Where did the Mambots go?

Where did the Mambots go?

by | Oct 11, 2006 | Current Users

Mambots have been renamed as Plugins. Mambots were introduced in Mambo and offered possibilities to add plug-in logic to your site mainly for the purpose of manipulating content. In Joomla! 1.5, Plugins will now have much broader capabilities than Mambots. Plugins are...
Where did the Mambots go?

Where did the Installers go?

by | Oct 10, 2006 | Current Users

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...
Where did the Mambots go?

Where is the Static Content Item?

by | Oct 10, 2006 | Current Users

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...
Where did the Mambots go?

What happened to the locale setting?

by | Oct 6, 2006 | Current Users

This is now defined in the Language [lang].xml file in the Language metadata settings. If you are having locale problems such as dates do not appear in your language for example, you might want to check/edit the entries in the locale tag. Note that multiple locale...
Where did the Mambots go?

How do I upgrade to Joomla! 1.5 ?

by | Sep 30, 2006 | Current Users

Joomla! 1.5 does not provide an upgrade path from earlier versions. Converting an older site to a Joomla! 1.5 site requires creation of a new empty site using Joomla! 1.5 and then populating the new site with the content from the old site. This migration of content is...