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I have gone through some Joomla tutorials and I am not understanding how Joomla works. I have never encountered something where every aspect of it evades me. I'm not asking for a free ride.. just where to go or a basic idea of how this works.
I simply need to add a Panoramio javascript into the <head></head> section of a joomla website. In Word Press I simply download the header.php template and code away.
It's so confusing understanding Joomla. I do know not to paste directly into an "Article" page so do I have to install some sort of extension or tool to even get this to work?
I read to edit the index.php in my templates but I can't even find that. Am I the only person that can't understand Joomla at all? Even the beginner documentation seems to assume I know their system. Thank you in advance.
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Be careful about which files you add code to. Editing core files like the index.php in the templates folder might not be the best solution. What if there is a template update? The file will get overridden. So just bare that in mind.
Before you add the script, it is good idea to get the name of current template:
$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$template = $app->getTemplate();
You can use the following to import a .js file the <head> tags:
$doc = JFactory::getDocument(); //only include if not already included
$doc->addScript(JUri::root() . 'templates/' . $template . '/file.js');
or you can add the Javascript there and then like so:
$doc = JFactory::getDocument();
$js = "
//javascript goes here
";
$doc->addScriptDeclaration($js);
Hope this helps
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you can edit index.php file and other template files as css etc.
go to : Extensions->template manager
chose template TAB
Second from the left you see: "template name" Details and Files here you can edit any template file directly on your server.
Menu can change depending on Joomla version, but that's the general idea.
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