Tips for Joomlers
These tips are provided to help anyone administering a Joomla!® CMS website, including subscribers to WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Support in UK Business, Public Sector and Voluntary Sector organisations.
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PHP 8.3 is available: use it
Joomla! 5 requires that the server hosting your Joomla! CMS website is using PHP 8.1.0 or later.
And The Joomla! Project recommend using PHP 8.3.
Using PHP 8.3 with your Joomla! CMS website will enhance performance, including:
- improved page load speed, and
- reduced memory usage, meaning more users can be served at any one time
and security.
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Use the Joomla! Accessibility Checker
Using the Joomla! Accessibility Checker when editing Articles in your website will make your website more accessible to the widest possible audience.
Visitors will be more inclined to stay on your website for longer and even make repeat visits.
This should improve your website's performance in search engines.
If you are responsible for a public sector organisation website in the UK then its use will also help you comply with UK law.
In the UK it is a legal requirement that websites run by public sector organisations comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA.
Read more: Understanding the accessibility requirements for public sector bodies
If your website is affected then we can help.
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Use Font Awesome Icons in your website
Font Awesome Icons are really useful for signposting website content.
Good news, the default Joomla! CMS is already equipped with the necessary Font Awesome font-family.
This means you can assign any one icon to a Menu Link or a string of text in one or more of your website's Articles and Custom Modules.
If you are not already doing so, we hope this article will help you get started using Font Awesome Icons in your website.
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- Periodically update the Smart Search Index
- Use the Joomla! CMS Guided Tours Feature
- Periodically check your website is mobile-friendly
- Protecting the privacy of website visitors
- How to respond when told dropdown menus don't work on Google Chrome
- Try using the Columns Selector feature introduced with Joomla! 4.2
- Check your website's Robots TXT File after updating to Joomla! 4
- Ensure your website complies with UK GDPR Regulations
- Save time when pasting text into your website
- Check whether this UK law affects your website
- Keep up to speed with cPanel Security News
- Periodically browse the Joomla! Vulnerable Extension List
- Display round images in your website
- Add a custom favicon to your website's template
- Check your website's Robots TXT File is search engine friendly
- Always be on the look out for Joomla! Updates
- Check out these free Multimedia Resources
- Things to consider when changing template
- How to prevent scripts from being removed on saving
- Essential Joomla! Tasks
- Good housekeeping makes sense!
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