The Joomlashack Blog
Joomla 3.5 Now Collects Anonymous Site Data
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 15 March 2016 15 March 2016
Joomla 3.5 includes a new data collection plugin that allows the Joomla project to gather anonymous data about installs.
The data collected is very similar to the data already being collected by the WordPress and Drupal projects. The plugin is also opt-in and can be easily enabled or disabled.
This tutorial will explain what information it collects, why it collects it, and how to enable it.
Supercharge Your Joomla Page Views With Pagination
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 04 March 2016 04 March 2016
One technique that websites use to increase the number of page views is to split up their articles into multiple pages. By splitting up their articles into multiple pages, they increase the amount of advertising they can sell.
Have you ever seen one of those top 10 lists where each item is on a different page?
One OSTraining member wanted to do the same thing with Joomla.
I'm going to show you how to split your articles by using page breaks and a simple template override.
Read more: Supercharge Your Joomla Page Views With Pagination
Extension Updates for the First Week of March, 2016
- Published: 03 March 2016 03 March 2016
This week we released new versions of several Joomlashack extensions.
The major new feature we added was integration between OSDownloads and MailChimp groups. This allows you to send a targeted series of emails after someone has downloaded a particular file.
Read more: Extension Updates for the First Week of March, 2016
How to Embed Joomla Ustream Videos
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 03 March 2016 03 March 2016
Ustream is a really popular way to publish videos on the web.
Did you know that you can add Ustream videos to your Joomla site, using just a URL?
You can do that with the OSEmbed extension. Here's how easy it is to make Ustream work with Joomla ...
How to Align Images with JCE in Joomla
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 01 March 2016 01 March 2016
JCE Editor provides many extra features for Joomla users, including the ability to create tables, insert images, style the text and much more.
Image alignment is easy with JCE, and this is one of the reasons why I like using this editor.
In this post, I'll share with you how to align images with JCE Editor.
Customize Your Joomla Articles for Facebook Sharing
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 24 February 2016 24 February 2016
One of our users asked for a way to customize the content that is displayed when sharing a Joomla article in Facebook.
Facebook scrapes the meta information for the article's description and title, and also automatically picks a relevant image.
I'm going to explain how to add an image to articles and customize the meta information that is displayed when you share a link.
Read more: Customize Your Joomla Articles for Facebook Sharing
How to Embed Google Drawings in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 24 February 2016 24 February 2016
Google Drawings allows you to easily create, share, and edit drawings online.
It is really easy to add Google Drawings to Joomla sites, using our OSEmbed extension.
You can embed Google Drawings into your Joomla site with just a URL.
Use Google Custom Search Engine with Joomla
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 24 February 2016 24 February 2016
Joomla comes with a search component that can look inside articles and other components. However, the search component does have some limitations. For example, it can't index content that is included in modules or plugins.
To search through all of the content on your Joomla pages, Google Search Engine provides a powerful alternative.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to integrate Google Search Engine in Joomla.
How to Embed Google Forms in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 24 February 2016 24 February 2016
Google Forms is Google's product for easily creating forms and collecting the results.
It is really easy to add Google Forms to Joomla sites, using our OSEmbed extension.
You can embed Google Forms into your Joomla site with just a URL. If you're looking for a Joomla-native extension, we highly recommend Shack Forms. But if you're already using Google Forms, here's how to use it with Joomla ...
Add a Photo Gallery to Joomla using Event Gallery
- Written by Sven Bluege Sven Bluege
- Published: 18 February 2016 18 February 2016
So you want to set up an image gallery on your Joomla site?
There are many options for a gallery component. We're going to look at one option called Event Gallery.
Event Gallery features a fully responsive, adaptive layout system, and will get you started in no time. This article will deal with the basic setup. The best thing for you: the main component is available at no cost.
Read more: Add a Photo Gallery to Joomla using Event Gallery