The Joomlashack Blog
What Does Checked Out Mean in Joomla?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 12 December 2025 12 December 2025
We had a question from a Joomlashack member. They wanted to know what "Checked out" means in Joomla, because they would see this message when trying to edit an article:
Check-out failed with the following error: The user checking out does not match the user who checked out the item. You are not permitted to use that link to directly access that page.
Why are these articles locked, and what does "Checked Out" mean? We'll answer that question in this blog post.
How to Use Content Versions in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 05 December 2025 05 December 2025
Do you work with clumsy people?
Are you sometimes clumsy?
If you answered "Yes" to either question, then there is a Joomla feature that's perfect for you.
Versions is a security feature for your content. Versions let you keep a copy of your Joomla articles whenever you save a change.
How to Add a Home Icon to Joomla Menus
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 21 November 2025 21 November 2025
One of our members asked us this question:
"In some websites, the home menu is just an icon without any text. How can I do this in Joomla?"
The answer is surprisingly simple. Let me show you how to add a Home icon to your Joomla menu.
How to Add Modules to the Joomla Dashboard
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 24 October 2025 24 October 2025
It's possible to customize the Joomla dashboard panel for your users.
In particular, it can be useful to customize the dashboard panel area that users see when they first log in.
Here's how to modify the Joomla dashboard admin area to show the information that you or your client requires:
How to Manage PDFs and Other Documents with Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 17 October 2025 17 October 2025
When we get two people inside a few minutes in our support system asking how to do the same thing, it's time for a tutorial ...
This week, two Joomlashack members were asking how they can upload documents and link to them from articles. Our recommendation is an extension called OSDownloads.
Read more: How to Manage PDFs and Other Documents with Joomla
How to Use JavaScript or PHP Code in a Joomla Article
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 05 September 2025 05 September 2025
By default, Joomla articles do not support the use of JavaScript or PHP code. This restriction is in place for security reasons, as allowing arbitrary code could pose serious risks to your site.
However, many advanced users need to include such code in their content. This tutorial will walk you through how to safely add JavaScript or PHP code to a Joomla article.
Read more: How to Use JavaScript or PHP Code in a Joomla Article
How Do Joomla Menu Levels Work?
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 15 August 2025 15 August 2025
Joomla menus allow you to create multiple levels of navigation. This is essential for building sub-menus such as dropdowns.
Sometimes, you may only want to display one or two levels from your menu. For example, you might show the top-level links in your main navigation, and display sub-links separately in a sidebar menu.
In this post, we’ll show you how to display specific menu levels inside a Joomla sidebar module.
How to Embed YouTube Videos in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 August 2025 08 August 2025
Embedding YouTube videos is one of the most popular ways to enhance your Joomla site.
The OSYouTube plugin is the fastest and easiest way to do it. All you need to do is paste the video URL directly into your article.
OSYouTube is available in a completely free version. Here's how it works:
5 Essential Health Checks for Your Joomla Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 01 August 2025 01 August 2025
Over the last few years, we've helped a lot of people fix problems with their Joomla sites.
Although the problems sound different, we've found that many can be fixed with only five solutions.
If you implement all five, you'll have a safer, healthier and faster Joomla site.
Here are those five solutions.
How to Search and Replace Across a Joomla Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 25 July 2025 25 July 2025
Sometimes, you have a piece of text, an image, a URL, or even code that appears in multiple places across your Joomla 5 site. Normally, replacing them can be a tedious process:
- You open one page.
- You make the change.
- You close the page.
- You repeat the process on the next page, and so on.
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to run a search and replace across your entire Joomla 5 site—all in one fell swoop.