HIDDEN JOOMLA SECRETSBRIAN TEEMAN NOV
2011

USER MANAGEMENT SLIDE SPONSORKEEP THE
BAD GUYS OUT

USER REGISTRATION SLIDE SPONSORGET MORE
INFORMATION

DEFAULT OPTIONLITTLE DATA GATHERED

USE EXTENSIONSGET MORE DATA BUT
COMPLEX

USER PROFILEPOWERFUL PLUGIN BUILT-IN

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORADD THE
FIELDS YOU WANT

USER APPROVAL SLIDE SPONSORGET RID
OF THOSE SPAMMERS

NEW OPTIONACCOUNT ACTIVATED BY ADMINS

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORDECIDE WHO
GETS ACCOUNTS

ANYONE CAN USE IT SLIDE
SPONSORIF THEY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS

SELECT LANGUAGECUSTOMISE THE STRINGS

TERMS ARE CONFUSINGWHAT ARE COMPONENTS?

BACKEND EXAMPLEUSE THE TERMS YOUR
USERS KNOW

UPGRADE JOOMLAWITH JUST ONE CLICK

WHAT HAPPENED?OH NO! THE EDITS
HAVE ALL GONE

JOOMLA DID IT!LANGUAGE STRINGS WERE
UPDATED

BACK END /administrator/languages/overrides/en-GB.override.ini FRONT END
/languages/overrides/en-GB.override.iniSECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSOROVERRIDE DON’T CHANGE

GREAT CONTENTIT’S MORE THAN JUST
WORDS

TOO MANY WORDSWE READ LESS
TEXT ONLINE

EASIER TO READSPLIT INTO MANY
PAGES

HIDE EXTRA WORDSUSING SLIDES

GROUP CONTENTUSING TABS

ALL IN ONE PLUGINCONTENT PAGEBREAK

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORBREAK UP
LONG CONTENT

TAGGING CONTENT SLIDE SPONSORCONTENT ACROSS
CATEGORIES

NEW MENU LINKLIST SEARCH RESULTS

ENTER THE SEARCHTHIS IS LIKE
A TAG

NOW YOU HAVE ITLINKS TO
CONTENT ACROSS THE SITE

FIND YOUR CONTENTIN NEW AND
IMPROVED WAYS

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORSAVED SEARCH
= TAGS (ALMOST)

COPY FROM WORDUSE YOUR EXISTING
CONTENT

COPY FROM WORDSELECT ALL AND
COPY

LOOKS OKBUT NOT PERFECT

OH NO!WHAT’S ALL THAT?

TRY AGAINSELECT ALL AND COPY

THAT LOOKS BETTERWHAT ABOUT THE
SOURCE?

VALID HTMLNO MS ELEMENTS

WWW.JOOMLACONTENTEDITOR.NETSECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORJCE ENDS
WORD FORMATTING WOES

MENU MAGIC SLIDE SPONSORMENUS SHOULD
MAKE IT EASY

COMPLEX MENUSA USABILITY NIGHTMARE

LOST & CONFUSEDUP - DOWN
- UP - DOWN - UP - DOWN

CATEGORIES MENUAUTOMATIC CATEGORIES MODULE

ARTICLES MENUAUTOMATIC ARTICLES MODULE

AUTOMATIC MENUSUSE THE BUILT IN
MODULES

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORKISS -
CONTENT AWARE MENUS

SITE DESIGN SLIDE SPONSORIT’S NOT
JUST ABOUT THE COLOUR

CAN I HAVE IT IN
REDOR GREEN OR BLUE OR YELLOW

YES YOU CAN!IN RED &
GREEN & BLUE & YELLOW

■ Create a new directory
templates/my_new_template ■ Copy the contents of the original template directory to the my_new_template directory. ■ Go to the administrator/language/en-GB directory and copy en-GB.tpl_old_template.ini to en- GB.tpl_my_new_template.ini ■ Go to the language/en-GB directory and copy language/en-GB/en-GB.tpl_old_template.ini to en- GB.tpl_my_new_template.ini ■ Open the templateDetails.xml file in the my_new_template directory and change ALL references for the original template directory to the new directory my_new_template.THE OLD WAYNOT QUICK OR USER FRIENDLY

THE NEW WAYSELECT STYLE YOU
WANT TO COPY

DUPLICATEAND SET THE STYLE OPTIONS

RINSE AND REPEATASSIGN THE TEMPLATE
STYLES AS NEEDED

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORDUPLICATE DON’T
COPY AND EDIT

ACL FOR DUMMIES SLIDE SPONSORJUST
BECAUSE YOU CAN ....

ACL FOR DUMMIESDOESN’T MEAN YOU
SHOULD!

IF YOU REALLY MUSTTHEN IT
CAN BE CONFUSING

GET ACL MANAGER SLIDE SPONSORVIEW
IT ALL ON ONE SCREEN

WWW.ACLMANAGER.NETSECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORACL MANAGER
FOR JOOMLA

ACL FOR DUMMIESTHERE ARE SOME
EASY OPTIONS

CREATING CONTENTIT’S SO EASY ANYONE
CAN DO IT

USERS ARE STUPIDREDUCE THEIR OPTIONS

CREATE A CATEGORYFOR ALL INCOMING
ARTICLES

CREATE A MENUJUST FOR USERS
WHO CAN SUBMIT

SET THE DEFAULTSO ALL ARTICLES
GO TO INCOMING

LET THEM WRITEYOU DECIDE WHERE
TO PUBLISH IT

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORKISS -
DON’T LET THEM THINK

ADMINISTRATION SLIDE SPONSORWHAT ARE ALL
THOSE OPTIONS?

ADMIN TEMPLATESMORE THAN JUST THE
DEFAULT

CUSTOM LOOKCHOOSE THE COLOUR &
STYLE

CUSTOM MENUCHOOSE THE COMPONENTS TO
SHOW

KISSOVERRIDE A COMPONENT LAYOUT

MANY STYLESDUPLICATE THE TEMPLATE

ASSIGN TO USERSEACH USER CAN
HAVE THEIR OWN

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORONLY SHOW
WHAT YOU NEED TO SEE

PROMOTE YOUR SITE SLIDE SPONSORCONNECT
THE OFFLINE AND ONLINE

NESTED URLSTOO LONG TO PRINT
OR REMEMBER

CREATE YOUR OWNCUSTOM URLS FOR
CAMPAIGNS

SECRET REVEALED SLIDE SPONSORUSE THE
REDIRECT MANAGER

JOOMLA IS HARD SLIDE SPONSORWELL
IT’S HARDER THAN ICE CREAM

THREE EASY STEPSTO LEARNING JOOMLA

HTTP://DOCS.JOOMLA.ORGSTEP 1ONLINE DOCS AND TUTORIALS

HTTP://FORUM.JOOMLA.ORGSTEP 2ASK FELLOW USERS

STEP 3GET YOURSELF A GOOD
BOOK

HTTP://JOOM.LA/JOOMLAEXPLAINED HTTP://COCOATE.COM/JOOMLASECRET REVEALEDRTFM - READ
THE FINE MANUALS

BIGGEST SECRETWHAT COULD IT BE?

OPEN SOURCE MATTERS?WHO PROVIDE LEGAL
AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP?WHO MANAGE THE SITES
& INFRASTRUCTURE

THE CODE?JOOMLA WOULDN’T EXIST WITHOUT
THE CODE

IT’S YOU!YOU ARE JOOMLA’S BIGGEST
SECRET

SECRET REVEALEDIT’S YOU THE WORLDWIDE
JOOMLA! COMMUNITY

HTTP://BRIAN.TEEMAN.NETHTTP://HIDDENJOOMLASECRETS.COM