How to Manage Global Settings in Joomla Print

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This tutorial will teach you how to manage the Global Setting in Joomla.

  • You will need to be logged in to your Joomla admin panel.
  • Make sure that your configuration.php file, which is located in your Joomla root directory is writable. Otherwise some changes will not be saved.

Begin by clicking on Site, in the upper left corner of the main panel. From the drop-down menu, select Global Configuration.

Site Options

  • Offline Mode - When set to offline, only administrators can access site. This is useful for editing the site when you don't want other people to see it. To change it to offline, change the radio button to yes, and scroll right. Click on the green check, or the Apply button. NOTE: You may preview the site by clicking on the preview icon in the upper right corner.
  • Offline Messager - Sets the message visitors will see when site is in Offline Mode.
  • Site Name

SEO settings

  • Optimize URL's for search engines
  • Rewrite URL's
  • Add suffex to URL's

Metadata Settings

  • Here you can edit your meta descriptions and keywords. The more descriptive your keywords are, the easier it will be for people to find your site through the search engines.

System

  • Here you can change settings related to the system, such as cache, session, and debugging.

User Settings

  • Turn user registration on and off
  • Set the group users are added to by default,
  • Require new users to activate their account through email before they can log in.

Media Settings

  • This lets you choose what file extensions are able to be uploaded by users,
  • Set the maximum file size
  • Change the folder paths
  • Restrict uploads

Server

  • Locale
  • FTP settings
  • Database
  • Mail settings.

This concludes this tutorial. You now know all about what to find in the Global Setting in Joomla and how to Manage it.


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