Join Jen Kramer for an in-depth discussion in this video Customizing the Isis admin template, part of Joomla! 3 Essential Training (2012).
If you just watched my video on Hathor, you saw that there were a few little…customizations that you could make to the Hathor template, and maybe you…were feeling jealous.…You want to use isis, but you'd like to customize the look of isis as well.…What kind of customizations are available for that?…Well, that's what I am going to cover now.…If we go to Extensions, and we go to our Template Manager, let's take a look at…the isis template by clicking on it here, inside of our Styles.…And the first screen just gives us the style name, and the template that it's…associated with, but under Options, we do have some things that we can change…here, which is incredibly helpful.…
So first of all, one of the things that we can change is the color of the…navigation bar, or the color of the header.…So we can change the colors that are associated with these two bars up here at…the top of the screen.…By default, these are various shades of blue;…you could make them shades of red, shades of green, whatever you want to do.…
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9/17/2013Released
12/13/2012- What is Joomla!?
- Completing Joomla! installation
- Planning your website
- Organizing content in Joomla!
- Creating categories, articles, and menus
- Formatting text and images
- Using modules and components
- Identifying and installing good-quality third-party extensions and templates
- Supporting multiple languages with Joomla!
- Managing users and their permissions
- Changing the look of the site with templates
- Launching your site
Skill Level Beginner
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Q: After following along with the exercise files, all has gone well until I installed JCE. When I did this my control panel on the backend came up with the following "strict standards" error:
( ! ) Strict standards: Non-static method WFEditor::getInstance() should
not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in
C:\wamp\www\administrator\components\com_jce\models\model.php on line 112
Please advise. I looked for a way of uninstalling JCE and could not find one. The exercise site seems to work quite well otherwise, although I can't change the profile of JCE as instructed because of similar messages throughout the JCE profile.
A: Anytime you receive an error about "strict standards" when work with WAMP (any additional messaging doesn't matter), please apply the following fix. This fix is also described in the Joomla! 3 Essential Training Chapter 11 video, "Turning off WAMP error reporting."
Because the error reporting is an issue with WAMP and not Joomla!, this fix works for Joomla! 1.6, 1.7, 2.5, and 3.0, as well as later versions of Joomla.
1. In WAMP, find the icon in the system tray and click it.
2. Choose PHP - php.ini from the list.
3. Search the php.ini file for the following line:
error_reporting = {there will be some kind of value in this place}
4. Change whatever value is there on that line to the following:
error_reporting = E_ERROR
5. Save and close php.ini, then go back to the WAMP menu and choose "stop
all services", followed by "start all services" to reboot Apache.
6. You should no longer see errors. If errors are still present, then do
the following:
a. follow steps 1 and 2 above
b. Search the php.ini file for the following line:
display_errors = off
Change this to
display_errors = on
c. Follow step 5 above.
Q: Why is Joomla not installing on my Windows computer with WAMP?
Q: The CAPTCHA plugin shown in "Configuring CAPTCHA for a form" video is not working for me. Is there a workaround?
Q: During the "Styling images with bootstrap classes" video, I ran into a difference between Joomla! 3.3.3 and the older version the course was filmed with. When I select an image in my Product pages and click the tinyMCE "Insert/Edit image" button, there is no longer the "class" field to enter in the Bootstrap class styles as shown. I could not find a way to apply rounded corners, for example, without removing the "pull-right" class. Is there a workaround for this?
A: Unfortunately, tinyMCE has changed in Joomla 3.3, and this interface is no longer available. You'll need to look at the HTML and edit the image tag manually to add the appropriate classes.You could also try a different Joomla editor to see if it offers this functionality. You'll find a listing of Joomla-compatible editors at extensions.joomla.org.
Q: In the movie "Planning your website," Jen mentions that Website Planning and Strategy is a good course to watch next, but I can't find it in the library. Where did the course go?
A: Website Planning and Strategy was retired on March 19, 2015, and has been replaced with a more up-to-date course by Morten Rand-Hendriksen. That course is Mapping the Modern Web Design Process and can be found at http://www.lynda.com/Web-User-
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 1s
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Using the exercise files1m 19s
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Understanding Joomla!6m 45s
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Planning your website3m 10s
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1. Installing Joomla!
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Web hosting overview3m 57s
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Installing Joomla! 3.017m 45s
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2. A General Overview of Joomla!
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Using the Media Manager8m 42s
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Creating content in Joomla!1m 32s
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3. Creating Categories
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4. Creating Articles and Basic Formatting
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Creating individual articles3m 39s
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Formatting articles9m 33s
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Adding an external link3m 28s
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Adding article images5m 4s
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Using Read More4m 17s
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5. Creating Menus for Your Site
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Configuring Category Blogs3m 23s
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Configuring Category Lists3m 16s
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Creating menu aliases3m 28s
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Reordering menu items2m 4s
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6. Advanced Article Formatting
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7. Setting Display Options
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8. Using Modules
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Configuring modules3m 25s
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Creating a search module6m 27s
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9. Using Components
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Using the content component2m 19s
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Using the contact component5m 45s
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Formatting the contact page3m 34s
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Creating a contact list4m 35s
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Formatting the contact list3m 20s
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Using the weblinks component8m 56s
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Using the redirect component4m 27s
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10. Using Templates
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Creating new template styles2m 40s
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11. Creating a Website with Multiple Languages
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Creating the Italian menu3m 12s
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12. Access Control List (ACL) Essentials
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Introduction to ACL2m 15s
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Creating a user8m 29s
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Configuring a logout button4m 15s
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Extending user profiles6m 10s
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Working with user notes2m 47s
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13. Extending Joomla! 3
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Upgrading extensions4m 16s
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14. Launching Your Site and Beyond
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Preparing a site for launch3m 54s
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Launching a site9m 36s
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15. Joomla! 3.0.2 Update
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16. Joomla! 3.1.5 Update
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Introducing tagging (New)5m 19s
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Conclusion
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Next steps3m 9s
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