The APEA *101 Guide* to the Joomla CMS Control Panel

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1 The APEA *101 Guide* t the Jmla CMS Cntrl Panel 1. HOW TO ACCESS THE APEA SITE: Yu can access the Cntrl Panel by lgging int Jmla!'s back-end. ADMIN LOG IN DETAILS: The APEA lg in is web-based: lg n here The user name is: admin and the passwrd is: karmabunny After yu lg in, the first screen yu will see is the Cntrl Panel. If yu want t access the Cntrl Panel frm anther area in the back-end, simply g t Site > Cntrl Panel. Belw is a full instructin verview f the Jmla Cntent Management System that editrs can familiarise themselves with fr creating new cntent within the existing apea.rg.au site. Fr editrs that need simply t update existing areas f the APEA site please refer t sectin 4 nly within this guide n page 8. Descriptin The Cntrl Panel prvides access t many default Jmla! functins and features. Frm the Cntrl Panel, yu can create and manage articles, sectins, and categries. Other features available in the Cntrl Panel are the media, menu, language, and user managers. Yu can als access yur site's Glbal Cnfiguratin frm here. Dn t wrry abut all f these areas as ur APEA editrs will be simply updating cntent/existing cntent. Screensht verview - ADMINISTRATION

2 Cntrl Panel Icns The icns available t yu in cntrl panel are: Add New Article. This will take yu t a new article creatin page where yu can create new cntent, select a sectin and categry, and then save the article. It s useful fr quick and easy additins t yur site's cntent. Article Manager. This will take yu directly t the Article Manager where yu can manage all f yur current articles. Categry Manager. As yu might guess, this takes yu t the Categry Manager. Yu can create new categries, and publish/unpublish current nes. Yu can als change which sectin each categry is published in. Frnt Page Manager. Similar t the Article Manager, this icn will take yu t the Frnt Page Manager s that yu can manage all f the articles published t the Frnt Page. Glbal Cnfiguratin. Perhaps ne f the mst imprtant areas in yur Jmla! back end is the Glbal Cnfiguratin. The glbal cnfiguratin has parameters that, when adjusted, will effect yur entire Jmla! site. Here yu can change many ptins including, but certainly nt limited t: FTP Layer, Site Time Zne, Site Language, Server Cnfiguratins, Sessin settings, and Meta Data. Language Manager. Fllwing suit with all f the ther 'managers' in the cntrl panel, the Language Manager allws yu t manage installed languages by setting ne t be the site's default language. Media Manager. The Media Manager will allw yu t manage files n yur web server. Yu can delete existing files r uplad different nes frm yur hard drive. Yu can als create new directries n yur web server's file system. Menu Manager. The Menu Manager icn takes yu t the Menu Manager. Here yu can manage the current menus by creating new nes, deleting current nes, r directly managing each menu's subsequent menu items. Sectin Manager. The Sectin Manager icn directs yu t the Sectin Manager. Yu can create new sectins, and publish/unpublish current nes. User Manager. The User Manager des just what yu might guess by it's title. It manages users. Yu can create new users, delete existing nes, change passwrds, change language and time preferences, and even change which WYSIWYG editr the user has access t. Lastly, but perhaps mst imprtantly, yu can change the user's user grup, giving the user different access levels and different abilities in yur site. Quick Tips Yu can use the 'Add New Article' buttn t quickly pen a new article edit page t create articles quickly. Use the 'Frnt Page Manager' buttn t quickly get t the frnt page manager and publish/unpublish r mdify any frnt page articles. 2. USER MANAGER Hw t access and set yu editrs/edit authrity settings Yu can access the User Manager by clicking n the User Manager icn in the Cntrl Panel, r by clicking n 'User Manager' in the 'Site' menu n the back-end f yur Jmla! installatin.

3 Descriptin In this screen yu have the ability t lk at a list f yur users and srt them in different ways. Yu can als edit and create users. Screensht COLUMN HEADERS In the table cntaining the users frm yur Jmla! site, yu will see different clumns. Here yu can read what they mean and what is displayed in that clumn. Checkbx. Yu can select this bx t select an item. Yu will need t d this fr several actins, including editing and deleting. Name. The (full) name f the user. Username. The username f the user is displayed here. When a user wants t lg in, he has t fill in this username. Lgged in. In this clumn, yu can see whether the user is lgged in r nt. A green check is shwn when the persn is currently lgged in. The clumn is left blank when the user is lgged ut. Enabled. In this clumn yu can see whether the user is enabled r disabled. A green check is shwn when the user is enabled, a red 'X' sign when the user is disabled. A disabled user did nt activate their accunt by clicking n the link in the sent after registratin. A disabled user culd als be a user wh was blcked by an Administratr r a Super Administratr. Click n the icn t tggle between enabled and disabled. Grup. The user's Grup. The fllwing Grups are available: Registered User: Nrmal visitrs wh register at the site. Can view Menu Items that have Access Level f Registered. Cannt edit r submit articles. Authr: Can submit new articles fr apprval in the frnt end nly. A Publisher r higher must apprve. Cannt edit existing articles. Editr: Can submit new articles r edit existing articles frm the frnt end nly. A Publisher r higher must apprve. Publisher: Can submit, edit, r publish articles frm the frnt end nly. Manager, Administratr and Super Administratr: Can d all f the abve plus can lg int the back end with increasing rights. THIS LEVEL WILL BE CLOSED TO GENERAL EDITORS. . The address frm the user is displayed here. Last visit. Here yu can see the date n which the user last lgged in.

4 ID. Here yu can see the ID number. Yu can nt change this number. Tlbar At the tp right yu will see the tlbar: The functins are: Lgut. Select ne r mre users wh are currently lgged in and click n this buttn. The users will lse there lgged in status. Delete. Select ne r mre and click n this buttn. The selected will be deleted. Edit. Select ne and click n this buttn. Yu will enter the Edit page. New. Click n this buttn t create a new ne. Yu will enter the New page. Help. Open this Help Screen. Quick Tips Click n the name f a user t edit the user's prperties. Click n the address f a user t send this user an . Click n the green check r red 'X' in the Enabled clumn t tggle between Enabled and Disabled status. Click n the Clumn Headers t srt the users by that clumn, ascending r descending. User Manager - New/Edit Hw t access Yu can access the User Manager New/Edit screen thrugh the User Manager. G t the User Manager by clicking n the User Manager icn in the Cntrl Panel, r by clicking n 'User Manager' in the 'Site' menu in the back-end f yur Jmla! installatin. Click n the name f a user, select a user and click n the Edit buttn, r click n the New buttn in the User Manager t access the New/Edit screen. Descriptin In this screen, yu have the ability t create a new user (if yu clicked n the 'New' buttn in the User Manager), r edit an existing user (if yu selected a user and clicked n the 'Edit' buttn in the User Manager, r clicked n the name f a user).

5 Screensht User details and parameters Yu will see different fields where yu can fill in r edit infrmatin f the user. These are: Name. The (full) name f the user. Username. The username f the user is displayed here. When a user wants t lg in, he has t fill in this username. . The address frm the user is displayed here. New passwrd. Fill in a (new) passwrd. Althugh this field is nt required, the user will nt be able t lg in when n passwrd is set. Verify passwrd. Fill in the passwrd frm the field abve again, t verify it. This field is required when yu filled in the New passwrd field. Grup. The user's Grup. The fllwing Grups are available: Registered User: Nrmal visitrs wh register at the site. Can view Menu Items that have Access Level f Registered. Cannt edit r submit articles. Authr: Can submit new articles fr apprval in the frnt end nly. A Publisher r higher must apprve. Cannt edit existing articles. Editr: Can submit new articles r edit existing articles frm the frnt end nly. A Publisher r higher must apprve. Publisher: Can submit, edit, r publish articles frm the frnt end nly. Manager, Administratr and Super Administratr: Can d all f the abve plus can lg int the back end with increasing rights. Blck User. Here yu can select whether t disable this user r nt. Only available when editing Administratrs r Super Administratrs.

6 Receive System s. Here yu can select whether t let this user receive the system s r nt. Only available when editing Administratrs r Super Administratrs. Register Date. Here yu can see the registered date. Only shwn when editing a user. Last visit. Here yu can see the date n which the user last lgged in. Back-end Language. Here yu can select the back-end language f the user. All installed languages fr the back-end will be displayed in the drp-dwn bx. Default is the language set in Language Manager. Frnt-end Language. Here yu can select the frnt-end language f the user. All installed languages fr the frnt-end will be displayed in the drp-dwn bx. Default is the language set in Language Manager. User Editr. Here yu can select the frnt-end and back-end editr f the user. All installed editrs will be displayed in the drp-dwn bx. Default is the WYSIWYG editr set in the Glbal Cnfiguratin. Help Site. Set the help site f the user. Default is the Help Server set in the Glbal Cnfiguratin. Time Zne. Set the time zne f the user. Default is the Time Zne set in the Glbal Cnfiguratin. Cntact infrmatin. If yu linked a cntact t this user, the cntact infrmatin will be shwed here. Tlbar At the tp right yu will see the tlbar: The functins are: Save. Save it and return t the main screen f the Manager. Apply. Save it, but stay in the same screen. Cancel. G back t the main screen f the Manager, withut saving the mdificatins yu made. Help. Open this Help Screen. Quick tips Name, Username and address are required If yu did nt fill in a particular language, editr, help site and/r time zne, the default settings frm the Glbal Cnfiguratin, Language Manager and/r Template Manager are set. 3. MEDIA MANAGER Hw t access Yu can access the Media Manager thrugh the Cntrl Panel, r by ging t Site > Media Manager.

7 Descriptin The Media Manager is a very useful tl fr uplading r deleting files in the /images/ directry n yur web server. Yu can uplad new files, delete existing nes, and create sub-directries. The Media Manager ffers tw views: thumbnails view and details view. The first (thumbnails view) will shw a preview f the image files. The secnd (details view) will shw the file name, dimensins, and file size. There is als a handy 'delete' buttn next t each file. Screensht Tlbar At the tp right yu will see the tlbar: The functins are: Delete. Select ne r mre and click n this buttn. The selected will be deleted. Help. Open this Help Screen.

8 Functins Switching Views T alternate views between thumbnails and details simply select the view yu want by clicking "Thumbnails View" r "Details View". Uplading Files If yu wuld like t uplad images r ther files t the /images/ directry (r any f the sub directries) simply pen the directry yu want t uplad in by clicking n it in the file navigatin utility n the right side f the screen. Near the bttm f the Media Manager, there is an area marked Uplad File [Max 10M]. Underneath that heading are three buttns: "Brwse", "Start Uplad", and "Clear Cmpleted". T uplad a file, start by using the "Brwse" buttn t find the file yu wuld like t uplad, and then click "Open". (Yu can d this several times s lng as the verall file size accumulatin desn't exceed yur max file uplad size). Once yu have all the files yu want queued, hit the "Start Uplad" buttn. The files will be upladed t the selected directry. Create A Sub Directry If yu want t create a sub directry, yu can d s using the Media Manager. Navigate t the directry yu want the sn-t-be sub directry t be lcated in. In the upper right hand side f the Media Manager, there is a text field area next t a buttn labelled "Create Flder". Type the name f the desired sub directry int this text field, and then click the "Create Flder" buttn. The page will refresh and the sub flder will have been created. Quick Tips The Media Manager's maximum uplad size can be changed t an amunt ther than 10M in the Glbal Cnfiguratin. Yu can uplad multiple files at the same time. Click n 'Start Uplad' t uplad all images displayed beneath it. Click n 'Clear cmpleted' t delete the cmpleted files frm the uplading list. The images will nt be remved frm yur /images directry ARTICLE MANAGER - NEW/ EDIT MAIN FEATURE TO USE BY EDITORS Hw t Access Yu can access the Article:[New] page either by pressing the 'Add New Article' buttn n the Cntrl Panel r by clicking the 'New' buttn n the Article Manager. Yu can access the Article:[Edit] page frm the Article Manager either by clicking n an Article's Title r by clicking the Article's check bx and then clicking the 'Edit' buttn. Bth screens have the same

9 functinality. Descriptin This is the back-end screen where yu can add and edit Articles. The same screen is used fr adding a new Article and editing an existing Article. Yu can als select the Sectin and Categry fr an Article and indicate whether r nt it is Published and if it is selected t appear n the Frnt Page. The Article's cntent is edited using the default editr selected in the User Manager - New/Edit. The Jmla! default editr is called TinyMCE. A number f Parameters can be set fr the Article. Metadata can als be entered. Screensht Heading Infrmatin Enter the heading infrmatin fr the Article, as shwn belw: Title. The Title fr this item. This may r may nt display n the page, depending n the parameter values yu chse. Published. Whether r nt this item is published. Select Yes r N frm the radi buttn grup t set the Published state fr this item. Alias. The internal name f the item. Nrmally, yu can leave this blank and Jmla! will fill in a default value. The default value is the Title r Name in lwer case and with dashes instead f spaces. Yu may enter the Alias manually. The Alias shuld cnsist f lwercase letters, and n blank spaces are allwed. Use a hyphen (-) instead. The Alias will be used in the URL when SEF is

10 activated. Frnt Page. Select N r Yes frm the radi buttn grup t indicate whether this Article will shw n the Frnt Page. Sectin. Select the Sectin fr this Article frm the drp-dwn list bx. Nte that yu can select 'Uncategrized' if yu d nt want this Article assciated with a Sectin r Categry. This can be used fr Articles that are displayed in an Article Layut as static cntent. Categry. Select the Categry fr this Article frm the drp-dwn list bx. If yu selected 'Uncategrized' fr the Sectin, the Categry will autmatically be 'Uncategrized'. On the right side f the header area, infrmatin abut the Article is displayed, as shwn belw: Reset buttn. Press this buttn t change the Hits t 0. Image, Pagebreak, and Read Mre Buttns Three buttns are lcated just belw the edit windw, as shwn belw: Image. This buttn prvides an easy way t insert an image int an Article. Images may be inserted frm the 'images/stries' flder and may als be upladed. When yu click the Image buttn, a windw pps up, as shwn belw: Directry. The current directry n the hst server. This is the 'images/stries' directry under yur Jmla! hme directry. Use the drp-dwn list bx t select a subdirectry. Up. Navigate t the parent directry. Nte that the tp directry fr this functin is

11 'images/stries'. Yu can nt navigate t a higher directry. Insert. Insert the selected image. The insert pint will be the current cursr psitin. Yu will see the image display inside the edit windw. Cancel. Cancel the peratin and clse the ppup windw. Thumbnail Brwse Area. Click n an image thumbnail t select the image. Click n a flder icn t navigate t that subdirectry. Image URL. Click n ne f the image thumbnails and the URL fr the image will be entered fr yu. Align. Select the desired alignment (left r right) frm the drp-dwn list bx. Image Descriptin. Enter a descriptin fr the image. Image Title. Enter a Title fr this image. This displays when a User hvers the muse n the image. Captin. If checked, image title will display as a captin belw the image. Brwse files. Click this buttn t brwse t an image file t uplad frm yur lcal cmputer. A file dialg will pen allwing yu t select a file. Start Uplad. Once yu have selected a file, press this buttn t uplad the file t yur Jmla! 'images/stries' flder. When the uplad is dne, a 'Cmpleted' message will display. The thumbnail fr the new image will nw shw in the thumbnail area. Clear Cmpleted. Clears the 'Cmpleted' message. Pagebreak. This buttn allws yu t insert a pagebreak inside an Article. A pagebreak allws fr page navigatin when the article is displayed n a layut. This is useful fr lng articles. When this buttn is pressed, a ppup windw is displayed as shwn belw: Page Title. Enter the title t display fr the new page (fr example, 'Page 2'). Table f Cntents Alias. Optinal field t display in the table f cntents fr this page. In a multi-page article, Jmla! displays a 'table f cntents' fr the page that allws the user t select any page. If this field is blank, the Page Title will be used. If yu want a different title in the table f cntents, enter it here. Insert Pagebreak. Click this buttn t insert the pagebreak with the entered fields. The Pagebreak will display as a gray dashed line acrss the Article. Nte that a pagebreak cannt be edited. If yu need t change a field in the pagebreak, click n the Article just past the pagebreak, press Backspace until the pagebreak is deleted, then insert a new pagebreak with the desired infrmatin. Read mre... This buttn inserts a 'Read mre...' break in the Article. This shws as a red dtted

12 line acrss the Article. If an Article has a 'Read mre...' break, nly the text befre the break, called the Int Text, will initially display, alng with a 'Read mre...' link. If the User clicks this link, either the entire Article r just the part after the 'Read mre...' link is displayed. This depends n the setting f the 'Intr Text' parameters fr the Article and in the Glbal Cnfiguratin. The 'Read mre...' break allws yu t save space n pages by just shwing the Intr Text. Nte that the 'Read mre...' break nly shws in the Frnt Page, Sectin, and Categry Blg layuts. If yu want t insert breaks fr an Article shwn in an Article Layut, use the Page Break buttn. TinyMCE editr The default editr fr bth frnt-end and back-end users in Jmla! is the TinyMCE editr. TinyMCE is a WYSIWYG (what yu see is what yu get) editr that allws users a familiar wrd-prcessing interface t use when editing Articles and ther cntent. The 3-rw tlbar belw prvides many standard editing cmmands: Tp Rw. Buttns in the upper left allw yu t make text bld, italic, underlined, r strikethrugh. Next t that are buttns fr align left, right, center, and full. Styles. Captin and System Pagebreak styles can be set. Highlight the desired text and select the style. This will allw this text t be frmatted based n CSS rules. Frmat. Select pre-defined frmats fr Paragraph, Address, Heading1, and s n. Fnt Family. Select the desired fnt. Secnd Rw. Unrdered List, Ordered list, Outdent (mve left) and Indent (indent right). Und (Ctrl+Z) and Re-d (Ctrl+Y). Insert/Edit Link. T insert r edit a link, select the linked text and press this buttn. A ppup dialg displays that lets yu enter details abut the link. Unlink. T remve a link, highlight the linked text and press this buttn. Insert/Edit Image. T insert and image, place the cursr in the desired lcatin and press this buttn. A ppup dialg displays that lets yu enter in the Image URL and ther infrmatin abut hw the image will display. Cleanup Messy Cde. This buttn allws yu t clean up HTML cde, perhaps frm HTML text that yu cpied in frm anther surce. Edit HTML Surce. A ppup displays shwing the HTML surce cde, allwing yu t edit the HTML surce cde. Find and Find/Replace.

13 Insert Date, Time, r Emtins. Insert Embedded Media. T insert embedded media (such as Flash), place the cursr at the desired lcatin and press this buttn. A ppup dialg will display that allws yu t enter the Type, File r URL, and ther infrmatin abut the media. Directin Left t Right and Directin Right t Left. These buttns allw yu t enter r change the text directin, fr example fr languages that read right t left. Insert New Layer, Mve Frward, Mve Backware, Tggle Abslute Psitin. Fr wrking with layered items. Select Text Clr. Third Rw. Insert Hrizntal Ruler. Remve Frmatting. Tggle Guidelines/Invisible elements. Subscript, Superscript, Insert Custm Character, Hrizntal Rule. Insert New Table, Table Rw Prperties, Table Cell Prperties, Insert Rw Befre, Insert Rw After, Delete Rw, Insert Clumn Befre, Insert Clumn After, Delete Clumn, Split Merged Table Cells, Merge Table Cells. Tggle Full Screen Mde. Edit CSS Style. A ppup dialg bx displays that allws yu t enter CSS style infrmatin fr the selected text. N editr If 'N editr' is selected fr a User, then a simple text editr displays. This allws yu t enter in raw, unfrmatted HTML. Yu can use the tlbar 'Preview' buttn t preview hw the HTML will display. Nte that the 'N Editr' ptin can be useful if yu are entering in 'bilerplate' r custm HTML, fr example t create a PayPal link. TinyMCE autmatically re-frmats and strips sme HTML when a file is saved. This can cause cmplex HTML t nt wrk crrectly. If this happens, yu can temprarily change the editr t 'N Editr' and create the desired cntent. Nte that if yu wish t edit this cntent in the future, yu shuld be careful t change yur editr t 'N Editr'. Otherwise, if yu pen and save the cntent with TinyMCE, yu may lse yur custm HTML. Parameters - Article This sectin allws yu t enter parameters fr this Article, as shwn belw:

14 These entries are ptinal. Jmla! autmatically creates default entries fr these values. Authr. Select the Authr frm the drp-dwn list bx. Default is the current user. Authr Alias. This ptinal field allws yu t enter in an alias fr this Authr fr this Article. This allws yu t display a different Authr name fr this Article. Access Level. Wh has access t this item. Current ptins are: Public: Everyne has access Registered: Only registered users have access Special: Only users with authr status r higher have access Yu can change an item's Access Level by clicking n the icn in the clumn. Created Date. This field defaults t the current time when the Article was created. Yu can enter in a different date and time r click n the calendar icn t find the desired date. Start Publishing. Date and time t start publishing. Use this field if yu want t enter cntent ahead f time and then have it published autmatically at a future time. Finish Publishing. Date and time t finish publishing. Use this field if yu want t have cntent autmatically changed t Unpublished state at a future time (fr example, when it is n lnger applicable). Parameters - Advanced This sectin allws yu t enter additinal parameters fr this Article, as shwn belw:

15 These parameters allw yu t verride the parameters set in the Parameter/Glbal Cnfiguratin setup in the Article Manager and the Parmeters - Cmpnent settings in the Menu Item Manager. A value f 'Use Glbal' means that either the setting frm the Menu Item r the setting frm the Glbal Cnfiguratin will cntrl the actin. A setting ther than 'Use Glbal' will always cntrl the actin and verride settings frm these ther areas. The setting here takes tp pririty. The setting in the Menu Item is secnd pririty. The setting in the Glbal Cnfiguratin cntrls if bth f the ther setting are set t 'Use Glbal'. Shw Title. (Use Glbal/N/Yes). Whether r nt t shw the Article's Title. Title Linkable. (N/Yes/Use Glbal) Whether r nt the Title f the Article will be a hyperlink t the Article. Intr Text. (Use Glbal/Hide/Shw). Hide r Shw the Article's Intr Text when the 'Read mre...' link is selected. Intr Text is the first part f the Article befre a 'Read mre...' break. If this parameter is 'Shw', when the User selects the 'Read mre...' link, the entire article will display. If this parameter is 'Hide', when the User selects the 'Read mre...' link, nly the part f the Article after the 'Read mre...' link will display. Sectin Name. (Hide/Shw/Use Glbal) Whether r nt the Sectin Name will display. Sectin Title Linkable. (N/Yes/Use Glbal) Whether r nt the Title f the Sectin will be a hyperlink t the Sectin page.

16 Categry Title. (Hide/Shw/Use Glbal) Whether r nt the Categry Title will display. Categry Title Linkable. (N/Yes/Use Glbal) Whether r nt the Title f the Categry will be a hyperlink t the Categry page. Article Rating. (Use Glbal/Hide/Shw). Hide r shw the Article Rating. Authr Name. (Hide/Shw/Use Glbal) Whether r nt t display the Authr Name. Created Date and Time. (Hide/Shw/Use Glbal) Whether r nt t display the date and time the Article was created. Mdified Date and Time. (Hide/Shw/Use Glbal) Whether r nt t display the date and time the Article was last mdified. PDF Icn. (Hide/Shw/Use Glbal) Whether r nt t display a buttn t allw the Article t be rendered in a new windw in PDF frmat. This allws the User t view, print, r save the Article as a PDF file. Print Icn. (Hide/Shw/Use Glbal) Whether r nt t display a buttn t allw the Article t be printed. This allws the User t print the current Article in a printer-friendly frmat. Icn. (Hide/Shw/Use Glbal) Whether r nt t display a buttn t allw a link t the Article t be ed. This displays a frm that allws the user t send an with a link t the current Article. Cntent Language. Language in which this Article is written. This is ptinal. If n language is selected, the default language fr the site is assumed. Key Reference. Optinal text key that an Article may be referenced by (fr example, a help reference). A nrmal Jmla! link t an Article is in the frm "<hme URL>/index2.php?ptin=cm_cntent&view=article&id=22&Itemid=34". In this example, Jmla! is using the "cm_cntent" cmpnent, using an "article" layut, shwing the Article whse ID is "22", and using the Menu Item whse ItemID is "34". The Key Reference f an Article can be used in a URL instead f the Article's ID. Fr example, if an Article's Key Reference is "whats.new", then the URL "<hme URL>/index2.php/?ptin=cm_cntent&view=article&Itemid=34&task=findkey&keyref=whats.new " culd als be used t display the page. The "task=findkey" tells Jmla! t search by Key Reference, and the "keyref=whats.new" prvides the Key Reference t search fr. Using the Key Reference t link t Articles is mre flexible than using Article ID, since yu can edit the Key Reference field f existing Articles. Nte that, if mre than ne Article has the same Key Reference, this URL will nly find the first Article with this Key Reference. Alternative Read mre: text. Optinal text t display next t the 'Read mre...' link. If n entry is made, the Article Title is used. Metadata Infrmatin This sectin allws yu t enter Metadata Infrmatin fr this Article. Metadata is infrmatin abut the Article that is nt displayed but is available t Search Engines and ther systems t classify the Article. This gives yu mre cntrl ver hw the cntent will be analyzed by these prgrams. All f these entries are

17 ptinal. The entry screen is shwn belw: Metadata Descriptin. Optinal Metadata Descriptin fr this Article. Metadata Keywrds. Optinal entry fr keywrds. Must be entered separated by cmmas (fr example, "cats, dgs, pets") and may be entered in upper r lwer case. (Fr example, "CATS" will match "cats" r "Cats"). Keywrds can be used in several ways: 1. T help Search Engines and ther systems classify the cntent f the Article. 2. In cmbinatin with Banner tags, t display specific Banners based n the Article cntent. Fr example, say yu have ne Banner with an ad fr dg prducts and anther Banner fr cat prducts. Yu can have yur dg Banner display when a User is viewing a dg-related Article and yur cat Banner display fr a cat-related Article. T d this, yu wuld: 1. Add the keywrds 'dg' and 'cat' t the apprpriate Articles. 2. Add the Tags 'dg' and 'cat' t the apprpriate Banners in the Banner Manager New/Edit screen. 3. Set the Banner mdule Parameter 'Search By Tags' t 'Yes in the Banner Mdule Edit screen. 3. In cmbinatin with the Related Articles mdule, t display Articles that share at least ne keywrd in cmmn. Fr example, if the current Article displayed has the keywrds "cats, dgs, mnkeys", any ther Articles with at least ne f these keywrds will shw in the Related Articles mdule. Rbts. Optinal keywrds fr Rbts. Rbts are autmated sftware prgrams that surf the web and catalg web cntent. If special keywrds are desired fr Rbts t use, enter them here. Authr. Optinal entry fr an Authr name within the metadata. Tlbar At the tp right yu will see the tlbar:

18 Preview. Opens a ppup windw that displays a preview f the Article. This is nrmally nt needed when using a WYSIWYG editr, such as TinyMCE. Hwever, if yu are using a plain text editr (fr example, the 'N Editr' ptin), this preview lets yu see what the Article will lk like when shwn n the web site. Save. Save it and return t the main screen f the Manager. Apply. Save it, but stay in the same screen. If yu have been wrking n a screen fr a lng time and dn't want t risk lsing yur wrk, pressing Apply saves yur wrk and lets yu cntinue wrking. If, fr example, yu lst yur Internet cnnectin, yur wrk will be saved up this pint. Clse. Return t the previus screen withut saving yur wrk. If yu press Clse while adding a new item, this new item will nt be created. If yu were mdifying an existing item, the mdificatins will nt be saved. Help. Opens this Help Screen. Quick Tips The hierarchy f display parameters is as fllws: 1. Parameters - Advanced fr the specific Article. A setting ther than 'Use Glbal' here always cntrls the setting. 2. Parameters - Cmpnent fr the Menu Item. If the Parameters - Advanced abve is 'Use Glbal' and this setting is nt 'Use Glbal', then this cntrls the setting. 3. Glbal Cnfiguratin settings in the Article Manager/Parameters sectin. Settings here nly apply if bth f the abve are set t 'Use Glbal'. Example: The 'Title Linkable' setting in the Article's 'Parameters - Advanced' sectin is set t 'Use Glbal'. The Menu Item is an Article Layut, and 'Title Linkable' in the 'Parameters - Cmpnent' is 'N'. The Glbal Cnfiguratin 'Title Linkable' is set t 'Yes'. The result will be 'Yes', since the Menu Item verrides the Glbal Cnfiguratin. Yu can add images using either the TinyMCE Insert/Edit Image icn r the Image buttn belw the edit area. Fr adding new images in an Article, it is easier t use the Image buttn (belw the edit area). This is because it lets yu brwse t the image file and als lets yu uplad images. Hwever, fr editing an existing image, yu need t use the TinyMCE icn. The Image buttn nly supprts adding new images. 'Read mre...' breaks allw yu t save space n the Frnt Page r n any blg layut page by shwing just the first prtin f an Article. 'Pagebreaks' allw yu t prvide multi-page navigatin fr lng Articles. Yu can use bth n ne Article, if desired. Fr example, yu culd put a 'Read mre...' break after the first paragraph f a multi-page article, and have Pagebreaks after each page. N page navigatin wuld display n the Frnt Page until the User selects the 'Read mre...' link. At that time, the Article's table f cntents wuld display shwing links t every page. Yu can insert a Jmla! Mdule inside an Article by typing "{ladpsitin xxx}", where "xxx" is the

19 psitin entered fr the desired Mdule. Nte that the psitin name must nt cnflict with a psitin used by yur Jmla! template. It can be any name (e.g., "mymdulepsitin1") as lng as it matches the psitin name typed in fr the Mdule. The Menu Assignment fr the Mdule must include the Menu Item where the Article is displayed, and the Plugin called "Cntent - Lad Mdule" must be enabled (which it is by default). This feature allws yu, fr example, t insert a Custm HTML Mdule anywhere in an Article. See Mdule Manager - New/Edit fr infrmatin abut adding mdules. G 5 5. GLOBAL CONFIGURATION Hw t access T access the page, either click n Glbal Cnfiguratin in the main Cntrl panel r g t Site > Glbal Cnfiguratin. Descriptin The Glbal Cnfiguratin screen allws yu t cnfigure the Jmla! site with yur persnal settings. A screen sht is belw f the GLOBAL CONFIGURATION panel. Site Settings Site Offline. This setting shws when the site is ffline. Only Administratrs will be able t see the site when Site Offline is set t Yes. The default setting is N. Offline Message. The message that will be displayed n the site when the site is ffline. Site Name. The name f the site. Default WYSIWYG Editr. (WYSIWYG stands fr What Yu See Is What Yu Get) The default editr t use when creating articles. List Length. The length f lists in the Cntrl Panel fr all Users. By default, this is set t 20.

20 Feed Length. The number f cntent items t be shwn in the feed(s). By default, this is set t 10. Metadata Settings Glbal Site Meta Descriptin. This is the descriptin f the site which is indexed by search engine spiders. Glbal Site Meta Keywrds. These keywrds describe the site and are the basis fr imprving the ability f search engine spiders ability t index the site. Shw Title Meta Tag. It shws the Meta infrmatin f each article. This Meta infrmatin is used by search engine spiders when indexing the site. Each article can have its wn Meta Data infrmatin (set under the Metadata Infrmatin pane when creating r editing an article). Shw Authr Meta Tag. It shws the Authr Meta infrmatin fr articles and is used by search engine spiders when indexing the site. SEO Settings SEO stands fr Search Engine Optimizatin. Search Engine Friendly URLs. When set t Yes, URLs are rewritten t be mre friendly fr search engine spiders. Fr example, the URL: wuld turn int: Mst f the items created in Jmla! have an Alias bx where a search engine friendly URL can be inserted. The default setting is N. Use Apache md_rewrite. When set t Yes, Jmla! will use the md_rewrite settings f Apache when creating search engine friendly URLs. Please nte: it is advised that yu d nt mdify any.htaccess file withut an understanding f hw it wrks. Yu must use the.htaccess file prvided with Jmla! in rder t use this setting. T use this file, rename the htaccess.txt file (fund in the rt directry) t.htaccess. By default, this setting is set t N. Add suffix t URLs. When set t Yes, Jmla! will add.html t the end f the URLs. The default setting is N. System Screensht

21 System Settings Secret Wrd. This is generated when Jmla! is first installed and is nt changeable. It is used internally by Jmla! fr security purpses. Path t Lg flder. The path where the lgs shuld be stred. The Jmla! installer shuld autmatically fill in this flder. Enable Web Services. This feature enables Jmla! t make RPC (Remte Prcedure Calls) using HTTP as the transprt medium and XML as the encding language. This functin shuld remain n t ensure that many third party extensins wrks. The default setting Yes. Help Server. The place Jmla! lks fr help infrmatin when yu click the Help buttn (visible in many screens and ptins f the administratin panel). By default, it uses Jmla!'s main help site. User Settings Allw User Registratin. This determines whether users can register n the site. The default setting is Yes. New User Registratin Type. If Allw User Registratin is set t Yes, this setting tells Jmla! what level f access shuld be given t new users wh register. The default setting is Registered. New User Accunt Activatin. This setting determines whether a new user will have t activate their accunt befre they can use it. If set t Yes, users will be sent an cntaining a link t a web address. The user must fllw this link t activate his/her accunt. By default, this setting is set t Yes. Frnt-end User Parameters. When set t Shw, users will be able t select their language, article editr, and help site preferences frm within their Details screen. The default setting is Shw. Media Settings Legal Extensins (File Types). These are the file types users are allwed t uplad. By default, when Jmla! is installed, basic image and dcument files are allwed. Maximum Size (in bytes). The maximum file size users are allwed t uplad, in bytes. The default setting is (r 10mb). Path t Media Flder. The path where nn-image media files are lcated, including vides and dcument files. The default is "<Jmla! hme>/images". Yu can create a new flder t use with the Media Manager and enter the path t that flder here. Warning: D nt delete r rename the existing "<Jmla! hme>/images" flder n yur server. This flder and its subflders "images/banners", "images/m_images", "images/smiles", and "images/stries" are used by Jmla!. Deleting r renaming these flders may cause errrs. Path t Image Flder. The path where images are stred. The default is "<Jmla! hme>/images/stries". Yu can create a new flder t use with the Media Manager and enter the path t that flder here. If yu want t access this flder frm the Media Manager, either use the default value r make the new flder a sub-flder f the Media Manager flder. Warning: D nt delete r rename the existing "images/stries" flder n yur server. This flder is used by Jmla! and deleting r renaming it will cause errrs. Restrict Uplads. This feature restricts uplads by user type. The default setting is Yes. Check MIME Types. This uses MIME Magic r Fileinf t verify files. The default setting is Yes. By checking the MIME infrmatin, yu help ensure users dn't uplad malicius files t yur site. If invalid MIME type errrs are received then change the setting t N. Legal Image Extensins (File Types). This allws yu t limit the types f images that can be upladed. It perates by checking the file image headers. By default, Jmla! nly allws bmp,gif,jpg,png.

22 Ignred Extensins. This sets which extensins are ignred fr MIME type checking and restricts uplads. By default, n extensins are ignred. Legal MIME Types. This sets the list f legal MIME types fr uplads. By default, Jmla! autmatically includes sme standard file types. It is recmmended that yu d nt tuch this setting unless yu knw what yu are ding. Illegal MIME Types. This sets the list f illegal MIME types fr uplads. By default, Jmla! autmatically blcks HTML MIME types. It is recmmended that yu d nt tuch this setting unless yu knw what yu are ding. Debug Settings Debug System. This will turn n the debugging system f Jmla!. When set t Yes, this tl will prvide diagnstic infrmatin, language translatins, and SQL errrs. If any such issues r errrs ccur, they will be displayed at the bttm f each page, in bth the frnt-end and back-end. Debug Language. This will turn n the debugging indicatrs (*...*) r (?...?) fr the Jmla! Language files. Debug Language will wrk withut the Debug System tl set t n. But it will nt prvide additinal detailed references which wuld help in crrecting any errrs. Cache Settings Cache. This setting sets whether site caching is enabled r nt. When enabled, it keeps a lcal cpy f the cntent n the server t speed up accessing and lessen stress n the database. The default setting is N. Cache Time. This setting sets the maximum length f time (in minutes) fr a cache file t be stred befre it is refreshed. The default setting is 15 minutes. Cache Handler. This setting sets hw the cache perates. There is nly ne caching mechanism which is filebased. Sessin Settings Sessin Lifetime. This setting sets hw lng a sessin shuld last and hw lng a user can remain signed in fr (befre lgging them ff fr being inactive). The default setting is 15 minutes. Sessin Handler. This setting sets hw the sessin shuld be handled nce a user cnnects and lgs int the site. The default setting is set t Database. Server Screensht

23 Server Settings Path t Temp-flder. The path where files are temprarily stred. This is filled in by default when Jmla! is installed. GZIP Page Cmpressin. Cmpressing pages typically increases yur site's speed. The default setting is N. Errr Reprting. This sets the apprpriate level f reprting. The default setting is System Default. Lcale Settings Time Zne. This tl sets the current date and time. The set time shuld be where the site's server is lcated. The default setting is (UTC 00:00) Western Eurpe Time, Lndn, Lisbn, Casablanca. FTP Settings FTP stands fr File Transfer Prtcl. Mst f these settings are set during the initial Jmla! installatin. Enable FTP. This setting tells Jmla! t use it's built-in FTP functin instead f the nrmal uplad prcess used by PHP. FTP Hst. The hst server's URL cnnecting the FTP. FTP Prt. The prt where the FTP is accessed. The default setting is 21. FTP Username. The username that Jmla! will use when accessing the FTP server. Security recmmendatin: create anther FTP user accunt t access a flder where files will be upladed t. FTP Passwrd. The passwrd that Jmla! will use when accessing the FTP server. Security recmmendatin: create anther FTP user accunt t access the flder where files will be upladed t. FTP Rt. The rt directry where files shuld be upladed t. Database Settings These settings are set during the initial setup f Jmla! It is advised t leave these settings the way they are, unless yu have a gd understanding f hw databases wrk. Database Type. The type f databased t be used. The default setting is mysql, but this can be changed during the initial setup f Jmla!. Hstname. The hstname where the database is lcated. It is typically set t lcalhst fr mst servers. It is pssible fr the hstname t be lcated n a different server all tgether. Username. The username t access the database. Database. The name f the database. Database Prefix. The prefix used befre the actual table's name. This allws yu t have multiple Jmla! installatins in the same database. The default setting is js_, but this can be changed during initial setup f Jmla!. Mail Settings The mail settings are set during the initial setup f Jmla!. These settings can be changed whenever needed. Mailer. This setting sets which mailer t use t deliver s frm the site. The default setting is PHP Mail Functin. This can be changed during the initial setup f Jmla!. PHP Mail Functin. This uses the mail functin that is built int PHP. Sendmail. This uses the Sendmail prgram, which is typically used when creating HTML frms.

24 SMTP Server. This uses the site's SMTP server. Mail frm. The address used by Jmla! t send site . Frm Name. The name Jmla! will use when sending site s. By default, Jmla! uses the site name during the initial setup. Sendmail Path. The path where the Sendmail prgram is lcated. This is typically filled in by Jmla! during the initial setup. This path is nly used if Mailer is set t Sendmail. SMTP Authenticatin. If the SMTP server requires authenticatin t send mail, set this t Yes. Otherwise leave it at N. This is nly used if Mailer is set t Sendmail. SMTP Username. The username t use fr access t the SMTP hst. This is nly used if Mailer is set t Sendmail. SMTP Passwrd. The passwrd t use fr access t the SMTP hst. This is nly used if Mailer is set t Sendmail. SMTP Hst. The SMTP address t use when sending mail. This is nly used if Mailer is set t Sendmail. Tlbar At the tp right yu will see the tlbar: The functins are: Save. Save the mdificatins yu made t the Glbal Cnfiguratin. Yu will be redirected t the Cntrl Panel. Apply. Save it, but stay in the same screen. Clse. Return t the Cntrl Panel withut saving the mdificatins yu made t the Glbal cnfiguratin. Help. Open this Help Screen. Quick Tips Mst, if nt all, f these settings can be set nce and then left alne. If majr mdificatins need t be made, then cnsider taking the site ffline t test it and t make sure everything is in wrking rder. The settings are saved in '<Jmla! rt>/cnfiguratin.php'. Yu have t either activate the FTP-layer r make the 'cnfiguratin.php' file writable t save yur changes. CONTACT NICK RAMAGE - LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION ON WITH IMMEDIATE CONTENT MANAGEMENT (CMS) REQUESTS RE: APEA STAKEHOLDERS SITE.