Joomla: Insert cookie notice in website - how it works

A cookie notice is also mandatory for your Joomla website if you use Google AdWords, a FaceBook plugin or similar. In this article, we show you how to insert the note into your page.

Joomla: Insert cookie notice in website

Joomla offers numerous plugins that make it easier to create a website. There is also a suitable extension for the mandatory cookie notice.

1. To do this, download the free Joomla plugin "CookieHint", install it and activate the extension.
2. To customize the Joomla extension, navigate to "Extensions"> "Extension Manager"> "Administration" and select the plugin here.
3. Now you have several options that you can tailor to your website. In the "Note link" area, set the link to further usage information on your homepage. This can be the imprint or the disclaimer.
4. Under "CSS Style" you can select the CSS file from the drop-down menu, the design of which the warning should be adapted to.
5. If you would like to change the complete layout of the cookie notice, select the "HTML / PHP code" item and enter your own code here.
6. Then save the changes so that the notice appears automatically on your website.

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