Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewer -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Installing Joomla! -- Introduction -- Preparing to install -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Setting up your database on a cPanel® host -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- How it works... -- Setting up your database on a GoDaddy.Com® server -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Installation of Joomla! 1.5 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Ensuring permissions are correct -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 2. Working with phpMyAdmin -- Introduction -- Exporting a MySQL database using phpMyAdmin -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Importing a MySQL database using phpMyAdmin -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Working with your database using phpMyAdmin -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Removing a table from your database -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Removing content from a table -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works -- See also -- 3. Templates -- Introduction -- Installing the template using the administrator tool -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Replacing the default administrator template -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Manual installation of a template -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using more than one template on your site -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also.

Determining your templates' module positions -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Replacing a logo in a template -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 4. Editing Content and Menus -- Introduction -- Installing a new editor -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Setting up sections -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Setting up categories -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Article creation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- More Info Section 1 -- Adding new menus -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Assigning an article to our new menu -- Setting up a blog on your Joomla! site -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Adding an extension menu -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 5. Managing Links, Users, and Media -- Introduction -- Managing users -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Disabling user accounts -- Deleting a user -- Changing the group a user resides in -- Setting up a site contact -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Setting a default contact on your website -- How it works... -- Working with media -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Navigating the media manager tree -- Creating a folder -- Deleting an image or a folder -- Managing the login and user experience -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Changing to a third-party login module -- Web Link manager -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Changing lost super admin password -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 6. Managing Modules and Components -- Introduction -- Installing and managing components -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...

Uninstalling a component -- Disabling a component -- Installing from a URL -- Creating menu items for components -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Changing the location of the menu -- Installing, creating, and managing modules -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Deleting modules -- Disabling modules -- Create new modules -- 7. Managing Articles Using the K2 Content Construction Kit -- Introduction -- Installation and introduction of K2 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Configuration of your master category -- Extra options to enhance K2 -- Extra fields and groups -- Working with items AKA articles -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using Tags in K2 -- Working with comments -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Configuring comments -- Moderating content -- Summary -- 8. Installing Third-party Extensions -- Introduction -- Installing and using eXtplorer -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works… -- Using and configuring content uploader extension -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- jomCalendar -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- jomCalendar as a menu item -- Displaying two or more calendars on your site -- Using and configuring CompojoomComment -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Configuring CompojoomComment -- Managing comments -- Summary -- 9. Troubleshooting -- Introduction -- Developing a 'troubleshooting mentality' -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- What's most probable? -- There's more... -- Unable to connect to database -- Inability to reinstall an extension -- All these can be fixed very simply: -- SSH related issues. -- Ownership of files and directories.

FTP troubleshooting -- Summary -- 10. Securing your Joomla! Site -- Introduction -- Setting permissions for your site -- How to do it... -- Setting permissions for directories -- Setting permissions for files -- Patching -- Joomla! core files -- Patching extensions -- Using .htaccess and php.ini -- How to do it... -- Activating .htaccess protection -- There's more... -- Blocking evil bots -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Preventing unauthorized directory browsing -- Adding a universal error page -- Disabling the server "Banner" -- Using php.ini to protect your site -- Settings to protect you in php.ini -- How it works... -- Denying specific IP addresses -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Denying specific IP address(es) -- How it works... -- Summary -- 11. Joomla! 1.6 -- Introduction -- Joomla! 1.6 ACL -- Permissions flow from the top-most level down -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Group level access -- Users and Groups -- Access levels -- Help! I've locked myself out of my 1.6 site! -- Working with new category manager -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Access rules of category manager -- How does this work? -- Extensions -- How to do it... -- Setting publishing start and stop time of module: -- Setting the access level for modules: -- How it works... -- There's more... -- To set a module to show on all menus -- To set a module to show on no pages -- To set a module to show on selected pages -- To set a module to show on all pages, except those selected -- Other new extension manager features -- Extension permissions -- A. Appendix -- Usernames, passwords and database reference sheet -- Turning the legacy mode on or off -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Changing the favorite icon -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works...

Setting up a site in a subfolder -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Questions to ask a prospective host -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Checking and updating your server software -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Index.