In Joomla 1.7, there is a new setting that allows you to specify that a Joomla Administrator must approve all Joomla User registrations.
Joomla: Require Administrator Approval for User Registrations
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Joomla Template Overrides and Layout Override Explained
Joomla template and layout overrides provide a powerful way to modify the look or functionality of a module, component, or menu item type.
Click here to learn how to use these two powerful Joomla layout functions.
How to Upgrade Joomla 1.0 or 1.5 to 1.7
If you are thinking of upgrading Joomla 1.0 or Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 1.7, it’s a long and winding road, but if you have the necessary skills, it’s not too bad of a journey, thanks to the great upgrade tools.
Click here to find out how to upgrade to Joomla 1.7.
How to create an image popup using JCE Media Box
JCE 2.0 makes is very easy to add an image popup to a Joomla article.
Click here to find out how to create popup images using JCE Media Box.
Use Joomla’s Save as Copy Feature to Quickly Build Your Site
Joomla’s new Save as Copy feature (starting with version 1.6) is a great time saver. Before Save as Copy, in order to copy an article, menu item, or module, you had to first create one of these items, save and close it, use the copy function, and the copied article. Now, with Save as Copy, you can create a new article, click Save, and then click Save as Copy to create another and another and another until you have all your articles and menu items built. This is a very fast way to get a site up and running.
Click here to find out how to use Joomla’s Save as Copy feature.
Export JCE Editor User Profiles
If you build a lot of Joomla websites, configuring the JCE Editor default profile can take a lot of time and requires that you remember all the settings. If you want to have consistant JCE profile settings across many sites, then it’s best to configure one JCE Editor profile the way you want it and then import it to the other sites.
Find out how to use JCE Editor Profiles and several Joomla Websites.
Forgot Joomla Admin Password
If you’re a Joomla Administrator and you forget your password, there is a way to recover it. Click here to find out how to use phpMyAdmin to reset your Joomla admin password.
How to Manually Sort Category or Featured Articles in Joomla 1.7
In Joomla 1.7, the feature that allows you to manually sort Category or Featured articles is cleverly hidden.
Click here to find out how to manually sort Category or Featured articles in Joomla 1.7.
Where is the Trash in Joomla 1.6 / 1.7?
The trash has been cleverly hidden in Joomla 1.6 / 1.7.
Unless you have time to figure out this puzzle, click here to find Trash in Joomla 1.6.
Joomla Article Title in Read More Links: How to Turn On/Off, Truncate, Customize
In Joomla 1.6 or higher, you can add the article title to the read more link, you can specify the number of article title characters to display in the read more link, and you can create a custom read more link for each Joomla Article.
- Find out how to turn on article titles in Joomla.
- How to limit / truncate Read More article titles in Joomla
- How to create custom Joomla Read More text for each article