There is a need to customize the appearance and functionality of joomla. Often there is a need to change the display template of a particular page of the site or adjust the output of the module to the desired position, all this can be done in the admin panel. It was decided to consider working in the Joomla 1.7 admin panel, since version 1.5 is too old. Version 1.7 has differences, though not big, but they are. For those who begin their acquaintance with CMS joomla, it is advisable to start with the current 1.7 branch. or even 2.5., although I wouldn’t recommend rushing, there are more components for established versions, besides, you can upgrade from version 1.7 to 2.5 simply from the admin panel, as is done, for example, in wordpress.
To begin with, I want to highlight the state of affairs at the moment. Attendance of my blog still leaves much to be desired, my blog has not yet become familiar to search engines. At this stage, I am completely and completely immersed in writing new articles, since there are still a lot of ideas, it’s too early to think about promotion, because the core has not been formed, some backbone of articles is needed that is in demand by the public and deserves the attention of search engines. To date, for promotion, an attempt was made to register the site in various ratings and on some forums in order to get back, open links from my profiles on these forums.
A brief summary of what was discussed in previous editions:
The difference between joomla 1.7 and joomla 1.5
The Joomla 1.5 branch has existed for a long time, it has a number of serious shortcomings that I personally encountered, these shortcomings in the functionality and internal structure of joomla 1.5. partially closed by third-party extensions and hacks, which is generally not correct. Joomla 1.5 has two serious drawbacks, in my opinion: 1) The problem with access rights, there is no way to create groups and assign rights to a group. Joomla 1.5 has a set of standard rights: super administrator, administrator, manager, editor, registered user. The administrator can assign certain rights to each user, for example, if the user only needs to edit articles, then you need to assign editor rights to him. And if you want some users to be able to edit articles only from a certain category? joomla 1.5 does not allow you to do this, either all or nothing. 2) No nested categories. The problem is acute on the site where you need to decompose articles into many categories, and you need the categories to be nested. In joomla 1.5, you can create a section/category/article structure, it is not possible to add another category.The main innovations of joomla 1.7
- Joomla 1.7 implements the ability to update the system directly from the admin panel, you no longer need to manually copy the files of the new version and change the tables in the database, everything happens automatically.
- Extended possibilities of mass mailing of letters to users. Now letters can be sent to groups. You can exclude non-activated users from the mailing list, etc.
- Group change of properties of materials and menu items. Group movement and group assignment of access rights.
- The LoadModule plugin has been improved, now it is possible to display in the material not only the position (user1, user2....) to which the module is attached, but also the module itself directly without being tied to the position.
Comment: Loads modules published in a specific position in the text of the material ( syntax: (loadposition user1)) or a separate module by name (syntax: (loadmodule mod_login)). Additionally, you can set the display style and an arbitrary module title (if loadmodule is used).
How to log into the admin panel (admin panel) joomla
Well, let's get started. To get into the joomla admin panel, you need to type _http://site.ru/administrator in the browser line, and then enter the login and password from the joomla admin panel.
enter your username and password in the form that opens and go to the admin panel. This is how the joomla 1.7 menu looks like.
A little lower, some items of the main menu are duplicated graphically
Joomla user profile
You can access your profile through the admin panel ( site->my profile)
Here you can change Username, Login, password, E-mail.
You can also choose individual settings for the administrative panel: 1) Control panel template. 2) Control panel language. 3) Site language. 4) Material editor.
After the new profile settings are specified, save them using one of the buttons. "Save" - saves the changes, "Save and close" - save and go to the admin panel, "Close" - just close the profile editor without saving.
General Joomla Settings 1.7
You can enter the page with general joomla settings by selecting the menu item in the admin panel
site->general settings. On the "site" tab, you can set the name of the site, the default content editor. Here you can also define the main parameters of the CNC (human-understandable urls) and settings for the meta-data of the pages.
In the upper left group of settings, you can: 1) set the name of the site. 2) turn off the site - after that the site will be unavailable, a message will be displayed, which can also be determined. 3) default material editor. 4) Default access level - access level for created menu items and materials.
below are the CNC settings (human-readable links), these settings are of great importance to the user and search engines. If you are working with a site on a local computer, then you can not use the CNC (disable SEF and URL redirection), and if the site is hosted, it is better to enable SEF and URL redirection..php?.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid= 102.
After enabling SEF, the links look like this: _http://website/index.php/component/users/?.php/test. Agree, the links already look nicer and you can even understand what's what, and search engines love short links, in addition, there is meaningful information in CNC links that can be used to promote the resource. Links look nicer, but they have an extra element (index.php), you can remove it if you enable URL redirection. In addition, you need to find the htaccess.txt file in the root of the site and rename it to ..ru/index.php/component/..html
These are the main joomla CNC settings and they refer to standard joomla tools (materials, contacts, etc.), if third-party extensions need CNC, you should use SEO components like sh404sef or artioSEF.
The settings group located below allows you to set description and keywords meta tags for the site, these meta tags are used to promote the resource
for example, in the settings of the description field, I entered the following: "Website about Joomla 1.7", and in the keywords: "Jumla, joomla", as a result, in the HTML code of the page you can see the following
On the "system" tab, you can see a number of settings related to the security system, setting the path to the joomla log folder and the help server. If you installed Joomla, then the path to the logs directory is correct, and if , then you need to specify the path to the logs folder on the new hosting. 
in this group of settings, you can enable system debugging. When debugging is enabled, debugging information will appear at the end of the site page: errors, how much memory the scripts take, how many database queries, how long the page takes, etc., very useful information for developers. Caching is also a useful thing, it should be turned on when work on the site has reached its final stage, otherwise you will have to clear the cache after each change in the template or resource content. The caching time should be chosen based on the frequency of updating articles. The caching time should significantly increase the site loading speed on Joomla, since the pages are taken from the cache and are not formed from a new one. Set the lifetime of sessions to be longer, by default it is 15 minutes and it is very annoying, I was distracted for 15 minutes and you need to enter the password for the admin panel again, I set it to 1200 minutes to be sure). 
go to the next tab with settings, the tab is called "server". Here you can specify the path to the temporary files directory in the "server settings" group, just as in the case of the paths to the logs folder, if you transferred the site, you will need to change the path to the folder with temporary files to the one that corresponds to the new hosting. Gzip page compression is another way to increase the speed of your site on joomla, if your server supports Gzip compression, enable it in the settings and you will be happy in the form of an increase in page loading speed. 
Here are the database settings. If you see a page with these settings, then the database access is correct), otherwise you need to find the configuration.php file in the root of the site and configure access in the database through this file. 
database access settings are in configuration.php on line 12-17
The next group of settings relate to sending mail to joomla. the simplest and does not require additional gestures, you only need to specify the e-mail and the name of the sender. The remaining two methods, SMTP and sendmail, are more difficult to configure. I will consider more details on joomla in a separate article. Often when sending mail to joomla there are problems on some hosting, how these problems are solved can be found here () 
The next tab contains permission settings. Information on how to work with rights, as well as work with materials, menus, components and everything else that is not covered in this article, will be given in the following posts. On this I want to say goodbye, thank you for your attention, until we meet again on the pages of my blog. And finally, by tradition, I suggest you watch a video on the topic of automatic updating of joomla 1.7 with the help of special. component.
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Here we will talk about the basic settings of a website based on Joomla!. Even though Joomla! is installed with configuration parameters already configured by default, it is very important to understand their purpose well and be able to configure them depending on the requirements for a particular site.
Basic steps. Setting up a new Joomla!
The following sections describe some of the basic configuration options to help you get started creating your new site. However, this section is by no means a comprehensive overview of all the settings that Joomla! offers access to. As you continue to get to know and work with Joomla!, you will use a lot of configuration options and over time you will start to make both small and quite large changes yourself.
In the previous section, at the end of the installation process, we suggested that you click either the Site button or the Administrator button to log into your new Joomla! website. If you have opened the client part (front end) of the site, then on your Joomla! the site looks exactly the same as other users of the Web see it. One of the most important and powerful features of Joomla! is a template system.
Templates define the look and feel of a website without affecting its basic functionality in any way. We will discuss both versions, Joomla! 2.5 and Joomla! 3, and the most important differences between them will be associated precisely with patterns. In some cases, we will use examples from both versions, but most of the illustrations in the following chapters are from the Joomla! 3. Remember that in most situations the only difference between Joomla! 2.5 and Joomla! 3 will be the color of the icons, not the behavior or location of the objects (although the location of controls on the screen may vary slightly).
Administrative control panel for Joomla!
If you haven't already done so, log in to your website's admin area by going to www.your_domain_name.com/administrator and entering the username and password you created during the site configuration step of the setup process. After you go to the admin panel, you can also open the client side of the site.
By opening the administrative area of your site (back end), you get to the Control Panel (Control Panel). It is also called the administrative panel, administrative screen and other names, the correct name of this page in the Site menu is still "Control Panel". In the control panel, you can find links to some of the most commonly used administrative settings. In Joomla! 3 they are presented as lists, and in Joomla! 2.5 - in the form of icons in the center of the page. Other administrative functions are accessed via the drop-down menus at the top of the screen. In what follows, we will refer to items through their location in the top menu, rather than through links or icons.
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Superuser setup
The first step in setting up your new website is to harden the security of the administrator account and set up user accounts. We will be working in the User Manager, which can be opened from the top menu Users (Users) of the control panel. When you open the User Manager, you will see a list of all users currently registered on the site.
Since we are dealing with a newly created site, there will be only one username in the list, which you defined along with the corresponding password during the Joomla! installation process. It will also be named Super User. You can replace this name with your real name; in addition, if you have set an insecure password (for example, your last name or password), then there is an opportunity to change it.
You absolutely do not want other people to be able to easily guess your password and access the site. To edit a user's settings, click on the user's name in the Name column. The Edit Profile (User Edit) window opens. You will see several text fields for data entry, tabs and radio buttons:
- Username (Name)
- Login (Username), Email
- Password (New Password)
- Password repeat (Verify Password)
- Assigned user groups (Group)
- Block User
- Receive System E-mails
- Registration Date
- Last Visit Date
- Control Panel Language (Back-end Language)
- Site language (Front-end Language)
- Editor (User Editor)
- Help Site
- Time Zone
- if the user is linked to a contact person, Contact Information.
The User Manager illustrates some of the differences between Joomla! 2.5 and Joomla! 3, which can also be found on other control panel screens. For example, the toolbar at the top of the manager screen in Joomla! 3 is a row of buttons with labels and small icons, whereas in Joomla! 2.5 are large icons with captions in small print. In addition, in Joomla! 2.5 filters are arranged horizontally, while in Joomla! 3 - in a column on the left side of the screen. There are no differences in functionality, only the location of the controls on the screen differs.
For now, you only need to make a few changes to the basic configuration. First, change the admin username if you haven't chosen a suitable one yet, or if you used admin during the installation process. The name should be relevant to your site - in case you plan to sign articles with the name of the administrator, information about which, along with the name of the author, will be displayed on the main page of the website. Also, you should probably change the username (login) that you specify to enter the site. Choose a username that cannot be easily guessed.
In addition, you can now change the password, but this is an optional step if you created a strong password during the installation process. If you do decide to change your password, be sure to write it down and keep it in a safe place. The only thing left to configure is the time zone for the administrator account. Also note that this account is a member of the Super Users group, which means it has full control over the site and all of its settings. When finished, click the Save button on the left side of the toolbar. After that, you will return to the main screen of the Password Manager again
Basic general configuration parameters
So, you have edited the superuser account, making it even more secure and secure. Now you can move on to the next step of configuring the website, which is to set some options on the Global Configuration page. In Joomla! 3 The link to this page is in the System menu at the top of the screen, to the left of the Users link. In Joomla! 2.5 select item General settings(Global Configuration) in the Site menu in the upper left corner of the screen. Page General Settings (Global Configuration) consists of five sections (tabs):
- Site settings. This is where the public-level website settings are located, that is, those that affect what users see when they open your site in a browser. For example, this section contains a site status switcher (website on or off), a default editor selection menu for all users, and fields for entering metadata. There are also settings for optimizing the work of the search engine (search engine optimization, SEO): for example, you can specify convenient URLs.
- System settings. These are the configuration parameters that determine the operation of the Joomla! CMS system. These include certain access rights and how the system handles certain data.
- Server settings. These are the configuration parameters that determine the compatibility of Joomla! with your server.
- Rights. Here you can allow certain groups of users to perform certain actions on your website.
- Text filters. Here you can define what type of text is allowed to be stored on your site by different groups of users. It's not just words, it's actual content: the settings on this tab keep your site secure by preventing users from placing malware and other destructive content on your web pages.
How to get into the control panel of the Joomla site! v. 3.x
Usually this elementary question arises from users who are just starting their acquaintance with cms Joomla! Or: after a long break in working with the site, it is quite possible to “forget” the path to the Joomla admin panel.
The time since the creation of the first versions of Joomla! a lot has passed. But the entrance to the admin panel has not changed much. Everything is simple: in the address bar of the browser, add the word administrator to the address of your site through a slash to get:
https://your_site.ru/administrator
By clicking on the “Go to the next page” button in the browser (or Enter on the keyboard), we will move to the authorization page of the administrative control panel with the form:
It is clear that you need to enter your Login, Password, Language in the text fields (if the default language is not obvious, you usually do not need to select the language) and then click the "Login" button.
It is assumed that you have a Login and a Password (assigned during installation of the CMS) or they were provided to you by your webmaster (who made your site). If the password is lost: try to recover it (usually helps).
Important: It is strongly undesirable to enter the password / login from the keyboard! It is worth keeping them in a text document (dash *.txt - Windows Notepad) and entering them into the text fields of the form with simple keyboard commands: Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V (copy-paste).
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It is useful to periodically change the password to a new one (random password generation) with a length of 15 characters (albeit such a length is paranoid, but more reliable).
Actually - you are in the Site Control Panel. Depending on the User Group assigned to your account by the webmaster and the rights corresponding to the group, the Admin Panel page will have a different look. The Super Administrator has the maximum possibilities.
If the Control Panel is inactive for a long time (i.e. opened and quit smoking), then after a while you will have to log in again. The time of "inactive" stay in the admin panel of the site is assigned by the Administrator.
The only fundamental feature of entering the Control Panel is the function:
General Settings -> Session Settings -> General Sessions
When this function is enabled, the User's session is simultaneously used in the Control Panel and in the web interface of the site. This is handy in early versions of Joomla! I had to go through authorization twice: in the Control Panel and on the Site.
And so, what kind of beast is this - the Joomla admin panel? In the professional circle of webmasters, the admin panel or site control panel is called in this way. And the speech in this lesson, as you might have guessed, will be about her. I will introduce you to all the most important sections of the Joomla 2.5 admin area.
How to login to the admin panel?
To enter the administrative part, you need to enter in the address bar of the browser "localhost", and then, after the name of the site, write administrator. In my case it looks like this: http://localhost/test/administrator. Fill in the required fields to enter and get into the admin panel.
Joomla 2.5 admin
The Joomla admin panel consists of seven menu items, which in turn are divided into sub-items.
- Control Panel. Here are the main control icons that serve for quick and easy access to the site settings. They seem to duplicate the most important menu items.
- My profile. If necessary, you can change the administrator profile data in this section.
- General settings. All necessary site settings are displayed here (name, availability, default editor, etc.). We will return to this section in subsequent lessons when we make the first settings.
- Service. The sub-item in which maintenance is carried out, namely the removal of locks, the removal or cleaning of the obsolete cache.
- Information about the system. Detailed information about the Joomla system is displayed here.
- Log off. Everything is simple here, the last sub-item is used to exit the Joomla admin panel.
2 Menu item - Users
3 Menu item - Menu
The menu manager is used to manage all the menus on the site.
4 Menu item - Materials
- Material Manager- a sub-item in which all work with the materials of the site is carried out.
- Category manager- sub-item for managing categories of materials.
- Selected materials- here you can put the most necessary materials for easier access to them.
- Media manager - serves to easily upload various information to the site, such as: pictures, audio, video, etc.
5 Menu item - Components
6 Menu item - Extensions
What are the extensions, also read in the article from paragraph 5.
- Extension manager. The most important sub-item. It serves to search, download and remove various components.
- Module manager. Modules on the site are managed in the module manager.
- Plugin manager. In the plugin manager section, as you probably guessed, we will configure and edit all the necessary plugins.
- Template manager. Using the template manager, you can easily change the design of the site beyond recognition.
- Language manager. The sub-item is used to manage languages on the site.
7 Menu item - Help
1 Menu item - Website
Today in the lesson we got acquainted with the main sections of the Joomla 2.5 admin panel (admin panel), but as they say: "This is just the tip of the Iceberg." In the future, we will dive deeper and deeper into the "cold waters" of Joomla, in order to study in the most detailed way not only the administrative part, but also other hidden secrets of site building.
If you have any questions, then ask them in the comments to the article, I will try to answer you.
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