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OSEmbed: the Extension to Help You Embed ANYTHING in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 22 December 2015 22 December 2015
Social media is really important for web sites. Sooner or later, everyone needs to embed a Tweet, a Facebook post, a YouTube or Vimeo video.
The old, painful process was to copy-and-paste the embed code - a solution that often didn’t always work.
OSEmbed makes it far easier. All you need is the URL and you can embed almost anything into a Joomla site!
Watch the video and you'll see just how easy it is to embed ANYTHING with OSEmbed ...
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Move to a Safer PHP Version for Joomla 3
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 21 December 2015 21 December 2015
Joomla has just released 3.4.7, a new update which specifically targeted people on old, out-of-date PHP versions.
If you are impacted by this security issue, then you really need to talk to your hosting company. They have you on an old and insecure version of PHP.
I'm going share some tips to keep your Joomla site secure before and after the release of Joomla 3.4.7.
Create a Custom Administrator Module for Joomla
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 18 December 2015 18 December 2015
However, you can also show modules in the backend. The quick icons, site information, latest articles and logged in users are all examples of this type of module.
I'm going to show you how to build a custom administrator module to show important information to your site's administrators.
Add a Custom Text Field to a Joomla Template
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 17 December 2015 17 December 2015
Do you need to add a new setting in your Joomla template? With a few lines of PHP and XML code you can add a text field to print custom text in your public site.
In this post, I'm going to share with you how to add a custom text field to a Joomla 3 template.
Introducing OSEmbed: the easiest way to embed anything in Joomla
- Published: 17 December 2015 17 December 2015
Have you been in the following situation?
- You're watching a really great YouTube video and want to add it to your site.
- You take the embed code and paste it into your Joomla site. That doesn't work.
- You disable your WYSIWYG editor and add the embed code. You turn the editor back on and everything breaks.
You need OSEmbed, our new extension.
OSEmbed is the easiest way to embed anything in Joomla. OSEmbed will make Joomla far easier for you and your customers.
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Update Joomla 1.5 and 2.5 With Security Hotfixes
- Published: 14 December 2015 14 December 2015
[Update]This advice applies for both Joomla 3.4.6 and 3.4.7. They are patching the same file.
Joomla 3.4.6 was released today in order to fix a serious security vulnerability. For Joomla 3 users, updating is a simple one-click process from their admin area.
However, unlike previous security issues, this one applies not only to Joomla 3, but also to older versions including Joomla 1.5 and 2.5.
If you have sites running Joomla 1.5 or 2.5, follow these instructions to update today. According to security analysts, this vulnerability is being actively exploited, so please don't waste any time in updating.
Protect your Joomla Administrator with AdminExile
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 09 December 2015 09 December 2015
AdminExile adds an extra security layer in Joomla. This plugin makes it possible to deny access to your administrator login page.
We've found this to be useful for security, but also to keep our site online. Before we protected our login area, we found that spam bots could hit our login often enough to take our site offline.
In this tutorial, I'm going to explain how to use the basic feature of this plugin.
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How to Create Joomla User Groups and Access Levels
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 08 December 2015 08 December 2015
User groups and Access levels makes it possible to organize and define permissions for users in Joomla.
The default user groups in new sites are Registered, Manager, Super User, etc. These groups enough for regular projects, however sometimes it's required to create custom groups.
In this tutorial, I'm going show you how to create a user group and to assign it to an access level.
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How to Manually Disable Admin Tools in Joomla
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 01 December 2015 01 December 2015
One of our users was accidentally locked out of his Joomla administrator by Admin Tools. He had triggered a strict security feature in Admin Tools that denied him access, even though he was a super user.
The error he received was this:
You are a spammer, hacker or an otherwise bad person.
I'm going show you two methods to disable Admin Tools. This will allow you to login again in the admin area of Joomla, fix the issue, then reenable Admin Tools.
4 Tips for New Joomla Template Developers
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 30 November 2015 30 November 2015
Template design is my favorite Joomla topic.
With a few lines of PHP I can load custom CSS files, redesign a module's output, add responsive support and do much more.
In this post, I'm going share with you a few tips to develop or customize a Joomla 3 template.Joomla 3 template.