Web Development Documentation

These pages explain how to perform various tasks related to web development and the Joomla! Content Management System. If you would like to request documentation on a topic not listed here, submit a REQUEST.

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Difficulty:

Accessibility

Alternative Text (Alt Text)

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner; Video Included

Remediating PDF Files for Accessibility

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

Remediating PowerPoint Presentations for Accessibility

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

Remediating Word Documents for Accessibility

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

Administration

Account Cleanup

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Clearing the Joomla! Cache

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate; Video Included

Global Check In

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate; Video Included

Joomla! Administrator Login Overview

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate; Video Included

Unlocking Articles

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate; Video Included

Articles

Adding Read More (to show Intro Text in Category Blog)

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Article Versions

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate; Video Included

Basic Editing (back-end)

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Basic Editing (front-end)

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Changing an Article's Category (Joomla! back-end)

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Copying an Existing Article

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Copying and Pasting from Excel to a Joomla Article

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Copying and Pasting Text from MS Word

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Creating a Category (Joomla! back-end)

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Creating an Article (Joomla! back-end)

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Creating an Article (Joomla! front-end)

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Finding an Article

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Hiding a Page Title

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Lists: Creating and Formatting Lists

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner; Video Included

Re-ordering Articles

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced; Video Included

Removing Text Formatting

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate; Video Included

Sliders within articles (Tabs and Sliders)

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate; Video Included

Spacing Between Lines

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate; Video Included

Styling Text and Paragraphs

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner; Video Included

Tables: Creating and Modifying

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate; Video Included

Dropfiles

Adding a Category

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Adding a Document to Dropfiles

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Creating a "Dropfiles - Documents" module

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Listing Dropfiles Documents within an Article

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Setting Permissions/Access Level on a Folder

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Unpublishing and Re-Publishing a Document

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Using Tags aka Multi Categories

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Edit Content on Website

Dynamic Contact Module

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Edit Advising Page - Front End

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Edit Courses - Back End

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Edit Courses - Front End

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Edit News - Back End

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Edit News - Front End

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Edit People - Back End

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Edit People - Front End

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Event Management System - Core

Purpose of Event Management System

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Work with Event Details in System

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Forms

Visforms: Configuring a form to send email

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Visforms: Creating a Form

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Visforms: Form Fields

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Visforms: Managing Data

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Visforms: Overview

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

Visforms: Saving and viewing data

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Ignite Gallery

Adding Videos to Ignite Gallery - Youtube/Vimeo

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Creating Categories in Ignite Gallery

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Creating Profiles in Ignite Gallery

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Displaying Galleries with Menu Items

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Displaying Galleries within Articles

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Editing Image Details

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Ignite Gallery Overview

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

Managing Galleries from the Front End

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Uploading Images

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Images (in Joomla!)

Adding a Caption to an Image

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Adding an image to an article

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner; Video Included

Adding an Image to Media

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Modifying Image Properties

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner; Video Included

Overview: Working with Images

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

JEvents

Adding an Event (JEvents)

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Adding Images to Events using JEvents File Uploader Tool

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Adding PDFs to events using JEvents file uploader tool

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Creating a "JEvents - Latest Events Module"

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Creating Menu Items to Display Events from JEvents

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Embedding a Latest Events Module within an Article

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Managing Event Categories (JEvents)

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Overview of JEvents

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

Removing a Repeating Event (JEvents)

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Latest News Enhanced

Reordering Articles in Latest News Enhanced

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Resetting pictures displayed by Latest News Enhanced

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Menus

Adding Menu Modules

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Configure Menu Item to Display Articles in Article Order

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced; Video Included

Creating a Menu Item that links to a Category Blog

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced; Video Included

Creating a Menu Item that links to a Category List

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced; Video Included

Creating a Menu Item that links to a Single Article

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Deleting a Menu Item

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced; Video Included

Moving a Menu Item

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Unpublishing a Menu Item

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced; Video Included

Modules (Standard Joomla)

Adding a Custom Module

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Assigning a Module to one or more menu items

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Creating an "Articles - Category" module to display a Category List

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Creating an "Articles - Newsflash" module to display content

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Editing a Custom Module

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Embedding a Map - OpenStreetMap

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Module Positions

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate; Video Included

Overview: What is a Module?

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview; Video Included

Placing a Module within Content

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Random Image Module

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

PDFs and Files in Joomla

Linking text to a file already uploaded to Media

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Overview: Where does Joomla store files?

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Uploading a file using JCE File Browser

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Uploading and linking to files within articles using JCE Editor PRO

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Uploading and linking to PDF files using JCE Editor

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Popups

Creating a Popup Link to a file with JCE Editor Image Manager Extended

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

Creating a Popup Link to an article, file, or image with standard JCE Editor

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

RU Courses

Uploading syllabi files as links within RU Courses modules

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

SAS - Event Manager

Create new Event in SAS Event Manager System (Submit Event)

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Make Modifications to Event

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Purpose of SAS Event Manager

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

SAS New Website

Academics

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Alumni

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Contact

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Error Pages

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Faculty & Staff

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

General Search

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Giving

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Leadership

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

News

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Office of Alumni and Events

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Office of Communications and Marketing

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

People Pages

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

SAS Offices

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

SAS Site Updates

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

Students

Information: Difficulty Level: Beginner

SAS Website Standards

About the SAS Website Template

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview; Video Included

Banner / Slider Standards for Websites

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview; Video Included

Checklist for SAS Academic Websites

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview; Video Included

University Data Policies

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

Video - General Options

Create a Branded YouTube Channel and Videos

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

Displaying a Video Within an Article or Module

Information: Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Video Hosting Options at Rutgers

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

Video - Kaltura

1. Upload Video - Kaltura

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

2. Embed Video from Kaltura

Information: Difficulty Level: Advanced

3. Working with Kaltura

Information: Difficulty Level: Information/Overview

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