The Joomlashack Blog
How OSMap Handles Joomla Robots Settings
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 19 September 2026 19 September 2026
Joomla gives you several Robots settings. You can use these settings to tell search engines what they should do with a page.
OSMap also uses these settings. They help OSMap decide whether to include a URL in your XML sitemap.
In this guide, you will learn what Index, No Index, Follow, and No Follow mean.
You will also see how OSMap handles these settings for menu items, categories, and articles.
How to Remove the Page Title From Shack Forms Emails
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 21 August 2026 21 August 2026
One of our Shack Forms Pro customers asked us if it was possible to remove the Page title that appears at the bottom of an email sent by a form.
Yes, you can remove this. The safest way is to use a Joomla template override. This means you won't need to edit the Shack Forms core files, so your customization won't be overwritten when you update Shack Forms.
In this guide, we'll show you how to create this override manually.
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How to Automatically Send a Custom Confirmation Email in Shack Forms Pro
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 02 August 2026 02 August 2026
One of our customers asked us how to automatically send a custom email message to people after they submit a Shack Forms Pro form.
This is a great way to confirm that their message was received successfully. You can also thank them, explain what happens next, or include any other information you would like them to receive.
Read more: How to Automatically Send a Custom Confirmation Email in Shack Forms Pro
How to Fix Uneven Article Heights in Shack Article Layouts
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 27 July 2026 27 July 2026
One of our Shack Article Layouts Pro customers recently found that the articles in a multi-column layout had different heights, even though the Match height parameter was enabled.
This feature normally gives every article block in the same row an equal height. However, it requires the jQuery library to work.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to enable jQuery and restore the matching article heights.
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Create a Cleaner OSMap HTML Sitemap by Hiding Menu Titles
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 23 July 2026 23 July 2026
One of our customers asked how to hide the menu titles from their OSMap HTML sitemap.
By default, the HTML sitemap groups links under the title of each Joomla menu. Some site owners like this because it organizes the links. Others prefer a cleaner sitemap without the menu headings.
Fortunately, OSMap makes this easy. You can hide the menu titles while keeping every sitemap link visible.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to do it in just a few minutes.
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How to Create a Custom Registration Form for JCal Pro Events
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 26 June 2026 26 June 2026
One of our customers recently asked us how to add custom fields to the JCal Pro event registration form. By default, visitors can only enter their name and email address.
If you want to collect more information, such as a phone number, company name, or meal preference, you'll need to create your own registration form.
In this blog post, you'll learn how to create custom registration fields, build your own registration form, assign it to an event category, and enable registrations for your events.
Read more: How to Create a Custom Registration Form for JCal Pro Events
All Joomlashack Extensions Are Now Joomla 6 Ready!
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 23 April 2026 23 April 2026
Great news for the Joomlashack community!
We’re happy to announce that all Joomlashack extensions are now fully compatible with Joomla 6.
This milestone ensures that you can confidently upgrade your website and continue using your favorite tools without interruption.
Read more: All Joomlashack Extensions Are Now Joomla 6 Ready!
How to Add a Google Drive File to OSDownloads
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 23 January 2026 23 January 2026
Several customers have asked how to configure OSDownloads to use Google Drive as a remote file repository.
Google Drive’s free storage offers generous disk space. Hosting files on Google Drive and serving them through OSDownloads can also help reduce your site’s bandwidth usage.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure OSDownloads Free to offer Google Drive–hosted files for download on your Joomla site.
Mastering the File Upload Tab in Shack Forms Pro
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 12 January 2026 12 January 2026
File uploads are a common requirement for contact forms, support requests, and client submissions. In Shack Forms Pro, uploads are handled through a dedicated Upload tab that centralizes all upload-related settings in one place.
This blog post walks you through each option in the Upload tab, explains why it exists, and shows how it helps you create reliable, user-friendly forms without guesswork.
Improve Layout of Your OSDonate Pro Module
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 07 November 2025 07 November 2025
One of our OSDonate Pro customers asked how they could display the “Amount” label and the donation field on the same line. They preferred a cleaner, more compact layout and felt that the stacked version took up too much space on their page.
This is actually a very common request from users who want their donation forms to feel more modern and easier to scan. The good news is that Joomla’s template override system makes this change quick and safe to implement. In this post, I’ll show you exactly how we helped them achieve the new layout step by step.