The Joomlashack Blog
Joomlashack Changelogs Are Now Easier to Find
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 01 October 2019 01 October 2019
Last week, we got the news that Joomlashack is one of the most popular extension developers in Joomla.
With a large number of users, your feature requests come in thick-and-fast.
Some of the feature requests are major, such as "Can you build an eCommerce extension?" Spoiler: we're working on it.
How to Display YouTube Video as a URL with OSYouTube Pro
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 18 September 2019 18 September 2019
One of our customers asked how to display a YouTube video only as a URL link.
This is possible with OSYouTube Pro. The parameter that makes this possible is "Ignore HTML links".
In this blog post, I'll show you how to embed a YouTube video just as a URL
Read more: How to Display YouTube Video as a URL with OSYouTube Pro
Introduction to the Shack Slides Component
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 13 September 2019 13 September 2019
The Shack Slides component allows you to organize collections of slides for your Joomla slideshow.
Use it to create and populate a collection of slides with images. Then set your Shack Slides module to display those slides collections as your Joomla slideshow.
By the end of this tutorial, you will learn:
- How to create collections of slides for your Joomla slideshow and manage them.
- How to add images to your collections of slides and manage them.
- How to upload multiple images to your collections of slides.
- How to display slides collections as a Joomla slideshow module.
Introduction to Slideshow Effects in Shack Slides
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 12 September 2019 12 September 2019
Shack Slides gives you the freedom to create beautiful Joomla slideshows with your images. You can easily customize the way your slideshow appears.
You have a choice of twenty-four dynamic effects to display slides. In this blog post, you will see all of them at work, one by one.
Read more: Introduction to Slideshow Effects in Shack Slides
How to Track Shack Forms Submissions with Google Analytics
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 11 September 2019 11 September 2019
One of our customers asked how to track their Shack Forms submissions with Google Analytics.
Setting such tracking is a six-step process.
- Connect your Joomla site to Google Analytics.
- Create a "Thank You" Joomla article for your form.
- Create a hidden menu item for the "Thank You" article.
- Set your form to redirect to the "Thank You" article page upon submissions.
- Create a goal in Google Analytics to track the URL of the "Thank You" page.
- Test the goal conversion in your Google Analytics.
In this blog post, I'll walk you through this process step-by-step in more detail.
Read more: How to Track Shack Forms Submissions with Google Analytics
How to Set Up Frontend Event Registrations in JCal Pro
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 09 September 2019 09 September 2019
JCal Pro is the best Joomla extension if your website needs a calendar of events. You can allow your site visitors to register for the events.
All it takes is three simple steps. In this blog post, I will show you how to set up events registrations for your Joomla site visitors in JCal Pro.
Read more: How to Set Up Frontend Event Registrations in JCal Pro
Update from Perfect AJAX Popup Contact Form to Shack Forms
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 06 September 2019 06 September 2019
Is your Joomla website still running the "Perfect AJAX Popup Contact Form" module? We acquired this module from its previous owners at perfect-web.co. Its new name is "Shack Forms".
"Shack Forms" is now a component and a module. In this tutorial, you will learn how to update from "Perfect AJAX Popup Contact Form" to "Shack Forms".
Read more: Update from Perfect AJAX Popup Contact Form to Shack Forms
How to Translate OSCampus
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 03 September 2019 03 September 2019
You can translate OSCampus from its default English language to your preferred one. This is a five-step process:
- Install your language pack for Joomla.
- Create your language folders for OSCampus.
- Copy the en-GB language source files for OSCampus.
- Rename the en-GB language source files for OSCampus.
- Translate the OSCampus language files.
In the blog post, you will take a look at this process.
New Custom Module Positions for Shack Locations Pro
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 29 August 2019 29 August 2019
We do our best to continually improve our Joomla extensions and increase their value for our customers.
We recently enhanced our Shack Locations Pro. It now offers you four custom positions for placing any module on your Joomla map directory location page. Let me show you this new feature.
Read more: New Custom Module Positions for Shack Locations Pro
How to Display a Popup via an Image with Shack Toolbox
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 27 August 2019 27 August 2019
In this blog post, I wrote about how to display a Shack Toolbox popup using a Joomla menu item.
But with Shack Toolbox you can also display a Joomla popup via a clickable link. This allows you to trigger a popup from within your Joomla content at will.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to use a clickable image within a Joomla article to display your Shack Toolbox popup.
Read more: How to Display a Popup via an Image with Shack Toolbox