Can a novice use Joomla to successfully build websites like fantasybaseball101.com or are programming/ web design skill imperative? I am a novice, but created fantasybaseball101.com with Yahoo Site Builder. I want to upgrade, possibly to Joomla, and am trying to get a feel for what resources I need in addition to my basic skills to be successful with Joomla.
Yes, that’s what Joomla is for.
Joomla has good customer service so if you need ‘resources’ to help you, just visit their official message board. I know a great deal about Joomla-I have websites and have gotten paid for my work with Joomla. If you have questions about it, you can always post a question at http://websitehacks.com
i am designing a page that its body having 1 background but a module left and another right… I created it using 1 large div that contains 2 small ones but the background doesnt work perfectly…
Any other ideas how can i divide the body to two modules with the same background?
While it may not be considered "cutting edge" design, you can certainly use tables to design your template layout. Many templates do. In some cases, it may currently be the only way to get the effect you want.
Perhaps the inner divs had their own background, preventing the shared background from showing through?
Otherwise, more specific information about why the background doesn’t work would be helpful.
i want to see something already done with joomla to compare with
http://joomlawards.com/
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=265&t=125196
I am looking for a good CMS and upon research, I have found Joomla. I have a few questions:
How easy is it to use and install for beginners?
Is it possible to use your own designs (upload your own css)?
Is it flexible enough to allow me to edit the pages myself?
Is it as secure as it claims to be?
Thanks for all input.
Hi friend,
I welcome your interest in joomla.I’m a Joomla CMS developer and contributor.It is very easy to install if you carefully follow the installation process, it is just like installing a php script on host machine.
Joomla outputs the web page design on the template system, for developing the template you should have knowledge about local variables in joomla.Don’t worry there are lots of website over internet providing free Joomla Template. You can also get developed Joomla template from some coder from small amount of fee.
Joomla has a flexible architecture and yes you can edit the templates yourself from the admin panel.
Joomla however is compiled with extreme security, but if you are processing the secure transaction over it then you must enable SSL (secure socket layer) on your hosting environment.
If you have any further questions about setting up joomla you can ask me.
Good Luck !
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I currently have around 5 visits a day on average, which in blog terms is cack!
I constantly add content, It is submitted to various search engines and blog sites, yet still very low vistors anyone have any suggestions?
www.joomla-design.co.uk is the site.
The site’s name is a little unusual for a blog site and gives no indication it is a blog site.
I am using joomla as CMS. Simultaneously, I would like to use UFT - 8 Mangal Font . Can some body help on how I can use this font while designing.
In order to use foreign languages you have to place the charset of that page to whatever charset your language requires. If your language is UTF-8. You have to place the following line between the \
<head>
….
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
….
</head>
To change the CHARSET on JOOMLA, I believe you must edit the language files. I most likely certain, that if you open the language file, you can change the charset to utf-8
charset=utf-8
So try finding the langage file and change charset. Make sure your DATABASE has that charset as well!
Good Luck
Hi, there is an annoying Joomla logo on the top tab for my website, is there any way to replace that with my own logo design?
I am presuming that you mean the small icon that apears in the address bar (before the http://……) and also on the tab with a tabbed browser. Also if you add the site to your Bookmarks (Favourites) then this icon is also used.
If this is right, then the answer is "favicon.ico".
Any web site can have an icon associated with it, not just Joomla. All you have to do is create a file called "favicon.ico" and put it in the root folder of your web site. When the file exists, browsers like Firefox will automatically use it.
So, either delete the file "favicon.ico" or edit it. There are plenty of on-line favicon.ico editors, search the internet or use:
http://www.degraeve.com/favicon/
am quite a novice in database driven web design, and i want to try out joomla. i have no knowledge on php or mysql
Well most of the PHP/MySql CMS systems will need you to have some experience with PHP and MySql to be highly effective, but not to just use one. Once installed and running you really don’t need that unless the site errors for some reason.
Since you want to learn why don’t you download it and run it locally. You can easily install your own web server on your computer and then learn locally.
Or download it and install it on your web server in a sub directory and play. learn, design away!
The best way is DIG IN! Joomla is not too hard to learn. The setup is fairly easy and in some cases even automated so just install it and see. You will surprise yourself.
is joomly alone sufficient to create online dictionary or you need javascriprt, php mysql etc…
You have to customize it, may be you can contact a joomla expert at websites like http://oktutorial.com/
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