Search

The search component uses plugins to control which parts of your Joomla! site are searched. You may choose to turn off some areas to improve performance or for other reasons. Many third party Joomla! extensions have search plugins that extend where search takes place.

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• Content Help
• Contacts Help
• Weblinks Help
• News Feeds Help
• Categories Help

System

System plugins operate every time a page on your site loads. They control such things as your URLS, whether users can check a "remember me" box on the login module, and whether caching is enabled. New is the redirect plugin that together with the redirect component will assist you in managing changes in URLs.

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• Remember me Help
• SEF Help
• Debug Help

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• Cache Help
• Log Help
• Redirect Help

Authentication

The authentication plugins operate when users login to your site or administrator. The Joomla! authentication plugin is in operation by default but you can enable Gmail or LDAP or install a plugin for a different system. An example is included that may be used to create a new authentication plugin.

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• Joomla Help

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• Gmail Help
• LDAP Help

Editors

Editors are used thoughout Joomla! where content is created. TinyMCE is the default choice in most locations although CodeMirror is used in the template manager. No Editor provides a text box for html content.

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• CodeMirror Help
• TinyMCE Help
• No Editor Help

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• None

Editors-xtd

These plugins are the buttons found beneath your editor. They only run when an editor plugin runs.

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• Editor Button: Image Help
• Editor Button: Readmore Help
• Editor Button: Page Break Help
• Editor Button: Article Help

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• None