The Joomlashack Blog
How to Add Social Bookmark Links to Joomla
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 29 December 2016 29 December 2016
Almost every website builder wants to make it easy for visitors to find them on social media.
With the Easy Social Icons module all your articles can be shared with the click of a mouse. This powerful extension allows you to put sharing links throughout your website.
Meet the New Tripod, a Joomla Template for Photos and Portfolios
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 16 December 2016 16 December 2016
We released a new version of Tripod, a Joomla template that's perfect for photography and for portfolios.
This update to Tripod includes a major design refresh. The template looks ready for 2017. We also improved Tripod's color schemes to optimize readability.
Additionally, Tripod is now compatible with the very last version of the Wright framework.
Read more: Meet the New Tripod, a Joomla Template for Photos and Portfolios
How to Schedule Joomla Articles to Be Published in Future
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 16 December 2016 16 December 2016
One of the most useful content management features in Joomla is the "Start Publishing" option.
Start publishing allows us to decide the date when an existing article will be published automatically in future. This allows you to create time-sensitive content before you need it, and thus, you can publish it while you're still in bed or on vacation.
In this post, I'm going to explain how you can schedule articles to be published in the future.
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How to Show Social Media Icons in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 11 December 2016 11 December 2016
Almost every website builder wants to make it easy for visitors to find them on social media. Shack Icons Pro lets you easily add all the popular social networks to your site.
If you want a great-looking set of social icons on your site, then try the Shack Icons Pro module. It lets you easily add all the popular social networks to your site.
Shack Icons Pro lets you easily add all the popular social networks to your site from Delicious and Digg to YouTube and Yelp.
All you have to do is add the username of the site you want to add and save. Shack Icons Pro will automatically generate nice-looking icons with the correct URL to your profile.
What Can Joomlashack Do Better in 2017?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 09 December 2016 09 December 2016
This year's Joomlashack survey consists of a single question: What can Joomlashack do better in 2017?
You might be thinking,
This seems like a very simple thing to answer
Yes, you're right! There's just a single box and you can write whatever you want.
How to Change the Facebook Metadata for Your Joomla Site
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 01 December 2016 01 December 2016
Just like search engines, Facebook scrapes metadata information from your Joomla site. This metadata includes the description, title and image, as we explained in a previous post.
You can control the metadata that Facebook scrapes from your page.
In this post, I'm going to show you how to control how your site shares metadata with Facebook. Let's start...
Read more: How to Change the Facebook Metadata for Your Joomla Site
Introducing the Joomla! Certification Exams
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 29 November 2016 29 November 2016
Did you know that the Joomla! project now offers official certification?
People are already becoming Joomla! certified. Exams were recently held at JoomlaDay Italy, JoomlaDay Poland, and the Joomla! World Conference in Vancouver.
We spoke with Luca Marzo from the Joomla! Certification Team and asked him about these questions:
5 Reasons You Need to Post Video On Your Joomla Site Right Now
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 24 November 2016 24 November 2016
Quality content still remains one of the best ways to engage your online audience, but recently the trend has shifted towards video.
In fact, Cisco predicts that by 2017 nearly 90% of all web traffic will be video. Video marketing offers a few unique advantages over its written counterpart. Try using both forms of content to give your online marketing the one-two punch it needs.
Are you still unsure about video marketing?
Here are five reasons you should consider uploading a video to your site right now to propel your business forward (before everyone else does):
Read more: 5 Reasons You Need to Post Video On Your Joomla Site Right Now
How to Stop Bootstrap Loading Multiple Times in Joomla
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 23 November 2016 23 November 2016
Bootstrap is the most popular CSS framework to build and design websites. Developers and designers depend on it on a daily basis.
However, Bootstrap is so popular that some sites end up loading it several times. Imagine this scenario where Bootstrap loads three times:
- Bootstrap loads from Joomla core
- Bootstrap loads from a third party component
- Bootstrap loads from a third party module
In this post, I'll give you some tips to fix the load of several instances of Bootstrap in your Joomla site.
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A New Version of Novitas, a Joomla Template for Beautiful Content
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 22 November 2016 22 November 2016
Check out the new version of Novitas, a beautiful Joomla template that's designed for magazines and newspaper sites.
This update brings a major design refresh. If you're building websites focused on content, Novitas can fit that purpose very well.
We've also added support for one of our popular extensions, Shack Slides. If you buy Novitas, then you'll also get free access to Shack Slides.
Read more: A New Version of Novitas, a Joomla Template for Beautiful Content