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Written by amanda
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Sunday, 10 February 2008 |
It's possible to center your outter div tag in IE without regressing to table tags. Many hacks offered in forum posts returned by Google searches don't work. Developers offer these recommendations confidently, and then you try it, and nothing. How do these posts have such high Google rankings I wonder. This solution worked for me, finally.
Say your main div tag looks like this:
<div id="main">
<div id="header"></div>
</div>
And you want the div "main" to be say, 900px, and centered in the middle of any browser (yes, including IE). These are the styles that you need. Add the attributes to these existing styles
body {
text-align: center;
}
and
#main {
width:900px;
margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
text-align: left;
}
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Written by amanda
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008 |
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The following extensions make Joomla Core more intuitive and easier for non-technical developers to adapt layouts and hack extensions. I only promote harmless hacking. Know what you're hacking and save backups.
JCE with File Manager Plugin
JCE makes it easy to paste from word, insert images, create internal and external links and attach PDFs.
Content_Item Module
Templates are rigid. Multi-window content displays aren't easily achieved with Core. Install Content Item Module and you'll be making magazine-style interfaces in a snap.
Content Links Module
Every website these days includes some variation of chrnologically listed content with the newest one first. Problem is, once again, the Joomla "blog" layout is limited. This fixes that. Label warning; requires strong hands-on knowledge of CSS.
JoomlaXplorer Component
A filemanager for your server. You'll need it for everything from changing your .htaccess file to editing your templates (Core template managr stinks).
JoomlaStats
All the statistics you care you know about, or have time for, packaged in tight little columns.
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Written by amanda
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008 |
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Getting Started with JoomlaSimple Handbook
The JoomlaSimple Handbook is a collection of Joomla tutorials aimed at administrators and developers. The administrator tutorials are geared towards less technical Website administrators with limited to no HTML skills (if you learn very basic HTML, your life will be much, much easier).
Getting Started with Joomla
New to Joomla and don't know where to begin? Soon we will be launching a Newbies section, so check back soon.
Public Disclaimer
A product of the Soapbox Collective, this manual does not apply to every Joomla set-up. This Handbook will only be useful to you, the administrator, if
- You are administering Joomla version 1.0.8 - 1.0.15. or
NOW ALSO - Joomla 1.5
- You are using the JCE WYSIWYG Text Editor with File Manager Plugin. If you're not, many of the step-by-step instructions won't match your Joomla interface, and you will be confused.
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Written by amanda
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008 |
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Joomla Core provides content management, taxonomy for organizing content (Sections and Categories), menus, and a way to install thousands of extensions that make Joomla do anything from host a forum to "email-your-friend" about your website. If you don't find an extension you need on extensions.joomla.org, you can always hire a freelancer on Joomlancers.com to build it for you.
My definitions for Joomla terms (disclaimer - may look similar to other definitions out there):
Extension - component, module, mambot, or tool
Component - the function
Module - the display block
Template - The HTML and position tags
Section - Highest level of linear taxonomy
Category - Under section
Article - Same as Content Item
Content Item - Same as Article
Static Content - Any content that falls outside of your Section/Category hierarchy
I've tried to explain Joomla to many tech savvy folks, interested in how its content management, components, modules, and templates fit together. So, in 5 minutes or less, I made the following diagram. Hope you have that aha moment you're looking for (note -- my graphical rendering for content and components should be switched).
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