mysql -h localhost -u [user] -p [database_name] < [name_of_dump.sql]


In many other sources, it’s mentioned that you need to put the password without a space attached to the -p parameter. No need to do that – you will be prompted for password after you hit Enter.

And, yet, if you type your password attached to the -p parameter, the command will be saved in your history. And potentially, if someone gets that, you are in trouble.

If your mysql user doesn’t have password, omit the -p parameter.

mysql -h localhost -u [user] [database_name] < [name_of_dump.sql]


It’s impossible to retrieve Joomla administrator / user password, because, for security measures, it is stored in MD5-encoded string. That’s why you can only reset it. To do so, you need to have access to the database.

Solution:

• Log in to your database
• Find table jos_users
• Edit the row, which corresponds to the admin / user.
• Set the password field to: 5ebe2294ecd0e0f08eab7690d2a6ee69
• Save changes

This will reset the password to secret.
Later you can change the password easily from the Joomla back-end.

Here are more MD5-password pairs (if you want to reset the password to something different from secret):

P.S. More comprehensive information on this you can find at Joomla Documentation:
How do you recover your admin password?

For example, you have created an Article titled «About me». In another article you want to put link to the «About me» Article:

Joomla insert / edit link button

In Joomla with standard TinyMCE editor, you are requested to fill in the URL of the Article.

There are two solutions to this problem:
1. Find out the URL of the «About me» Article.
2. Switch to another editor, which supports linking to the content items.

Finding the URL of an Article in Joomla

Save your current Article as draft (save, but don’t publish). In the Article Manager locate the Article you want to link to. Remember the value of ID in the last column.

ID of an Article in Joomla

The URL link to this Article in the front-end is:

index.php?option=com_content&id=ID

Replace «ID» with the actual ID of the «About me» Article. Type this URL into the «Link URL» field when inserting a link.

JCE editor for Joomla

A very powerful, award-winning JCE editor gives you easy solution to the problem of linking to Articles. Download and install JCE editor, set it as Default WYSIWYG Editor in Joomla’s Global Configuration (Site → Global Configuration → Site Settings) and you’re editor’s toolbar will become a bit different:

JCE-editor toolbar

But when you click the «Insert/Edit link» button this time, you will get a window with possibility to link to a content item.

JCE-editor Insert link window

Joomla TinyMCE standard editor toolbar

The toolbar is quite poor. There is no way, for example, to insert and edit tables, set element attributes, setting colors to the text, background, and many others. However, there is a possibility to have many more useful buttons on the toolbar in standard installation of Joomla.

To take this advantage, go to Extensions → Plugin Manager and click on the Editor – TinyMCE plugin in the list. On the right side bar in Plugin Parameters section, change Functionality dropdown-box to Extended. Click Save and enjoy extended editing possibilities .

Joomla TinyMCE extended editor toolbar

TinyMCE is not the only WYSIWYG-editor for Joomla. JCE, which is based on TinyMCE, is a configurable and plugin-extensible editor for Joomla. JCE supports code-highlighting, file and links handling, Joomla content item linking, advanced image/media embedding and many more.