Template Gratis

Did you know you can dynamically wrap modules in div tags within your Joomla! templates to make it tableless? For some this is old news, but for new users this could be a dream come true (I know it was for me when I first found out about them). With this knowledge, you can make your template validate XHTML and CSS, and almost WAI 1.0 Priority 1 in a default install of Joomla!

Step 1

I guess the obvious should be said first… make your Joomla! template without any tables. If you need help with this then please visit this page on our site to get a tableless layout to start with. After you find one that fits what you want then insert the modules into your template where you want your text to go.

Step 2

You may have noticed in some example templates that there are numbers after some of the module names (ex. < ?php mosLoadModule ( 'left', -3 ); ?>. This is where the magic happens! Just follow the list below to figure out what fits your needs the best…

In the following article I will try to explain some of the issues I had learning Joomla and I hope this helps all of you beginners out there that love the concept but find it confusing and difficult to manage and configure a Joomla website.

Like they put it, Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.

The first thing you need to do in order to waddle through your first Joomla project is take some time and learn the basics of HTML. I know that it is a pain to have to go through it but even the "not-so-smartest" can learn HTML basics within a few hours if they try hard enough. Nowdays there is alot of video tutorials on YouTube and other similar sites. Anyhow, the next thing is basically grab a cheap hosting plan and a domain name and set it up. I would highly recommend using services like Hostgator and such since they have "Fantastico/Simple Sripts" that comes with their services already. Also one of the easiest control panels to use "cPanel" is also provided by Hostgator.

5 ways to make your Joomla site look more professional than others:

1. Create a new favicon.ico. Yes, the default black Joomla logo is pretty, but people bookmarking your site they need to see a icon that identifies your site rather than Joomla or others using Joomla default icon. If you don't want to design on a 16x16 pixels scale, there are sites that will generate a favicon for you. Then upload it to /template/<your_template_name>/favicon.ico
2. Make sure you backup your database everyday. We recommend the JoomlaPack - AJAX powered backup and restore
3. Don't cut and paste from Microsoft Word. It may be easy but MS Word produces some of the worst HTML ever. Cut and paste into a text editor such as Notepad or PSPAD before adding that content to your site.

First of all. You cannot recover the existing password, but you can reset it to a new password.

The passwords are stored using a one-way MD5 hash which prevents recovering the password.
But you can reset the password by editing the password field in the database.
Set the password to a known value and then you may log-in using that new password.

The password is stored in the MySQL database jos_users table password field. (change this for your table prefix if different)
Use a MySQL utility such as phpMyAdmin or MySQL Query Browser to edit this field.
Open the table, find your admin username, and then select that row for editing.
The password must be hashed, you cannot simply enter text into this field.