Thursday, February 03, 2011

How To Move Joomla To Another Directory


When you install joomla in test/sub folders/directory and after completion of test you want to move Joomla to the root folder of their hosting accounts.

We wanna change http://www.yourdomainname.com/test to http://www.yourdomainname.com
This change consists of the following steps:

         Step-01: Move all of the files and folders from your Joomla folder to the new directory. Suppose from public_html/test to public_html

         Step-02: Reconfigure your application. You should edit your configuration.php file and make the following changes in it:

                Change: var $log_path = '/home/user/public_html/test/logs';
                To: var $log_path = '/home/user/public_html/logs';

                Change: var $tmp_path = '/home/user/public_html/test/tmp';
                To: var $tmp_path = '/home/user/public_html/tmp';

                Change: var $ftp_root = '/public_html/test';
                To: var $ftp_root = '/public_html';

                Change: var $live_site = 'http://www.yourdomain.com/test';
                To: var $live_site = 'http://www.yourdomain.com';

         Step-03: Remove the content of your cache folder (public_html/cache)

Now reload your website.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

How To Install Joomla Extensions


By adding joomla extensions, provide you more functionality of your website. There are many Joomla Extensions such as components, modules, plugins etc. I show you step by step how to install joomla extensions. Suppose we want to install a plugin. For that step is shown in below..
          Step-01: Download the complete plugins.
          Step-02: Now login to your joomla admin panel.
          Step-03: Go to Extensions > Install/Uninstall.
          Step-04: In the Upload Package File box click Browse and select the location of downloaded joomla plugin.
          Step-05: Click Upload File & Install to upload the file and complete the installation.

How To Change "Welcome to the frontpage"


The default page title in Joomla is “Welcome to the Frontpage”. To change this title…
              Step-01: Login to your joomla admin panel.
              Step-02: Menus > Main Menu > Home > Parameters(System)> Page Title. You can change Page title or  change Show Page Title to No.
              Step-03: Click the save button and preview your website.

How To Change Joomla Administrator Password


Joomla CMS provide you many advantage and security too. Such as change joomla administrator password. For  change your joomla administrator password ..
       Step-01: Go to Site then User Manager. Check  the Administrator Username  box and click the Edit button.
       Step-02: Here you should type the new administrator password in the New Password and Verify Password box  and click on Save button.
      Step-03: Now you can use new password to login into joomla admin panel.

How To Add Google Adsense Code Inside Joomla Articles


The Joomla content management system gives us good platform to create a nice webpage without any coding and Google Adsense gives us way to earn money. If you want to place Google Adsense code inside your joomla article adsense plugin is best for adding google ads any side inside article.
       Step-01: First you need a google adsense account.

       Step-02: Login to your joomla admin panel and click on Global configuration.

       Step-03: In Global Configuration, change Default WYSIWYG Editor to Editor-No Editor

       Step-04: click Save button.

      Step-05: Click on Content then click on Article Manager. Now select your article that you want to add/place google adsense code.

      Step-06: Open your  selected article. Now click on Edit HTML. Here place the google adsense code  where you want. And save, now click on Preview to see your website. If  adsense code does not place appropriately  then see the location and again go Edit HTML page place the code and save.