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JCal Pro Tutorials - Set up a Joomla Calendar
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 04 December 2018 04 December 2018
JCal Pro is the premier events calendar for Joomla and has been actively developed since 2006. It comes with gorgeous and responsive templates that will nicely fit with any site and any color scheme.
In this list of useful resources, you will learn whether it's right for your site, where to download it, and how to fully take advantage of all its features.
The 5 Best Joomla Calendar Extensions
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 04 December 2018 04 December 2018
If so, you have a lot of choices available. There are over 160 extensions listed in the "Calendars & Events" directory on Joomla.org.
So, if you want a powerful calendar to show on your Joomla site, you'll need to choose from one of these extensions. Here's our ranking of the 5 best Joomla calendar and events extensions. We tested dozens of these extensions and compared their pros and cons.
CSS Grid #17: Nesting Grids
- Written by Jorge Montoya Jorge Montoya
- Published: 30 November 2018 30 November 2018
With CSS Grid, it is possible to turn a grid item into a grid itself and that way, nest a grid inside another grid. With this approach, you can break the design into different parts and layout each one of them individually.
This will provide you with the required flexibility when converting your designs to HTML/CSS. This tutorial will explain how to build nested grids with CSS Grid.
Let’s start!
Solving the Invalid Token Error in Joomla
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 30 November 2018 30 November 2018
As a Joomla user, you've likely experienced the "Invalid Token" error when logging into your site.
You've probably had questions about it from users or customers who wanted it resolved.
In the following tutorial, we'll cover what it is and how to resolve it. Unlike other solutions you might find, this won't involve a core hack and it won't compromise your site's security.
How to Create a Joomla Module
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 30 November 2018 30 November 2018
Oftentimes you need to display a small block with some information on your Joomla site. It could be, for example, a block with an offer, or with a tip, or with a newsflash.
This is exactly what Joomla modules are for. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create your own basic Joomla module even if you don't know how to code.
CSS Grid #16: The grid-auto-flow: dense Property
- Written by Jorge Montoya Jorge Montoya
- Published: 27 November 2018 27 November 2018
In one of the first tutorials, you learned that items inside a grid are placed according to a row based flow by default. Items wrap over to the next row and are placed into grid areas if there’s enough space available.
If not, the item will jump over to the next slot, where it can fit. This could lead to a grid layout with empty spaces because the placement algorithm is placing the grid items according to a sequence. The grid-auto-flow: dense property will allow you to fill those empty spaces with grid items of the right size, independently of the source order of the document.
Let’s demonstrate this property with an example!
The Easiest Workflow to Add Your Joomla Content
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 23 November 2018 23 November 2018
In this tutorial, you will learn and practice the easiest and fastest way to add content to your Joomla site. If you follow this workflow, it will make your Joomla life very easy.
The workflow for adding Joomla content is simple:
- Step 1: Categorize. Create organization for your articles.
- Step 2: Add. Write your articles.
- Step 3: Show. Make menu links so that people can click on them and see your articles.
Let's get started.
Joomla Extensions Missing From the Components Menu
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 23 November 2018 23 November 2018
Have you upgraded your Joomla site and discovered that one or few components have disappeared from the Components menu?
One of our JoomlaShack University customers recently faced this issue.
In this post, you will learn how to fix links that have disappeared from the Components menu.
Read more: Joomla Extensions Missing From the Components Menu
OSCampus Now Supports Vimeo, Plus Has Improved Lesson Statistics
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 21 November 2018 21 November 2018
OSCampus is the best and easiest pick if you need a Learning Management System extension for your Joomla site. It's the extension we use to support 10,000's of users here at Joomlashack.com.
The latest version of OSCampus adds support for Vimeo lessons and lessons count. In this blog post, you'll take a look at these two new features.
Read more: OSCampus Now Supports Vimeo, Plus Has Improved Lesson Statistics
Joomla 3 Sample Data: What Are the Options?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 20 November 2018 20 November 2018
When you install a Joomla site you get a lot of options for sample data. These can be very useful if you are new to Joomla, or setting up a site quickly.
With Joomla, you have 6 different sample data options, and we're going to explain what they all do.
When you get to the final step of the Joomla 3 installation process, you'll see these 6 options: