How To Change Your Logo Image In Joomla (1.5)

[AllCoolCrafts]

I tried to go to your website, but what I got was "Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!" from google search. Did you have the new site?

[adeladawi]

Good Job

Thanks,

[neomatran]

thank



[lemonsink83]

great tut! thank you so much!

[DonOfTheWorldMall]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks.

[MrBeanage]

0:25  how to?

[actrapide]

Hey i have a quick question for you - at around 5mins 20 sec in your video, right after you upload your new orange coloured logo image, your joomla's top menu graphics (user 3 possision if im not mistaken) seem to dissappear? How come? I have now successfully changed the Logo image on a default joomla template but my top menu graphics are still in place.

[wikTOYpedia]

great video...thanks!

[WayneTatum]

Alex, this is a very informative video, it has helped me tremendously. I couldn't figure out how to work on the sizing. Thanks!

[trancer504]

Great tutorial. Quick question am I able to include 2 images / headers into the original space/header?

[creakinator]

Excellent tutorial.

[thelordshang]

thx, helped me alot

[ForeignFootball1]

You made that seem too easy. But it's not so easy for me (at least I feel so). My template comes from siteground and the logo/name part of the front page is titled "header_image.jpg" within the zip file. I needed it to be altered, so i edited the photo in photoshop and now I'd like to use this new jpg (still under the title "header_image.jpg") on my front page but I can't. At 0:25 i'm not sure how you get your menu to change like that. Any help will be much appreciated. thanks.

[TheAndriux001]

What's on the 25sec???

[Ladyluck8987]

The part of the video I do not get is the very begining. How the crap did you get to the area where all the images are. Because when I click on my template it takes me to the garbage you have to edit not all the files. ;) ZOOM THE FUCK OUT!

[Ingleside22]

Hi, I'm VERY new to making a website, and working with Joomla... thanks to your videos i was able to finally figure joomla out... i'm stuck, though, after you clicked the rhuk_milkyway template... you suddenly were into a file folder tree with rhuk_milkyway, etc... can you tell me where this is? I was doing fine up til this point.

thanks so much for the videos!

[TheAndriux001]

@Ingleside22

same with me.. he's obviuosly using another programme for that..

[CqWeAkYcAmZ]

WTF DO YOU CLICK TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE AT 0:25?!?!?!?

[aelmoo]

@CqWeAkYcAmZ :

the guy has the program open that he mentions at 1.14. (Core FTP or smth); those are the instalation Joomla files. At 1.20 he drags from his computer into the ftp files, that's why his logo changes.

[sleepercellxx]

So many complete noobs here that don't take the time to LEARN BASIC HTML AND CSS, this stuff is EASY and it will save you tons of time to just LEARN THE CODE. Watching tutorials like this is useless when someone else does it for you...

[soirocram]

Exellent, I really congratulate you. Greeting from Lima.

[sndyansyria]

thanks at all ....

[badtheba]

Nice video, I'm practicing with one plain installation and one installation with sample content. This tutorial has helped quite a bit

[tranxton]

How can I replace a bad VirtueMart add to cart picture with a other one that I have created myself? How can I reaplce buttons with my own?

[raztastic007]

Nice video. How can i replace the image header to flash header. cheers

[geir44]

This was a good tutorial.

Now I think I might try to place a picture of myself on my webpage.

[shanna1950]

nice tut. I'm just a hobbyist BUILDING sites, but used to work with xhtml+css. Now I try getting a grip on Joomla, and oh boy... sorry oh man!

A question I'd like to ask is following. Sometimes there is a clickable text in the header, in stead of the logo. #logo > a - Moreover it's in a TABLE-cell (god forbid, but hey... Joomla is often table-based, which isn't so great. It's a mystery to me how it is positioned. Do you have a tut on that?

[alexwestconsulting]

Joomla's (like the other cms's) greatest strength, its modularity, is also its greatest weakness. Understanding the way that positions work (no, i don't have a tut yet) is extremely important when tracking code down, but the code could be almost anywhere. Often times there IS some kind of hard coded links in the template itself, but generally things are pretty dynamic. One way to track down code is to always have a local unzipped copy of everything you use, and search that,

[shanna1950]

yeah, "... it's greatest weakness". Most of the Joomla fans (addicts...) forget that. The coding is bloated, and very illogical. Makes it hard to find where things clash (!). I'm trying to get into Joomla template making myself, to avoid these clashes... Thanks for the youtube tuts. Appreciated.

[GraphicAbility]

What is the easiest CMS to start learning with? I am creating a community based website with a forum, but the forums may or may not be separate from the portal.

[alexwestconsulting]

if you want is easy with community capability, it is much easier to get phpbb up and running then pretty much any other free option. it's just much more difficult with phpbb to make a traditional looking website.

[alexwestconsulting]

if you want to to it ALL in the same platform, joomla isn't terribly hard as long as you don't get sidetracked by other extensions. you will need

1) joomla

2) community builder

3) kunena forum

[phille58]

fucking nice alex you are the best joomla man ever!

[rokgoo]

Thanks Alex, a bit too fast but well done.

[cluelesschick24]

Not helpful at all. I don't have or know what programs you are using and you are clicking way to fast.

[gugas01]

What is the program you are using ? Does that program makes things you can't do at the Joomla back up site?

[aRcaneTheProducerr]

dis dont help me none how the hell do u do dis?

[BradWino]

I notice that the line where the top menu belongs, does not adjust itself down when a larger logo is entered.

How do you adjust that line, it looks really bad where it is?

[TheSkyMyLove]

thx. so much !!

[gestellgeviert]

Thanks a lot, great tutorial!

[apolloadamalee]

Hey Alex this is the best tutorial video for Joomla i found on youtube thx

[demvids]

could you change the logo if your working in localhost?

[floatsup]

Thank You very Much Alex. Just learning this program, and this tutorial was extremely well laid out, Thanx

[Nessim1980]

Thanks a lot dude.

Very nice tutorial.

Congrat

[TallerTiger]

Hey man wats up,Im watching ur vid on the joomla logo(transfering new image),but you go a little to quick for a web newb like myself and and could keep up with what u were clicking,what it said, and where you were at the moment.Anyways if u could by contacting me and maybe run a newer vid for me,if u could it would help alot! Thx man

[AshTheBassist]

Absolutely brilliant tutorial, was going to turn to a template maker but now that I've seen this I will definitely use this method. Thankyou very much Alex. 5*

[klainmaingr]

Thanks mate... You helped a lot :)

[gerryboy101]

thx alex, you do things the easy way

[Talmore]

great! smart! works!

[kosdevo]

how do you change that joomla thumbnail image that shows up on the browser tab?

[fongerz3]

my cp doesnt have a template manager in extesions, can u help?

[alexwestconsulting]

I'm not sure what you mean. Joomla administrator control panel doesn't have a template manager option? If so, the only 2 ways this can happen is:

1) your joomla instance is corrupt. this is unlikely

2) the account with which you log in is NOT the "super administrator" but a lesser admin with less admin rights, such as manager or plain admin. This is much more likely.

[catfishfridaymusic]

thanks Alex......

[TigerlilySundance]

thanks alex! it helped alot.

[zabovna88]

great tut, thanks alot!

[alinaqvi86]

hi alex, this tut was awesome... just discovered your channel. thanx a ton.....

[parentshare]

what ftp program do use

[liovra]

CoreFTP

[parentshare]

What ftp program do u use to achieve this please.

[snake1mi]

You can also use a firefox addon called firebug, or webdeveloper. But firebug is much better. Theres also css viewer add on, whic is also awesome. These addons makes it easier to inspect each element through your browser. Not sure if theres something similar for ie or other web browsers, but who cares? Firefox is best.

[miladsafa]

Hi, how can you change the joomla logo in the control panel? the administration area.

thanks

[nick9624]

You can't do that in Joomla!, maybe in a later release it will be added.

[alexwestconsulting]

Basically what nick9624 says is true. The only exception is when a specific template is wisely designed by positioning the logo in an actual position. Only then can you change the logo by means of assigning a module or custom html to the position. I keep meaning to show people how to do this, but I actually made my own logo position in my template since it didn't have this feature.

[CanadianScotteh]

To save a few steps I'd recommend to just use the CSS editor in Joomla, after you select your Template from the -Template Manager- just click the -Edit Css- button and if you need to find the location of the file just use the free ad on for Firefox -Fire Bug- :>

[alexwestconsulting]

Good point. The only reason I would recommend not using the CSS editor is that it leads people down a path of NOT backing up before they make a change. Yes, you can always copy and paste to make a back-up, but I doubt anyone bothers to do that. Anyway, you ARE right and I usually use it myself ;)

[alexwestconsulting]

I don't quite follow. The CSS and layouts are controlled COMPLETELY by the template maker, not the "joomla core". THis means that ANYONE can make a template and so can make it either table based or CSS/layout based with DIV tags. THe second way is the that it is almost always done, not table as you suggest. And, the CSS is almost always well defined in it it's own file(s), not inline in the actual template php code. In short, I disagree with your summation entirely.

[alexwestconsulting]

Anyway, you have 2 options:

1)Size your banner appropriately

2)Try to figure out the CSS

The first option is easy, but the second option can get difficult, depending on the template you are using. Like I said in the first paragraph, the template is dependent on the designer, NOT joomla core. So, you never really know what you have until you start working on it. SOME templates are next to impossible to re-size.

A tip: append ?tp=1 to the end of the front page url to see all the positions.

[alexwestconsulting]

Now that you know the position you need to work on, open the template's index.php and find the position. The position will have either a class or id attribute. Now simply open the template's CSS file(s), find the relevant CSS block based on the id or position, and start changing the size attributes.

[henerom]

Nice, fast paced explanation. I'd like a bit more elaboration on the ftp step.

[BR177]

I see.. What do you doo with the advanced setttings, like save password ?

[kacaku]

You really explain very clear and in the right fat way.

You always help me a lot with your video-tutorials.

Thank you veru much!

[alex26303]

i dont get it. how come when i hit templeate manager then locate the template i dont get the drop down menue with all the files like u?? do i need to setiup a ftp program i am lost please help

[SteamFox]

Yes. But you can access CSS and HTML of the template from template manager. For changing the image file itself you need FTP.

[oTownNinja]

Wow, that helped! I never would have tried that method.

[dannycarter85]

Hey Alew love the Tuts :D can you help me with one thing though, im using a VPS with easyspace that has the plesk control panel. Ive installed joomla 1.5 thanks to you the only problem im having is that i cant install extensions via the install/uninstall tab i get a error when try to upload and extract it joomla says * JFTP::mkdir: Bad response * JFTP::store: Bad response * Warning! Failed to move file.

What do i have to do to fix this prob any help would be great.

TY

[alexwestconsulting]

this is an ftp file system layer issue. watch my tutorial here:

v=jzBNjCkViRU

you may have to edit configuration . php manually

[Peter5000Films]

This helped. ALOT

[webmasterd]

nice. helped me. dude you move fast!

[Aleque]

thanks

[CBurfict]

Your tutorials are great partner. I used your installation two parter to get started with Joomla and this was very informative of the millions of others I've gone through also. Talking head seems to help for some reason.

-CB

[badqual]

thanks for posting this tut.

[Grey80002]

P.S. Hold down the ctrl key and click refresh to reload a web-site.

[Grey80002]

Finally, an actual informative well-done video without all the advertising BS. Great job... it's perfect. And I didn't have to register on your web site!

[Ruta809]

hey alex i have an question or anybody that see these that can help me... how do i chenge the size of a module? im using joomla 1.5.

i will be waitint for the helo ..thanks

[jfmonfette]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and acutally doing it at a normal speed. Most tutorials drag on by being so slow. I'm subscribing to your channel for sure !

[pertiman]

Thanks!

For me it only worked when I pasted the new logo.png in the images folder of my still compressed template, and then reinstalled the template.

[joeykissimmee]

dude ur sick man...

thx I needed this info...

[bannerkille]

how do i add top panel to joomla template?

[abladb]

which FTP do you use?

[alexwestconsulting]

core ftp

[cardened]

Great tutorial to show how to change the logo. Thanks. Very usefull.

[alponto]

Great videos, im learning a lot from you.

Thanks!

[KiMisSerbia]

Great workaround! Very simple! Thank you for this helpful video!

Cheers!

[c0516065]

hi!nice video...!what is the programm that you use to compile, every time that you change the code?is any tutorial for that programm?thanks

[Screencaster78]

Excellent screencast! Professional and informative for everyone. Thank you!

[superman27ethan27e]

Hey, your tutorials are great. They have helped a newb like me. I have a request :) Could you do a tutorial on how to set it up where a registered user can not add an article without the Admins approval? Another words they can submit it, and it will be awaiting the admin to either approve or delete.

I sure would appreciate it if you could. :)

[bigboy927]

omg i hate my f'ing computer

[AlphaBlue9]

Thank You