/content/blogcategory/32/66/ with details of the latest version.
Figure 40: Check for newer version

SecuritySettings

If the following box is displayed, you need to be aware of PHP server settings not being optimal for Security. Follow the link to http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,81058.0.html to find additional information.
Figure 41: PHP Security Settings
Chapter 6: Accessing Functions from the Back-end: Manager
Chapter6:AccessingFunctionsfromtheBackend: Manager

Note: Creating and deleting menus is reserved for the Administrator or Super Administrator access levels only In this section, we will be covering: Howtoaddanewmenuitem PublishandUnpublishmenuitems Movingmenuitems Copyingmenuitems Deletingmenuitems UsingtheHomeMenuOptiontocontroltheFrontPageDisplay By default, there will be the mainmenu, othermenu, topmenu and usermenu listed.

TheMenuManager

In this example, we will be adding a menu link to the mainmenu menu to display the Web Links Component. Access: Select Menu > mainmenu. This will display the Menu Manager [mainmenu] screen. All existing menu item will be displayed.
Figure 48: Menu Manager screen
Toolbar Buttons: Publish, Unpublish, Move, Copy, Trash, Edit, and New are available. The following information is displayed:
Column Name Details/Options

Menu Item:

This is the name given to the menu item and is displayed on the menu on the Frontend This indicates whether the menu item is published, or not published. Clicking on the button will switch the state of that menu item between Published and Unpublished. You can use the Up or Down arrows to alter the order in which the menu items are displayed. You can enter the order in which you want the menu items displayed. Use the Save button to save the changes. This indicates what type of user has access to the menu item. By clicking on the title, you can toggle between, Public, Registered, and Special. This shows the ID (identification code) for this specific Menu Item used in the database. This indicates the type of link used for this menu item. If it is a Link Content Item, or a Link Static Content, you may directly edit the content by clicking the type of menu item. This shows the Component ID of this specific Menu Item in the database.

Published:

Reorder:

Order:

Access:

Itemid:

Other functions available on this screen include
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Max Levels:

Click the New button to create a new Content Item. New:

CreateaNewContentItem

There are a number of ways of accessing the Content Item: New screen. Access: Click the Add New Content button on the Home page. Access: Select Content > All Content Items > New. Access: Select Content > Content by Section > [Section Name] > [Section Name] Items > New. Any one of these actions will display the Content Item: New screen.
Figure 63: Content Item New screen
Toolbar Buttons: Preview, Upload (image), Save, Apply and Cancel. This screen is divided into two main areas. The left hand side is used to input text, image tags, and other content. The right hand side handles a number of parameters, which control what and how the content is displayed. Complete the following fields:

Field Title Details

Title: Section: Title Alias: Category
Enter a Title. Select a Section. Enter a Title Alias. Select a Category (associated with the Section selected).

Intro Text:

Enter the Intro Text. All of the content for this Content Item may be entered in the Intro Text. The Main Text (optional), directly below the Intro Text box is used specifically when you wish to publish the Content Item to the Front Page or a Category Blog display. The Intro Text will be displayed on the Front Page with a Read More link.

Main Text:

Note: The Read More text can be changed in the language file. Further Information: Chapter 8 Edit a Language File. Joomla!

TabSettingsBlock

Figure 64: New Item Publishing Tab
The Publishing Tab contains the settings for how and when the Content Item is to be published:

Show on Frontpage:

This determines whether the Content Item is displayed on the Front Page. The default the option is not checked. Check this option if you want to publish the Content Item on the Front Page. This determines whether the Content Item is published or not. The default option is checked. Uncheck it if you do not wish to publish the Content Item, this is particularly useful when it cannot be finished at the first attempt. This determines who can see the Item. The option is, by default, set to Public. If you wish to restrict access to this Item, set the appropriate level of access for it. The author of the Content Item is normal the logged on user creating it. If you wish to override this, and the Global Configuration or Parameters options is set

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to display the Authors name, enter the Authors name you wish to be displayed. Change Creator: Ordering: Select from available Users. You may set the position this Content Item appears in, within Section and Category, on the Content Items Manager This overrides the automatic created date for this Item. This is also a useful tool when it is necessary to re-order an Item Is, by default, set to the current date. If you wish to override this with, say, a date in the future, click. This on the calendar button will display a pop up calendar. Click on the required Start Publishing date.

Figure 72: Frontpage Manager screen
Toolbar Buttons: Archive, Publish, Unpublish, and Remove are available. This page shows a list of the Content Items assigned to the Front Page Component. You may filter the display by Section, Category, and/or Author. The following information is displayed:
This is the title of the Content Items displayed on the Front Page and is listed within Section and Category. Click the title to edit content. A padlock button, next to it shows that it is checked-out. To check-in, click the name. This shows whether the item is published or not. Hover over this button to see a summary of the publishing information. Click to change state.

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Reorder: Order:
Click the arrow buttons to move the item up or down in the list. Shows the order of Content Items. Enter the list manually in the field provided and click the Save button to save the new order. This is the user access level for the Content Item. Click on the Access Level to switch it between Public, Registered, or Special. This is the Section associated with the Content Item. Click the Section title to edit the Section page. This is the Category associated with the Content Item. Click the Category title to edit the Category page. This shows the name of the author of the Content. If the authors name is displayed in red, click to edit the authors information.

RemoveaFrontpageItem

To remove a Frontpage Item: Check the checkbox by the side of the Content Item you want to remove. Click the Remove button.
UsingtheFrontpageComponentWhenSyndicatingYourSite
If you wish to syndicate your site, the feed you provide is taken from the Frontpage Component assigned Content Items as listed in the Frontpage Manager, even if the Component is NOT assigned to your Home Page nor has any published Modules. Parameters for display are available by editing the Syndicate Component. Further Information: Chapter 7: Syndicate Component and Module

ArchiveManager

Access: Select Content > Archive Manager. The Archive Manager [Section: All] screen will be displayed.
Figure 73: Archive Manager screen
Toolbar Buttons: Unarchive or Trash are available. This page shows a list of all archived Content Items. You may filter the display by Section, Category, and/or Author. The following information is displayed:

Site Offline:
With this option, you can switch on and off your web sites Front-end. Use it if you are updating Modules or data, and do not wish to have your visitors view the site until you are finished. Remember to reset the Site offline option to No once you are done. When the Site Offline switch is in the Yes position, this default message will display on the Front-end for your visitors to see. This site is down for maintenance. Please check back again soon. You can change this text to whatever message you would like. This message will display if the initial database connection fails. You can type anything you like in this box. We suggest something friendly and apologetic, stating that your site will be available again as soon as possible. You can use standard HTML code in this box, for instance, <br /> to return a line. You might also consider adding an e-mail address, so that your visitors can contact your System Administrator or the Webmaster. This option allows you to set the content of the title bar for your site. It can also be displayed in your template by inserting the following code statement into your template file [joomla_root/templates/template name/index.php] where you wish your Site Name to appear: <?php echo $_CONFIG->SITENAME; ?>

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Offline Message:

System Error Message:

Site Name:

Show Unauthorised Links:

With this option turned on, all visitors will see content to which they would not otherwise have access, i.e. content given an Access Level of Registered or Special. With this option off, they will only see content with an Access Level of Public. The access level for Content is set under the Publishing Tab in the Edit Content screen. This option allows you to globally set whether visitors to your site can register for a user account. If the Yes radio button is chosen, the Login Form will include the prompt No account yet? Create one. If the No radio button is set, no option to register is presented. If the Yes radio button is set, an activation link will be sent to the registering persons e-mail address. Users cannot login until they have clicked on the activation link. If the No radio button is chosen, Users will be able to login right away without activation. With this option set to Yes, the new user will receive an e-mail with a password generated by Joomla! If it is set to No, new Users will select their own password. Select whether you want to prevent registration with duplicate e-mail addresses. In combination with user activation, this option prevents users to sign up several times using the same e-mail address. This option allows you to view the error messages that are created by your site's PHP installation. It can be a handy tool for debugging if you are having problems and for reporting errors to your System Administrator or Web host. The levels of error reporting are set under the Global Configuration Server Tab, and are as follows: Choose which of the installed Text Editors you want to use to edit Content Items. Choose a default length for lists in the Administrator (Back-end). NOTE that if you have previously visited a page with a list, changing this setting in Global Configuration will not be immediately visible. However, the setting you specify will be honoured as a default upon your next login. This sets the icon that appears in some browsers next to the name and/or address of your site. By default, this is the Joomla! logo. If you want another icon to show up, you must upload another icon to replace the Joomla! logo, then type in the address of the image in this field.

E-mail Button:

Buttons
Table of Contents on multi-page items:
Back Button: Content Item Navigation:

DatabaseTab:

Figure 122: Global Configuration screen - Database Tab
WARNING!: These are very important settings. If Joomla! has been installed on your behalf, do not alter these settings without full knowledge of the consequences.
Hostname: MySQL Username: MySQL Database: MySQL Database:
localhost as this is the default Host name on a fresh install of MySQL. The username to access your Joomla! database. The name of the database your Joomla! installation uses. The prefix used for Tables in your Joomla! database. This is jos_ by default.
WARNING!: Do not change unless you have a database built using Tables with the prefix you are setting!

ServerTab:

Figure 123: Global Configuration screen - Server Tab Field Name Details/Options
These items are predefined during the installation and are not configurable through this Tab. Absolute Path: Live Site: Secret Word: This is the directory information used by Joomla! on the server, that orientates it to its surrounding system. This is the absolute URL (web address) for your installation of Joomla! This is the unique word for every Joomla! installation. It is used for security functions. Choose the radio button Yes, to allow your web server to send compressed data, if supported by the server, to the client web browser. This could significantly decrease the load time of your site for your visitors. Auto logout for Front-end users in seconds. Type the number of seconds the Administration session should be allowed to stay live before automatic logout occurs. After automatic logout, the Administrator will be required to login again using the correct username and password.
GZIP Page Compression: Site Session Lifetime: Admin Session Lifetime:
Note: If you are editing a Content Item, but have not saved your work, within the number of seconds chosen, you will be logged out automatically.
Remember Expired Admin page: Session Authentication If your session expires and you log back in within 10 minutes, you will be redirected to the screen you were trying to reach. Level 3 Security Default & Highest

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Level 2 Security Allow for proxy IPs Level 1 Security Backward Compatibility Do NOT change unless you know what you are doing! If you have a number of Users using AOL or behind Proxy Banks, you might consider using the Level 2 setting

Error Reporting:

If this option is enabled under the Site Tab, then using the drop down box, select the level or reporting required. Options are: System Default: None: This turns Error reporting to the system default according to php.ini on the server. This turns off error reporting. This turns error reporting to simple options using the following options error_reporting (E_ERROR|E_WARNING!|E_PARSE) This turns error reporting to the Maximum level using the following options: error_reporting (E_ALL)

Administrator:

Alt attribute:
Content Items can be archived and managed through the Administrator (Backend). The Archive Module provides a way of displaying archived items on your web site. Discrete piece of content within the Joomla! hierarchy, which may be associated with a particular Section/Category combination or may be a Static Content Item; usually displayed in the main body of your page. Within the Content hierarchy, Section is the top level and is a container for Categories. Category is the next level and is a container for the third level, Articles. See also: Content Item. User level within Joomla! with access only to Site (Front-end) functions. See

Article:

Author: Back-end (Administrator Backend):
also: Editor, Publisher, and Registered.
Administrators Control Panel, where site Managers, Administrators, or Super Administrators log in to manage all aspects of their web site, including both features and content. See also: Front-end (Site Front-end). A Joomla! core Component, which allows you to manage and display banner ads for your web site. In the Administrator (Back-end), you can set up banners, input and associate clients with their specific banners, and specify impressions as a number or unlimited. The number of impressions seen and clicks are recorded and displayed in the Back-end under Components/Banners/Manage Banners. Banners are displayed on the Site (Front-end) using the banners module. A style of content presentation within Joomla!, displaying some or all of the Content Items in a certain section or Category. The title may appear as a link or both the title and the introductory text, with a Read More link displayed. Often the News page is written in Blog style. A Software program used to view and interact with various types of Internet resources available on the World Wide Web. FireFox, Internet Explorer, and Safari are three common examples. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) provide the ability to separate the layout and styles of a web page from the data or information. Styles such as fonts, font sizes, and margins can be specified in one place, then the web pages feed off this one master list, with the styles cascading throughout the page or an entire site. Cascading Style Sheets are contained in a.css file. Collection of related Content Items; for instance, the Category Airplanes may contain the Content Items Biplanes, Fixed wing, and Jets. Within the Content hierarchy, Section is the top level and is a container for Categories. Category is