Joomla eBook Fav Icon & Content

Favourite Icons & PDF in Joomla

Favourite Icon

Figure 4.12: Favicon in Firefox

In Internet Explorer, however, this works only under certain conditions (see Figure 4.13):

Figure 4.13: No Favicon in Internet Explorer (Version 6.0.29)

The icons have to be available in a specific format. You can specify the name for the icon. You will find the file in the main directory of Joomla.

Locale
With this tab, you can localize your page as illustrated in Figure 4.14. Localization means adaptation to country-specific conventions. The options available are:

Language: Here you specify the language of the site. All available languages are indicated in the option drop-down menu. The Language Manager subsection discusses the installation of new language packs for websites.
Time Offset: This setting can be used to display the correct time; for example, if the server that Joomla! runs on is located in the USA, but the site is meant for visitors in Germany.
Country Locale: Every country has certain conventions for the display of numbers and dates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locale). This option lets you specify the format. PHP offers the ability to implement different functions depending on the mnemonic entered as locale. The approach is sound; however, this does not always work when creating a template.

Figure 4.14: Locale

Content

Figure 4.15: Content

Item Rating/Voting: This lets your visitors evaluate the contents of the site. If you click Show, an evaluation omponent is displayed above the item (see Figure 4.16).
Author Names: This setting allows you to display the name of the author of the content on the websites. If you select Show, then he name of the author appears above the article as shown in Figure 4.16:

Figure 4.16: Sample Content

Created Date and Time: This setting allows you to display the date and time of creation of content. If you select Show, text such as Wednesday, 12 May 2004 is written above the article as shown in Figure 4.16.
Modified Date and Time: This setting allows you to display the date and time when the content was modified last. If you select Show, text such as Last Updated (Wednesday, 07 July 2004) is displayed under the text, as illustrated in Figure 4.16
Hits: Here you decide whether to display the number of hits on a content item:

Figure 4.17: News List with Hits

PDF Icon: Here you can assign a PDF icon to be displayed above the content (see Figure 4.16). After clicking this icon, your content is prepared as a PDF file! In order to view the PDF file, you need the free Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com/ products/acrobat/).

Figure 4.18: Release of Content in PDF

Print Icon: Here you can determine whether a print icon is to be displayed above the content (see Figure 4.16). After clicking this icon, the content is prepared for printing.
Email Icon: Should an email icon be displayed above the content? After clicking this icon, a form is displayed that allows you to send a reference about this content to somebody else, as illustrated in Figure 4.19:

Figure 4.19: Email Referral