The Joomlashack Blog
Jumpstart to Becoming a Blogging Pro
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 August 2013 08 August 2013
Video on building a blog with Joomla
If you have never blogged a day in your life, or you aren’t seeing the results you want with it, maybe you should take a step back and look at how you’ve been blogging.
Don’t be sad, it’s probably not YOUR writing. However, it may be HOW you are writing
So what do I exactly mean by this?
It might not be the subject you are writing about, or your grammar and word choices. It might be the way you structure your writing and how you present it to you audience.
EasySocial - Better Social Networking for Joomla
- Written by Joomlashack Help Joomlashack Help
- Published: 01 August 2013 01 August 2013
We are delighted to share with you the status of the upcoming Joomla extension "EasySocial" by StackIdeas--a company we trust. Andrew Rogers, the main man in StackIdeas for all customer relationships, partner collaborations, marketing ideas and sales promotions, has shared the following sneak peek:
Create Lightboxes in Joomla with Modals
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 01 August 2013 01 August 2013
Are you looking to create a popup effect or turn a link into a popup window? These are also known as modals or lightboxes.
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a modal effect in Joomla.
We're going to use the NoNumber extension called Modals.
This tutorial will work with Joomla 2.5 and 3.
Understanding Joomla's User Profile plugin
- Written by Rob de Cleen Rob de Cleen
- Published: 01 August 2013 01 August 2013
One of our members had a question about the User Profile plugin that appears in the Joomla core.
The User Profile plugin is available in Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3, but it's not immediately obvious what it does.
Read on, and we'll help you understand what this plugin does ...
Top 5 Joomla Shopping Carts
- Written by Sara Thornton Sara Thornton
- Published: 31 July 2013 31 July 2013
With online shops becoming more popular every year, the number of Joomla shop extensions continues to grow.
But with many shopping carts to chose from, how do you find the right one for your Joomla site?
This guide will walk you through 5 of the best Joomla e-commerce extensions currently available.
We're going to cover many details of each cart from their cost to their complexity and their support to whether or not they're ready for Joomla 3.
Add RTL Support to Joomla Templates
- Written by Rob de Cleen Rob de Cleen
- Published: 30 July 2013 30 July 2013
The web can be difficult for speakers of right-to-left (RTL) languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Hebrew.
With RTL languages, writing starts from the right of the page and continues to the left. This means your template needs to be "mirrored" to support these languages.
However, many template designers aren't experienced with RTL issues and don't provide that option.
In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to adapt an existing Joomla template so it can be used as an RTL template as well as LTR.
Because we hope to reach as many designers as possible, we're going to use English on our RTL template. You don't have to know a RTL language in order to create an RTL-ready template.
Joomla 2.5.13 and 3.1.4 Released
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 29 July 2013 29 July 2013
Both Joomla 2.5.13 and 3.1.4 were released this week.
Remember that updating Joomla is now as simple as logging in to your Joomla site and clicking on the flashing icon that notifies you of an update.
Both of these releases are regularly scheduled maintenance releases and only provide bug-fixes. There were no security patches.
Updating immediately is recommended but not absolutely essential.
Blog multiple categories by date in Joomla
- Written by Rob de Cleen Rob de Cleen
- Published: 18 July 2013 18 July 2013
Video on building a blog with Joomla
In this blog post we're going to show you how to set up a multi-category blog in Joomla.
By default, Joomla menu links allow you to show blog posts from only a single category.
It is possible to create a similar effect by using Joomla 3's new Tags feature.
However, this tutorial will focus on how to pull in articles from multiple categories.
Video on speeding up your Joomla site
- Published: 16 July 2013 16 July 2013
Earlier this week, I did a webinar with the Joomla hosting company CloudAccess.
We talked about how to make your Joomla site run more quickly.
We covered hosting, monitoring, cache, compression and more.
The presentation lasts for about an hour and then there's 30 minutes of questions at the end.
6 Fresh and Innovative Joomla Templates
- Published: 02 July 2013 02 July 2013
By 2013, some Joomla template clubs have been running for over 7 years.
Even after over 150 templates, the best designers still manage to produce exciting new releases every month.
We're going to highlight 6 of the most innovative new Joomla templates from the last few months.
Here are some fresh and inspiring designs from Joomlashack, YooTheme, JoomlaBamboo, JoomlArt, Gavick and JoomlaXTC.