Two things keep a Joomla site tidy: a well-organized Media Manager for your images and files, and sensible categories for your articles. Here's how to use both. These steps are for Joomla 5 and 6. Part 1: The Media...
Read more →Extensions add features to Joomla: forms, galleries, backups, SEO tools, and more. Joomla has a few types (components, modules, plugins, templates, and languages), but you install and manage them all from the same...
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to Change Your Logo, Colors, and Fonts in WordPress. Most branding changes in Joomla happen in your template style, the saved settings for your template. Here's where to look. These...
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to View and Export Form Submissions in WordPress. Joomla's built-in contact form (from the Contacts component) sends messages by email but doesn't save them in the admin. Most sites use...
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to Restore a WordPress Site From a Backup. Joomla doesn't include a backup and restore tool of its own. Restores are done with a backup extension (for example, Akeeba Backup) or through...
Read more →If several people write for your site, Joomla's workflows let you set up steps, like draft, review, and publish, so nothing goes live before it's checked. Workflows are built into Joomla 5 and 6 but are turned off by...
Read more →Joomla builds each page's HTML from layout files that belong to Joomla's core, its components and modules, and your extensions. If you edit those files directly, the next update overwrites your changes. A template...
Read more →Tags let you group content across categories. An article can be in one category but have many tags. For example, a "Roofing" category article could be tagged "Storm damage" and "Commercial." Tags vs. categories...
Read more →Smart Search is Joomla's built-in site search. It builds an index of your content so visitors can search quickly, with suggestions and filters. 1. Check the plugins Smart Search uses plugins to decide what gets indexed....
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to Add a Redirect in WordPress. When a page moves or is removed, a redirect sends visitors and search engines from the old address to a new one. Joomla 5 and 6 include a Redirects...
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to Update WordPress Safely (Back Up First). Updates fix security holes and bugs, so keeping Joomla current is one of the best things you can do for your site. Here's how to do it without...
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to Change a Page's SEO Title and Meta Description in WordPress. The page title and meta description are what people often see in search results. Joomla has fields for both built in....
Read more →In Joomla, modules are the blocks around your main content: menus, sidebars, footers, banners, contact details, and so on. Three settings decide where a module appears: its position, its menu assignment, and its access...
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to Change Menus and Navigation in WordPress. In Joomla, each link in your navigation is a menu item. Menu items also control what shows on each page, so a little care goes a long way....
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to Add Users and Set Roles in WordPress. Giving each person their own login, with only the access they need, keeps your site safer and makes it easier to see who changed what. How Joomla...
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to Add a Blog Post in WordPress. In Joomla, blog posts and news items are articles. Which category you put them in decides where they show up. Here's how to add one in Joomla 5 or 6. 1....
Read more →Joomla and WordPress are both free, open-source content management systems, and both can run a great business website. We build on both, and Joomla is our main platform. Here's how they compare so you can pick the one...
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to Edit a Page or Post in WordPress (Block Editor). Most of the text on a Joomla site lives in articles. Here's how to change one in Joomla 5 or 6. Note: Some sites use a page builder...
Read more →Using WordPress instead? See How to Add, Resize, and Caption Images in WordPress (with Alt Text). This covers the built-in tools in Joomla 5 and 6: the Media Manager and the article editor (TinyMCE). Before you upload:...
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Launch day feels like the finish line. The site is live, the new pages look great, and everyone moves on to the next thing. But a website isn't a brochure you print once. It runs on software that needs updates, sits on...
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