The Joomlashack Blog
How to Use Google Analytics 4 in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 02 March 2021 02 March 2021
Shack Analytics is a single extension to manage all the analytics code on your Joomla sites.
Shack Analytics now has support for Google Analytics 4, which is rolling out to Google customers. This is a major new version of the world's most popular analytics platform.
In this blog post, we'll give you some details on Google Analytics 4 and why you should upgrade. We'll then show you how to use the Shack Analytics extension to add Google Analytics 4 to your site. Finally, we have some alternative suggestions if you want to get out of the Google ecosystem.
How to Add Invisible reCAPTCHA Spam Protection to Shack Forms
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 26 February 2021 26 February 2021
A few years ago, Google reinvented its reCaptcha spam prevention system. Previous versions of Captcha tried to prevent spam by presenting users with distorted letters and numbers. This system was confusing to users, and also failed to stop spammers.
The new Google system is known as "Invisible reCAPTCHA" This new system is much more user-friendly and also prevents spam.
In this blog post, I am going to show you how to add the "Invisible reCaptcha" spam protection to Shack Forms.
Read more: How to Add Invisible reCAPTCHA Spam Protection to Shack Forms
How to Use Woopra Analytics with Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 23 February 2021 23 February 2021
We recently had a few questions asking how to connect a Joomla site with Woopra using Shack Analytics.
Woopra is a SAAS platform that allows you to easily track, analyze and optimize how visitors and customers engage with your Joomla site.
In this blog post, you will learn how to connect the Woopra platform with your Joomla site using Shack Analytics. Once you did, you are well on your way to becoming a data wizard, even if you are not a technical person.
How to Use Mautic Analytics on a Joomla Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 18 February 2021 18 February 2021
One of our customers asked whether it is possible to connect a Joomla site to Mautic. Mautic is a server-side PHP/MySQL self-hosted marketing platform.
You can quickly install it using your hosting control panel. After the installation, you will be able to log into your Mautic administrator dashboard and copy the tracking code.
Then paste this code in the Shack Analytics extension on your Joomla site, and that's it!
Let's take a look at how to do this in more detail.
How to Use Google Maps Overlays in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 18 February 2021 18 February 2021
Shack Locations is the best way to create a location-based directory in Joomla.
Version 1.5 is available now with a really cool new improvement in the Pro version. You can now highlight areas of a map with graphic overlays. This is possible because we've added an integration with Google's "My Maps" service.
This image below is an example of how this feature works. You can see red, green, and blue overlays highlighting different areas of the map. All of these were drawn with the tools in "My Maps".
How the Image Sitemap Works in OSMap
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 10 February 2021 10 February 2021
Image sitemaps help Google crawlers to better find images in your Joomla site. Google then indexes them and includes them in its "Google Images" search.
If you would like to help Google find and index images on your Joomla site, OSMap is your best tool. In this blog post, I will show you how the image sitemap works in OSMap.
OSMap does index all the content in your media library. That would be the wrong approach, because it might reveal private files. Instead OSMap looks for any images that are attached to your content.
Connect Matomo Analytics to a Joomla Site with Shack Analytics
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 04 February 2021 04 February 2021
One Joomlashack customer asked us how connect a Joomla site to "Matomo Analytics".
Matomo Analytics is a server-side PHP/MySQL analytics self-hosted platform. It aims to be an open source alternative to Google Analytics.
You can quickly install it using your hosting control panel. In this blog post, I'll show you how to connect Matomo analytics software to your Joomla site using the Shack Analytics extension.
Read more: Connect Matomo Analytics to a Joomla Site with Shack Analytics
How to Add Facebook Pixels to Joomla with Shack Analytics
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 03 February 2021 03 February 2021
One of our customers asked about adding Facebook Pixels to their Joomla site. The site had products that they were advertising with Facebook Ads. Once you connect Facebook Pixel to your site, you will be able to measure and optimize your Facebook advertising.
You can create such a connection without technical skills using the Shack Analytics extension. In this blog post, I'll show you how to do this.
Read more: How to Add Facebook Pixels to Joomla with Shack Analytics
Create Pop-up Windows in Joomla With Shack Toolbox
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 27 January 2021 27 January 2021
Rod Martin and the team at OSTraining were kind enough to create a video showing how to use our Shack Toolbox extension.
Do you need to create a pop-up window in Joomla? This window could show a chat box, a login form, or important information. A pop-up comes in useful any time you need to get your visitors attention.
In this video, Rod shows you how to create a pop-up in Joomla. He uses the example of a customer who wants to show a donation form inside their pop-up window.
Read more: Create Pop-up Windows in Joomla With Shack Toolbox
Check Out This Video Introduction to Tabs and Sliders
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 20 January 2021 20 January 2021
Rod Martin and the team at OSTraining were kind enough to create a video showing how to use our Tabs and Sliders plugin. This extension has over 100 reviews on Joomla.org, and it's one of our most popular downloads.
There are a number of "Tabs and Sliders" plugins for Joomla, but not all of them support templates that use the Bootstrap 4 framework. In this video, Rod demonstrates the Tabs and Sliders plugin and shows that it works just fine with Bootstrap.
Read more: Check Out This Video Introduction to Tabs and Sliders