Using Joomla! Newsflash To Display Random Text! The Newsflash module is a extremely handy feature. It allows you to add things such as Jokes, Quotes, or Testimonials to your web page. The text can be chosen at random, and aligned in any way you want. And it can be done in four easy steps. We are already assuming you have a working copy of Joomla! Installed, that you have administrative access, and are using the default milky way template. Step 1: Creating a Category 1. From the friendly administrative panel, go tho the menu select content and click on category manager. 2. At the category manager page select “New” from the manager panel. 3. From there you will come up with a editor page. For this tutorial we will be creating a Joke Newsflash using jokes found on Wikipedia. So I have named the category “Funniest Joke Newsflash” and added the description of what the newsflash does. For the section I just used the default for my pages. You can use the default or create a new one it is your choice. 4. Select Save from the menu and you are done! This is published under the Joomla! Electronic Documentation License.
