SEO on Joomla websites

When you have a website, especially a commercial one, you would like to get as much traffic as you can.  More traffic will increase your chances of earning money or getting more followers to your site.  Another way that you can benefit from having a well-visited site is you can have advertisers post ads on your site, which can supplement your cash flow.Online commerce is growing in importance and significance by the day and you should take advantage of this by building a good website or employing effective web marketing techniques.

Joomla 1.6/1.7

Note: for Joomla 1.6/1.7 the slider is using native Joomla categories (not K2).

1. Create a category (from Joomla Administration go to Content menu -> Category Manager -> Add new Category).  This is the category where the slider content(articles) will reside.

2. To create article go to Joomla Administration, Content menu -> Article Manager -> Add new Article.

3. In Article Manager: Add New Article go to Article Text (the textarea) and click on the image button (below the text area) and insert your Slide Image.

4. Type image description if you like (inside textarea).

5. To add thumbnail click on the image button again and pick your thumbnail image and click insert.

6. Attach this article to the Category and click save & close.

Next go to Extensions -> Module Manager, click on Jtag Slider Module. In Parameters (right) pick the category we created (see 1.) and click Save & Close.

It is often that we want registered users on our website and their information needs to be collated and maintained.

A member’s directory extension helps in the organization of user profiles with the facility to put out member information in an easy searchable directory. Some typical uses of the directory are slated under:

A Member’s Directory for schools/college websites
Teachers and students can create their individual profiles on the school/college website and hence one can organize all the members under one roof. Parents and teachers can access information about each other. This enables the teachers to get in touch with parents as need and vice versa. Groups of users can also be formed thus bringing people with a common interest under a category. Example, Parents of Kindergarten students and so on.

A Member’s Directory for Non-Profit Organization websites
Non-profit organizations can make use of members’ directory by allowing its members to edit their individual profiles and keep it updated. By adding some customized fields to the profile information like “Number of Area’s supported”, Key Competency, etc. will definitely help the Organizing Committee to locate the right person in case of an unexpected issue.

A Member’s Directory for Club websites
Clubs like social clubs, ladies club and the like can make use of a directory to have its members on the board. With easy access of contact and other relevant details on one website, running and organizing events become easy.

A Member’s directory for office websites
Running an office and managing the employees is a key job, especially if the office is spread over more than a single location. All the Office members need to be members of the website and different department groups need to be organized. ? Making use of a member’s directory, which allows categorization of the members, makes this a breeze

A Member’s directory for Coaching institutes’ websites
By using Joomla member directory the teachers at the coaching institute can have all his/her students under one roof. Students also can get all the relevant details about the teachers on the board and can get in touch with them on personal basis. Having teacher’s contact details and other relevant information at their disposal, one feels confidant and can clear doubts personally by contacting teachers.

A Member’s directory for community websites
Living in a society apartment with another thousand residents with all facilities is exciting but sometimes an uphill task when it comes to getting to know about each other. Sometimes, one may need to know about the details of the security in charge, or the maintenance in-charge contact details. Similarly, in case of an emergency like a fire, members of the society need to be contacted on a SOS basis. A good member directory can have all these people with their full information. One will just need to log in and can then get all the relevant details of a guitar teacher, a doctor, security in charge and the like given they have their profiles on the website.

JTAG Members Directory is a component extension for Joomla! CMS. It helps in the management of user profiles with the ability to publish member information in a simple searchable directory. This extension is a hot favorite for Joomla Users.

Managing Creating Joomla Templates

Joomla is a highly popular free content management system.  It is a Web-based tool that helps you create and edit Web, intranet and extranet sites.  It is code-free which means that even people with limited or no knowledge of site programming languages can easily learn how to use it.  Joomla can also be used to create personal or business sites.

Extract sliders.rar locally

For Joomla 1.5

1. Go to the Joomla admin and click on the menu option Extensions. In the menu bar, rollover your mouse to the Install/Uninstall option.
2. Click on browse button and give the path of the file in your computer for installation of ‘JtagSlider1.5.zip’ source file.
3. After providing the path, click on the 'Upload & Install' button to complete the installation of ‘JTAG Calendar’ source file.
4. If the installation goes successful, you will find the following message of ‘Installation Component Success’.
5. Installation is complete

For Joomla 1.7

1. Go to the Joomla admin and click on the menu option Extensions. In the menu bar, rollover your mouse to the Install/Uninstall option.
2. Click on browse button and give the path of the file in your computer for installation of ‘JtagSlider1.7.zip’ source file.
3. After providing the path, click on the 'Upload & Install' button to complete the installation of ‘JTAG Calendar’ source file.
4. If the installation goes successful, you will find the following message of ‘Installation Component Success’.
5. Installation is complete

For Joomla 2.5

1. Go to the Joomla admin and click on the menu option Extensions. In the menu bar, rollover your mouse to the Install/Uninstall option.
2. Click on browse button and give the path of the file in your computer for installation of ‘mod_jtagslider2x.zip’ source file.
3. After providing the path, click on the 'Upload & Install' button to complete the installation of ‘JTAG Calendar’ source file.
4. If the installation goes successful, you will find the following message of ‘Installation Component Success’.
5. Installation is complete

JTag Calendar for Dummies

JoomlaTag Calendar is one of the hot favourite Joomla extensions that not only eases scheduling of the events but also provides features like providing an alternate link for more details, publishing the events to site visitors, adding detailed notes to each events and much more. It provides the facility to send SMS and/or email reminders to the attendees and also permits the Joomla extension users to create recurring reminders.

Here are detailed instructions to install a JTag Calendar on to your website.

Events can be managed from JTAG Calendar's both back- and front-ends. To be able to manage events from the front-end, first you need to grant yourself privileges from the back-end. (For more details, please see 8. User permissions)

Adding Events

Adding Events from the back-end

Go to the Joomla admin and click on the menu option Components. In the menu bar, rollover your mouse to the JTAG Calendar option, click on the Manage Events option. From here you can add, modify or delete events.

To add an event, please follow the steps below:

1. Click on the 'New' button
2. The 'Calendar' field remains to 'Default'
3. From the 'User' field choose the user, who publishes the event
4. Choose a title for the event and add it to the 'Title' field
5. Add the event's location in the Location field. If you add the exact address, the location will appear on a map on the event’s description in the front-end
6. If you want to add notes, fill out the Notes field
7. In the Alert period you enter how many hours/days before the event, you'd like the event's guests to receive a reminder
8. In the Start time field you enter the time and date the event starts
9. In the End time field you enter the time and date the event ends
10. All Day - Choose this option if you want your event to be during the whole day
11. With the 'Repeat' option you choose if you want the event to be repeated and how often after it first occurs
12. In Public – Choose wether you'd like the event to be public or not
13. Allow Comments - Choose whether you'd like to allow people to leave comments for the event or not
14. Click Save

Adding Events from the front-end

To add an event, please follow the steps below:

1. Open the JTAG Calendar
2. Click on the '+' button in the bottom right end of the Calendar. Fill out the fields below:
3. Choose a title for the event and add it to the 'Title' field
4. Add the event's location in the Location field. If you add the exact address, the location will appear on a map at the event’s description
5. In the Start time field you enter the time and date the event starts
6. In the End time field you enter the time and date the event ends
7. All Day - Choose this option if you want your event to be during the whole day
8. With the 'Repeat' option you choose if you want the event to be repeated and how often after it first occurs
9. In Alert you enter how many hours/days before the event, you'd like the event's guests to receive a reminder
10. The 'Calendar' option remains to 'Default'
11. Allow Comments - Check this box, depending on whether you'd like to allow people to leave comments for the event or not
12. Public Event – Check this box, depending on whether you'd like the event to be public or not
13. If you want to add notes, fill out the Notes field
14. Click Done - The event is created

Editing an event

An event can be edited from both back and front end

Editing an event from the back-end

1. Go to the Joomla admin and click on the menu option Components. In the menu bar, rollover your mouse to the JTAG Calendar option
2. Scroll down to the list of events to find the event you want to edit, or use the Search filters to find it.
3. Click on the event’s title to open the event
4. Make the necessary changes
5. When ready, click Save - a message appears, saying ‘Event saved’.

Editing an event from the front-end

To edit an event, please follow the steps below:

1. Open the JTAG Calendar
2. Browse through the list of events to find the one you’d like to edit or use the Search option
3. Click on the event to open it
4. Click on the ‘Edit’ button
5. Make the necessary changes
6. When ready click ‘Done’ - a message should appear, saying ‘Event Saved. The event data was successfully saved in the database’

Deleting an event

Deleting an event from the back-end

1. Go to the Joomla admin and click on the menu option Components. In the menu bar, rollover your mouse to the JTAG Calendar option
2. Scroll down to the list of events to find the event you want to delete, or use the Search filters to find it.
3. Check the box on the left of the event’s title.
4. Click on the ‘Delete’ button, a message appears, saying: Are you sure you want to delete the selected events?’
5. After you confirm, a message appears, saying ‘Events deleted’.

Deleting an event from the front-end:

1. Open the JTAG Calendar and click on the event you want to delete.
2. An event box opens, click on the ‘Edit’ button.
3. Scroll down and click on the ‘Delete Event’ button
4. After you confirm, a message shows, saying ‘Event Delete. The event data was successfully deleted.’

Popular Joomla tricks and tips

Joomla is one of the most popular CMS currently being used. There are many reasons why it’s so popular. Some of these reasons people love using it is because it’s easy to use, it can be hosted on a shared account, and it’s free and really simple to understand even for people with limited computer knowledge. Listed below is some useful Joomla advice for your website.

Easy scheduling and tracking events - Joomla based JoomlaTag Calendar

Salient features of JTAG Calendar: -

• Compatible with all major browsers!

• Easy to install, setup and configure!

• Comes with multi-lingual support – Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Norwegian and Portuguese!

Joomla 1.5

History: -

It was released on January 22, 2008. The last release of this version was 1.5.26 on March 27, 2012. It was first version to attain long term support (LTS).
LTS versions are released each three major or minor releases and are supported until three months after the next LTS version is released