What is Joomla and how does it work?
About the Tutorial Joomla is an open source Content Management System (CMS), which is used to build websites and online applications. It is free and extendable which is separated into front- end templates and back-end templates (administrator).
How do I set up a Joomla site?
Access the Joomla admin panel by adding “/administrator” at the end of your URL (e.g., www.mydomainname.com/administrator) Another way to set up Joomla is through manual installation. This method will require you to create a database to serve as storage for the content.
What are compcomponents in Joomla?
Components in Joomla refer to extensions that are responsible for the site’s main elements. They consist of two main categories – administrator and site. The administrator side allows you to modify aspects of the components on the back-end. The site part works to render pages requested by your visitors.
How to create a custom page type in Joomla?
Joomla has quite a few built-in components that make the creation of specialized page types easy: Contacts, search, smart search, news feeds, web links, etc. For example, to make a page that includes a news feed from an external site, you have to go to Components, then select News Feeds, then click on New button.
What is Matomo (Piwik)?
Matomo (Piwik) VS Google Analytics! Matomo is the leading open source web analytics software used on more than one million websites in 200 countries. But when there are also dozens of other free and paid web analytics solutions, why choose Matomo?
How do I install Joomla on C-panel?
Go to C-Panel, look for Fantastico and look under the Content Management section. Check the version of Joomla they have available. You want the 1.5 version at least. If it is a recent version, click “New Installation” (some versions of Fantastico also give you an option to upgrade your installation if you already have one).
How do I add downloads to my Joomla site?
OSDownloads is the easiest way to add downloads to Joomla. OSDownloads gives you a flexible and reliable Joomla downloads directory that you can use to store PDFs. If you have a lot of PDFs and other files, OSDownloads is a good place to start. If you’d like a full guide to OSDownloads, click this link.