December 2017
The original problem is how to speed up article creation. Having tried the Google Docs Viewer (which did not integrate nicely into our blog site) I kept on searching. We needed an editor that allowed us to copy and paste images so we could add screen captures and other images easily.
First we have had a look at https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/drag-drop-image-uploader/ . It is a commercial plugin (15$).
Then we have spotted GridBox, which has a free version:
In order to install it, follow https://www.balbooa.com/gridbox-documentation/installation, bearing in mind the fact that
Gridbox template should be selected as a default Joomla template!
Downloaded pkg_Gridbox_2.2.4.zip and went to Extensions/Upload file, to install it.
Then went to Components/GridBox
Install the languages you will use in your Website via Help/Languages
After Installation, Log Out from the Joomla! admin panel and Log In with your language
Creating your first Gridbox page
If we go to Component/Gridbox, and click on the Page icon, it will create a new page. We can link it to a menu in the Gridbox editor for that page, in the “Page” settings.
Now we need to find out how to make it multilingual. See our next article Create a multilingual website using GridBox.
How to add a link in the page menu
Change the menu for example, in the Spanish Home Page. Start by selecting the Spanish Home Page:
Then locate the top menu and when the green cog turns up, hoover the mouse over it and select the pencil icon to edit the menu:
Click on the clip icon and then choose the Main Menu (es-ES):
Now we see three links, that match the three menu items in the joomla Menus section for the es-ES language:
To hide the ones that we don't want, unpublish those items in the es-ES menu items:
Now we only see the menu item we have left published:
We will also delete them from the gridbox menu link:
