http://www.keithdmitchell.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:53:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/08/07/how-to-enable-seo-on-joomla-windows-and-linux/ http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/08/07/how-to-enable-seo-on-joomla-windows-and-linux/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:54:02 +0000 keith http://www.keithdmitchell.com/?p=97 Joomla has built-in SEO functionality.(SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization). The SEO tab in Global Configuration (in Administration backend)takes care of global SEO settings for your Joomla site. The tricky part is enabling search engine friendly URLs. If you are wondering what are those good for, here’s an example: A non-sef URL: www.site.org/index.php?option=com_weblinks&task=view&Itemid=22 The Joomla [...]]]> http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/08/07/how-to-enable-seo-on-joomla-windows-and-linux/feed/ 0 http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/running-the-joomla-installer/ http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/running-the-joomla-installer/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:53:46 +0000 keith http://www.keithdmitchell.com/archives/62 Finally comes the part where we put it all together. For the most part, Joomla installs itself and the only thing which needs to be done is to supply the installer with what we just set up above. In the folder location of where your Joomla files are kept (i.e. your Joomla site’s root), open [...]]]> http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/running-the-joomla-installer/feed/ 0 http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/setting-up-a-joomla-mysql-database-using-phpmyadmin/ http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/setting-up-a-joomla-mysql-database-using-phpmyadmin/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:53:06 +0000 keith http://www.keithdmitchell.com/archives/61 Log into phpMyAdmin as “root” Select the Privledges option. Select the option to add another user. Set the following values: For user name, enter a value consistent with the site. I always make the user name the same at the site, for example “myjoomlasite_com”. Leave the Host option set to Any Host. Assign a password; [...]]]> http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/setting-up-a-joomla-mysql-database-using-phpmyadmin/feed/ 0 http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/setting-up-a-new-joomla-site-on-iis/ http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/setting-up-a-new-joomla-site-on-iis/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:52:52 +0000 keith http://www.keithdmitchell.com/archives/60 Download the latest release of Joomla 1.0.x full package. Extract the downloaded zip file to a folder inside the root of your website directories. I always title the folder the same as the site name (i.e. I would extract to: \websites\joomlaoniis.com\). In IIS, create a new site (again I would call it the same as [...]]]> http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/setting-up-a-new-joomla-site-on-iis/feed/ 0 http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/installing-php-on-iis-with-mysql-support/ http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/installing-php-on-iis-with-mysql-support/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:52:01 +0000 keith http://www.keithdmitchell.com/archives/59 Download PHP (do not get the installer, just the zip package). I would recommend the latest version 5 release. Extract the downloaded zip file to a folder on your root drive, i.e C:\PHP. Copy the file “C:\PHP\php.ini-dist” to your Windows directory. Rename the copied file to “php.ini”. Open the php.ini file and make the following [...]]]> http://www.keithdmitchell.com/2008/03/18/installing-php-on-iis-with-mysql-support/feed/ 0