When we talk about content management systems, Joomla! is one of the first names that come to mind. Completely open source (free), Joomla! It can be used by anyone who wants to build powerful websites.
Joomla! It has been used by many famous brands and organizations such as Harvard University, Linux.com, Guggenheim, MTV, and the United Nations Regional Information Center for Western Europe (UNRIC).
Build a website with Joomla! It’s super easy and super fun due to the multitude of templates and extensions available. Whether it’s a social web or a news website, site management or major improvements, you can find all kinds of .
Joomla templates are also available on the internet, so getting started is not a difficult task. However, while using Joomla’s content management system is quite easy to understand, incorporating a custom design without prior development experience can be difficult.
Talking about a high-end CMS and finally making a comparison with WordPress is inevitable. Although WordPress has 120% more downloads, more free themes and plugins than Joomla, it’s not unsafe to say that Joomla! it gives WordPress substantial competition. Here’s a world’s most famous.
This Joomla tutorial will focus on showing how to use Joomla for . From installation to website setup, everything will be covered.
Step 1 – Installation of Joomla
To install Joomla on your shared hosting, all you have to do is a few clicks and enter your website details. The auto-installer allows you to save time and configure Joomla in minutes. Follow these steps to install Joomla:
1- Go to the control panel.
2- Click on Automatic Installer.
3- In the search bar enter Joomla and click on its icon.
4- In the installation wizard, enter your website details and click Install.
5- Allow a few minutes for the CMS to install.
That’s all you need to do. Joomla! it has now been installed and the required database has been created and configured.
To access the Joomla admin panel, add /administrator at the end of the URL (for example, www.mydomain.com/administrator) and paste into the address bar. After entering your username and password, you are done configuring Joomla, you will be taken to the administrator page.
Step 2: Creating a website with Joomla
With Joomla!, you get many options on how to structure your website and how to manage content. In this part of the Joomla! tutorial, you will be guided through the entire process of making content management easy and efficient.
Step 2.1 – Add Items
Let’s start with the basics. From the administration page, click the button Contentshover over the option Articles and click on add new item. A WYSIWYG editor will appear. It can be used to format and add the text to your article. You can also add images or links to your text here.
Once you’ve finished your first article, press the button Save and your article will be published.
Once the article has been created, it will appear in the section latest articles. If you want to link it to the main menu of your website, follow these steps:
1- Click on the tab menus.
2- Mouse over the option main menu and click on Add new menu item.
3- Enter the title of your menu item, for example, my article.
4- Now you must select the type of menu item; since we are talking about articles, click on the link Articles.
5- To make the newly created menu open the newly created article, click on the option Show a single item.
6- Select the article you want to link. Click on Select and go to the article you just created.
7- Press the button Save.
That should be it. Your new article will now be accessible from the main menu on your Joomla!
Step 2.2 – Add Joomla Components
With Joomla!, you have the ability to add special functionality in addition to the standard articles that are part of text, links and images. Complex content creation is accomplished using components.
The component manager has different options through which complex pages can be added to your website. Joomla has quite a few built-in components that make it easy to create different types of pages: contacts, search, smart search, news, web links, etc.
For example, to create a page that includes a news feed from an external site, you would go to Componentsthen select news sources and then click the button New.
In a new window, fill in the required details (name and URL of the news source you want to display) and press the button Save.
Other components (can be found in the same menu) can also be used in a similar way. Setting them up is as easy as a few clicks.
Step 2.3 – Add Joomla Categories
Joomla has categories that allow you to categorize your content. You can create a new content, you can assign a category to it. Having the ability to categorize your content helps keep it structured and systematized. Categories work best when you have different types of content/articles that you want to put on your website. To add a new category, follow these easy steps:
1- From the administration panel, click on the option Contents.
2- Now from Categoriesclick on Add new category.
3- Add the alias, title, description and press save (Note: alias and description are optional).
4- Press the button Save to create your new category
Just like articles, Joomla components can also be categorized. There is a difference between the item and component categories; that is, when you choose the category menu for any component, you are taken to the category manager for the specified component. To add a category, you will have to press the new button that appeared there. Although the path is different, the page with the options to create the new category is exactly similar.
Step 2.4 – Creating Featured Articles
With Joomla, you can create pages that combine content based on similar properties.
The first step is to mark the articles as featured. This is easy to do, like most things with Joomla. Just go to Contents and then click Articles. The list of articles on your website will be displayed here. You will notice that there is a star next to each item on the list. All you have to do to make an article appear is click on the star next to the relevant article. The star should turn yellow, representing your item as outstanding.
To display featured articles on a linked page in the menu, follow these steps:
1- Create a new menu item. go to menuslater main menu.
2- Now click on Add new menu item. (This can also be done with any existing menu).
3- Select the type of menu. Press the button Select to do it.
4- From the menu types, click on the Articles section and then give your selection of Show all featured articles.
5- Enter the title of your menu, Example: Featured articles.
6- Press the Save button.
Step 2.5 – Creating a Contact page:
Receiving feedback from your visitors/customers/prospects is often relevant to website owners. For this purpose, having a contact page is vital. With just a few clicks, Joomla can help you do just that:
1- First you need to create the contact page component. To do so, go to Components and then click contacts. Click the button New.
2- Add the page name and contact details for your form. If you want to add a description, use the tab General information.
3- Once you are done, click the button Save.
To enable this contact form and make it visible, simply add a newly created component in menus. The process is as simple as adding a new item to the menu.
Step 2.6 – Using Ads
The Ads component can be used to manage image or HTML ads. This is how we do this:
1- First of all, we need to create an ad. To do this, go to the ads tab by clicking ComponentsThen in Advertisements and then in Advertisements.
2- Now click on the button New present at the top left.
3- Now you must select a name for your ad. It is recommended to use meaningful and specific names that can be easily organized later.
4- Upload your image and enter optional details like width and height.
5- Once you are done, press the button Save.
6- Now, to display your new banner, you need to publish a new module. Go to the module manager under extensions.
7- Click on the New button.
8- A list of modules will now appear. Click ads.
9- Select a title and position for the module. Once done, press save and you’re done.
As an example, we have added an image ad with kittens to the footer of our Joomla! website.
Step 3 – Install Joomla Extensions
It provides all the extensions you can use. From security and maps to communication and e-commerce, you can find it all there.
Extensions can be installed and managed in Extensions -> Manage. Joomla! It will ask you if you want to enable the Install from Web tab. We recommend enabling this tab as it will allow you to search for and install Joomla! without the need to leave the Joomla! administrator panel.
An alternative, you can install the Joomla! extensions manually:
1- Download the .zip package from the Joomla! extensions directory.
2- Click on the tab Update Package File in the section extensions.
3- Upload the file.
That is all that is needed for the installation.
Here are some must-have extensions for your Joomla! website:
1- It is a handy file manager and it is much more useful and convenient than the default FTP.
2- : Use this plugin to display maps on your website.
3- : With AllVideos, you can embed videos (hosted locally or on any external video hosting sites like YouTube etc.) in your site content.
4- : Widely regarded as the most frequently used Joomla extension, Akeeba Backup takes care of all your backup needs.
Step 4 – Installation of Joomla templates
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