Documentation

How can I change MooFAQ's Style (look and Feel)?

MooFAQ tries to inherit most of your template's style. It should look like you content items and have the same styling such as font-size, color and headings (h1, h2, h3, h4), blockquotes, pre-formated text, and so forth.

In order to customize MooFAQ Look and Feel all you have to do is edit the CSS [1] file and change the images [2];

Once you are done, if you want to share your customization with everyone send it to me and I can add to the existing templates;

[1] Joomla directory /components/com_moofaq/templates/default/css/panel.css
[2] Joomla directory /components/com_moofaq/templates/default/images/

Installation and Basic Usage

MooFAQ Installation and basic usage

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Most most users will be able to use the Automated Installation procedure:

Select Help → System Info from the drop-down menu on the Back-end of your Joomla! installation, then click on the Directory Permissions tab and make sure the all direcotries listed are writable.
Download the extension to your local machine as a zip or gz file package.
From the backend of your Joomla site (administration) select Extensions -> Install/Uninstall.
Click the Browse button and select the extension package on your local machine.
Click the Upload File & Install button.

Can MooFAQ show more than one category?

You can have as many categories you want!

For multiple FAQ pages you have to create more menu items, one for each category that you want to show.
How to enable plugins in MooFAQ?

In order to avoid problems, by default MooFAQ does not process plugins. You have to enable them in the menu parameters. Set the "Enable Plugins" to Yes under Component Parameters.

How do I allow editors to edit FAQ items from the front-end?

To allow editor to edit all MooFAQ items just follow these steps:

Select Components → MooFAQ from the drop-down menu in the Back-end of your Joomla! installation;
Click on the Parameters button in the toolbar;
Set Front-end Edit parameter to Yes;

You can also allow editors to edit only the FAQ items under some menu items, if that's what you want, please follow these steps:

Select Menus → [name of the menu] from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation. For example, if a Menu is called "Main Menu", select Menus → Main Menu;
Select the MooFAQ menu item that you want to grant edit rights from the front-end;
Set Front-end Edit parameter to Yes under the Parameters (Component) slider;

How to add MooFAQ to content Articles?

The latest MooFAQ version already comes with a MooFAQ content plugin bult-in, which is altomatically installed and enabled.

You should see a plugin button bellow your WYSIWYG Editor* like this:

Click on it and you will see this the MooFAQ addition form:

moofaq-plugin-form

You can choose the view (search, category or multiple category). If you choose a Search view you are also going to have to add a MooFAQ → Search menu item type;

Syntax

When you click on the Add faq button you should see a line like these:

{moofaq  view=|category| id=|31|  showtitle=|0|  showdesc=|0|  }

{moofaq  view=|categories| id=|3|  showtitle=|0|  showdesc=|0|  }

{moofaq  view=|search|  search=|FAQ|  search_type=|keywords|  searchphrase=|all|  title=|Relevant FAQ's|  showdesc=|0|  }

If you look in your content from the front-end you should see a FAQ in there;

* The plugin button is not compatible with JCE, however you can still use MooFAQ plugin by inserting the Syntex directly in the content;

How do I make MooFAQ work with Ninja Shadowbox module?

The shadowbox extension actually gives the option of using one of 4 different javascript libraries, so just try each one.

A user named Elaine Lee said that "there was a conflict when I had it set to 'jquery' but not when I had it set to 'EXT'. I also cleaned up some of the unnecessary javascript files being used."

We advise to all choose MooTools when possible for a few reasons:

You will avoid Javascript incompatibility. MooTools is the Joomla! default Javascript Library.
If you have too many Javascript files and libraries your site will take longer to load.
Our extensions only use MooTools.

How to Change the Order of FAQs?

MooFAQ is a full feature FAQ component! It allows you to order your question in 9 different ways:

Oldest first
Most recent first
Title (Alphabetical)
Title (Reverse Alphabetical)
Author - Alphabetical
Author - Reversed Alphabetical
Most Hits
Least Hits
Custom Order (Joomla 1.5) OR Article Manager Order (Joomla 1.6+)

In the Admin menu go to:

Select Menus → [name of the menu] from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation. For example, if a Menu is called "Main Menu", select Menus → Main Menu.
Choose the MooFAQ item and edit;
In Joomla 1.5:
- Under the Advanced Paramenters pane set "Category Order" to "No, Order by Primary only";
- In the "Primary Order" you can choose any option of list above;
- If you need to set a custom Order all you have to do is set the Primary Order to Custom Order and change the ordering of your articles in the Article Manager;
In Joomla 1.6 (or newer):
- Under the List Layouts slider set "Article Order" to the ordering you want.;
- If you need to set a custom Order all you have to do is set the"Article Order" to Article Manager Order and change the ordering of your articles in the Article Manager;

How to upgrade MooFAQ?

You just have to follow these steps:

Put live site offline;
Backup Database (MooFAQ does not install or uninstall any database table, but it is always a good practice to make backups);
Backup Site;
Uninstall MooFAQ (Menu settings will still be saved);
Instill new MooFAQ;
Update your MooFAQ menu items (go to backend -> Menus -> Menu Containing MooFAQ, Click MooFAQ link and save it);
Test;
Put live site online;