NinjaMonials component Installation, configuration and usage This tutorial will show you how to install, configure and use NinjaMonials component
Author: Igor Mihaljko Date: 13. May 2008
NinjaMonials component
Table of Contents Preface..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 3 NinjaMonials component installation ..................................................................................................... 4 NinjaMonials component configuration ................................................................................................. 5 NinjaMonials frontend ............................................................................................................................ 8 NinjaMonials backend testimonials handling ......................................................................................... 9 NinjaMonials frontend listing ................................................................................................................ 11 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 11
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NinjaMonials component
Preface Welcome, aspiring Ninja. This tutorial will explain how to install, configure and use NinjaMonials component. Tutorial will cover all the steps that are needed to go through to component installation, configuration and customization.
Introduction NinjaMonials component is designed to help you quickly and easily collect and display testimonials for your site. Testimonials improve customer confidence, which in turn improves the ability of your site to convert visitors into customers and members. Let's start the tutorial by installing the NinjaMonials component. Log into the Joomla Administrator Panel and follow the steps to install component.
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NinjaMonials component installation Click “Installers” -> “Components”:
Picture 1: Install new component
Click the “Browse” button and choose the NinjaMonials component archive on disk to install.
Picture 2: Click “Upload File & Install” button
Click on the “Upload File & Install” button to install component. After a few moments (this depends on your network and internet speed) the screen with a message that installation was successful should appear. When the component is successfully installed you should do some initial configuration so the component will be customized according to your needs and wishes. Let’s do that now.
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NinjaMonials component configuration Click “Components” -> “Ninjamonials” -> “Configuration”:
Picture 3: Start component configuration screen
Ninjamonials configuration appears with configuration options:
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NinjaMonials component Picture 4: Ninjamonials component configuration screen
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Here are options that can be configured: reCaptcha – choose if you want to use reCaptcha antispam control on the frontend of Ninjamonials component reCaptcha public key – if you choose to use reCaptcha, you will have to open an account on http://recaptcha.net/ and use public key provided after registration reCaptcha private key – if you choose to use reCaptcha, you will have to open an account on http://recaptcha.net/ and use private key provided after registration show website in listing – do you want to show website URL that testimonial submiter entered on the frontend collect website info – choose if you want to collect website URL during submiting of testimonials Load component CSS – choose if you want to load CSS provided with component or not. You can test both options to see what best suits you needs Use which CSS style – there are two different testimonial styles provided with component. Choose which one to use Display show all link – if you start the component with submit form, choose if you want to show link to all testimonials Display add testimonial link – if you start the component with all testimonials displayed, choose if you want to show link to add testimonial submit form Default display – choose what do you want to show when user chooses Ninjamonial component on the frontend, all testimonials or testimonial submit form When you are satisfied with choosen configuration option, click on the „Save“ button.
Picture 5: Save component configuration options
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NinjaMonials frontend If you choosen to show Ninjamonials on the frontend starting with testimonial submit form, here is how it will look when user choose it.
Picture 6: Choose Ninjamonial component on frontend
User can submit new testimonial about your site or service or anything else.
Picture 7: Submit new testimonial
When user submits new testimonial he will be presented with message that his testimonial will have to be approved by site administrator:
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NinjaMonials component Picture 8: Start component configuration screen
NinjaMonials backend testimonials handling When user submits new testimonial, it will not be published until site admin approves it. To do that, go to joomla backend, choose „Components“ -> „Ninjamonials“ -> „View Testimonials“.
Picture 9: Start component testimonials listing
List of submitted testimonials will show up. Here you can decide if you want to publish it or not and you can choose to edit testimonial before publishing. To start editing submitted testimonial, just click on testimonial name under Testimonial column:
Picture 10: List of submitted testimonials
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When you click testimonial name editor will load up to enable you to edit submitted testimonial. Change testimonial based on your needs and wishes. Change „Published“ state to „Yes“.
Picture 11: Testimonial editing
When you are done with testimonial editing, click on the „Save“ button on top right corner of Joomla administrator screen.
Picture 12: Save edited testimonial
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NinjaMonials frontend listing Here is how testimonials looks a like on frontend of site:
Picture 13: Testimonial list on frontend using „Quotes“ style
Picture 14: Testimonial list on frontend using „Beige box“ style
Conclusion This concludes my tutorial about installation, configuration and usage of NinjaMonials component. I hope that this tutorial will be useful to some of you. If you have any questions regarding this component, please, leave message on Ninjoomla support forum which supplies important information and helps you with installing or customizing your Ninjoomla extensions in order to make it as easy as possible for you.
Author is working for Nijoomla extension club as freelancer in charge of writing extension documentation. You can reach him through contact form on his web site http://www.mihhavision.com or by writing him to email mihha@inet.hr.
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