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Does the PDF icon render pictures and special characters?

Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:14 administrator

Yes! Prior to Joomla! 1.5, only the text values of an Article and only for ISO-8859-1 encoding was allowed in the PDF rendition. With the new PDF library in place, the complete Article including images is rendered and applied to the PDF. The PDF generator also handles the UTF-8 texts and can handle any character sets from any language. The appropriate fonts must be installed but this is done automatically during a language pack installation.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 November 2007 11:46 )

How do I remove an Article?

Wednesday, 11 October 2006 09:19 administrator

To completely remove an Article, select the Articles that you want to delete and move them to the Trash. Next, open the Article Trash in the Content Menu and select the Articles you want to delete. After deleting an Article, it is no longer available as it has been deleted from the database and it is not possible to undo this operation.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 November 2007 12:01 )

Where did the Mambots go?

Wednesday, 11 October 2006 09:17 administrator

Mambots have been renamed as Plugins.

Mambots were introduced in Mambo and offered possibilities to add plug-in logic to your site mainly for the purpose of manipulating content. In Joomla! 1.5, Plugins will now have much broader capabilities than Mambots. Plugins are able to extend functionality at the framework layer as well.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 November 2007 11:04 )

Is it useful to install the sample data?

Wednesday, 11 October 2006 09:12 administrator

Well you are reading it right now! This depends on what you want to achieve. If you are new to Joomla! and have no clue how it all fits together, just install the sample data. If you don't like the English sample data because you - for instance - speak Chinese, then leave it out.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 November 2007 12:03 )

What is the difference between Archiving and Trashing an Article?

Wednesday, 11 October 2006 05:19 administrator

When you Archive an Article, the content is put into a state which removes it from your site as published content. The Article is still available from within the Control Panel and can be retrieved for editing or republishing purposes. Trashed Articles are just one step from being permanently deleted but are still available until you Remove them from the Trash Manager. You should use Archive if you consider an Article important, but not current. Trash should be used when you want to delete the content entirely from your site and from future search results.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 November 2007 12:02 )

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