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Quick Answers to Common Requests about Joomla 1.5

Below we will answer some common questions about Joomla:

How to remove the author / date posted from Joomla articles?

From Joomla's admin panel go to Content - Article Manager:

Mouse on Content - Article Manager

Then click on "Preferences" from the top-right menu. A box will appear with all configurable options including author / date posted. Simply set to "Hide" any of the options you'd like disabled.

How to change the domain name for your Joomla 1.5 site?

Previous Joomla versions required a manual re-configuration when changing the domain name of your site. Joomla 1.5 does NOT require such a change and it adapts to your domain name dynamically.

How to speed up Joomla 1.5?

Joomla's performance is usually slowed down when:

  • Extra features are enabled such as stats and polls;
  • Additional components, modules, plugins, themes are installed;
  • There are too many items on the pages.

Fortunately Joomla provides an easy way to speed up its performance by enabling its caching function. This can be done from Joomla's admin panel Site -> Global Configuration.

Site - Global Configuration

Then click on the link "System" under Global Configuration:

System under Global Configuration

There you will find a box called "Cache Settings" and you have to check "Yes" besides the Cache option:

Cache Settings box

You can leave the rest options unchanged and commit the change clicking on [Save] from the top right menu.

Enabling the cache may prevent you from immediately seeing changes on your site. In some cases you might have to wait for the cache's timeout (15 minutes) before seeing the changes.

How to allow user registrations in Joomla 1.5

By default user registration is allowed in Joomla 1.5. You will just have to enable the login form. From the admin panel go to Extensions -> Module Manager:

Extensions, Module manager

Then from the top right menu click on [New] and check the "Login" option:

view of all the options

Click on "Next" from the top-right menu to proceed. From the options that appear we will make only one change:

Title: Login

Finally save the progress by clicking on [Save] from the top menu and you will find a login form on your site.

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