Thread: Adding new Extensions

Many a time, the default installation w.ill not have the required components and modules that suit your website's needs. For example, you are launching an event organisation portal, which demands an event calendar. This is not available as part of the default installation. On similar lines, the default installation provides certain components/ modules, but you are not satisfied with it. For example, the default installation provides a JoomlaBoard as the forum component but you prefer FireBoard. In these situations, you w.ill have to find suitable Joomla extensions, install them, and use them on your website.

Let us take your site requirements into consideration now. As EventOrg, you require an event calendar on your site. After exploring the Joomla extensions, let's assume you have selected the JEvents extension.



Installing a JEvents extension for the event calendar:

•Dow.nload the JEvents installation packages from http:// joomlacode. org/gf/project/jeventsljrsl
•On the Administrator page, click on the Extensions menu and select the Plugin Manager option.
•Search for the text-legacy. The search result w.ill show a plug-in by name System-Legacy with a red cross in the Enabled column. This shows that the plug-in is not enabled.
•Click on the red cross to enable the plug-in. You w.ill see a green tick in the Enabled column showing that the plugcin is enabled.
•Click on Extensions and choose the InstalllUninstall menu option.
•Browse through your file system, select the boLevents_ search1.4.3beta-Joomla1.5 archive, and click on the Upload File & Install button.
•Repeat the previous step for the following:
•mod_events_cal_l.4.3beta.zip
•mod_events_latest_l.4.3beta.zip
•mod_events_legend_1.4.3beta.zip
•com-Jeventsl.4:3beta.tip
The JEvents extensk': is now installed and ready for use.