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Celebrating 20 Years of OSDownloads!
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 28 February 2025 28 February 2025
Wow, time really flies. This February marks the 20th anniversary of our OSDownloads extension. It feels like just yesterday that we created this Joomla extension to make it easy for people to download ebooks in exchange for an email address.
How to Change Text with Joomla Language Overrides
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 25 February 2025 25 February 2025
Did you know you can change any default text on your Joomla site without touching the language files?
The feature that makes this possible is "Language Overrides". If you're new to "overrides", check out this blog post.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use the Language Overrides Joomla core component to customize your site's text safely.
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The Simple Fix for OSEmbed Not Working in JCE Editor
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 20 February 2025 20 February 2025
One of our OSEmbed customers noticed that instead of embedding their URLs as videos or maps, Joomla was stubbornly turning them into clickable text links. If you're using the JCE Editor, this happens because it automatically converts pasted links into clickable text.
While this is great for regular web content, it completely disrupts OSEmbed’s ability to display videos, maps, or documents properly. In this blog post, you will learn a simple fix—just tweak a setting in JCE, and your embeds will work as expected!
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Beginner Guide to OSCampus Pro Search Module
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 14 February 2025 14 February 2025
The OSCampus Pro Search Module helps users quickly find Pathways, Courses, and Lessons, making your site more user-friendly.
In this guide, you will learn how to use it and how to hide its Advanced filter if you prefer a minimalist design.
How to Embed Facebook Posts in Joomla Articles
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 07 February 2025 07 February 2025
Joomla does not natively support embedding Facebook posts in articles. If you’ve attempted it before, you may have noticed Joomla either removes the embed code or fails to display the post.
The good news? There’s a simple workaround! Follow these steps to successfully embed a Facebook post in your Joomla article.
Use OSDownloads for Marketing Automation in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 31 January 2025 31 January 2025
If you use Joomla for marketing automation, we have a useful OSDownloads feature that you'll love.
OSDownloads integrates with Mailchimp Groups. This means you can send targeted emails to people downloading a particular file.
For example, if someone downloads OSDownloads, we can automatically send them a series of follow-up emails about that extension.
Read more: Use OSDownloads for Marketing Automation in Joomla
Simplify JCal Pro by Hiding the List of Categories in Monthly Calendar
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 09 January 2025 09 January 2025
The JCal Pro monthly calendar prominently displays a list of your events' categories by default.
While this is useful in many scenarios, there might be a use case where you'd prefer a cleaner look without the list of your events' categories. If this applies to you, don’t worry—removing the list of categories is possible and straightforward.
In this blog post, you will learn a step-by-step guide for hiding the events' categories list on your JCal Pro monthly calendar.
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How to Hide the Download Button for the Public User Group in OSDownloads
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 28 November 2024 28 November 2024
If you want to control who sees the "Download" button for OSDownload files, Joomla offers a simple solution.
By using RegularLabs.com's "Conditional Content" extension and customizing a template override, you can restrict access to logged-in users only.
This post will show you how to set it up effectively.
Read more: How to Hide the Download Button for the Public User Group in OSDownloads
How to Open a Shack Forms Pro Form with a Button
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 21 November 2024 21 November 2024
One of our customers asked how to open a Shack Forms Pro contact form module with a button. Every form module you create in the Shack Forms Pro component provides you with an HTML code for a hyperlink that will open this particular form module.
You can then add some basic inline CSS code to this HTML link to convert it to a button and style its design as you see fit. In this blog post, you will learn how to add a Shack Forms Pro button inside a Joomla article.
Allow Front End Users to Export Future Events of Your JCal Pro Calendar
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 11 October 2024 11 October 2024
JCal Pro is a powerful extension for Joomla that allows you to create and manage events on your website. One of its great features is the ability for your viewers to export future events directly from the front end of your site.
This functionality is incredibly useful for users who want to add your upcoming events to their desktop, mobile, or online calendars, ensuring they never miss an important date. Here is a birds-eye view of this feature.
Read more: Allow Front End Users to Export Future Events of Your JCal Pro Calendar