Joomla Advanced - Website Backup

In this chapter, we will study about Website backup in Joomla. It allows backup of files, folders and re-opens it in Joomla.

Website Backup

Following are the simple steps used to backup the website in Joomla −

Step (1) − Click on System → Global Configuration in Joomla administrator. You will get the following screen.

Step (2) − Next, click on EJB - Easy Joomla Backup at the left sidebar. You get a basic editor page for Joomla Backup. Here by default, the Componenttab is displayed.

Below we have mentioned the details of the fields present in the Component tab on the page −

• Exclude files from backup archive − It indicates the name of the files with the path address to be excluded from a backup archive.
• Exclude folders from backup archive − It indicates the name of the folders with the path address to be excluded from a backup archive.
• Add 'DROP TABLE' instruction to dump file − It indicates to add drop table instruction to dump files without deleting the tables by selecting either (Yes/No).
• Add additional tables − It indicates to add additional tables, but it should not have the same prefix.
• Maximum number of backup files − It indicates the maximum number of backup files.
• Prefix for archive names − It indicates to use prefixes for archive names of backup file.

Step (3) − After clicking on Permissions tab, you will get the following screen.

Joomla Advanced - Website SEO

In this chapter, we will study about Website SEO in Joomla. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is about optimizing a website for search engine. It helps search engines find and rank your site higher than the other sites in response to a search query.

Joomla Website SEO

Following are the simple steps used to set the Joomla Website SEO −

Step (1) − Click on System → Global Configuration in Joomla administrator. By default Site tab opens up as shown below.

Following are the details of the fields present in the SEO Setting.

• Search Engine Friendly URLs − Optimizing the URL's to the search engine.
• Use URL rewriting − Selecting the server, which rewrites the URL's to meet a specific condition.
• Adds Suffix to URL − Based on the document type the suffix to the URL is added.
• Unicode Aliases − It selects between the transliteration and Unicode aliases.
• Include Site Name in Page Titles − Provide your site name on all pages at the beginning or end of the page.

Toolbar

Following are the toolbar options in SEO −

• Save − Saves your SEO Setting.
• Save & Close − Saves the SEO Setting and closes the current screen.
• Cancel − Cancels the SEO Setting in Joomla.

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Joomla Advanced - Extensions Manager

In this chapter, we will study about Extensions Manager in Joomla. We can install different types of extensions to extend the functionality of the site.

Joomla Extensions Manager

Following are the simple steps used to set the Joomla Extensions Manager.

Step (1) − Click on Install Extensions option in Joomla.

Step (2) − Click on Choose File button and choose the extension forum which you have downloaded to include on your web site. Click on Upload & Installbutton.

Step (3) − Joomla starts installing the Forum extension for your site. After completing the installation, you will get the successful installation message as shown below.

Step (4) − It is also possible to install the extensions directly from the web, select the extension that you want to add on your website and click on Installbutton.

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Joomla Advanced - Adding Web Links

In this chapter, we will study about Adding Web Links in Joomla. It allows you to insert, remove and edit the links to another webpage in Joomla.

Adding Weblinks

Following are the simple steps to add Weblinks in Joomla −

Step (1) − Click Components → Weblinks → Links in Joomla administrator. After clicking on Links, you will get the following screen.

Step (2) − Next, click on New button, you will get the following screen.

It is the basic editor page for the Web Link Manager. We have already explained about the editor in detail in the chapter Joomla - Adding Content. Here there are different tabs present. By default, the New Web Link tab is displayed.

• URL − Enter the URL link, after saving, it gets converted to Punycode.
  

Joomla Advanced -

In this chapter, we will study about Plugin Manager in Joomla. It helps you enable and disable Joomla Plugins. This adds the unique features to an existing web site.

Joomla Plugin Manager

Following are the simple steps to set or edit existing Joomla Plugins −

Step (1) − Click on Extension → Plugin Manager in Joomla administrator as shown below.

Step (2) − After clicking on the Plugin Manager, an existing Joomla plugins will be displayed as shown below.

Toolbar

Following are the toolbar options in the Plugin −

• Edit − Edit the plug-in.
• Enable − Enable the plug-in to use on the website.
• Disable − Disable the plug-in which are not necessary on the website.
• Check In − Used to check in the plug-in and after completing the process displays the successful message.