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Salt & Pepper a New Joomla Template for Blogs
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 22 November 2012 22 November 2012
A Joomla Template for Blogs
Salt & Pepper is a new Joomla Template from Joomlashack. Because it has been built using the powerful and wonderful Wright Framework, Salt & Pepper is Responsive, yet still light and quick to load. The clean design lends itself to suit a large variety of indistries and types of websites that require a blogging capability. However the template is not limited to only blogging sites. This Joomla Template comes with 5 great and versatile colors.
Joomla 2.5.8 and 3.0.2 Released
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 November 2012 08 November 2012
Start using your one-click update fingers: Joomla 2.5.8 and Joomla 3.0.2 have been released.
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 which provide bug-fixes and low-level security patches. Updating immediately is recommended but not absolutely essential.
Case Study: Migrating from Joomla 1.5 to 2.5
- Published: 06 November 2012 06 November 2012
Last month we completed the migration of our main OSTraining.com site to Joomla 2.5.
We learned so much during the migration that we decided to turn it into a case study for others who also wanted to move to 2.5.
Our site is a fairly large one with arond 10,000 users, 7000 articles and 60,000 forum posts. Here's an overview of the process we went through to move the site to Joomla 2.5.
Joomla World Conference - Save 15% - Final Day to Save
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 30 October 2012 30 October 2012
Tickets are Running Out.
Use the code JOOMLASHACK-JWC12 to SAVE 15%
A Valuable Conference
Join us for three days of information, discussion and new ideas. We have presentations, workshops and a lot of fun. This is not a one-way presenter to attendee conference. You will be involved in sessions and discussions, and have the opportunity to give your own presentation. Joomla!'s awesomeness lies in its great community, we are working all together towards a bright future of the CMS we all love.
Read more: Joomla World Conference - Save 15% - Final Day to Save
Connecting to Joomla 2.5 Via XMLRPC
- Published: 25 October 2012 25 October 2012
XMLRPC is an old, but widely used tool for connecting websites to other applications.
If you're using XMLRPC to connect to Joomla, there's a good chance that you're using desktop software such as Windows Live Writer or Screensteps. Even some more modern software such as ScribeFire relies on XMLRPC. All of these applications will connect to Joomla and automatically upload blog posts and images for you.
This tutorial will show you how to connect to a Joomla 2.5 site using XMLRPC.
ABC Joomla Template, Easy as 1-2-3
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 17 October 2012 17 October 2012
A Light and Fun Joomla Template
Don't let the school demo and graphics fool you. This practical Joomla template could be used for a myriad of websites. A collection of primary colors rich typography, and lend themselves to to be used in a fun and content rich site.
10 Great, Mobile-Ready Joomla Templates
- Published: 09 October 2012 09 October 2012
You probably know that Joomla has made great progress in becoming mobile-ready.
Joomla 3 was the first major CMS to be completely mobile-ready for visitors and administrators.
Joomla template designers are also making great progress in preparing for mobile use.
Here are 10 of the best mobile-ready Joomla templates:
Magic Quotes Error With Joomla 3 Installation
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 09 October 2012 09 October 2012
We've had a few members report a problem when installing Joomla 3.
Basically their hosting service is out-of-date or incorrectly set up. During the installation they get an error message saying that something called "Magic Quotes" needs to be turned off.
Here's an explanation of that problem and how you can fix it.
How to Update from Joomla 3.0.0 to Joomla 3.0.1
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 03 October 2012 03 October 2012
This tutorial will show you how to update from Joomla 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, which is a bit different than normal.
Marketing with YouTube for Business Success - a Free eBook
- Written by Dan Maynard Dan Maynard
- Published: 01 October 2012 01 October 2012
A Huge Opportunity: SEO for your YouTube videos
In less than a year the number of videos viewed each day on YouTube has grown over 30% to a staggering 4 billion views a day.
No other medium has grown so quickly in such a short time. Can you imagine? 72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute with over 13 million hours of video uploaded in 2011. With numbers like these, it's no wonder businesses and marketers alike are clamoring to find the best method to leverage YouTube to drive new and existing customers down the sales funnel to merchant bliss.
Read more: Marketing with YouTube for Business Success - a Free eBook