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The Joomla article editor has a section on the right sidebar titled Parameters (Advanced). Here you can specify display properties for items as the article title, publish date, author, PDF, print and email icons and more. Changing these parameters will only affect the specific article being edited. But what if you want to set these parameters once to affect all the articles?
In the Article Manager at the top right tool bar there is a button title “Parameter”. This opens a dialogue menu where you can specify the advanced parameters on a global level to affect all articles.

WordPress is the most popular website CMS, offering unlimited scalability with unrivaled ease of use. The WordPress team is constantly working to improve the software, and WordPress version updates are issued more with more frequency than probably any other Website content management system. This ensures that WordPress consistantly leads the way in respect to Internet software modernization and innovation.

Anytime a newer version of WordPress is available, following notice is displayed at the top center of the WordPress administration interface:

"WordPress *.*.* is available! Please update now."

Many website owners will rarely, if ever, need to upgrade their WordPress version. In such cases the update message that can be a bit annoying. In some cases, older versions of WordPress are not compatible with the newer major revision upgrades, and performing an automatic upgrade could break the website. These are both good reasons to hide the upgrade message. Thankfully this is easily accomplished via the WordPress functions.php file.
Add this code to the functions.php file:

<?php
remove_action('wp_version_check', 'wp_version_check');
remove_action('admin_init', '_maybe_update_core');
add_filter('pre_transient_update_core', create_function( '$a', "return null;"));
?>

The message will no longer be displayed.

In Joomla, the left and right sidebars typically contain menus or application modules by default. But website owners often want to display custom content in this areas HTML text and images opposed to dynamic menus, lists and widgets. There are many ways to achieve this; third party modules and plugins are one way. Giving and article a unique category and assigning it to a newsflash module is another. A Google search will result in various methods. After testing most of these it has been determined that the best method is to us a Custom HTML module, which is native to Joomla.

Go to Extensions>Module Manager and click New. A screen displays all the available modules. Select Custom HTML.

Give the module a Title, specify whether you want the title to display above your custom HTML as a header. Enable the module and and specify it’s position on the page. Left position will place it in the left sidebar.

Now scroll down to the Wysisyg and add your html. If you create your HTML locally in a text editor, you can click the ‘HTML’ icon on the Wysiwyg and paste your html code into the editor. Click save, refresh the front end, and your custom HTML will now be displayed in the left sidebar.

Images are added to articles using the Editor Buttons below the content editor window in the Edit Article screen. Note: It is possible to insert images using the editor in Joomla! however this feature provides a simple way of inserting images stored in the images/stories directory of Joomla!

1. Open the Article for editing either by:
   • Click the Content > Article Manager menu item to go to the Article Manager, select the Article and click the Edit toolbar button.
   • Clicking the Add New Article button in the Control Panel.
   • If logged in to the Front-end, you have appropriate permissions and are viewing the Article you wish to edit: Click the Edit toolbar button.
2. Choose where you would like your image placed in the flow of the text by moving the cursor and click the Image editor button at the bottom of the screen.
3. The Insert Image screen will open over the top of the Edit Article screen. Choose an image by clicking on it.
   • You may also move directory by clicking on the folder icons.
   • Use the drop down Directory field to quickly select a directory and click the Up button to go up a directory level.
4. Set the image properties as required:
   • Image Description: This becomes the alt attribute for the image, an important feature for accessibility and compliance with web standards.
   • Image Title: Used for the optional caption and also becomes the title attribute in HTML.
   • Align: Sets the image alignment. If left blank the align attribute is not set.
   • Caption: Enables the caption which displays the Image Title below the image.
5. Click the Insert button to insert the image. The Insert Image screen will close and the image will be displayed in the editor.
   • Click the Cancel button to leave the Insert Image screen.

Uploading images using the Insert Image screen

You may also upload new images using the Upload section of the Insert Image screen.

1. Click the Browse button to open a file browser.
2. Select the image files you wish to upload. Click Open in the file browser to confirm the selection. Note: The file browser style and layout depends on the browser and operating system you are using.
   • To remove selected files before uploading click the red icon next to the listed files.
   • If you are uploading multiple files in batches you can clear the list of completed files by clicking the Clear Completed button.
3. The selected file(s) appear as a list at the bottom of the Insert Image screen. Click Start Upload to begin uploading files.
   • When the upload is complete a green tick will appear next to the file.
4. You may now select and insert the uploaded image as before.

To view a visual layout of the modules being used on your page, append your root url with /index.php?tp=1. This will overlay a text box on each area with the title of the module/user area.

By default, Joomla has the statement “Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License“, placed in the footer. You can modify this in several ways.

• Edit the text in the Language/en-GB(or your language)/en-GB.mod_footer.ini (or your-language.mod_footer.ini
• Edit the code in Includes/footer.php
• Disable the footer module in Extensions/Module Manager
• Edit the footer code from the index.php file

WordPress 3.0 is a revolutionary release to the world’s #1 website content management system.  There are several new functionality additions to the WordPress 3.0 release, but custom post types is arguably one of the most important.

Custom post types empowers WordPress designers with a fantastic new toolset for creating custom WordPress websites.  In the following example, I’m going to make a very simple custom comment form to allow visitors to submit comments to a predefined post, creating a web page that can be used for submitting testimonials, etc.

This example assumes that you are familiar with editing WordPress template files, such as functions.php, single.php, ect. read more…

To sell products or services on a website, you need an ecommerce website. The ecommerce website typically hosts yourwebsitename.com with a web design, content information web pages, a product catalog, a shopping cart where consumers save their product selections, a checkout interface where the consumer completes the purchase, and a backend administrative interface where the website owner/manager can add, remove or edit the product catalog and content web pages.

During the checkout process, the website needs to connect to a third party system to process the actual credit card payment transaction. For payment processing, Paypal is a great way to get started with no up front costs. If you want a more professional payment processor, Authorize.net is the most popular solution, however that includes startup and monthly costs, as well as banking applications and approvals. With a professional payment processor like Authorize.net, you also need a merchant account (business bank deposit account). You can startup with Paypal, then upgrade to Authorize.net at a future time. You can use both PayPal and Authorize.net together to provide a broader choice of payment transactions to your potential customers.

To setup your ecommerce website, production costs typically range from $2000 to $5000 depending upon the amount of products in the catalog and the website’s overall level of complexity. It is not uncommon for ecommerce web design productions to cost in excess of $15,000. Website hosting subscriptions will be between $300 and $600 per year, depending upon the quality of performance desired. Domain names (your-website-name.com) typically cost $10 per year.

You can setup a Paypal account by yourself right now. Go to Paypal.com, and create a paypal standard account. You then link the paypal account to your bank account, which usually takes 3-5 days to complete.

The primary advantages of an Internet Payment Gateway is ease of use and broad compatibility. Internet Payment Gateways account for almost 90% of all Internet payment transactions. A consumer can purchase your product or service right on your website with a major credit card like Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, etc.

With a third party payment processor like PayPal, the consumer is re-directed from your website to the PayPal website where the payment transaction is completed. Some web savvy consumers use PayPal on a regular basis, however, many consumers are not comfortable paying via PayPal, which can account for a loss in the potential sale.

You can read more about the advantages of an Internet Payment Gateway vs PayPal here: https://www.authorize.net/advantage/

If you want more information about producing your own eccommerce website, contact Razworks at 941-685-8857, or email us here:

http://www.razworks.com/contact.php

With recent releases of the DroidX and the Apple Iphone 4, mobile device Internet functionality has evolved beyond that of a mere psuedo-web browser.  I just received a new DroidX, and after using the smartphone, it is quite obvious that mobile devices will eventually become a user’s primary Internet browsing device. And it appears that the popularity of the Apple Iphone may just fade away with a mainstream graduation of the entire mobile device industry.

Droid X blogs are hearing that a lot of iPhone users are moving to Droid X. Why? The Droid X blog writes that a mobile devices most important features is the network carrier, and they imply that the Apple Iphone’s AT&T network is prone to dropping calls, for which Verizon’s reliable network is not. I don’t use an Iphone, so I can’t quote from personal experience. But I was just talking to a colleague today regarding a project we are collaborating on, and his phone dropped out 3 times during a 20 minute call. He has Apple’s AT&T network. My neighbor has an Iphone and he swears by it. His only complaint: dropped calls. I have been a Verizon Wireless user since 2002. I can have a clear conversation going up and down in an elevator. From my experience, dropped calls are a rarity.

The Droid X .net blog claims Iphone users are switching to DroidX because, “if I wished to make voice calls anytime anywhere I want” states DroidX.net, “if I wished for the next best thing that did cool things like Skype Mobile and HDMI 720P streaming, and if I wished for wireless tethering of 5 devices on a smartphone, I’d get a Droid X.” DroidX.net adds that you can’t do any of those on the iPhone 4.

You can check out the full article here>

After one day, I like the DroidX, so far.

Mobile Device editorial by Michael Rassel – July 17, 2010

There a numerous formats of video available, and what video format you use is dependent upon the environment that the video will be viewed.  Website video, for instance typically uses the .flv, wmv, or mp4 formats, but mobile video formats have been changing the video format landscape.  With the arrival of HTML5, which has native video support built in, third party video plugins such as Adobe Flash have been rumored to become obsolete. Apple announced it would not support Adobe Flash on it’s popular Iphone, which created a panic among frequent users of Adobe Flash multi-media. However, Google’s Droid mobile operating system is boldly promoting the support of Flash media, which many believe will keep Adobe Flash alive in the mobile marketplace.

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