The Joomlashack Blog
How OSMap Handles Joomla Robots Settings
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 13 May 2026 13 May 2026
OSMap uses Joomla Robots settings to decide whether a page should appear in the XML sitemap. This behavior helps website owners prevent search engines from indexing pages they do not want listed in search results.
This article explains how OSMap handles Robots settings from Joomla Global Configuration, Joomla menu items, and Joomla articles.
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.
How to Add an Image Above a Field in Shack Forms Pro
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 31 October 2025 31 October 2025
One of the reasons for the Shack Forms Pro's popularity is its flexibility. With this popular Joomla extension, you have many options to change your form design without touching any code.
One of our customers asked how to add an image above a field in the form they built with Shack Forms Pro. In this blog post, I'll show you how you can do this. It's super easy using the built-in Text separator field.
Read more: How to Add an Image Above a Field in Shack Forms Pro
How to Migrate OSCampus Pro Between Joomla Sites
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 08 October 2025 08 October 2025
One of our customers asked how to move their OSCampus Pro data from an old Joomla site to a new one. If you're doing the same, this guide is for you.
It walks you through each step using only the tools built into cPanel. You’ll use phpMyAdmin to handle the database. You’ll also use File Manager to move media files like course images or videos.
Take Control of Your Forms with Shack Forms Pro
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 03 October 2025 03 October 2025
Forms power conversations on your Joomla site. Shack Forms Pro collects those messages. By default, Joomla sends them to the email in the Global Configuration. That is often your admin inbox.
Sometimes you need more control. You may want sales leads to go to a sales inbox. You may want support tickets to go to support. Alternatively, you may prefer to have the tests sent to your personal email.
Here is the good news. You can send submissions to any email address you choose. It takes only a few clicks.
How to Fix Raw {loadmoduleid} Tags in Shack Article Layouts Pro
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 23 September 2025 23 September 2025
One of the customers of our Shack Article Layouts Pro module encountered the following issue. They added modules inside their Joomla articles using the {loadmoduleid} shortcode tag.
But when those articles were displayed on the Shack Article Layouts Pro page, the tags showed up as plain text. In this blog post, you will learn why this happened and how to fix it.
Read more: How to Fix Raw {loadmoduleid} Tags in Shack Article Layouts Pro
Understanding OSpam-a-not and IP Blocking
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 18 September 2025 18 September 2025
Ever had a user get blocked from your Joomla site right after an OSpam-a-not error? It’s confusing. You might blame the plugin. But the popular OSpam-a-not extension is likely just the starting point. It triggers a chain reaction.
Let's dig into how OSpam-a-not works. We'll also see how it talks to your site's other security layers. This will help us find the real reason for that mysterious IP block.