Lesson -8 Add Youtube video in Joomla

Add Youtube video in Joomla

If we want to embed youtube video in joomla then we can do it very easily. Following are the steps to embed youtube video in joomla:-

First of all go to the administrator and open the global configuration

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Now go to the Text Filters and make sure that Supers users must be No Filtering. It will show that there is no filter criteria for iframe, frame etc.

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Lesson 7 - Add blogs in Joomla

Add Blog in Joomla

Blogging is the hottest topic these days. Joomla also provides facility to add blogs in website. In joomla blog is the place to show multiple articles in single page.

Following are the steps to add blogs and blogs pages:-

Go to the category manager->create new category and give it name Blog

(name can be anything)

 

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Then Go to the main menu->add new menu item->select menu type Category Blog

 

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Lesson 6 -Module Manager in Joomla

Module Manager in Joomla

When we need to add some module in our web page like menu, banner, image etc. at particular position then we use module manager. To understand the module manager first of all I discussed position in joomla.

Position defines where we should add particular module in the website. If you want to see the current content position then follows the following steps:-

Go to the template manager->Select the Template->Click on button options

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Then set preview module position Enabled and save it

Lesson 5 -Template Manager in Joomla

Template Manager in Joomla

In joomla when we need to customize the template, then we use Template Manager.

We can open the template manager by selecting the Template Manager option from control panel

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Here it is showing some already downloaded template. These templates added at the time of joomla installation. In the left side it showing star which represents that currently which template is running.

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Lesson 4 - Menu Manager in Joomla

Menu Manager in Joomla

Using menu manager we can edit the main menu and we can also add new menu. In this article I am describing how to edit main menu and add menu item in it.

Following are the steps:-

Select the menu manager from control panel

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Here it is showing the main menu. Click on the main menu it will show its menu item

Lesson 3 - Article Manager in Joomla

Article Manager in Joomla

Article in joomla is web pages where we show our content. Following are the steps to create joomla article:-

Select article manager from control panel

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These are some article showing in the list which is already created.

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Click on the add button which is showing on the top at left.

Then add page title, its category and content. You can also add metadata information for the SEO perspective. After that click on save button and close it.

Lesson 2 - Category Manager in Joomla

Category in Joomla

In joomla categories behaves like a folder. As we create a folder and save our files and another folder in it. Similarly we create category in joomla which contains web page(article) and sub categories too.

To work with category we have to work with the category manager which provides facility to add, edit and delete the category.

Steps to create the category in joomla

     

      1.    Open the administrator and login it.

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     2.       Click on the Category Manager. We can also select category manager from the menu Content

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Lesson -1 Introduction and Installation of Joomla

Joomla Introduction and Installation

Joomla is an open source Content Management System(CMS). Joomla is written in PHP and Is compatible with MySQL and MS SQL Server.

Installation of Joomla on WAMP Server on Localhost

I divided the installation of joomla in following steps. This tutorial is helpful to install joomla on WAMP Server on localhost:-

Step 1:-

Download the code for joomla by clicking on the following link:-

http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5428-joomla-256-released.html

After downloading extract the files

Step 2:-

Then go to the C->WAMP->www and create a folder and give it name joomla( this name can be anything)

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Step 3:-

Then open the folder where you extract your joomla code and paste it in this folder (which you created in www folder)

Step 4:-

Now start the wamp server and open the phpmyadmin and create the database where joomla stored the data. I am creating the database and give it name TechAltum

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