When configuring our extensions, it is important to make sure that we are setting them up to align with the goals and mission we set earlier. Keeping notes on these handy will make configuring our extensions quicker and easier.
AEC is likely to be the biggest, and most difficult, extension to configure on our site. The wide array of settings and configurations required can be daunting to a beginner, or even someone experienced with it. Thankfully, there are only a few settings that most people will need to use on their sites.
To download AEC, we need to go to http://valanx.org/.
The first thing we need to do is go to Extensions | Plugin Manager and activate the System | Legacy plugin. As AEC is still only native to Joomla! 1.0, we need to activate this plugin to get it to work on Joomla! 1.5.
Next we need to install the AEC component and the two plugins that come with it.
Before we configure AEC, we need to make some decisions. First, what sort of subscription plans...