I am a complete newbie to Joomla although I have built and operated several CMS built websites over a number of years using "other packages" (SubDreamer, CMS Made Simple and Wordpress).
Time came to completely overhaul my long established website - I was quite happily taking my time building the new site using a sub-domain of another unrelated site. The change was not required for a few months ahead so time was on my side and all was going well until the live site (which was the one in the process of being replaced) was hit by a malicious code attack. This meant taking it down and deleting all content completely - leaving me with nothing other than a holding page with a maintenance announcement. This means I really have to get myself into gear, complete the subdomain and make it main and live as soon as possible - and this is where I really need help as I try to avoid ploughing through what feels like reams of instruction pages which seem to never get me to the point I want to be at or answer the issue I am trying to solve - I keep going down rabbit holes. My plan is to make the replacement site live in its current location and eventually merge all hosting into one place.
So, to cut to the chase - I want a series of pages with static content - simple information that does not need to change. I can just about work out how to get modules in place (after a fashion) but nothing seems to help me put in place a single simple block of text along with a couple of small modules. My first thought (from my SubDreamer days) is to create a featured article and have the featured article module display it but I don't seem to be able to target the page - note this is most likely a PICNIC issue (Problem In Chair Not In Computer).
Any advice or pointers will be gratefully accepted.
Thanks in advance
Martyn
Time came to completely overhaul my long established website - I was quite happily taking my time building the new site using a sub-domain of another unrelated site. The change was not required for a few months ahead so time was on my side and all was going well until the live site (which was the one in the process of being replaced) was hit by a malicious code attack. This meant taking it down and deleting all content completely - leaving me with nothing other than a holding page with a maintenance announcement. This means I really have to get myself into gear, complete the subdomain and make it main and live as soon as possible - and this is where I really need help as I try to avoid ploughing through what feels like reams of instruction pages which seem to never get me to the point I want to be at or answer the issue I am trying to solve - I keep going down rabbit holes. My plan is to make the replacement site live in its current location and eventually merge all hosting into one place.
So, to cut to the chase - I want a series of pages with static content - simple information that does not need to change. I can just about work out how to get modules in place (after a fashion) but nothing seems to help me put in place a single simple block of text along with a couple of small modules. My first thought (from my SubDreamer days) is to create a featured article and have the featured article module display it but I don't seem to be able to target the page - note this is most likely a PICNIC issue (Problem In Chair Not In Computer).
Any advice or pointers will be gratefully accepted.
Thanks in advance
Martyn
Statistics: Posted by smartymarty1234 — Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:34 pm