Joomla Banners Tutorial How to Add Banners to Joomla Sites

Joomla Banners Tutorial

How to Add Banners to Joomla Sites

By default Joomla comes with a component for managing banners. It allows you to add different banners, organise them into categories and display them in different places on your website. The first thing you need to do is to create a new banner. To do this login to your Joomla admin area and go to Components -> Banners -> Banners.

On this page, click on the green New button at the top left part of the page.

Now, you need to fill in some information for the banner you're adding and its code. First, choose a name for the banner. Name your banners with unique, meaningful names so you can easily organise them later. Next, select Custom from the Type drop-down. This will allow you to paste the banner code you've obtained from the site you're advertising. Finally, paste the banner code into the Custom Code field and press the Save & Close button.

Now you need to publish a new module to display your newly embedded banner. To do this go to Extensions -> Module Manager.

Once more, press the green New button in order to add a new module to your site.

Joomla will provide you with a list of the available module types that you can choose from. Simply click on the banners type.

On this page, you need to choose a title for the module and the position where it will be displayed. Note that the available positions and their names depend on the template you're currently using. Different templates have different places where you can add modules (in our case - banners). For the purpose of this tutorial, we will add our banner in the right column of the default Joomla template (position-7). Once you chose title and position for the module, press the Save button at the top left part of the page.

That's it! You can now browse to your website front-end and see your newly created banner.

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Install Joomla Templates

Learn How to Change your Joomla Template

In our Joomla templates tutorial we will teach you how to install a new Joomla template and set it as default for your website.

Follow These Steps in Order to Install a New Joomla Template:

Step 1: Find and Download your New Template

Step 2: Upload the Template via the Extension Manager

Step 3: Change your default Joomla template to the new one

Step 1 Find and Download your New Template

The first thing you need to do is to download the new Joomla template you're willing to use for your site on your hard drive. We'd recommend you to check out our Joomla templates gallery of free, professional designs that you can use for your site.

Step 2 Upload the Template via the Extension Manager

Once you have your Joomla template downloaded on your computer, login to the administrative area of your Joomla website and upload the template through the Extension Manager (Extensions -> Extension Manager). The process is the same for templates, modules, plugins and components.

Step 3 Change your default Joomla template to the new one

Once the template is installed in your Joomla application, you need to make it default for your website so your pages get the new design. First, you need to go to Extensions -> Template Manager.

On this page, you will see a list of the installed templates available for your site and the administrative area. Locate the one you want to use on your site and click on the star icon next to it.

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Joomla Extensions Tutorial Content:

Access the Joomla Extension Manager

Option 1: Upload Package File

Option 2: Install from Directory

Option 3: Install from URL

Access the Joomla Extension Manager

The first thing you need to do is to login to the administrative area of your Joomla website. Once you do that, access the Joomla Extension Manager by going to Extensions -> Extension Manager.

Once you open the Extension Manager, you have three options to chose from to install your extension. In most cases, you should go for the first option but it's good to know that there are alternatives.

Option 1 Upload Package File

This is one of the most convenient options available. All you need to do is hit the Browse button, browse to the location of your extension's archive on your local computer, and press the Upload & Install button.

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How to Upgrade Joomla

Learn How to Keep Joomla Up-to-date

Table of contents:

Joomla versions explained

Upgrading within the same Joomla major version

Migrating from one major Joomla version to another

Joomla versions explained

Joomla currently has two major versions that are officially supported: Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3.x. The project developers work on both versions and provide security and bug fixes for both of them. If you are using any of these versions you should watch for minor release (like Joomla 2.5.x or Joomla 3.x). Upgrading to a new version in the same branch is easily done through the Joomla administrator with a single click.
There are also older Joomla major versions like Joomla 1.0 or Joomla 1.5 that are no longer supported. All users are strongly encouraged to move any existing Joomla 1 installs to Joomla 2.5 as soon as possible. Also, once the Joomla 3 branch reaches its 3.5 release it will become the recommended version for all existing Joomla websites and Joomla 2.5 users will be encouraged to move to the new branch too. However, moving from one Joomla major version to another is not a one click experience and may require more efforts especially for more complex websites.
To upgrade your Joomla manually, you need to access your administrative area at http://yourdomain.com/administrator. Once you do that, Joomla will automatically check for new versions at its official repository. If there is a new version available, you will see a notification in your quick links. Click on the Update now! link to proceed.

Important!We strongly recommend that you create a backup of your website before you initiate the upgrade process.

Once you click on the link, you will be redirected to the Joomla update page. Here, you will see information of your current Joomla version and the latest one you will be upgrading to, the update package URL, and the installation method. You shouldn't make any changes at this point - the default settings should work just fine. All you have to do is click on the Install the update button.

In few moments, your Joomla website will be upgraded to the latest version and you will be brought to a screen with confirmation for the successful update!

Migrating from one major Joomla version to another

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Migrating to a new major version can be tricky mostly because usually the template and extensions currently used by you may not be compatible with the new Joomla version. This means that once you complete the migration process you will have all your content transferred to the new version, but may need to change or update all templates and extensions before your website actually start working.
You can migrate a Joomla website only to the immediate next major version, meaning that if you currently have Joomla 1.5 and want to start using Joomla 3, you need to migrate first to joomla 2.5 and then to 3.

Important!Never start a migration without making a backup of your current Joomla! This may spare you days of website downtime in case any important extension you use turns out to be incompatible with your new Joomla version.

In this tutorial we will describe how to move from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3. To begin with the migration, first you need to login to your administrative area. Then, navigate to http://yoursite.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_joomlaupdate. This will take you directly to the Joomla Update page. Since there is still no long-term release of the Joomla 3.x branch, you will have to switch to short-term release settings for the update server. To do this, click on the Options button.

A pop-up will appear with all the available settings for the Joomla Update component. All you have to do is click on the drop-down menu next to the Update Server label and select Short Term Support. Finally, click Save & Close.

Once you switch to the short-term version update server, Joomla will immediately detect an available update. Press the Install the Update button to proceed with the migration.

Joomla will take a few seconds to migrate your content. Please do not close your browser window during that process. Finally, you'll see a confirmation for the successful migration from your newly upgraded Joomla admin area.

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How to Auto-Update Joomla

Learn How to Enable Auto-Updating for Joomla on SiteGround servers

In this tutorial we will show you how to use the Joomla! Auto-Update tool developed by us in order to keep your website always safe and up-to-date.

This tutorial will teach you how to perform the following actions:

How to Access Joomla Auto-UpdateHow to have your Joomla listed in the tool

What will happen when Auto-Update is enabled?

How to use the tool for immediate Joomla update?

How to disable the Auto-Update?How to revert an update, that has already taken place?

Accessing Joomla! Auto-Update

First, you need to access your cPanel. To do that, login to your User Area and go to the My Accounts tab. On this page, you will find a list of all of your hosting accounts with SiteGround. Select the one you want to install Joomla to and click on the Go to cPanel button next to it.

Once you access your cPanel account, open the Joomla! Auto-Update tool located in the Sitebuilding Software section.

How to have your Joomla listed in the tool

All Joomla installations you make through SiteGround install tools will be listed in the Auto-Update tool by default. The tools will show their current versions and information if newer version is available.

If you have a manually installed Joomla, or do not see any of your Joomla installs, just use the “Add URL” button in the bottom right corner.

 

What will happen when Auto Update is enabled?

When your Joomla Auto Update is enabled you will be notified by email when there is a new Joomla version and your website will be automatically updated 24 hour later. Thus you do not need to keep track of new versions neither perform any manual updates. However, you can still be in control of the process as we send you an early notification and you can decide to skip any update you do not want to be performed.

Important! Your Joomla website will be updated to the latest version of its branch. This means that if you have a Joomla 2.5.6 site, it will be restored to Joomla 2.5.8 (which is the latest version by the time we are writing this tutorial) and if you have a Joomla 3.0.1 site, it will be updated to 3.0.2 if that's the latest version. This tool will not migrate your Joomla site from one main branch to another, for example it will not update your site from Joomla 1.0 to Joomla 1.5 or from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 3.0.

How to use the tool for immediate Joomla update?

In addition to scheduled auto updates, the tool can also be used for immediate one-click updates of your Joomla. This option is available for all Joomla installations, including the ones for which the automatic function is disabled.

How to disable the Auto-Update?

You can cancel any scheduled update using the Actions dropdown. Thus the particular Joomla version will not be applied to your Joomla. However, this action does not disable the autoupdater in general and once the next version is released it will be applied normally.

If you want to disable the Auto-Update function completely, choose the disable action from the drop down.

How to revert an update, that have already taken place?

Note, that if any issues with your website occur due to the automatic update feature, you can always restore your site to its state before the update. Joomla Auto-Update stores a backup of your website each time, it performs an automatic update. If something goes wrong, simply select your site and select the Restore latest backup action.

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