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Joomla! 1.6 open source CMS now available, with more granular controls

Joomla 1.6 is designed to offer better site control and a more polished user experience. There are a variety of improvements to the software, enhancing website management and access, a more robust organizational structure for content control, and various other user-experience improvements throughout the software. “With new features and capabilities such as the hierarchical design [...]

Fixing session.save_path error during Joomla! install on live server

Error message: “Cookies do not appear to be enabled on your browser client. You will not be able to install the application with this feature disabled. Alternatively, there could also be a problem with the server’s session.save_path, if this is the case please consult your hosting provider if you don’t know how to check or [...]

Joomla! invalid Session error

While attempting to login to the administrator (administration) portion of one of my customers Joomla websites, I received an “Invalid Session” error. Internet Explorer only shows the error in the URL and just redirects you back to the login page: http://www.ictcentre.co.za/administrator/index.php?mosmsg=Invalid Session fixing the problem You have a session directory specified in your php.ini file [...]

Speeding up your Joomla! website

While Joomla is one of the most flexible and robust Content Management Systems available, it can suffer in the performance area. There are some common things that can be done to help speed your site up. While the best performance can be seen on a full dedicated server running Lighttpd (It’s MUCH faster than Apache) [...]

Turning on Error reporting in Joomla!

This thread introduces some basic tips about configuring PHP and Apache to give useful information about Joomla bugs. Most installations of Apache and PHP will not, by default, give this information, but this can easily be changed. Why enable reporting? Because this information will indicate where PHP found a problem and helps us resolve the [...]

Changing Joomla! Title tag

Page title tag is important for search engine optimization of your website. Search engine crawlers will rank your website higher if your target keywords are in the tag. How to change tag for a page of your Joomla site? When you edit a menu item, under System tab, you’ll find Page Title. This will be [...]

How To Use the Random Image Module Within Your Joomla! Article

1.The first step in inserting random images into your Joomla website is to upload the relevant graphics ie PNG,GIF AND JPEGS ( JPEGS are the default images for the random image module ),so to keep it simple upload a JPEG because this images type is automatically filled in for you within the Joomla random image [...]

Changing the Joomla “Welcome to Frontpage” Homepage Title

I think it’s amazing how many people have left the home page title saying ‘Welcome to the Frontpage’ on launched websites. This text appears both on the front page of the site, and in the TITLE tag. This it’s used as the main link for your site homepage in search engine result pages (SERPs). Change [...]

Recovering a lost Joomla! password

If you are one of those people who work on tons of  websites, and do not have a formal password policy, more often than not you will sometimes forget your Joomla! administrator password. If the administrator password has been hacked or you have forgotten it , you are locked out and you do not have [...]

How to delete a super administrator in Joomla!

Whenever you need to delete a super administrator user account in Joomla!, if you do it in the special way (select the super administrator and click “Delete”) a message will be displayed in the backend panel saying: “You cannot delete a Super Administrator.” To be able to do that, first you need to change the [...]