Beginner questions

[greeng]

Sorry guys, I am new to Joomla etc. so please bear with me.

Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding the following questions:

I would like to change the title of Frontpage but cannot find it. It always stays "Welcome to Frontpage".

Second: Where do I edit the main banner and logo images? I cannot find it, neither in the CSS nor in the backend.

Does anyone have a help file on this particular Joomla package?

All comments appreciated as feeling lost.

Cheers

[greeng]

Also, the Media Manager seems not to be working as nothing happens when pressing any button

[mossj]

To change the images, you need to look in template/*templateyourusing*/images

To change the frontpage title I believe you have to download a SEO extention from the extensions repository @ Joomla!

[greeng]

Hi mossj

Thanks.for your help

Is there no way to simply upload a new logo and set a link to it? Where are the CSS for the banners?

[mossj]

CSS for banners
template/*templateyourusing*/css

Images for banners
template/*templateyourusing*/images (just replace the default images in there much easier)

template
template/*templateyourusing*/index.php

[greeng]

Thanks a lot again.

One more thing to get me on the way:

I want to move around the main menu elements - Home - News - .... and give them background colours etc etc. - how can I manage that?

[HodgeHi]

The welcome to the front page is found in the control panel. There's a thread telling exactly where it is somewhere on this forum.

I think it was simplesi who gave the information.

[mossj]

The welcome to the front page is found in the control panel. There's a thread telling exactly where it is somewhere on this forum.

I think it was simplesi who gave the information.

Try having a look in global config (in backend on the top menu, left most options) maybe (I don't have a joomla install to check anymore...)

Also look in the menu manager for the menu items and css for the backgrounds.

[HodgeHi]

Welcome to the Frontpage

My mistake. It wasn't simplesi, it was someone else. Sorry simpleSi

[jeffy]

I would like to change the title of Frontpage but cannot find it. It always stays "Welcome to Frontpage".

Cheers

Look under Menus>Main Menu. Edit the Home link. Look in Parameters(System). You will see where you can change this.

Jeff

[greeng]

hey guys thanks for your great help

how can i move the menu items around?
i want HOME to be on the very left and then i would like to move the whole main menu down a bit an increase font size

sorry for these stupid questions, but i cannot find the answer :-(

[jeffy]

hey guys thanks for your great help

how can i move the menu items around?
i want HOME to be on the very left and then i would like to move the whole main menu down a bit an increase font size

sorry for these stupid questions, but i cannot find the answer :-(

This excerpt from a book should help: Customizing the Menus Menu in Joomla! with the menu arrangement. Changing the font size will require editing the template css.
Jeff

[greeng]

thanks a lot for the link

i would like to change the main top menu (font size, background colour, position etc.)

i found the css joomla_css.css and changed it, however, nothing happened after saving

am i on the right track ?

[jeffy]

thanks a lot for the link

i would like to change the main top menu (font size, background colour, position etc.)

i found the css joomla_css.css and changed it, however, nothing happened after saving

am i on the right track ?

There are some who visit the forum who are far more knowledgeable than I. But, I believe that you need to edit the template.css file that is located in the directory of the template that you have set as default template. Example: \templates\axe_rescheek_blue\css\template.css

Make sense?

Jeff

[greeng]

cheers

i've tried the template.css before. unfortunately, i cannote locate any menu info....
any ideas?