One day, you're happily writing articles on your Joomla site when you suddenly experience an urgent need to link. When linking to an external website, that's no problem. All the WYSIWYG editors for Joomla include an icon for a simple URL link. And, as an old hand at html, you could probably code an href tag in your sleep. Linking becomes more complicated, however, when linking to articles on your own Joomla site.
If an article is linked to a menu or on a page linked to a menu, you might be able to find the URL with only a small amount of inconvenience. But what if the page isn't linked to any menu? What if you don't want to link the page to a menu?
To make my life easier when dealing with this particular issue, I usually install one of two tools on each Joomla site: (1) the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) or (2) for sites where a different editor is used, Linkr.
Want to learn more? Here's a quick video to explain how to do this.
This is an overview of some basic SEO practices for Joomla websites. Some of the topics covered include SEO definition, SEF URLS, tags, sitemaps, bounce rate, seo tools, general seo tips, etc.
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This presentation features real life examples of Joomla! sites, most of which are featured on community.joomla.org in the site showcase area.These site examples illustrate the versatility of Joomla and some of the many ways in which it can be used. Let these sites help fuel your imagination.
On June 23, Joomla User Group - Dallas / Fort Worth had a virtual meeting online to discuss backing up your Joomla! website. Wilma Howell demonstrated backing up and restoring your Joomla website manually versus using the very popular Joomlapack component.
The session recording can be viewed here.
The session chat transcript can be viewed here.
The PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded here.
Many of our members have asked how to install Joomla on their local desktop or laptop. In our April Virtual Meeting, Greg Wyman of EternalInteractive.com presented an overview of why and how you might want to do this and how to install the necessary applications on your local machine. Those present enjoyed the value of Greg's expertise as a web developer and long-time user of Joomla and Mambo.