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Practical Joomla articles covering core features, site building, administration, templates, extensions, updates, and the tools and techniques used to build and manage Joomla websites.
Caching is one of the ways Joomla can improve website performance by reducing the amount of processing required to deliver content. However, Joomla offers several caching mechanisms, and enabling t...
Joomla extensions allow website owners to add functionality without developing every feature themselves. Components, modules, plugins, and templates can work together to create a flexible website, ...
Installing a Joomla template does not necessarily mean every page on the website has to use exactly the same template configuration. Joomla's Template Styles allow an installed template to have dif...
Search Engine Friendly URLs are one of those Joomla features that can appear simpler than they really are. Enable a setting, remove index.php from the address, and the job seems finish...
When people think about finding content on a Joomla website, the search box is usually the obvious starting point. But visitors discover information in several other ways before they ever type a se...
A Joomla website can look finished while still containing problems that only become obvious once you start using it as a visitor. Before making the site public, a final review can catch navigation ...
When you run into an unfamiliar option in Joomla, it can be tempting to leave the administrator interface and immediately search the web for an explanation. Sometimes that is necessary, but Joomla ...
Uploading an image or document to Joomla takes only a few moments. Managing hundreds or thousands of those files over the life of a website is a different problem and can cause several unexpected c...
Building a Joomla website involves more than creating articles and choosing where they appear. Categories, menu items, templates, modules, access controls, and extensions each perform different job...
Joomla modules give you considerable control over what appears around the main content of a page, but that control depends on two different decisions: where the module can appear and where it shoul...
Most Joomla websites do not need complicated access rules. A public blog, business website, or informational site may make nearly everything available to everyone. However, Joomla also includes a b...
Joomla gives you both categories and tags for organizing content, but that doesn't mean every website needs to use both extensively. Categories usually provide the primary structure for articles. T...