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How to Customize Your Emails in Shack Forms
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 20 August 2019 20 August 2019
Shack Forms is one of the most popular extensions here at Joomlashack.
In fact, it's one of the 20 most popular extensions in Joomla. So over the next few weeks, we're rolling out some key improvements to Shack Forms.
This week, we've improved the way that variables work in Shack Forms. What are variables? They give you the power to customize the emails you receive from Shack Forms.
How to Display a Popup From a Menu Item with Shack Toolbox
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 20 August 2019 20 August 2019
Shack Toolbox is your Swiss Army Knife of Joomla modules. It allows you display a vast variety of internal or external content.
Shack Toolbox content can be triggered in many ways. including via a Joomla menu item. For example, you can trigger a pop-up window when people click on a menu item.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to display a Joomla popup via a menu item with Shack Toolbox.
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9 Ways to Open a Joomla Popup with Shack Toolbox
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 15 August 2019 15 August 2019
Shack Toolbox is the best Joomla extension to display content in a popup. In the previous post, you learned 5 ways to set a Shack Toolbox popup before it opens.
But with Shack Toolbox you also have control over how your popup opens. In this blog post, I will show you 9 ways to open your Joomla popup with Shack Toolbox.
5 Ways to Position Shack Toolbox Popups On Your Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 12 August 2019 12 August 2019
With Shack Toolbox you can display nearly any Joomla content item in a popup. With Shack Toolbox you also have great flexibility in setting your Joomla popup before it opens up.
You can set your popup position before it opens. You will also have a few options for your popup to open up automatically.
In this blog post, I will show you five ways to set a Shack Toolbox popup before it opens.
Read more: 5 Ways to Position Shack Toolbox Popups On Your Site
What Are Text Blocks in Shack Forms?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 07 August 2019 07 August 2019
In some use cases, you may want to mix your Shack Form's fields with blocks of text. This will improve your form's usability.
Shack Forms allows you to add such text blocks to your Joomla form quickly and easily. And you can add as many of them as you wish.
Shack Forms calls such text blocks "text separators". In this blog post, I'll give you a quick tour of Shack Forms' text separators.
What Are Single and Cluster Markers in Shack Locations?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 05 August 2019 05 August 2019
Shack Locations is the best Joomla extension for creating map directories with multiple locations. Each map of your map directory can have two types of markers:
- Single markers
- Cluster markers.
Let's take a look at both of these marker types.
Read more: What Are Single and Cluster Markers in Shack Locations?
17 Themes to Style a Pop-up with Shack Toolbox
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 31 July 2019 31 July 2019
Would you like to jazz-up a pop-up in your Joomla site? Our Shack Toolbox Joomla extension offers you a wide choice of cool themes.
Give your Joomla pop-up an antique feel and look. Or make your Joomla pop-up box look Facebook-like or Twitter-like.
In this blog post, I'll give you a guided tour to the 17 pre-built themes to style your Joomla pop-up box with Shack Toolbox.
What Is So Special About Shack Toolbox?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 29 July 2019 29 July 2019
Shack Toolbox significantly enhances your ability to add modules to your Joomla site. With Shack Toolbox you have increased control over your Joomla modules' content and design.
In this blog post, you will take a look at what makes Shack Toolbox a Swiss Knife of Joomla modules.
What Is an Agree to Terms Checkbox in Shack Forms?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 25 July 2019 25 July 2019
Shack Forms is a popular Joomla form extension with more than 300 reviews at JED. One of the reasons for its popularity is its flexibility.
You can use it to create a regular checkbox. Then, with a small tweak, you can turn this checkbox into an "Agree to Terms of Service" or similar consent box with a clickable label.
When your form submitter clicks this label, they will see a popup modal box with a text of your "Terms of Service". In this blog post, I will give a guided tour of this feature.
Read more: What Is an Agree to Terms Checkbox in Shack Forms?
Checkboxes, Radio Buttons, and Select Lists in Shack Forms
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 19 July 2019 19 July 2019
Shack Forms is a brilliant Joomla form extension. It is very user-friendly and flexible. With Shack Forms, you can instantly tweak your Joomla form design and behavior. You can do this even if you don't know a single thing about coding.
For example, you can instantly enhance your Joomla form fields using the pipe (|) symbol. In this blog post, I will show you 3 examples of using the pipe symbol in Shack Forms.
Read more: Checkboxes, Radio Buttons, and Select Lists in Shack Forms