The Joomlashack Blog
Add Social Bookmarks to Kunena
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 15 September 2014 15 September 2014
If you run a forum, you probably hope that your community creates interesting posts that are worth sharing.
Kunena is the best Joomla forum, but by default it doesn't have any sharing options.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to integrate the BT Social Sharing plugin with Kunena so that your visitors can share posts on social media.
30 Minutes to Truly Understand Joomla Permissions
- Published: 06 September 2014 06 September 2014
Any software with more than one user requires permisssions.
However, managing those permissions is never easy and the more users you have, the more difficult it gets.
If you've been confused about Joomla's groups and access levels, you need to watch this video.
Read more: 30 Minutes to Truly Understand Joomla Permissions
How to Build Multi-Lingual Joomla 3 Sites
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 02 September 2014 02 September 2014
Last week we edited and posted all of the videos from Joomla 3 Day.
One of my favorite sessions was from Ron van Schaik, who talked about how to build multi-lingual sites with Joomla 3.
Ron takes you through the process you'll need to follow, explaining each step carefully and pointing out common mistakes.
Joomla 3 Day Videos Now Online
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 26 August 2014 26 August 2014
About 10 days ago, we held a special online event called "Joomla 3 Day".
Joomla 3 Day was like a free, online Joomla Day.
We had a series of 30 to 45 minute presentations. The expert speakers talked about speeding up your Joomla website, building multi-lingual websites, the new features in K2, and much more.
We held the event to mark the publication of Joomla 3 Explained, so all the presentations focused on Joomla 3.
OSMeta, a Very Simple Joomla Metadata Manager
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 26 August 2014 26 August 2014
We created OSMeta because we couldn't find a metadata extension that was simple and usable enough for our needs.
We've been using OSMeta on our own sites and on customer sites. We've also been recommending it to OSTraining members. The most gratifying thing is that most of our members didn't require any explanation. They just installed it and were able to figure out how to use it with no explanation.
So, the feedback has been good, and we're ready to release OSMeta to the public.
Sample Media Queries for Responsive Joomla Templates
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 15 August 2014 15 August 2014
Everyone wants a responsive Joomla template for their site.
However, if you buy or download a responsive Joomla template you will probably need to edit certain elements to meet the needs of your site. You may also need to fix problems on certain screen sizes.
In this tutorial, we're going to show you some CSS examples so that you can see how to customize your site for different screen sizes.
Read more: Sample Media Queries for Responsive Joomla Templates
A Wider Perspective on Joomla Security
- Published: 07 August 2014 07 August 2014
Brent Laminack is one of the most experienced developers I've had the privilege of working with.
Brent's been a coder and sysadmin for over 30 years. He's been involved in the open source community in Atlanta for many years.
So, it won't surprise you to hear that Brent takes a much wider view of security than simply keeping your site up-to-date.
Re-Launching OSTraining from the Command Line
- Written by andersonsantos andersonsantos
- Published: 10 July 2014 10 July 2014
We redesigned this site at the end of the June.
This was a complete redesign and, in addition to the new template and images, the whole process required deep changes to your site structure.
We need to change menus, modules, categories, articles, extensions options and apply many other updates. We started to worry about the complexity of the upgrade and what could go wrong during the process.
This post outlines how we approached the problem and how we managed to successfully complete a complex update inside 20 minutes.
Joomla SEO: A Practical Guide
- Published: 08 July 2014 08 July 2014
Steven Johnson is an affiliate marketer who has run several successful sites around TVs, iPhones and iPods.
Steven is also a long-time Joomla user, and he's really learned how to optimize Joomla for high rankings.
In this presentation, Steven gives a practical guide to optimizing your Joomla site. He covers popular SEO extensions, metadata and plenty of off-page factors.
Social Networking Extensions for Joomla
- Published: 20 June 2014 20 June 2014
Alex Andreae is an experienced Joomla developer who focuses on social apps.
In this talk, he introduces you to the complete world of social tools.
Alex covers social network authentication, share buttons, comments, Facebook Open Graph, Twitter Cards, Google Structured data and more.