Web Development Documentation

These pages explain how to perform various tasks within the Joomla! Content Management System.  If you would like to request documentation on a topic not listed here, submit a work order.

• Accessibility
  • Alternative Text (Alt Text)
• Administration
  • Account Cleanup
  • Clearing the Joomla! Cache
  • Global Check In
  • Joomla! Administrator Login Overview
  • Unlocking Articles
• Articles
  • Adding Read More (to show Intro Text in Category Blog)
  • Article Versions
  • Basic Editing (front-end)
  • Changing an Article's Category (Joomla! back-end)
  • Checking responsiveness (mobile friendliness) of content
  • Copying an Existing Article
  • Copying and Pasting from Excel to a Joomla Article
  • Copying and Pasting Text from MS Word
  • Creating a Category (Joomla! back-end)
  • Creating an Article (Joomla! back-end)
  • Creating an Article (Joomla! front-end)
  • Definition Lists ( elements)
  • Finding an Article
  • Finding an Article from Main Menu (Joomla! back-end)
  • Hiding a Page Title
  • Lists: Creating and Formatting Lists
  • Re-ordering Articles
  • Removing Text Formatting
  • Spacing Between Lines
  • Styling Text and Paragraphs
  • Tables: Creating and Modifying
• Community Builder
  • Editing a Community Builder profile
• Custom Fields
  • Overview of Custom Fields
• DOCMan
  • Changing Ordering Options for DOCman Menu Items and Modules
  • Creating a "DOCman - Documents" module
  • Creating and Using Categories in DocMan (Joomla! 3.x)
  • Linking to DocMan Documents (Joomla! 3.x)
  • Listing DOCman Documents within an Article
  • Overview: What is DOCMan?
  • Unpublishing and Re-Publishing a Document
  • Updating DOCman Documents with New Files (Joomla! 3.x)
  • Uploading and Publishing Documents using DOCman (Joomla! 3.x)
  • Uploading Multiple Files using DocMan (Joomla! 3.x)
• Forms
  • Chronoforms: Adding a CAPTCHA to a Form
  • Chronoforms: Configuring a form to send email
  • Chronoforms: Create a new table for an existing form
  • Chronoforms: Embedding a Form within an Article
  • Chronoforms: Saving Data from a Form to a Data Table
  • Chronoforms: Simple Form Setup
  • Visforms: Configuring a form to send email
  • Visforms: Creating a Form
  • Visforms: Form Fields
  • Visforms: Overview
  • Visforms: Saving and viewing data
• Ignite Gallery
  • Adding Videos to Ignite Gallery
  • Adding Videos to Ignite Gallery (Long Way)
  • Creating Categories in Ignite Gallery
  • Creating Profiles in Ignite Gallery
  • Displaying Galleries with Menu Items
  • Displaying Galleries within Articles
  • Editing Image Details
  • Ignite Gallery Overview
  • Managing Galleries from the Front End
  • Uploading Images
• Images
  • Adding a Caption to an Image
  • Adding an image to an article [Joomla 3.x]
  • Adding an Image to Media
  • Modifying Image Properties
  • Overview: Working with Images
• JEvents
  • Adding an Event (JEvents)
  • Adding Images to Events using JEvents File Uploader Tool
  • Adding PDFs to events using JEvents file uploader tool
  • Creating a JEvents Latest Events Module
  • Creating Menu Items to Display Events from JEvents
  • Embedding a Latest Events Module within an Article
  • Managing Event Categories
  • Overview of JEvents
  • Removing a Repeating Event
• Latest News Enhanced
  • How to reset pictures - clearing the Joomla! Cache
  • Latest News Enhanced - Reordering Items
• Links
  • Adding and Linking to Anchors (Joomla! 3.x)
  • Creating and Editing External Links as Menu items (Joomla 3.x)
  • Creating Links in Articles (Joomla! 3.x)
  • How to Create a Button Link
  • Joomla! Web Links
• Menus
  • Adding an Image to a Menu Item
  • Adding Menu Modules
  • Configure Menu Item to Display Articles in Article Order (Joomla! 3.x)
  • Creating a Menu Item that links to a Category Blog
  • Creating a Menu Item that links to a Category List
  • Creating a Menu Item that links to a Single Article
  • Moving a Menu Item
• Modules (Standard Joomla)
  • Adding a Custom Module
  • Assigning a Module to one or more menu items
  • Creating an "Articles - Category" module to display a Category List
  • Displaying an "Articles - Newsflash" module to display content
  • Editing a Custom Module
  • Embedding a Map
  • Module Positions
  • Overview: What is a Module?
  • Placing a Module within Content
  • Random Image Module
• Non-Joomla! Questions
  • Clearing a Browser's Cache
  • Docusign
  • Editing Images (Mac)
  • Editing Images (Windows)
  • How to make a screen shot (Mac)
  • How to mark up a screenshot (Mac)
  • Installing banner files on SAS Website (Non-CMS sites)
  • Publishing Web Pages to stargate.rutgers.edu
• PDFs and Files in Joomla
  • Adding and linking to files within articles (JCE Editor PRO)
  • Linking text to a file in Media
  • Linking to a PDF
  • Overview: Where does Joomla store files?
  • Upload a file using JCE File Browser (JCE Editor PRO)
• Popups
  • Creating a Popup Link to a file with JCE Editor Image Manager Extended
  • Creating a Popup Link to an article, file, or image with standard JCE Editor
• RU Courses
  • RU Courses Module
  • Upload a syllabus so that it appears as a link in the RU Courses module
• SAS Events Module
  • SAS Events Module - Adding and Removing Events
• SAS Website Standards
  • Checklist for SAS Academic Websites
  • SAS Web Template
  • University Data Policies
• SAS-Invite System
  • Host an Event
  • Opening Page Options
  • Types of Page Samples
• Smart Slider 2
  • Smart Slider 2: Add an image
  • Smart Slider 2: Copy and Modify a Template Layer
  • Smart Slider 2: Creating Sliders (Manual Slider method)
  • Smart Slider 2: Creating Slides with the "Ken Burns" Effect
  • Smart Slider 2: Delete a slide
  • Smart Slider 2: Duplicating a Text Layer
  • Smart Slider 2: Modify a slide
  • Smart Slider 2: Reordering slides
  • Smart Slider 2: Updating Sliders
• Video
  • Displaying a Youtube Video Within an Article or Module (Joomla! 3.x)
  • Galleries, Sliders & Videos in Joomla
  • Insert a Video into an Article
  • Video Hosting Options at Rutgers
• Web Development Documentation
  • How To Pages by Hits
  • Training Videos
• Workshop Documents
  • Advanced Content Editing
  • Components Workshop (Weblinks, Jevents, Smart Slider)
  • Forms (Visforms and SAS Invite)
  • Ignite Gallery Workshop
  • JEvents Workshop
  • Joomla! Frontend Editing
  • Modules in Joomla
  • Website Administration & Editing