JOOMLA 1.5 Administration Lesson 4: Overview
February 28, 2009Lesson 4, in the J! 1.5 admin series, is a brief video overview of the Joomla! administration interface.
Missed the other lessons?
- Lesson One – What is Joomla!?
- Lesson Two – The Community
- Lesson Three – Installation
- Lesson Four – Admin Overview (current page)
I would rather want to see some tutorials on template building.
I;m having a hard time to understand how to add css external stylesheets to the webpages (sorry… articles). E.g. I want a different background-color/image for all my pages.
And what is a good editor to use? The one that comes with joomla spits out deprecated codes (!) font face, use of b and i tags, etc. Nasty!
And what I”m surprised about: Joomla is still totally based on tables (lego-blocks). Even if templates that are offered are tableless… the joomla core is NOT!
You got it: Not a Joomla lover yet
Hey Shan,
You want a different background to the body tag? i.e. the whole site? Or do you want a different background for the article / content area of the site?
My favorite editor to use is JCE. Check it out here: http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/
It’s based on TinyMCE but is much more standards friendly and has a lot of great options.
Joomla core does have some tables but you can change it very easy. It’s called template override. Actually, you could just move the HTML folder from the beez template (which comes with Joomla) over to your template and all your accessibility will be fixed. Try it.
My Joomla 1.5 sites do not have tables in them.
Hi Rick,
Thanks for the response, I just passed by again and was surprised to find your answer. COOL. (is it possible to get an email when a response is added to questions?).
Will certainly try JCE.
OK, Now I need to learn about template overrides and that was a great tip about thee html folder of the beez template. Will check that out as well.
Just bought your template (!) thanks much for the wonderful discount you offered. NAIZ!
And about the question conerning the background… Small site, 6 pages. Each needs a different background. It’s a mystery yet how to get that done with Joomla.
Of course it’s quite easy with xhtml+external or embedded stylesheet…
Another thanks for the tutorials. How often will you post one? (GRIN).
I’m amazed that despite its apparent popularity, there’s such limited information on building Joomla templates. The same documents are being referred to thru’out the Net., all pointing to the docs found on Joomla’s website. There’s so much repetition, and none of them have been helpful.
Your video on converting a template design happens to be the only one that has been of any use, seriously. Otherwise everyone seems to suggest you find a template that has the same/similar design and then you customize it. Utter bull…
Obviously, I’m not a fan of Joomla, yet… I doubt I’m going to be a convert anytime soon.
Regarding site background and other css editing, I go to the template folder and edit the css or index.php directly using notepad++.