Joomla 3.0.2: create a menu link to an other menu item

We suppose you have already create a menu item with in an article.
We need to create a menu link to this resource already existent.
The joomla element name for this is the "menu item alias"

So go where we want to create the link, suppose under top menu to link a main menu article...... But for all other needs is the same...

- From the toolbar, click on "New"
- Select the voice System Links ---> Menu Item Alias
- Fill the "Menu item title" field as you want
- Go under "Advanced Options" tab
- Choose from "Menu Item" select combo list the Menu Item(or what other resource) you want to link
- Save and close.


Have fun...

Joomla 3.0.2: change site favicon

Ensure you have a 16x16 pixels image file. If not, resize what you have.
Convert your image in .ico image.
Rename your file to favicon.ico
Put your file under:

<joomla_root_dir>/templates/<your_template_name>/

Here you will have already a file with that name. So you overwrite it.

Now to see your new icon you need to
- reload the page(F5)
- force reloading your page (CTRL-SHIFT-R)
- clear internet tmp files

Have fun...

Joomla 3.0.2: changing font to your site

Go under the root foolder of your website, when you have the folders....:

- administrator
- cache
- cgi-bin
- [.....]
- [.....]
- [.....]
- templates

go under templates ---> "your-current-template-name"

in my case protpostar

go under css

and open template.css file

For example:
find the body field
and edit the font-size value for modify the most relevant points of he site.

You find all other fields here(in this file).

Bye...

Joomla 3.0.2 How to quickly edit current articles template

Really quickly trick....

Edit directly the follow file......

/components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php

Have fun....

Joomla 3.0.2 How to set Global Preferences for Articles

Here is explained how to set global preferences for articles in Joomla 3.0.2.

Go under: 

Content --> Article Manager

Click on the Options button on the toolbar

You see all the global preferences.

Customize and save....


Have fun...

Joomla 3.0.2: Change Footer text - the control panel way

We see how to create a customized text footer module.

After the previous post, where you can see, three different ways to customize the footer editing the files, now we see how to obtain this result by operating on the control panel.
So...
1) go under Extensions ---> Module Manager
2) click on New button and choose, from the propted list, the voice "Customized HTML"
3)Fill the Title, the Position(Footer), and go in the Custom output tab to fill with the text you want in the footer pane.
4) Save and close
5) Select the module, clicking in the checkbox and push the Publish button.

Reload and see...

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Joomla 3.0.2: Customize your Footer - Change the Footer content - The file editing modes

We have differently ways to modify your footer.
We try to explain someone of these.

The first one, the favourite for the Joomla developers, is to modify the language content files.
Starting form the main folder, go under language/it-IT/ subfolders...
it-IT in my case, for you choose your language.
In my case the file to change is the follow:
it-IT.mod_footer.ini
It contains some couples of key/value.
Well, you can change here directly the valueas you prefer.
Remember that if you leaves blank a value(mantaining the key=) the row, or the data correspoinding of will show blank.

The second way we have to modify the footer is to edit directly the php file.
In this first case directly the index.php under main folder.
 
Otherwise, if you have a footer added, as explained in post, you can go under /modules/mod_footer and edit mod_footer.php as you prefer.

In base of your target choose the way you prefer.

Remember always to do a backup before and after you edit.
All the three ways are not permanent.
So at your next Joomla version update, you will loose the data editeds.

Bye...

Joomla 3.0.2: Create a new Footer module

Here the simply steps to add a new footer module to your site, powered with the latest version of Joomla(3.0.2).....

1) Go under Extensions ---> Module Manager
2) Click on "New" to create a New Module
3) Choose Footer from the listed modules
4) A form will show to you.... Fill the Title and the Position fields(for this last choose "Footer" value)
5) The other fields are optional.
6) Click on Save and Close
7) Now search the module you have just created.
8) Select it clicking on the checkbox, and click on the "Publish" button.

Reload your home page and look your new footer module......

P.S.: look for how to customize your footer, by the edit files way
P.P.S.: and also here for customize the footer by joomla control panel

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Joomla 3.0.2 - Defining home page

Joomla does not operates with pages.
We can say that it operates with View.
View on an article(for example).
So you can define the first article you want to display.

Go under Menus --> Main Menu --> Home

and choose what you want to display as first.


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Joomla 3.0.2 - Magic Quotes Gpc Off problem...

Should happen that after unzipped your joomla installing package, pointing on index.php default page, it notified that you have some values not correctly setted.
In this case I have the Magic Quotes Gpc Off as image(italian installation).

 This problem may happen in locale configuration or in remote on your hosting provider.

And it depends on php settings.

To solve this problem I create under installation folder the php.ini file and I paste these two lines:
magic_quotes_gpc = Off
session.save_path = "/tmp"

Reload the joomla current page and you will continue with your setup process....

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Joomla 3 on Debian 6.0.6: install new language package

We have Joomla 3.0.2 over a Debian 6.0.6.
We need to install another language packge.
Steps(Mandatory):
- Ensure you have turned-off the FTP Layer(directly on configuration.php or by web under Global Configuration --> Server --> FTP Layer)
- Ensure you have all needed permissions over the folder you have installed joomla(the necessary are these two path declared into configuration.php: $log_path and $tmp_path
- Upload your zip file with your language package from web by the administration page, under menu Extensions > Extension Manager > Install
- Go into System > Control Panel > Language Manager and select your just uploaded language.
- Remember you have 2 kinds(in the left menu) of settings to do: Site and Administration

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