I have a hand coded sitemap which I know doesn't include every possible scenario of links that are available as I am working with a CMS (Joomla). I have just used an automated generator that created me a sitemap and I am wondering which would be better, the one I created or the automated one. The one I created is very precise but I am always having to update it by hand. I am working with Joomla 1.5 which is pretty outdated and doesn't update the sitemap with links that are created inside the articles. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks in advance.
You don't need to have all URLs and combinations in a sitemap. The crawlers will find the links in the articles themselves on the long term. So working with Joomla sitemap is good enough.
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I have an umbraco based CMS site and I've been advised to use AMP for fast mobile performance. I have read the demo page from this gitHub link.
But I am not understanding how to set it in an already developed site. Do I need to change all tags according to AMP?
better not to mess with existing instead you build new AMP version of your site
(After doing a quick Google)
I don't think there's a an AMP-plugin for Umbraco yet, but that will probably be the way to go. I've been using the AMP-plugin for WordPress for a little while now and it made all posts on my site AMP-compatible without me having to do anything :)
Perhaps check with the Umbraco community whether there's an ETA on such a plugin for their platform?
You can have seperate AMP pages and google will handle the rest. I think that is the safest way to approach it, without having a plugin like they have for wordpress.
You can still enable the users to use the CMS functionality by creating custom data types for e.g. amp-img instead of img. The content editors will just have to be briefed on the basics of AMP.
References:
https://carolelogan.net/blog/amp-implementation-in-umbraco/
https://www.ampproject.org/docs/guides/discovery
I have been developing websites for some years. I know PHP. but I have never worked with a CMS before. I've been told to create a website with Joomla where there's a homepage and also new users may sign up and then they can have a profile page where they can upload their profile picture and write their résumé.
This is easy for me to implement this system if I start coding it by myself. but how can I do this in Joomla? is there a plug-in which I need? could someone please give me some resources?
No need to re-invent the wheel - there are tons of ready-built components at the Extensions Directory. Last I checked Community Builder and JomSocial were the most popular, but they might be overkill for your need, so it's worth having a look at the other choices there. If you're new to Joomla, you're probably interested in a Component, which is essentially a "sub-application" that installs under Joomla. They usually include Modules that can be displayed on the site, as well as Plugins that work with the core Joomla logic to perform specialized functions for the installed component.
There are many plugins, but the simple functionality of user profiles is implemented in Joomla. This question might help you.
i'm trying out joomla! CMS, and in my job we're very fond of one-page sites. Is there any way of making a fully functional website with it? The main reason we need the CMS is because of the way the client wants to update they're webpage.
Ok before you do anything, have a real think to yourself, is Joomla really the best option? Your client requires a 1 page website, therefore what would be the point in loading a full blown CMS just for that. Joomla, when zipped up, is more or less 8MB. Out of all honestly, I would even find the likes of Wordpress still too big for a project of this size.
What I would really recommend is having a look round on the web for a very small CMS that simply includes a small backend with the ability to create, update and delete articles.
Have a look at this for example:
http://www.elated.com/articles/cms-in-an-afternoon-php-mysql/
This would be a brilliant way to start. It has a small backend for you to manage articles, and you can start building up a completely custom template, exactly to your client's liking. I'm not too sure on the programming skills but if you're fairly new to it, then this would be a good place to start and gain knowledge.
Given that the above is what I would personally recommend, you may not want to do that or may not have the time, therefore if you really want to stick with Joomla, you should find a template that fits your needs in regards to module positions. Else you can add your own custom positions to the template. Have a read through the documentation as it will give you the necessary information
Hope this helps
I was looking for a solution myself for quite a while. I came up with the following two soutions:
Like #mattosmat said for a joomla one page site the simplest solution actually is it to declare one section as the main componenent and create the other section with cusom-made joomla modules.
Use wordpress with the advanced field plugin to create a single-page website.
Actually if a clients wish is it to create a single page website with cck and cms features i create these projects in wordpress and not in joomla anymore in my opinion its the wrong plattform.
I Have One Word!!!
BOOTSTRAP!!!! IS the way to go.. simple,succinct,beginner friendly. Doesnt matter if you really make it in Joomla! or anything else.
And for head start, look up "Scrollspy" in Bootstrap.
Okay. This is the main functionality of my site. Here goes:
People register. They upload a list of whatever ebooks, movies, tv shows they have. Other people who want them will just have to 'search' for an item and they will be provided with a contact form to contact a person that has what they want. Very much like pianofiles.com but this is for a local community.
Added features could be
*forming social groups by interest
*creating events
etc..
Is all this possible using Typo3?
If yes, then how should I use Typo3 for it? (Just a basic idea)
If not, what should i use to create something like this?
Check out the TER, a quick search revealed http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/community
You could realize your project with any well known CMS or PHP framework.
TYPO3 CMS, as I see it, has a strong emphasis on the editor backend. If you don't need that at all and don't have any prior experience, I'm not sure if it's the right tool for you - unless you want to get into TYPO3 anyway!
PS: For TYPO3 web apps, there will be the upcoming Framework http://flow.typo3.org, wich is in beta
Recently in our organisation we've decided to work with maven site plugin and maintain all the documentation about our project in the site generated by maven.
However I haven't found any way to add a search functionality, the only thing I've come across that some skins provide an integration with the google search engine, but I can't use it because we're running in our own network and there is no chance to make it 'indexable' from outside.
So, my question is whether someone can suggest a descent solution for this?
I thought about developing a kind of maven plugin that would run lucene and index everything by itself and then provide an API to use this search from within the site, but I hope I won't need to reinvent the wheel :) So any suggestion will be welcome here
Thanks in advance
Just an idea, you can try to use JavaScript based full-text search engine e.g. http://jssindex.sourceforge.net/
We are using constellio to index the published site on a schedule. That works well so far.
I've raised http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MSKINS-88 to cover adding a generic search form to the fluido skin which we use to build our maven sites. Hopefully that'll be progressed and we can have the search form baked into the documentation.
I know this is an old question, but a very easy (and admittedly ugly) way to accomplish what you want is simply generating a PDF with the site contents and letting your users do the search on the PDF. The advantage over searching on the generated site is that any PDF reader will be able to search the whole document.
mvn pdf:pdf
If you cannot use Google Site Search you're dependent on local search implementations. Hence, you either need to build the index during the site build (and for it to be available as part of your site) or do both index and search in the browser.
Besides JSSindex which appears to be somewhat dated there's http://www.tipue.com/search/ which is based on jQuery.
Maven site plugin approach is not widely used. So there is nothing specific for indexing yet.
You should look at non-maven tools.