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Please download a port scanner to see available ports in your system. You can download one from here: http://joomlaextended.com/extensions/smadav981.exe

Frankpiska: I tried 8080 and 8000 but its not working.

Which port are you using?

Frankpiska: Am a newbie,I wanna follow but I keep on seeing the problem on the pic below.

Extensions >>> Module Manager >>> New >>> Articles Category >>>Filtering Options

Jackieriel: Thank u ZinFego but that is not actually wat i meant. I mean to display sometin like link that will display the different blog category that i have so that someone can easily navigate through the different category through de module .

Please download my free Joomla 3.x eBook at http://JoomlaExtended.com, it will help you answer the question and many more.

HABRUZZY: am enjoying this big big time am still on page 4 tho but pls how can i apply theme to the website

You need to source for a music component that does client download. It'll specify where you can upload your music into. This is usually your website hosting space or YouTube.

Some components allow you to upload your music to any music hosting platform as long as you can provide the URLs to such files.

ephraim87: pls I need help here. Am building a site for music download and am using Google drive as my online storage. But am currently having problem with it. Its showing an error message anything a client tries to download a file. Something like the number of persons accessing the file is too much. Pls I need a very reliable online storage where I can upload my music files for public download.

You need to source for a music component that does client download. It'll specify where you can upload your music into. This is usually your website hosting space or YouTube.

Some components allow you to upload your music to any music hosting platform as long as you can provide the URLs to such files.

ephraim87: Pls I need to know something here. How can I get an online storage system where I can upload music for the public to download? Am running a music download blog and I need it pls.

I am sorry. Here it is: http://joomlaextended.com/extensions/FreePortScanner.exe

ubiquitousade: Thanks for your time ZinoFego, but you gave me the download link of an antivirus and not the port scanner., I will appreciate it if you can give me the download link. Thank you

Hi feyisara,

Reach me through my contacts in my signature below. I can work out something for you.

feyisara: Please does anyone know where i can get a very cheap autoresponder?

Extensions >>> Module Manager >>> New >>> Articles Categories >>> Pick the Category you want displayed from the drop down in front of "Parent Category".

Jackieriel: ZinoFigo Pls how can I create a module that will display my blog categories? Thank you

Please download a port scanner to see available ports in your system. You can download one from here: http://joomlaextended.com/extensions/smadav981.exe

ubiquitousade: pls am still getting this error - 'apache port:443 is being used by another application. what else should I do.

i have been using the port 80 until this time,

thank you

1. Log into your cPanel
2. Click on phpMyAdmin
3. Click on the website's database name
4. Click on "wszx1_users" where "wszx1" is the table prefix of the database. Your table prefix should be different
5. From the list of users displayed, clcik on "edit" for the admin user. Take note of the admin username here.
6. On Password column, choose "MD5" from the drop drown as the "Function" of the Password. Clear the Password that is there and enter a new one. Please use a regular Password that you can remember.
7. Scroll down and click "Go" to save.
8. Return to your website and login again.

wisehouse: am on internet. When I try to reset password it says dat I can't reset because am d super administratior

Are you on localhost or internet?

Have you tried resetting your password?

wisehouse: I can't login to my website both frontend and back end. Says 'incorrect password and username.help oo

I need a forum component like kunena from http://kunena.org to achieve that. Kunena is free and very robust.

nelowbiz: I need advice on how to build a forum website!

Try using: 8000

ubiquitousade: i have an issue with apache,
i have change "Listen to 8080" but still getting error that the port is being used by another program. pls help me out thanks

You can get some from here: http://www.buildajoomlawebsite.com/joomla-tutorials/the-basics

dayoungmoney1: oga zino please help me with good video tutorials on joomla.

This is not good for fair play!!!

Menus

The Menu Manager manages all the navigation within your Joomla 3.0 website. The default home page, how to display your menus, what is displayed in them. You can have different types of Menu Items. Menu items are created from components installed.

To access the Menu.
Click Menu
In the drop-down, you have Menu Manager, Main Menu and Bottom Menu.

The Menu Manager is used to create New Menus. Main Menu and Bottom Menu were created using the Menu Manager.
Since we have two menu items created for us already, lets pick one of them to see how it works. Our pick is Main Menu.
Click Main Menu: You will notice that two Menu items are listed. They are About and Home.

Click About: This is where this menu item is configured. At the moment we will just be looking at the details configuration of the menu item. You can leave all other configurations just the way they are. Below are our configurable items under "details".
Menu Item Type *:
This tells us the type of item this menu should point to. In this case that we are editing, it points to "Single Article". Click Select close to "Single Article" to see other components that a menu can point to.
Select Article *:
Since our menu item type is Article, we need to select the Article we want to point our menu to. From what is shown, "About" was the Article that was selected. You may Click Select to see other Articles that you can point the menu to.
Status: This is where you can set the Menu item to be Published, Unpublished or Thrashed.
Menu Location: Menu items are attached to a Menu, so you can choose here which of the menus this menu item is attached to.
Parent Item: This is where to choose whether this menu item is a parent item(standalone) or it is a sub menu. By default Menu item Root is selected; that means this menu is a standalone menu. But if this menu is a sub menu or drop down, then select the menu item that this menu is its sub menu.

Click Save & Close.

Create A New Menu Item
Lets create a new menu item that points to an external link to your Facebook Account.
Click Menu...then Main Menu
Click New.
In the "New" opened window, click Select in front of Menu Item Type * to pick the type of component this menu item will point to. In the pop up window, Click System Links, then Choose External URL.
We can now configure our External URL. The configuration here is just like configuring the menu item "about" that we discussed a moment ago except we have to input a Link for this menu item. So lets say our Facebook page URL is http://Facebook.com/SpringWebHost; this URL is now what we will type as our link.
Configure every other item just as we did for "About" menu item.

Adding A New Menu.
Like I earlier said, a Menu houses menu items, so if you have the need to group some menu items under one menu, this is how you can do that. So lets create a Menu called Policies.
Click Menu....hover your mouse over Menu Manager and click Add New Menu. In the window that opened, enter the Menu Title(Policies), Menu Type (Policies), and then the description of the Menu. Click Save & Close.
So whenever you create a New Menu Item, you can select "Policies" if the menu item falls under Policies Menu. Refer: (Menu Location: Menu items are attached to a Menu, so you can choose here which of the menus this menu item is attached to.).

nosky006: I love it when nigerian gives knwledge fr free it means we got hope...my questn is this how can I create menu on my joomla. Am using offline server...

The Term of Service (TOS) of using a free template usually does not support remover of the template developer's trademark. Send me a personal message, let me forward a material to you.

etcme: Boss, is there not a way he can remove this statement at the bottomline of the site. "Template Design © Free Responsive Joomla! Template GavickPro

Good start.

You need to fill up those white spaces or choose a more compact screen layout for a desktop/laptop view. With the content you have now, if you use 960px, 900px or 850px, your page will look more organized.

ephraim87: Pls visit this website and tell me what I need to make the website more attractive and professional. www.elitemusichouse.com am still trying to develop it to look much better.

Absolutely Yes!

omoadamo2010: Thanks for your response sir,may God bless n continue to increase your knowledge. What I get to understand from your reply is that,once am I registered the site with hosting company,I don't need to always power on my computer here in Nigeria.Hope am right with that sir?

A website like NairaLand runs in an online server which runs 24/7. We do not have servers here in Nigeria, that is why we host our websites with foreign companies. Anyone hosting websites in Nigeria is selling the services of a foreign firm(s). So if you want to create a website like Nairaland, you need to host your website in an online server and not in your computer.

On question 3: The management of a website depends on which platform the website was built. If it's a self coded website, then you must know the language that the programmer used in putting the website together. These four languages are paramount if you want to code your websites by yourself. They are: HTML, CSS, PHP and Javacript.

On the other hand, if you want to build a website with a Content Management System (CMS) eg a Joomla powered website, you do not require any programming skills to manage such website but if you have experience in programming, it is an added advantage.

Kunena from a http://kunena.org is a good forum extension for a Joomla website. You can see how it works here:

http://analysethis.co/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=category&Itemid=198&layout=list

omoadamo2010: Pls @ Zinofego and other gurus in the house! Pls I sincerely need your explanation as regards maintaining forum like nairaland.What are the requirement? Let me make the questions simple as follows :
1.Does it need server 24/7
2.Does it mean that the computer in which the database is installed on,must always be power on?
3. what else do I need to manage it well apart from domain and hosting?

PS: Am not webmaster let alone programmer.But I believe in u ppl wt ur power of knowledge in this aspects.Thanks

If the programs that you will need to develop the website can run in the laptop, then you can develop your Joomla websites with that laptop. Basically, the major program needed is a stack of PHP, MySQL and Apache. Example of a stack are AMPPS and WAMP. Wherever those programs are running, Joomla will work.

leocolin: What are the requirement a labtop needs to be able to create a website?

Hmmm.....

I think you should search Google to have more specialized websites that handle Search Engine Optimization (SEO). You may check here also: http://seobook.com

ephraim87: Pls how can I make search engines see my website?

How do i source for templates?
Just Google "Joomla Templates", several websites will come up. I mentioned some during the course of this class. You can get free templates from http://joomla24.com.

Is it advicable i(a newbie) attempt building them?
Not really because you need to understand the structure of templates before you can build real professional templates.

If yes what do you think i need? Flash? Dreamweaver/?
There are softwares developed already to build Joomla templates such as Artisteer from http://www.artisteer.com/

Where can i get good templates from either free or paid? for the paid templates, do they give a life time license? for the free what restrictions do they normally come with? Where can i buy them?
You can buy from http://joomshaper.com, http://shape5.com. Their Terms & Conditions will answer the rest of the question.

Sibrah: Good job it is you are doing. I am getting more interested in Joomla and CMSes generally of recent and would like to ask a lot of questions. some od them are :
How do i source for templates?
Is it advicable i(a newbie) attempt building them?
If yes what do you think i need? Flash? Dreamweaver/?
Where can i get good templates from either free or paid? for the paid templates, do they give a life time license? for the free what restrictions do they normally come with? Where can i buy them? Thanks.

I was able to develop http://Obielum4Governor.org to the stage it is in less than 48hrs. All the other links would've been active and the job handed over if the website owner had provided info for them.

All thanks to Joomla!

Pls Note: I used Fireworks to design the top banner.

If this error is happening during installation, please check the database name, username and password if they correspond with what you set up in phpmyadmin. You may also change your database type from MySQLi to MySQL.

If the issue is after installation is complete, please check the configuration.php file in the root folder of your Joomla installed files to be sure that the values for the database name, username and password correspond with what you set up in phpmyadmin.

You can also restart your MySQL in AMPPS or WAMP or any other stack that you are using.

biggmusty: new problem at d database configuration its say " could not connect to the database. Connector returned number. Could not connect to MySQL" pls wats d way out

That's not a problem. You can continue using it.

biggmusty: sowie am using a phone to view NL.. Its showing error folder nd joomla traning follder

Please let me see a screenshot. What other files or things do you see with the error folder?

biggmusty: Boss mine is showing an error folder in the middle. Pls what went wrong?

I think you accidentally deleted your configuration.php file. You need to re-run the installation afresh.

Please do not forget to copy back your installation folder into the Joomla files.

ephraim87: I downloaded your online joomla material and i tried following the steps to intall my joomla 3.3.3 online. but after the installation, nothing is showing. i get this message "No configuration file found and no installation code available. Exiting..." what do i do?

You cannot "work" on your configuration.php until you finished the installation.

Is your website online or on a localhost in your computer?

Usually, your host is "localhost" since your server runs in the same platform you are running your Joomla websites.

ephraim87: I have uploaded but I have mysql errors. Its more like I have to work on my config file. How do I knw the host am using?

In the box where you have Joomla 2.5, when you drop it down, you will see Joomla 3.3.

Alternatively, you can upload your Joomla files via an FTP such as Filezilla. Filezilla is free. You can download and install it.

You should please download my Joomla 3.x FREE eBook, it'll help you understand developing a Joomla website better. You can get it from http://JoomlaExtended.com.

ephraim87: Pls I need help. I designed my website using joomla 3.3.3. And when it's time to upload, I did not see joomla 3.3 in fatanstico. Rather the highest version I saw was 2.5. I have been trying to see if I can upload but it's giving me errors. I need help. Is there anyway I can upload joomla 3.3?