Fishin' the Valley

1. How do I upgrade to Joomla! 1.5 ?

Joomla! 1.5 does not provide an upgrade path from earlier versions. Converting an older site to a Joomla! 1.5 site requires creation of a new empty site using Joomla! 1.5 and then populating the new site with the content from the old site. This...

Wednesday, 30 July 2008 | 239 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more

2. What happened to the locale setting?

This is now defined in the Language [lang].xml file in the Language metadata settings. If you are having locale problems such as dates do not appear in your language for example, you might want to check/edit the entries in the locale tag. Note that...

Wednesday, 06 August 2008 | 216 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more

3. Only one edit window! How do I create "Read more..."?

This is now implemented by inserting a Read more... tag (the button is located below the editor area) a dotted line appears in the edited text showing the split location for the Read more.... A new Plugin takes care of the rest. It is worth...

Wednesday, 06 August 2008 | 536 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more

4. Where is the Static Content Item?

In Joomla! versions prior to 1.5 there were separate processes for creating a Static Content Item and normal Content Items. The processes have been combined now and whilst both content types are still around they are renamed as Articles for Content...

Sunday, 10 August 2008 | 221 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more

5. Where did the Installers go?

The improved Installer can be found under the Extensions Menu. With versions prior to Joomla! 1.5 you needed to select a specific Extension type when you wanted to install it and use the Installer associated with it, with Joomla! 1.5 you just select...

Sunday, 10 August 2008 | 228 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more

6. Where did the Mambots go?

Mambots have been renamed as Plugins. Mambots were introduced in Mambo and offered possibilities to add plug-in logic to your site mainly for the purpose of manipulating content. In Joomla! 1.5, Plugins will now have much broader capabilities than...

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