The Joomlashack Blog
New Feature in Shack Forms: Review Submitted Data
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 07 June 2018 07 June 2018
One of the customers of our Shack Forms extension (formerly known as "Perfect AJAX Popup Contact Form") asked us for a particular feature.
They wanted to be able to view and search the data sent via their Shack Forms.
We happily implemented this feature. In this quick overview, you will take a look at it.
Read more: New Feature in Shack Forms: Review Submitted Data
Shack Forms Is Now Live at Joomlashack
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 04 June 2018 04 June 2018
Back in March, we announced the acquisition of Perfect Web, another Joomla extension company.
As a result, three Perfect Web extensions are moving to Joomlashack. We already moved over Shack Toolbox.
We are happy to announce that the second extension is also here today. Say hello to "Shack Forms"!
Introducing Shack Forms
Shack Forms is the centerpiece of the Perfect Web acquisition.
Shack Forms will allow you to create contact forms, booking forms, support ticket forms, and many other types of forms.
This forms extension has 10,000's of users, with nearly 300 reviews and a perfect 10/10 score on the JED.
Judging by the JED ranking, this is already the third most popular forms extension in the Joomla world.
We think Joomlashack users are going to love it!
Our goal with this acquisition is to provide you with the most user-friendly and powerful forms extension in Joomla.
The original name of the extension is "Perfect Ajax Popup Contact Form". We're going to call it Shack Forms.
Getting started with Shack Forms
- Click here for our guide to getting started with Shack Forms.
- Click here to see the Shack Forms documentation.
What happens for Perfect Web members?
All existing Perfect Web customers will have their purchase agreements honored.
If you want to move your account now, you can This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Or look for us to contact you in the next few days.
Please note: You will need a new license key from Joomlashack to keep updating your extensions.
If you're not convinced to move, we've already started to add cool new features such as the ability to store the messages sent to you through Shack Forms.
What happens for Joomlashack members?
Anyone who is an Everything Club member will get access to Shack Forms. Joomlashack just got even better for you.
What comes next?
In the next couple of weeks, we plan to launch one more Perfect Web extensions here at Joomlashack: Shack Open Graph (formerly known as "Open Graph and Twitter Card Tags").
When you go on social media and share links from Joomla sites, it does not find the appropriate images on your site.
This plugin adds invisible Open Graph so that Facebook, Twitter, and other sites will automatically find the right image to show.
This plugin works with every extension on your site, from HikaShop and Virtuemart to K2 and SobiPro! Here's the current JED listing.
Sounds exciting? Here's how to get the extensions
Save over 60% when you sign up to the Everything Club today!
You will get access to these 3 new extensions as well as all our other extensions, templates, and Joomla training.
Expect to see even more exciting updates and new features from Joomlashack throughout 2018 and beyond!
Thanks for using Joomla!
More about Shack Forms
There's lots of Shack Forms documentation available, plus this video is a guide to getting started with Shack Forms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT0WOyjNO1cShack Toolbox Is Now Live at Joomlashack
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 24 May 2018 24 May 2018
Back in March, we announced the acquisition of Perfect Web, another Joomla extension company.
As a result, three Perfect Web extensions are moving to Joomlashack.
I'm delighted to say that the first extension is here! The original name of the extension is "Perfect Everything in Everyway". We're going to call it "Shack Toolbox".
Shack Toolbox provides powerful tools to show content from 19 different sources.
Shack Toolbox has over 50 reviews and a perfect 10/10 score on the JED.
Getting Started with Shack Toolbox
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 23 May 2018 23 May 2018
We are happy to announce the release of Shack Toolbox. This is one of the extensions we recently acquired from Perfect Web.
Shack Toolbox will take your Joomla modules to a new level. You can use Shack Toolbox to display Joomla articles, multimedia content, or posts from your social networks.
The extension enables you to use many themes, animations, and visual effects including lightboxes, slideboxes, and popups.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to use Shack Toolbox. We'll see how to display your site's Cookie Policy and a Joomla article.
3 New Extensions Are Coming to Joomlashack from Perfect Web
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 03 May 2018 03 May 2018
Just over two months ago, we announced the acquisition of Perfect Web, another Joomla extension company.
I'm delighted to say that three Perfect Web extensions will be moving to Joomlashack in the next couple of weeks.
As each one is released, we'll publish posts explaining that extension in detail. For now, here's an overview of the three next extensions.
If these new arrivals will be useful for you, save over 60% when you sign up to the Everything Club today! You will get access to these 3 new extensions as well as all our other extensions, templates, and Joomla training.
Read more: 3 New Extensions Are Coming to Joomlashack from Perfect Web
OSYouTube Pro Now Speeds Up Your YouTube Embeds
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 11 April 2018 11 April 2018
OSYouTube Pro is now blazing fast!
We've created a feature that not only defers loading of JavaScript, but makes it so that the entire video can load after the rest of your page.
This speed improvement makes your pages feel faster and can improve your site's SEO.
jInbound is Live on Joomlashack With Free and Pro Versions
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 20 March 2018 20 March 2018
Today, we’re delighted to add another powerful extension to Joomlashack.
Joomlashack users can now download jInbound, which is the most powerful marketing automation extension for Joomla. jInbound has all the key features you need from an email marketing platform, including automated emails, easy form creation, a CRM system, and detailed reporting.
The goal of jInbound is to help more Joomla users to grow their businesses.
Read more: jInbound is Live on Joomlashack With Free and Pro Versions
Joomlashack Has Acquired Perfect Web
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 01 March 2018 01 March 2018
Joomlashack creates extensions and templates to make your Joomla sites better.
Over the last 11 years, the Joomlashack team have built popular and powerful extensions including OSMap, OSEmbed, OSMeta and OSCampus.
Joomlashack has also successfully acquired JCal Pro, jInbound and Tabs and Sliders from other developers.
Today we’re delighted to announce another acquisition that allows Joomlashack to move closer to being a one-stop destination for all your Joomla needs.
Introducing the Joomlashack Redesign
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 21 February 2018 21 February 2018
We are happy to announce that we launched a new Joomlashack design this week.
In Joomlashack we strive to keep things simple. So we aimed at making the new design as minimalistic as we possibly could.
In this blog post, you will learn what the new design is, and what changes you'll see as a Joomlashack user. We'll also explain how we executed the redesign with only five minutes of downtime.
New Feature in OSMeta: Meta Description Limit Increased to 320 Characters
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 02 February 2018 02 February 2018
In this blog post, you will take a look at this new feature. Beginners to Joomla metadata will also learn what metadata is and how to use it.
Read more: New Feature in OSMeta: Meta Description Limit Increased to 320 Characters