As you make your Joomla! site you will control the details of the display using options also referred to as parameters. Options control everything from whether the author's name is displayed to who can view what to the number of items shown on a list.
Default options for each component are changed using the Options button on the component toolbar.
Options can also be set on an individual item, such as an article or contact and in menu links.
If you are happy with how your site looks, it is fine to leave all of the options set to the defaults that were created when your site was installed. As you become more experienced with Joomla you will use options more.
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FROM `x7z13zb3hujos_session`
WHERE `session_id` = 'b66d2c9edfe348adb9e990250719d094'SELECT `session_id`
FROM `x7z13zb3hujos_session`
WHERE `session_id` = 'b66d2c9edfe348adb9e990250719d094'
LIMIT 0, 1INSERT INTO `x7z13zb3hujos_session`
(`session_id`, `client_id`, `time`)
VALUES
('b66d2c9edfe348adb9e990250719d094', 0, '1765160461')SELECT extension_id AS id, element AS "option", params, enabled
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_extensions
WHERE `type` = 'component'
AND `element` = 'com_users'SELECT b.id
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_usergroups AS a
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_usergroups AS b
ON b.lft <= a.lft
AND b.rgt >= a.rgt
WHERE a.id = 1SELECT id, rules
FROM `x7z13zb3hujos_viewlevels`SELECT folder AS type, element AS name, params
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_extensions
WHERE enabled >= 1
AND type ='plugin'
AND state >= 0
AND access IN (1,1)
ORDER BY orderingSELECT extension_id AS id, element AS "option", params, enabled
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_extensions
WHERE `type` = 'component'
AND `element` = 'com_languages'SELECT m.id, m.menutype, m.title, m.alias, m.note, m.path AS route, m.link, m.type, m.level, m.language,m.browserNav, m.access, m.params, m.home, m.img, m.template_style_id, m.component_id, m.parent_id,e.element as component
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_menu AS m
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_extensions AS e
ON m.component_id = e.extension_id
WHERE m.published = 1
AND m.parent_id > 0
AND m.client_id = 0
ORDER BY m.lftSELECT extension_id AS id, element AS "option", params, enabled
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_extensions
WHERE `type` = 'component'
AND `element` = 'com_content'SELECT *
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_languages
WHERE published=1
ORDER BY ordering ASCSELECT id, home, template, s.params
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_template_styles as s
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_extensions as e
ON e.element=s.template
AND e.type='template'
AND e.client_id=s.client_id
WHERE s.client_id = 0
AND e.enabled = 1SELECT a.rules
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_assets AS a
WHERE (a.id = 1)
GROUP BY a.id, a.rules, a.lftSELECT b.rules
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_assets AS a
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_assets AS b
ON b.lft <= a.lft
AND b.rgt >= a.rgt
WHERE (a.name = 'com_content')
GROUP BY b.id, b.rules, b.lft
ORDER BY b.lftSELECT a.id, a.asset_id, a.title, a.alias, a.title_alias, a.introtext, a.fulltext,
CASE WHEN badcats.id is null THEN a.state ELSE 0 END AS state, a.mask, a.catid, a.created, a.created_by, a.created_by_alias,
CASE WHEN a.modified = 0 THEN a.created ELSE a.modified END as modified, a.modified_by, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.publish_up, a.publish_down, a.images, a.urls, a.attribs, a.version, a.parentid, a.ordering, a.metakey, a.metadesc, a.access, a.hits, a.metadata, a.featured, a.language, a.xreference,c.title AS category_title, c.alias AS category_alias, c.access AS category_access,u.name AS author,(
SELECT MAX(contact.id) AS id
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_contact_details AS contact
WHERE contact.published = 1
AND contact.user_id = a.created_by) as contactid,parent.title as parent_title, parent.id as parent_id, parent.path as parent_route, parent.alias as parent_alias,ROUND(v.rating_sum / v.rating_count, 0) AS rating, v.rating_count as rating_count
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_content AS a
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_categories AS c
on c.id = a.catid
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_users AS u
on u.id = a.created_by
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_categories as parent
ON parent.id = c.parent_id
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_content_rating AS v
ON a.id = v.content_id
LEFT
OUTER JOIN (SELECT cat.id as id
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_categories AS cat JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_categories AS parent
ON cat.lft BETWEEN parent.lft
AND parent.rgt
WHERE parent.extension = 'com_content'
AND parent.published <= 0
GROUP BY cat.id) AS badcats
ON badcats.id = c.id
WHERE a.id = 32
AND (a.publish_up = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR a.publish_up <= '2025-12-08 02:21:01')
AND (a.publish_down = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR a.publish_down >= '2025-12-08 02:21:01')
AND (a.state = 1 OR a.state =2)SELECT c.*,
CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(c.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(':', c.id, c.alias) ELSE c.id END as slug
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_categories as c
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_categories AS s
ON (s.lft <= c.lft
AND s.rgt >= c.rgt) OR (s.lft > c.lft
AND s.rgt < c.rgt)
LEFT JOIN (SELECT cat.id as id
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_categories AS cat JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_categories AS parent
ON cat.lft BETWEEN parent.lft
AND parent.rgt
WHERE parent.extension = 'com_content'
AND parent.published != 1
GROUP BY cat.id) AS badcats
ON badcats.id = c.id
WHERE (c.extension='com_content' OR c.extension='system')
AND c.access IN (1,1)
AND c.published = 1
AND s.id=19
AND badcats.id is null
GROUP BY c.id, c.asset_id, c.access, c.alias, c.checked_out, c.checked_out_time,
c.created_time, c.created_user_id, c.description, c.extension, c.hits, c.language, c.level,
c.lft, c.metadata, c.metadesc, c.metakey, c.modified_time, c.note, c.params, c.parent_id,
c.path, c.published, c.rgt, c.title, c.modified_user_id
ORDER BY c.lftUPDATE x7z13zb3hujos_content
SET hits = hits + 1
WHERE id = 32UPDATE `x7z13zb3hujos_session`
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, `time` = '1765160461'
WHERE `session_id` = 'b66d2c9edfe348adb9e990250719d094'3 × SELECT extension_id AS id, element AS "option", params, enabled
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_extensions1 × SELECT a.rules
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_assets AS a1 × SELECT id, home, template, s.params
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_template_styles as s
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_extensions as e
ON e.element=s.template
AND e.type='template'
AND e.client_id=s.client_id1 × SELECT b.rules
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_assets AS a
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_assets AS b
ON b.lft <= a.lft
AND b.rgt >= a.rgt1 × SELECT a.id, a.asset_id, a.title, a.alias, a.title_alias, a.introtext, a.fulltext,
CASE WHEN badcats.id is null THEN a.state ELSE 0 END AS state, a.mask, a.catid, a.created, a.created_by, a.created_by_alias,
CASE WHEN a.modified = 0 THEN a.created ELSE a.modified END as modified, a.modified_by, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.publish_up, a.publish_down, a.images, a.urls, a.attribs, a.version, a.parentid, a.ordering, a.metakey, a.metadesc, a.access, a.hits, a.metadata, a.featured, a.language, a.xreference,c.title AS category_title, c.alias AS category_alias, c.access AS category_access,u.name AS author,( SELECT MAX(contact.id) AS id
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_contact_details AS contact1 × SELECT c.*,
CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(c.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(':', c.id, c.alias) ELSE c.id END as slug
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_categories as c
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_categories AS s
ON (s.lft <= c.lft
AND s.rgt >= c.rgt) OR (s.lft > c.lft
AND s.rgt < c.rgt)
LEFT JOIN (SELECT cat.id as id
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_categories AS cat JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_categories AS parent
ON cat.lft BETWEEN parent.lft
AND parent.rgt1 × SELECT *
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_languages1 × SELECT m.id, m.menutype, m.title, m.alias, m.note, m.path AS route, m.link, m.type, m.level, m.language,m.browserNav, m.access, m.params, m.home, m.img, m.template_style_id, m.component_id, m.parent_id,e.element as component
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_menu AS m
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_extensions AS e
ON m.component_id = e.extension_id1 × SELECT `session_id`
FROM `x7z13zb3hujos_session`1 × SELECT b.id
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_usergroups AS a
LEFT JOIN x7z13zb3hujos_usergroups AS b
ON b.lft <= a.lft
AND b.rgt >= a.rgt1 × SELECT id, rules
FROM `x7z13zb3hujos_viewlevels1 × SELECT folder AS type, element AS name, params
FROM x7z13zb3hujos_extensions1 × SELECT `data`
FROM `x7z13zb3hujos_session`1 × UPDATE `x7z13zb3hujos_session`
SET `data` = 'joomla|s:1296:\"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\";' , `time` = '1765160461'1 × UPDATE x7z13zb3hujos_content
SET hits = hits + 11 × INSERT INTO `x7z13zb3hujos_session` (`session_id`, `client_id`, `time`)
VALUES ('b66d2c9edfe348adb9e990250719d094', 0, '1765160461'