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Audina Website v3 (Joomla 1.5)
Configuration
- Unpack ZIP file to a folder under
/var/www
on the web server (such usen
for English, ores
for Spanish). Eg:% mkdir /var/www/en % cp audina-v3.tar.gz /var/www/en % cd /var/www/en % tar xzf audina-v3.tar.gz
- Create database in MySQL:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE `audina_joomla15_en`; mysql> CREATE USER 'joomlausr'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '***'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'joomlausr'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '***' WITH MAX_QUERIES_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_UPDATES_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS 0 ; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `audina_joomla15_en` . * TO 'joomlausr'@'localhost';
- Import data from SQL script into database. Eg:
mysql> SOURCE audinadata.sql
- Edit file
site/configuration.php
. Eg:<?php class JConfig { var $offline = '0'; var $editor = 'jce'; var $list_limit = '100'; var $helpurl = 'http://help.joomla.org'; var $debug = '0'; var $debug_lang = '0'; var $sef = '0'; var $sef_rewrite = '0'; var $sef_suffix = '0'; var $feed_limit = '10'; var $feed_email = 'author'; var $secret = '7gn9YNTtuVOvbnrs'; var $gzip = '0'; var $error_reporting = '-1'; var $xmlrpc_server = '0'; var $log_path = '/var/www/audina/en/logs'; var $tmp_path = '/var/www/audina/en/tmp'; var $live_site = ''; var $force_ssl = '0'; var $offset = '0'; var $caching = '0'; var $cachetime = '15'; var $cache_handler = 'file'; var $memcache_settings = array(); var $ftp_enable = '0'; var $ftp_host = '127.0.0.1'; var $ftp_port = '21'; var $ftp_user = ''; var $ftp_pass = ''; var $ftp_root = ''; var $dbtype = 'mysql'; var $host = 'localhost'; var $user = 'joomlausr'; var $db = 'audina_joomla15_en'; var $dbprefix = 'jos_'; var $mailer = 'mail'; var $mailfrom = 'smayr@audina.net'; var $fromname = 'Audina Website'; var $sendmail = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; var $smtpauth = '0'; var $smtpsecure = 'none'; var $smtpport = '25'; var $smtpuser = ''; var $smtppass = ''; var $smtphost = 'localhost'; var $MetaAuthor = '1'; var $MetaTitle = '1'; var $lifetime = '120'; var $session_handler = 'database'; var $password = 'somedatabaseuserpassword'; var $sitename = 'Audina Hearing Instruments'; var $MetaDesc = 'Audina Hearing Instruments.'; var $MetaKeys = 'Audina, Hearing Instruments, Hearing Aids, Custom, BTE, OTE, RIC'; var $offline_message = 'This site is down for maintenance. Please check back again soon.'; } ?>
- Setup
htaccess
file with some basic security. This how.htaccess
in the root folder in Joomla should look like:# Deny all PHP pages <Files *.php> deny from all </Files> # Allow only these PHP pages <Files ~ "(^index.php|^index2.php|chrono_verification.php)$"> allow from all </Files>
- Point the browser to website URL, and test.
Search Engine Optimization
- Home page Title should have keywords
- Description Metatag should have relevant site summary for Google to display it.
- Images in Home page should have descriptive
alt
descriptions. - Switch on Search Engine Friendly URLs
- Switch on Apache mod_rewrite
Apache mod_rewrite Setup
- Install mod_rewrite support for apache.
- Create test script.
- Rename and test Joomla's
htaccess.txt
to.htaccess
Language Switching
Dropdown Selector
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-gb" lang="en-gb" > <head> . . . <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> <!-- function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0 eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'"); if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0; } //--> </script> </head> <body> . . . <form name="formLangSelection" id="search"> Language <select name="menuLangSelection" id="menuLangSelection" onChange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,0)"> <option value="../en" selected>English</option> <option value="../es">Español</option> </select> </form> </body>
Google Translate Dropdown Selector
<html> <head> </head> <body> <div class="moduletable"> <noscript>Javascript is required to use this <a href="http://edo.webmaster.am/gtranslate">website translator</a>, <a href="http://edo.webmaster.am/gtranslate">free translator</a></noscript> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if(top.location!=self.location)top.location=self.location; window['_tipoff']=function(){};window['_tipon']=function(a){}; function doTranslate(lang_pair) {if(lang_pair.value)lang_pair=lang_pair.value;if(lang_pair=='')return;if(location.hostname=='www.audina.net' && lang_pair=='en|en')return;var lang=lang_pair.split('|')[1];if(location.hostname!='www.audina.net' && lang_pair=='en|en')location.href=unescape(gfg('u'));else if(location.hostname=='www.audina.net' && lang_pair!='en|en')location.href='http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=en&langpair='+lang_pair+'&u='+escape(location.href);else location.href='http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=en&langpair='+lang_pair+'&u='+unescape(gfg('u'));} function gfg(name) {name=name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");var regexS="[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";var regex=new RegExp(regexS);var results=regex.exec(location.href);if(results==null)return '';return results[1];} //]]> </script> <div id="google_translate_element"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> function googleTranslateElementInit() { new google.translate.TranslateElement({ pageLanguage: 'en', includedLanguages: 'en,fr,de,it,ja,ko,pt,ru,es,' }, 'google_translate_element'); } </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit"></script> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>
Content Editing
Carousel Images
- Edit 'Home' article as HTML. Go to Joomla > Content > Article Manager > Home.
- Place slider images in
images/stories/frontpage
. Eg:images/stories/frontpage/proslider7.jpg
News Articles
- Edit any article (or add a new one). Go to Joomla > Content > Article Manager, then filter Category as
Latest
. - When adding an article:
- Choose Section
News
, and CategoryLatest
for that article. - Place content within paragraph tags. Eg
<p> xxx </p>
Workshops and Conventions
- Edit article calendar wrapper listing workshops and conventions.
- Go to Joomla > Content > Article Manager, then filter Section as
Professionals
. - Edit article 'Calendar Wrapper'.
- Edit Calendar component.
- Go to Joomla > Components > CP Event Calendar.
- For calendar 'Events', click on 'Admin Data' to edit calendar and to add/delete events.
Backup Files
- A copy of the webserver files can be found in
/data/backup/www