The Joomlashack Blog
The New Tags Feature in Joomla 3.1
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 15 April 2013 15 April 2013
My conclusion is that Tags is one of the best new features to be added to Joomla in a long time.
Not only do Tags work really well, but they also give a glimpse into Joomla's future.
In this blog post, we'll give you an overview of how Tags work. We'll also see how Tags shows Joomla growing into a better, more unified system where features and data are shared between extensions.
Install the AreYouaHuman Game CAPTCHA in Joomla
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 02 April 2013 02 April 2013
One of the downsides to using popular software such as Joomla, WordPress or Drupal is that lots of spammers know how to target that software. It's not unusual to get a lot of spam registrations on your site.
On the other hand, one of the most frustrating experiences on the web is attempting to fill-in a really hard-to-read CAPTCHA. After several failed attempts, many users give up and leave your site. That's one reason that we've not used CAPTCHA's at OSTraining. We'd rather deal with spam, than lose our valued customers and visitors.
Showtime a New Joomla Template made for featuring images and video
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 19 March 2013 19 March 2013
Beautiful Visuals Deserve A Beautiful Website
With this thought in mind, we decided to create Showtime, a Joomla template that allows you to display, classify, and organize a huge amount of visual information. Showtime is the perfect template to showcase great works of photographers, illustrators, videographers, creative people, creative agencies, or freelancers to name a few.
Read more: Showtime a New Joomla Template made for featuring images and video
Update your Local Joomla Repository on a PC using TortoiseGit
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 13 March 2013 13 March 2013
In the last tutorial, we showed you how to create a local repository.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to update the local repository with the latest development changes from Joomla.
This should be done each time before testing bugs or applying patches to make sure that we have the latest fixes.
Read more: Update your Local Joomla Repository on a PC using TortoiseGit
Create a Local Version of the Joomla Github Repository using TortoiseGit
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 13 March 2013 13 March 2013
This tutorial will show you how to create a local version of the Joomla github repository, which houses the latest code base for Joomla.
Read more: Create a Local Version of the Joomla Github Repository using TortoiseGit
How to Install TortoiseGit on a Windows PC
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 13 March 2013 13 March 2013
This tutorial will show you how to download and install TortoiseGit, which we will use in subsequent tutorials to test and create patches.
TortoiseGit is not the only software that you can use to test and create patches, but it's easy to use, so that's why we decided to use it for our tutorials on patches. TortoiseGit is only available on Windows. I will be posting a Mac tutorial later today.
How to Report a Joomla Bug on Joomlacode.org
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 13 March 2013 13 March 2013
If you want a Joomla bug to get fixed, you should report it to the Joomla Bug Squad with the bug tracker.
This tutorial will show you step-by-step how to file a Joomla bug report.
Test a Joomla Patch on a Windows PC using TortoiseGit
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 12 March 2013 12 March 2013
This tutorial will teach you how to test a Joomla patch (i.e. code fix) on a Windows PC using TortoiseGit. It assumes you've already installed TortoiseGit and created a local repository of the Joomla using TortoiseGit.
Read more: Test a Joomla Patch on a Windows PC using TortoiseGit
How to Test Joomla 3 Beta Versions
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 11 March 2013 11 March 2013
Joomla 3 is the Short Term Support version of Joomla and so new versions with new features arrive regularly.
Joomla 3.1 is due at the end of March. The major new feature is likely to be Tags, which can be added to articles and extensions to organize them more effectively.
You can see our full introduction to the Tags feature here.
A Beta version of Joomla 3.1 is already out. The Joomla team wants as many people as possible to test each version before release, so they make it easy to install and test Beta versions. Here's how to test Joomla 3.1 and Tags.
New Joomla Extension - Easy Social Icons
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 07 March 2013 07 March 2013
New Joomla Extension Release
Easy Social Icons is the first of many new Joomla Extensions we will release this year. Our Joomlashack Extensions were designed by Joomla Professionals to make running Joomla Sites Easier and more productively. Our Joomla Extensions provide you with the kind of tools, service, and benefits that you WISH you could use in EVERY site you build.