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Wright v3 - Coming Soon!
- Written by TJ Baker TJ Baker
- Published: 17 August 2012 17 August 2012
At the beginning of our current (insane) 6-in-6 challenge we hinted at our endeavors to update our Wright Template Framework.
We've got some very exciting news to share with our wonderful Joomlashack community, and the rest of the Joomlasphere.
Wright v3 is here: Boostrapped, Responsive, Mobile
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 17 August 2012 17 August 2012
What is a Joomla Template Framework?
The framework is part of the template. In its most basic form, it extends the default template capabilities of Joomla with some additional features.
Why Should you care what Framework your Joomla Template is built upon?
- If you want your site to load quickly, then you need to have a Joomla Template built with a Framework that's Lightweight.
- If you want your site to be able to run the latest version of Joomla, then you will need a Joomla Template built with a Future-Proof Framework that is quickly updated with each Joomla release.
- If you want your site to adjust automatically to the many mobile screen sizes, you will need a Joomla Template built with a Responsive Framework.
Read more: Wright v3 is here: Boostrapped, Responsive, Mobile
Simple Image Gallery for Simple Joomla Photos
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 16 August 2012 16 August 2012
Simple Image Gallery does exactly what it says on the tin.
Simple Image Gallery (SIG Plus) makes it simple to create a photo gallery on your Joomla site in just minutes.
It also has more advanced features that allow you to create more sophisticated galleries with just a little more effort. This makes Simple Image Gallery a good all-around image management and display tool for almost any Joomla website.
eXtplorer Adds File Managment Directly to Joomla
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 09 August 2012 09 August 2012
Do you need to upload files or change permissions on your Joomla files? Are you stuck because you don't have easy access to your files? eXtplorer is the solution.
eXtplorer provides file management from inside the Joomla administrator area. It's a Joomla version of the open source file manager also called eXtplorer.
This tutorial is a short introduction to eXtplorer to show you how easy it is to use.
Better Preview for Joomla
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 09 August 2012 09 August 2012
Better Preview is a Joomla extension which makes it much easier to see a preview of the article you're writing.
The core Joomla preview function just returns you to the homepage or an isolated preview that is not integrated with the template.
Better Preview allows you to immediately see the changes you've made to articles. You'll see them on the front of the site, inside your template, and surrounded by modules.
Share it, our new Social Media Joomla Extension
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 08 August 2012 08 August 2012
The need for good Share Buttons
Social Media Share buttons are a must for every site and blog. These buttons do a lot more than be able to use social media to engage your users and and help them stay up to date with your company's happenings. They are highly instrumental in helping your site's SEO.
Akeeba Subscriptions - Build a Joomla Membership Site
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 04 August 2012 04 August 2012
Akeeba Subscriptions is an extension that allows you to create paid membership sites.
Akeeba Subscriptions integrates directly with Joomla's access controls and with dozens of popular extensions, such as JomSocial, Community Builder or Virtuemart.
In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to get started with Akeeba Subscriptions.
Read more: Akeeba Subscriptions - Build a Joomla Membership Site
Corp the New Joomla Template from Joomlashack
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 31 July 2012 31 July 2012
Last week we launched Natural and this week we are proud to announce the launch of another great new Joomla Template. We've been working so hard you could say we are ready to go to the Joomla Olympics. ;)
2nd product launch in the 6-in-6 Challenge
What is the 6-in-6 Challenge? It is one of the ways we push ourselves harder than anyone else in the Joomlasphere. While others are happy launching but one Joomla Template per month, we are going to attempt, again for the second time this year, to launch 6 products in 6 weeks. With great pride, we present you Corp, our newest Joomla Template and what is surely another gold medal.
Snippets - Reusable Content in Joomla
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 30 July 2012 30 July 2012
Here at OSTraining.com we rely on several key extensions. Few are more important to us than Snippets.
We run over 100 classes per year. If a teacher updates their bio, we need to update in dozens of different places on our site. If we update our curriculum, we need to update it in hundreds of places. We use Snippets to make that process much easier.
Snippets allows you to enter content in one central location and then re-use it anywhere on your site.
Projectfork - Project Management for Joomla
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 23 July 2012 23 July 2012
Update: Projectfork is no more, but if you're really interested in project management in the open source area, check out UpStream, a WordPress project management plugin.
Projectfork is the most popular Joomla project management extension.
In this tutorial, we're going to give you step-by-step directions on how to use Projectfork. We're going to create a project, add milestones to the project, add to-do tasks and do much more.