Joomla and Site Tutorials

If you are using Grace Host for your website, you'll find help and how-to(s) here for your website.



A1 - First Things First
How To

Your website is up and running - now what?


There are a few things you need to understand about your website.  This article contains some basic background, terminology and initial steps for you Joomla website hosted at Grace Host (dot) Net.

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Personalized Training
How To

To help you with your training, you can receive personalize training.


We will schedule a time to talk to you over the phone while you see your site presented on the screen.  We use a webinar type interface to watch and learn.

The fee for personalized training depends upon the plan you have purchased.  In general, we charge $50 per one hour session and is billable prior to training.

Read more to learn about the topics covered.
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Insert A Document Link
How To

Adding a link to a document is easy.

You can upload and link to:
  • PDF
  • Word Docs
  • Spreadsheets
  • PowerPoint Presentations
  • most any type of docuement (allowable by the editor/site permissions)
The steps are:
  1. Select the article and enter article edit mode (from front or back end)
  2. Click on "Insert File Link"
  3. Upload the file from your computer
  4. Set the display parameters
  5. Insert
  6. Save the article

The remainder of this article show you the screen shots for each step.


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Editing Existing Content
How To

You have the ability to edit your content directly on your site. 


In order to edit the content you must login with a username/account that has edit capability.  In Joomla!, these are author, editor, and publisher (or admin. levels).

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Adding a new article
How To
There is a 5 step process to add an article to your site.

There is really a 7 step process - the additional two are for Search Engine Optimization. 


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Check email from home
EMail

With your hosting account, you have access to your email from anywhere using the web.  It is quite simple.  Just follow these steps

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Copy-paste via MSWord
Content Formatting

Don't do it

When you copy text from MS Word the clipboard contains Word-ish formatting.  These are characters that are not displayed - they are hidden.  When you paste it into a content item using a WYSIWYG editor like JCE, the hidden formatting elements are also pasted into your Joomla! article. 

Once in a while it works, but you can count on your site looking odd.  It is important to have your site look similar from one page to another - with the same formatting style. 

Instead, do the following...
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Submit prayer request
Prayer Center

How to submit a prayer request.

This quick tutoial shows what a registered member does to submit a prayer request.

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Approve Prayer Request
Prayer Center
If you are a moderator in the Prayer Center, you have the ability to approve submitted prayers. 

You will also be able to edit the prayers.  Why?  Typos, grammar, etc...
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