Victory Is Mine
If you have been following this epic battle then you know
the score was tied. Today, last night
rather, I emerged victorious against the CMS that is Joomla. That being said I am happy to welcome you to ….
Pictures and a Gallery
Picking up where I left off, the first task today was to add
content and pictures to my article pages.
My boyfriend was able to provide most of the images I used; however,
they were all different sizes. As such, Picresize.com
became my best friend as I constantly went back and forth, upload and download,
to ensure standardization between the pictures on my site (in width if not height at least). I had more than enough pictures so I decided that they needed to be showcased as well. At first I was going to
add a slideshow, but then changed my mind and went with the Gallery menu instead. I used the Ozio Gallery extension that ties to my Google picture album. -- I also installed JEvents; however, I decided not to use it with my final product.
Banner
One item that eluded me for the longest was how to change
the default banner image provided by Joomla, but a Google search later revealed
the secret location for this guy. Once
again, I thought about a slideshow to replace the banner, but I have the gallery and did not want to
be too redundant or overbearing with the images. I might scare some of you away. That is why I decided
for a stagnant collection of pretty people and beautiful snakes.
Most of these images are from educational shows that my boyfriend and I
have performed at the college we work out.
Template
The final step for me was changing the template colors,
logo, fonts, etc. I did not spend as
much time with this as I did the other topics because the tutorial is very
straight forward for this. With some of the
other items I had to figure it out on my own rather than following the tutorial
for one reason or another.
Overall, this process was aggravating and required one very
yummy blizzard in order to get through it, but I am happy with the end result.
P.S.
I am so happy to have a weekend in which to work on this
site because I have been adding and changing content for several hours
straight. Something that could not have been
accomplished during the week.
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