Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook电子书

Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook

Table of Contents

Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Installing Joomla!

Introduction

Preparing to install

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Setting up your database on a cPanel® host

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

How it works...

Setting up your database on a GoDaddy.Com® server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installation of Joomla! 1.5

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Ensuring permissions are correct

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

2. Working with phpMyAdmin

Introduction

Exporting a MySQL database using phpMyAdmin

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Importing a MySQL database using phpMyAdmin

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Working with your database using phpMyAdmin

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Removing a table from your database

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Removing content from a table

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works

See also

3. Templates

Introduction

Installing the template using the administrator tool

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Replacing the default administrator template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

Manual installation of a template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Using more than one template on your site

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Determining your templates' module positions

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Replacing a logo in a template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

4. Editing Content and Menus

Introduction

Installing a new editor

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Setting up sections

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Setting up categories

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Article creation

Getting ready

How to do it...

More Info Section 1

Adding new menus

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Assigning an article to our new menu

Setting up a blog on your Joomla! site

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding an extension menu

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

5. Managing Links, Users, and Media

Introduction

Managing users

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Disabling user accounts

Deleting a user

Changing the group a user resides in

Setting up a site contact

Getting ready

How to do it...

Setting a default contact on your website

How it works...

Working with media

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Navigating the media manager tree

Creating a folder

Deleting an image or a folder

Managing the login and user experience

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Changing to a third-party login module

Web Link manager

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Changing lost super admin password

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

6. Managing Modules and Components

Introduction

Installing and managing components

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Uninstalling a component

Disabling a component

Installing from a URL

Creating menu items for components

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Changing the location of the menu

Installing, creating, and managing modules

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Deleting modules

Disabling modules

Create new modules

7. Managing Articles Using the K2 Content Construction Kit

Introduction

Installation and introduction of K2

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuration of your master category

Extra options to enhance K2

Extra fields and groups

Working with items AKA articles

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using Tags in K2

Working with comments

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring comments

Moderating content

Summary

8. Installing Third-party Extensions

Introduction

Installing and using eXtplorer

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works…

Using and configuring content uploader extension

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

jomCalendar

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

jomCalendar as a menu item

Displaying two or more calendars on your site

Using and configuring CompojoomComment

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring CompojoomComment

Managing comments

Summary

9. Troubleshooting

Introduction

Developing a 'troubleshooting mentality'

How to do it...

How it works...

What's most probable?

There's more...

Unable to connect to database

Inability to reinstall an extension

All these can be fixed very simply:

SSH related issues.

Ownership of files and directories

FTP troubleshooting

Summary

10. Securing your Joomla! Site

Introduction

Setting permissions for your site

How to do it...

Setting permissions for directories

Setting permissions for files

Patching

Joomla! core files

Patching extensions

Using .htaccess and php.ini

How to do it...

Activating .htaccess protection

There's more...

Blocking evil bots

How to do it...

How it works...

Preventing unauthorized directory browsing

Adding a universal error page

Disabling the server "Banner"

Using php.ini to protect your site

Settings to protect you in php.ini

How it works...

Denying specific IP addresses

Getting ready

How to do it...

Denying specific IP address(es)

How it works...

Summary

11. Joomla! 1.6

Introduction

Joomla! 1.6 ACL

Permissions flow from the top-most level down

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Group level access

Users and Groups

Access levels

Help! I've locked myself out of my 1.6 site!

Working with new category manager

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Access rules of category manager

How does this work?

Extensions

How to do it...

Setting publishing start and stop time of module:

Setting the access level for modules:

How it works...

There's more...

To set a module to show on all menus

To set a module to show on no pages

To set a module to show on selected pages

To set a module to show on all pages, except those selected

Other new extension manager features

Extension permissions

A. Appendix

Usernames, passwords and database reference sheet

Turning the legacy mode on or off

How to do it...

How it works...

Changing the favorite icon

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Setting up a site in a subfolder

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Questions to ask a prospective host

How to do it...

How it works...

Checking and updating your server software

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Index