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Manual Index

Index of Articles

Getting Started

Introduction to Joomla!
Joomla Core Features
Hosting Setup
Installing Joomla
Logging in to Joomla
Articles and categories
Adding an Article
Adding a Category
Adding a Menu Item
Adding a Module
Keyboard Shortcuts

Articles

Article Categories
Adding a New Article
Version History
Deleting an Article
Featured Articles
How to Archive an Article
Article Headings
Adding an image to an article
Article Links
Add menu link in an article
Read More Links
Article Lists
Article Pagination
Article Tables
Article Metadata

Articles - Access

Check-out and Check-in
Article Preview
Scheduling Publication
Restrict Access to an Article
Restrict Access to "Read more"

Banners

Banners

Command Line Interface

Using the CLI
Joomla CLI Installation

Configuration

System Setup
Global Configuration
Site Offline
Gmail as a mail server?
How to debug SMTP mail
Preconfigured htaccess
Robots.txt file
Adding www to a url
Image hotlink prevention
How to block directory listing
Password protect directories

Contacts

Contacts
Category List Override

Dashboards

Home Dashboard
Content Dashboard
Menu Dashboard
Components Dashboard
Users Dashboard
System Dashboard
Help Dashboard

Editors

Content Editors
HTML Filters

Extensions

Installing an extension
The Joomla Extensions Directory
Vulnerable Extensions

Fields

Fields and Field Groups
Field Parameters
Calendar Field
Checkboxes Field
Colour Field
Editor Field
Integer Field
List Field
List of Images Field
Media Field
Radio Field
SQL Field
Text Field
Textarea Field
Url Field
User Field
Usergroup Field
Subform Field
Multilingual Sites
Template Overrides

Help

Guided Tours
Administrator Help

Hosting

Free Hosting
cPanel Hosting
Local Hosting on Windows
Local Hosting with XAMPP
Local Hosting on Linux
Installing Joomla on Debian Linux
FreeBSD Installation
Installing Joomla! using BitNami Joomla! stack
Installing Joomla on a Raspberry Pi
Installing Joomla using an Auto Installer
Moving Installation Directory

Hosting Notes

How do UNIX file permissions work?
How do Windows file permissions work?
Multiple Domains and Web Sites in a single Joomla! installation
What is the difference between a Sub-Domain, Parked Domain and an Add-On Domain?
Nginx
Apache PHP Handlers
Optional Technical Requirements

Languages

Setup a Multilingual Site
Multilingual Associations
Language Overrides
Debugging a Translation

Media

Managing Media
Upload Delete Rename
Image Crop Resize Rotate
Media: Options
Uploading SVG files

Menus

Adding a New Menu
Menu Items
Menu Item Types
Menu Item Order
Submenus
Menu Positions
Auto redirect guests to login
Archived Articles
Custom Administrator Menu

Migration

Migration Basics
Version Update
Joomla 3 to 4 Step by Step

Modules

Site Modules
Administrator Modules
Module Positions
Module Display by Menu Item
Modules inside Articles
Login Form
Module Styles
Archived Articles
Custom Module

News Feeds

News Feeds
News Display

Performance

Page Analysis
Monitoring Server Health
Monitoring Site Speed
Accessibility Checker
Managing 404 Errors

Plugins

About Plugins
Joomla! Update Notification

Privacy

Privacy Outline
Privacy Setup
Privacy Workflow
Cookies

Problems

Admin Password Recovery
Assorted Issues
Unsupported PHP Version
FatalError
Database Table Structure
Local Host Email
Joomla and MySQL 8
Database Connection

Reference

Joomla Licenses
Joomla! Copyright
What are web standards?
Where are the web pages?

Security

Best Practices
HTTP Headers

SEO

SEO Basics
Search Engine Friendly URLs
SEF URLs on Apache
SEF URLs on Nginx
Monitoring SEO
Using A Sitemap

Smart Search

Smart Search Quickstart
Smart Search on Large Sites
Smart Search Layout Overrides
Smart Search Indexing
Smart Search FAQs
Smart Search Options
Smart Search Test Plan

System

Backup
Cache
Purge Expired Cache
Top 10 Stupid Tricks

IBM cloud installation

Install Joomla on IBM Cloud

Joomla User Manual

Manual Index

IBM cloud installation

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