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Written by Tim
Saturday, 12 June 2004
Notes on this Joomla installation Sunday April 6 From what I can tell, Joomla somehow prevents certain files/directories bring deleted via FTP. it seems strange to me, but I suppose it's a security thing. So my assumption I could modify templates by just uploading new graphics was way off. So... I've installed another template, JA Purity, which I liked as it looks clean and efficient. The demo page also includes a neat drop down menu, which might be useful. Meanwhile, I'll have to look for a proper guide for modifying templates. A quick Google hasn't found anything, but there are plenty of commercial services who provide a customization service - so maybe it isn't as easy as I thought. Saturday April 5 I've installed a new skin ans set it to the default. This needed some further work - a load of directories need write pemissions changing, which I thought the installation would have taken care of, but hadn't; but that was easily sorted through FTP. I did try installing one other skin, but that failed, saying some image file was missing... maybe it was a 1.5 version, I'm not really concerned about that. But though the skin isn't installed, it's left a load of files behind, and I haven't been able to get rid of them, not even deleting though FTP. No big deal, I'll have a look later. Thursday April 3 Here we go with a first attempt at playing around with Joomla. Installation was easy since I didn't have to do it - beyond clicking a link on my host control panel anyway; five minutes later, it was installed and I logged in as admin, with the password... no, let's not go there. When I've time, further investigation will follow. Joomla! features: Completely database driven site engines News, products or services sections fully editable and manageable Topics sections can be added to by contributing authors Fully customisable layouts including left, center and right menu boxes Browser upload of images to your own library for use anywhere in the site Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting booth for on-the-spot results Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX server, Solaris and AIX Extensive Administration: Change order of objects including news, FAQs, articles etc. Random Newsflash generator Remote author submission module for News, Articles, FAQs and Links Object hierarchy - as many sections, departments, divisions and pages as you want Image library - store all your PNGs, PDFs, DOCs, XLSs, GIFs and JPEGs online for easy use Automatic Path-Finder. Place a picture and let Joomla! fix the link News feed manager. Choose from over 360 news feeds from around the world Archive manager. Put your old articles into cold storage rather than throw them out Email-a-friend and Print-format for every story and article In-line Text editor similar to Word Pad User editable look and feel Polls/Surveys - Now put a different one on each page Custom Page Modules. Download custom page modules to spice up your site Template Manager. Download templates and implement them in seconds Layout preview. See how it looks before going live Banner manager. Make money out of your site
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