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What is the purpose of the collation selection in the installation screen?

Wednesday, 11 October 2006 03:11 administrator

The collation option determines the way ordering in the database is done. In languages that use special characters, for instance the German umlaut, the database collation determines the sorting order. If you don't know which collation you need, select the "utf8_general_ci" as most languages use this. The other collations listed are exceptions in regards to the general collation. If your language is not listed in the list of collations it most likely means that "utf8_general_ci is suitable.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 May 2007 09:40 )

What languages are supported by Joomla! 1.5?

Wednesday, 11 October 2006 01:12 administrator

Within the Installer you will find a wide collection of languages. The installer currently supports the following languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Bengali, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Devanagari(India), Croatian(Croatia), Magyar (Hungary), Italian, Malay, Norwegian bokmal, Dutch, Portuguese(Brasil), Portugues(Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Svenska, Thai and more are being added all the time.
By default the English language is installed for the Back and Front-ends. You can download additional language files from the Joomla!Extensions Directory. In addition some translation teams are offering fully localised versions of the entire package. Please check the Joomla! Help Site for links to locations where languages and localised versions can be found.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 November 2007 11:45 )

Where did the Installers go?

Tuesday, 10 October 2006 23:16 administrator

The improved Installer can be found under the Extensions Menu. With versions prior to Joomla! 1.5 you needed to select a specific Extension type when you wanted to install it and use the Installer associated with it, with Joomla! 1.5 you just select the Extension you want to upload, and click on install. The Installer will do all the hard work for you.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 04 November 2007 23:10 )

Where is the Static Content Item?

Tuesday, 10 October 2006 23:13 administrator

In Joomla! versions prior to 1.5 there were separate processes for creating a Static Content Item and normal Content Items. The processes have been combined now and whilst both content types are still around they are renamed as Articles for Content Items and Uncategorized Articles for Static Content Items.

If you want to create a static item, create a new Article in the same way as for standard content and rather than relating this to a particular Section and Category just select Uncategorized as the option in the Section and Category drop down lists.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 August 2008 09:47 )

Only one edit window! How do I create "Read more..."?

Friday, 06 October 2006 19:29 administrator

This is now implemented by inserting a Read more... tag (the button is located below the editor area) a dotted line appears in the edited text showing the split location for the Read more.... A new Plugin takes care of the rest.

It is worth mentioning that this does not have a negative effect on migrated data from older sites. The new implementation is fully backward compatible.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 November 2007 11:03 )

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