Comments for Joomla! Jargon at http://www.howtojoomla.net , comment 1 to 21 out of 20 comments http://www.howtojoomla.net Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:29:54 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-972 I like this website and I am bookmarking it today, Very helpful information. I am creating a membership website and I like how you explained the wrapper. My link is http://officialinternetmarketingexpert.com/keytowow/ and On the main menu there is a link called video games. If you click on that link, I still have the iframe up and I have been trying for the past 3 days with no luck, I think that what you said,"Wrapper - Wrapper is a special menu item that simply wraps another website into your site using something called an iframe. You simply create a new wrapper menu item and enter the URL of the site you want to "wrap" in the menu item's parameters. " I think that is my solution. Now how do I use it and how can I install a IFrame html into my website so I can show Amazon Widget on my website. Any help with this issue is appreciative, Thanks, Ray. - Ray Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:21:18 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-971 I am still having problems successfully uploading PDF's They do load but they will not allow me to create thumbnails. I notice that if the little pencil? icon that appears along with the trash can icon in the media manger file does not appear then the system does not allow the thumnail to be created. The PDF's are about 500K Any idea what is going on? We are on the latest version of Joomla - Williee Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:49:42 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-777 Hi Steve...great question... Here is a quick answer, but I will try to come up with a better answer [b]Frontpage[/b] - In Joomla 1.0, the frontpage is actually a component that displays articles from all sections/categories in a blog format. It is called fontpage because by default it is set as the home page of every new Joomla installation. [b]Home Page[/b] - In general, Home Page is used to describe the first page of a site. Many people use the Frontpage component for their home page, but this is not necessary. [b]Wrapper[/b] - Wrapper is a special menu item that simply wraps another website into your site using something called an iframe. You simply create a new wrapper menu item and enter the URL of the site you want to "wrap" in the menu item's parameters. I hope that helps! - Cory Mon, 05 May 2008 17:14:55 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-776 What I think would be helpful is some description on frontpage, home page and wrapper. These still confuse me. - steve Mon, 05 May 2008 17:04:57 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-711 Not sure I am in the right place but I am having trouble creating tumbnails or PDF's. The system tells me in a warning message that the thumnails were not created yet it states in the results that they were. The warning message is correct since they were not created or at least they are not in the Media manger. - Williee Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:44:53 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-633 Thank's for this, i really hope i will enjoy using Joomla - darling Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:18:18 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-510 Thanks for the information...I needed it ;D Great Post. Keep it coming!!! - pingoogle Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:40:12 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-428 Hi Kshitij, I'm glad you found this post helpful. Excellent point about the distinction between core and 3rd party extensions. In some cases, what some people might consider a 3rd party extension (like the core WYSIWYG editor) is distributed with the core Joomla! package. In these cases, if the extension is distributed with the core, then for all intents and purposes, it is considered a core extension. I know it is a little confusing, but hopefully that clears it up a little. Thanks for visiting! Cory - Cory Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:59:34 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-427 @ Cory I followed Amy's Post in the joomla official forum (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,47524.0.html) and reached here. Your article here has lit the lights around and i can see joomla more clearly now. , However i have one comment in regards to the Jargon List above. The "core", that is the joomla's official installation comes installed with a WYSIWYG editor which is termed as '3rd Party' (and is actually so) in many places over the web. Just something that conflicted in mycase...hope that other readers get it right way. Regards, - Kshitij Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:33:32 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-410 Hi david, I'm sorry to hear that about your old webmaster. I took a look at your site, and the "standings/points" page appears to be outside of your Joomla installation. One thing you can do is install [url=http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomlaxplorer/]JoomlaXplorer[/url], and use it to upload your Excel file to the standings/2007 directory. Good luck! Cory - Cory Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:09:24 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-409 Where in the hierarchy does "menu" fit in? I am trying to fix a problem on the site that I have recently taken over. I cannot update my "standings / points" menu with the excel file that was used because the old webmaster is a jerk and deleted something important that allowed us to update that menu item. Any thoughts on that problem would be helpful, and thanks for the other definitions. www.ohppbtt.com - david Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:11:18 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-289 Here's a few candidates for the list - "Joomla Admin Panel"? "Joomla Backend"? "Parameters": such as in "Menu Parameters", "Module Parameters", "Component Parameters", "Mambot/Plugin Parameters". (this is ignored by a lot of new users of Joomla). Also synonyms for "Access Level" in Joomla is "User Type" and "User Level". ;D - Gabe Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:29:26 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-249 Thanks Anton... I'll think about how to define a menu in Joomla!, and I'll add it to the list. Cory - Cory Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:11:09 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-248 Very useful artcile, thanks! A one important term is missing, though. A menu. I guss the Joomla's meaning of menu is somewhat different from what is considered to be the standard in GUI - Anton Mamaenko Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:02:52 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-224 @Soul... Thank you for the compliment. I'm glad you like the article and found it useful. To answer your question, yes, this is possible. There are a few 3rd party products for SEF URL's that you could try that enable you to make nicer URL's. You can find the products [url=http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,1803/Itemid,35/]here[/url] in the Joomla Extensions Directory. I have used OpenSEF. It has some problems with other 3rd party components, but it works well with the core components. Other popular ones are Artio JoomSEF and SEF Advanced. SEF Advanced is not a free component, but I've heard good things about it. I recommend testing one of the free ones to see if it works for you. Good luck! Cory - Cory Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:37:22 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-223 Good job You've done, that's needless to say that. I found that very useful. Can I change the 3rd party folders names for SEF Url feature?That url's looks nice , I fully agree, but can I replace digits with names? ex. [i]/content/view/forum/disclaimer[/i] instead of [i]/content/view/27/18/[/i] Thanks for providing full documentation. That's clearly written. Regards. - Soul Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:55:54 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-110 Thanks Fabster... I forgot about CMT's. I didn't realize people were still using that. :) - Cory Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:42:51 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-107 What I didn't understand for some while was the abbreviation CMT's for "Component Module Template" and is the same as 3rd party extensions :) - Fabster Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:16:51 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-96 Craig & Amy...Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you found this informative. @Amy: I agree about blogging and what it means in Joomla! Barrie has a [url=http://www.compassdesigns.net/tutorials/joomla-tutorials/creating-a-blog-site-with-joomla.html]great article[/url] about creating a blog with Joomla! - Cory Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:46:05 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006120741/how-tos/miscellaneous/joomla-jargon#comment-95 Most excellent idea. You do have a thing for language and communication. Great! One of the definitions that will be important to sort out is the use of the word "blog." In Joomla!, that means an arrangement of articles - in the "real world" that has come to mean a completely different phenomena. LOVE your new look, Cory! Fantabulous (i.e., fantastic and fabulous mixed together.) - Amy Stephen Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:10:03 +0100