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Administrator Tasks - Learning List


On this page you can find information about the topics from the Administrator exam.

 

Joomla! Architecture

The elements that make up a Joomla! website.
https://docs.joomla.org/Portal:Learn_More

  • Understanding of a CMS
  • Relationship of database to file structure
  • Understanding that the website is made up of files and a database.

 

Website Structure

Keep and maintain the website structure

 

Installation

Preparing & Installing Joomla!

Security and Maintenance

Administrators should be aware of security issues.

 

Upgrading System

https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Updating_from_an_existing_version 

  • Upgrade Joomla core patch
  • Upgrade the extensions
  • (oneclick upgrade or manually)
  • Reversion of Upgrade possible?
  • Difference between Major, Minor and Maintenance updates, and what impact they have.
  • Check your resources for new updates of Joomla core and extensions.
    (Check compatibility, Schedule upgrade, Prioritizing security issues.)

 

Language Management

Managing A Multilingual Website

https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Setup_a_Multilingual_Site/Enabling_the_Lan guage_Plugins

  • Adding a new multilingual article.
  • Updating an article in multiple languages.
  • Adding a new multilingual menu item.
  • Assigning templates, menu items and modules to a particular language.
  • Language overrides
  • For any newly added components, modules, etc
  • Changing the Administrator language settings
  • Setting a different frontend and backend language

 

Content Management

Managing Articles

https://docs.joomla.org/Portal:Article_Management

  • Managing an article (ie create, edit, delete, archive, publish, unpublish)
  • Working with all the options in the article form like scheduling, choose access level, state, images, links, meta descriptions, etc.
  • Display featured articles
  • Create and assign the homepage
  • Display/hide author name, creation date or update date on all articles
  • Delete and restore an article
  • Restricting access to "read more"
  • Display/hide email, print or PDF icons from all articles Relationship with global Configuration
  • Understanding the hierarchy of article options
  • Cover the remaining options area
  • Tags
  • Versioning
  • TinyMCE and default editors.

 

Editing an Article
https://docs.joomla.org/Portal:Article_Management

  • Adding an image to an article (Upload images, alternative text, naming of the image file, optimize for speed and performance, accessibility for the visually impaired (alt tags).)
  • Inserting a heading into an article
  • Inserting a list into an article
  • Inserting a table into an article
  • Modifying a table in an article
  • Inserting and removing links
  • Splitting an article into an introduction with a link to read more
  • Overriding global article settings (display/hide email, print or PDF icons on an article, display/hide author name, creation date or update date on an article, etc.)
  • Splitting a long article into multiple linked pages
  • Media Manager: Uploading and organizing content

 

Menu Management

Managing Menus
https://docs.joomla.org/Menu_Management

  • Adding a new menu and menu maintenance (create menu, create module, module settings, Editing)
  • Any dependence which involves doing this action
  • Adding a new menu item and menu item maintenance
  • Any dependence which involves doing this action (Actions which could be executed by a menu item)
  • Deleting, Editing, Copying an item, Moving an item to another menu
  • Changing the order of items in a menu
  • Moving a menu to a different position
  • Creating a submenu
  • Modules position, see which modules are assigned to a particular menu items
  • Filtered views / view types & options
  • Menu types category view, etc.
  • Hidden menu item (how to create and why you would need this)
  • Menu alias (Alias generation, purpose)
  • How to create a vertical menu parting from a horizontal menu (with the same content)
  • Menu creation parting from another existing menu
  • Batch (Purpose, Options)

 

User Management

Managing Users
https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Access_Control_List_Tutorial 

  • Setting user registration policy
  • Changing user registration settings
  • Adding, editing and deleting a user
  • Managing user notes and user note categories.
  • Block / unblock user
  • Add additional fields to the user form
    Changing user groups
  • Resetting a user password
  • Customizing the Login Form module options
  • Changing the Login Form module settings
  • Understanding what the different default user levels grant access to (Superuser, Admin, Manager, Registered, Public)

 

Managing Access

  • Setting up ACL in Joomla. The difference between “view” and “edit” access. (Access levels, User groups, Inheritance)
  • Applying the ACL (Articles, Modules, Menu options, Categories, Tags, Components, Frontend, Backend)

 

Extension Management

Managing Extensions
https://docs.joomla.org/Help36:Extensions_Extension_Manager_Manage

Finding and evaluating an extension

  • Using JED, Reading reviews, checking date extension was last updated,Joomla versions supported
  • Installing/Uninstalling an extension (languages, templates, plugins, components, modules)
  • Overriding a language string in Joomla or an extension
  • Being aware of the different types of extensions and the difference between them, Including templates, languages, components, plugins (ReCaptcha), modules
  • Use of the template manager (Switching templates, assigning template to different user groups, administrator templates, frontend templates)
  • Template styles
  • Replacing colors, fonts and other basics on default template.
  • Use of the module manager (Search, filter, batch, ordering, publish, unpublish, frontend modules, administrator modules, position…)
  • Use of the plugin manager (Search, ordering, enable, disable...)
  • Core extensions (e.g: Banners, Contacts, Messaging, Newsfeeds, Redirect, Search, Smart Search)
  • Core Modules (e.g.Login, Breadcrumbs, Articles, Custom HTML, Menu, Language Switcher)
  • Create a basic HTML module. Without CSS and without javascript
  • Update Sites
  • What can you do to help prevent errors when installing a extension or update? (e.g. Test on a test site first (if possible), only install updates after
    making a backup first, Check out the extension forums to see if there are any logged issues, only install updates that are of a stable status, obtain
    your extension updates directly from the developer's website or the JED or run through the Joomla updater interface if applicable)
  • Frontend module editing

 

Miscellaneous Tasks

Miscellaneous tasks detail

  • Check a backup
  • Check website speed. And if there were problems, contact the hosting provider and the development team ( e.g. Image size…)
  • Check that the administrator passwords are not very old. And if they were replace them.
  • Disable not used users
  • Statistics in Joomla
  • Check that is still working
  • Knowledge about the Joomla Community Structure (JUG’s, Forums, Joomla Doc, Events, Books, Volunteer Portal, Magazine…)
  • Collapsible Sidebar

 

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