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NUMBER ONE Mistake: Copying Content from Word Document to Joomla HTML Editor (WYSIWYG)

A common mistake made by Joomla beginners is copying content from Word to Joomla HTML editor. What happens is the style code from Word will be copy/pasted to Joomla HTML editor, which would affect your content's font style. Most important GOOGLE HATES THIS and we should do what Google likes, code bloat is a NO NO!.

YOUR SOLUTION:

When copying content from Word document, copy & paste to a plain text editor (i.e. Notepad - PC or Text Editor - Mac) then copy & paste to Joomla HTML editor. This should avoid the occurrence of code bloat.

NUMBER TWO Mistake: Not Changing Joomla Login Username from Admin to Something Else

The default username for Joomla is "admin", most designers do not change the username while the site is being developed, once completed, the last thing on their mind is changing the username from admin to something else. What is the importance of this is, the user name is generally well known, 50% of the security of the username/password combination is already exposed if the the username is not changed. Now all anyone needs to do is guess the password and they're in./>

YOUR SOLUTION:

Change your username from "admin" to something else!

NUMBER THREE Mistake: NOT Resizing Images to Correct Size Prior to Upload

Everyone tends to upload large images to scale them down inside the article or upload small images and stretch them out inside the articles. Large images, even if scaled to a smaller width and height is still the same in file size, which can make for longer loading time. Small images, when resized to a larger width and length than it was originally will create pixelation in the image.