Flash and Joomla News by Eyezberg

This article is listed under "components".
Why, you might ask? Because what is generally considered as your site's homepage is just another component, com_frontpage, as you can easily verify by clicking your non-SEFed "Home" link.

This article aims at reducing the confusion between your HOMEpage and the FRONTpage component, as this is really only the same in the default Joomla setup, but can easily be changed.
In fact, the first page to be displayed when entering your domains URL into a browser (aka Homepage) is  the content linked to by the mainmenu's  first link!

This is the com_frontpage component in a default setup. Now try to move anything else to that first spot, a content item link, another component link, as you like, and preview the site...

That being said, the frontpage component is really important, as it provides the content for your site's RSS feeds (all items with the "Show on frontpage" checkbox ticked), used or not as Homepage.
Settings for this component are accessed through the Content => Frontpage Manager link.
On this screen, you can remove items from frontpage display (and thus RSS inclusion) or reorder the items for display.
[Please note that a few settings for your feeds layout are to be found under Components => Syndication.]

I just created 2 very simple admin modules, and would like to share here the ease of doing so.
My goal was to quickly access some functionality without diggin through menus, in one single click, from whatever screen I was on in admin.
All you need to create your own is 3 files:

• mod_yourmodule.php
• mod_yourmodule.xml
• image.png

The image is needed to have something to click on ;
the .php file does all the work ;
the .xml file is needed for installation.

If you are a registered user of this website, I suggest you click below to download one or both of these modules, and use the files as an example.
mod_allcontent provides a link to the Content =>  All Content Items screen (first icon on the picture)
mod_preview opens a new broser window to the frontend of your site. (2nd icon, unlabeled)