Saturday 7 November 2009

How to add an image in Joomla

Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
1. Enter your user and password into the logon field.

Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
2. Click either Add new article, or article manager.

Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
3. Click the name of the article you want to add the picture to.


Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
4. In a new tab or window to to http://www.flickr.com and click 'sign in' in the top-right side of the page.

Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
5. Sign in using the log on field. (Username and password on production desk board).


Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
6. Click 'Your Photostream'.


Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
7. Find the photo you want to upload, and click it.



8. Click 'all sizes'.

Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
9. Click 'Medium'.

Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
10. Highlight the text in the URL box (careful not to copy the html by mistake).

Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
11. Click the image tag in the toolbar.

Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
12. Paste the URL you got from Flickr into the 'image url' field.


Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
13. Click the 'appearance' tab and change the alignment to 'Left'. Then click insert at the bottom of the pop-up.


Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
14. Click 'Save'

Joomla tutorial, how to, Joomla, add an image in Joomla, adding images
15. Job done!

Tuesday 3 November 2009

How to change a front-page video

Joomla tutorial, How to Joomla, help Joomla1. Enter your username and password in the log on field


Joomla tutorial, How to Joomla, help Joomla
2. Click on the "Front page manager" tab.



Joomla tutorial, How to Joomla, help Joomla3. Note: Top:Video box only must always be at the top of this list.
Note no. 2: when accessing any article you must click save when you are finished, or that article will be locked to everyone.
Click on the link "Top:Video box only"


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4.Go to the video you want to embed in Youtube and copy the url from the box on the right of the page.


Joomla tutorial, How to Joomla, help Joomla

5. Go back to the Joomla back end site and click the video tab in the toolbar.



Joomla tutorial, How to Joomla, help Joomla6. Paste the URL into the file/URL field in the pop-up window and click OK.



Joomla tutorial, How to Joomla, help Joomla7. Click save.






8. Job done.





How to post an article using Joomla

Joomla tutorial, Joomla, Winol, Winchester, News1. Log in by typing your Joomla username and password into the circled field.


Joomla tutorial, Joomla, Winol, Winchester, News2. Click the circled link which reads "submit an article"


Joomla tutorial, Joomla, Winol, Winchester, News3. Give your article a brief tag and type this in the Title field. Then copy and paste your article into the main field, (or type it straight in)


Joomla tutorial, Joomla, Winol, Winchester, News4. Scroll down the page until you see the options above. Make sure "unpublished" is checked and that it isn't set to publish to front page. Also set the category to features, sport or news.


Joomla tutorial, Joomla, Winol, Winchester, News
5. Scroll back up to the top of the page and click "save"

Joomla tutorial, Joomla, Winol, Winchester, News
6. Job done