The Future of Joomla is CSS Grid, Not Bootstrap 4
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Category: Joomla News Joomla News
- Published: 10 July 2018 10 July 2018
Joomla 4 is currently in development. It may be many months before Joomla 4 is released, but we're already working on compatability for Joomlashack templates.
One of the most important changes in Joomla 4 is the upgrade from Bootstrap 2 to Bootstrap 4. However, one thing we've discovered is that Joomla 4 will not rely exclusively on Bootstrap.
Joomla 4 will also rely on CSS Grid Layout, a CSS method that is revolutionizing the frontend web design industry.
Read more: The Future of Joomla is CSS Grid, Not Bootstrap 4
How to Create a Basic Front Page with RSPageBuilder
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Category: Joomla Components Joomla Components
- Published: 09 July 2018 09 July 2018
Joomla is a brilliant Content Management System that any beginner can use.
To build pages with your own custom layouts though, you need to use a page building extension.
In this blog post, you will learn how to create a basic front end page with your own layouts and elements using the RSPageBuilder extension.
Read more: How to Create a Basic Front Page with RSPageBuilder
10 Tips for Creating a Great Charity Website with Joomla
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Category: Joomla Tutorials Joomla Tutorials
- Published: 06 July 2018 06 July 2018
One of our customers embarked on building a charity website to support a good cause.
Joomla is a brilliant platform to build a site by yourself, even if you are not a designer and don't know any code.
In this blog post, you will look at 10 recommendations helping you to build a charity website.
Read more: 10 Tips for Creating a Great Charity Website with Joomla
Shack Forms GDPR Improvements
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Category: Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 05 July 2018 05 July 2018
If you collect data from EU citizens, the way your site stores the data must comply with GDPR.
We just implemented a few small but important changes in our Shack Forms form builder to make it GDPR compliant.
In this blog post, you will take a look at Shack Forms GDPR improvements.
Beginners Guide to Akeeba Backup Pro Remote Quota Management
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Category: Joomla Components Joomla Components
- Published: 04 July 2018 04 July 2018
Previously, we covered how to automatically upload your site backup to Google Drive with Akeeba Backup Pro.
Storing a backup of your Joomla site outside of the site server gives you extra security. But backups take space.
Akeeba Backup Pro allows you to set a quota for your remotely stored backups based on one of the following criteria:
- By the backups maximum age in days.
- By the backups total size in MB.
- By the maximum count of backups taken.
In this tutorial, you will take a look at how to set up these options.
Read more: Beginners Guide to Akeeba Backup Pro Remote Quota Management
What Are the Joomla Extensions You Install on Every Site?
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Category: Joomla Extensions Joomla Extensions
- Published: 02 July 2018 02 July 2018
If you've used Joomla for more than few days, you have opinions.
We want to hear your opinions! What are the extensions you install on every site? What extensions do you love to use?
In this blog post, I'll give you a guide to our 10 essential Joomla extensions.
Let us know your essential extensions in the comments below. We'll pick 5 commenters to win a free 1 year membership to the Everything Club!
Read more: What Are the Joomla Extensions You Install on Every Site?
New Feature: Custom Limits for Lists of OSCampus Classes and Pathways
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Category: Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 27 June 2018 27 June 2018
We are happy to announce that we implemented another useful feature in our OSCampus Pro 1.2.4.
You can now set your own custom limits for the lists of displayed OSCampus classes.
Previously, this limit was automatically set to the value set in your Joomla's Global Configuration.
In this blog post, you will take a look at this new feature.
Read more: New Feature: Custom Limits for Lists of OSCampus Classes and Pathways
OSYouTube Supports YouTube's Privacy Enhanced Mode
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Category: Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 27 June 2018 27 June 2018
It's now just over a month since the launch of Europe's GDPR laws. We recently wrote a guide to how Joomla is handling the GDPR.
We've also been listening and responding to customer requests about the GDPR.
One of the most common requests has been for improvements to how OSYouTube handles privacy. I'm pleased to say that we've just released a new version of OSYouTube which makes it much easier to be GDPR-compliant. The new version makes it much easier to disable cookies for your users.
Read more: OSYouTube Supports YouTube's Privacy Enhanced Mode
New Feature: OSCampus Single Pathway Menu Item Type
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Category: Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 27 June 2018 27 June 2018
We are happy to announce that we implemented a new feature in our OSCampus Pro.
Starting with version 1.2.4, you will have the OSCampus Pro - Pathway new menu item type. It will display all classes of a single pathway.
In this blog post, you will take a look at this new feature.
Read more: New Feature: OSCampus Single Pathway Menu Item Type
Joomla Has an Excellent New Demo Site
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Category: Joomla Tutorials Joomla Tutorials
- Published: 27 June 2018 27 June 2018
You really should try launch.joomla.org, the new demo system for Joomla sites.
In less than 60 seconds, you can create a test site for Joomla 3 and also Joomla 4! This really is the best way to test Joomla.
If you want to test a new extension, or check the progress of Joomla 4, then launch.joomla.org is a great option.
