The Joomlashack Blog
A First Look at Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 15 August 2017 15 August 2017
Here at Joomlashack we've started to get questions about Joomla 4.
We've even had people asking us why we don't have training available for Joomla 4 yet!
So, it's time to give people an overview of the progress being made on Joomla 4. What's the current state of this new version? What features will be included? Will it be easy to update?
Let's dive in and answer those questions.
Our Alasse Template is Back and Available for Free
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 04 August 2017 04 August 2017
Many of our customers requested this, and we listened to their request. As the result, our Alasse template is back, improved and available for free.
Alasse has a clean and open design, which makes this Joomla template ideal for a huge variety of end uses.
The free version of Alasse has the same design as the Pro version. However, if you buy the Pro version you'll get support and two Pro extensions: Easy Social Icons and Shack Slides. If you are interested in getting the full experience with the Alasse template, we recommend you buy a subscription.
Read more: Our Alasse Template is Back and Available for Free
Joomla Mobile Toolbar Module from JoomForest
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 25 July 2017 25 July 2017
A good navigation menu can hugely improve your website user experience. If your site does not have an easy to use navigation menu system, then your customers will most likely get confused and leave to your competitors. Keeping your site navigation menu as simple as possible, will increase your customer satisfaction and make them come back to your site for more.
JF Mobile Bar is a complete mobile navigation solution for Joomla. It can either partially or completely replace your Joomla template's own header or menu. It offers your mobile visitors a flawless browsing experience that is tailored specifically to small screens. This unique Joomla tool can also work on tablet or desktop browsers.
Our Community Template is Now Available for Free
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 24 July 2017 24 July 2017
We are happy to announce our Community template is now available for free.
Community is a simple and practical Joomla design. Because it is so fun and easy to use, we used it as the example template in Joomla 3 Explained, the most popular book for Joomla beginners.
The free version of Community has the same design as the Pro version. However, if you buy the Pro version, you'll get support and the Easy Social Icons extension. If you are interested in getting the full experience with Community Joomla template, we recommend you buy a subscription.
Flow, Our New Landing Page Template
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 19 July 2017 19 July 2017
Today we released Flow, a Joomla template that's perfect for landing pages.
Flow is designed with a simple and clean approach. With clear call-to-action areas throughout the template, Flow is ideal for promoting products and services.
Flow is compatible with the very last version of the Wright framework, and comes with two commercial extensions: Easy Social Icons and Shack Slides.
How We're Improving the Admin UI for JCal Pro
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 28 June 2017 28 June 2017
We released today JCal Pro 4.2.5, a new version of the best calendar component for Joomla.
Over the last few releases, we been improving the admin UI, so that JCal Pro looks more like the core Joomla UI.
In general, we think that extensions should look like Joomla, rather than have their own, completely unique design style. This makes it much easier for users, who don't have to learn a new interface.
In this post, we'll give you a quick summary of how the JCal Pro backend evolved during the last updates.
Improved RTL Support for the Wright Framework
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 14 June 2017 14 June 2017
All our templates are built using the Wright Framework so we are constantly updating it and adding features. We just released version 3.3 of the Wright framework, and in addition to several improvements and bug fixes, it now includes improved RTL support.
If your website has text oriented from right to left (mostly likely you're using a language such as Hebrew and Arabic), then Wright is now better able to follow this approach.
Read more about what makes the Wright Framework unique.
Using Phing with the Wright Framework to Get a Working Joomla Template
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 12 June 2017 12 June 2017
Wright is the template framework we use at Joomlashack to create our commercial templates. We are always making it a little more awesome.
In this post, we will show you the process we follow to generate a working Joomla template by using Phing in combination with the Wright repository from Github, plus how to add your custom styles.
Read more about what makes the Wright Framework unique.
Read more: Using Phing with the Wright Framework to Get a Working Joomla Template
The Updated Version of Joomla 3 Explained
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 12 June 2017 12 June 2017
The Completely Updated Joomla 3 Explained is Here and it is proudly sponsored by us.
Joomla 3 Explained is the best-selling and best-reviewed guide to Joomla 3. This is a completely new version of the book, updated for 2017.
The book covers all the new features in Joomla 3.7, including custom fields.
Using Joomla 3 Explained, you can master Joomla 3 by using step-by-step examples.
JandBeyond and the Plans for Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 06 June 2017 06 June 2017
Update: we took our first look at Joomla 4 here.
JandBeyond was last weekend in Poland. This is big annual Joomla conference in Europe. The session videos are now on YouTube.
Almost all the Joomla teams were at the conference, so there was lots of Joomla news from the event.
There is now a plan for the release of Joomla 3.8, which will include a new router and the initial steps towards Joomla 4.