The Joomlashack Blog
Shack Article Sharing is Ready for Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 23 May 2022 23 May 2022
Shack Article Sharing is now available for Joomla 4 users! You can download Shack Article Sharing version 2 and it will work on both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4. This is the 21st extension that we've updated for Joomla 4.
Shack Article Sharing is a Joomla social sharing extension. This plugin allows you to add easy-to-use social sharing buttons to your site. Shack Article Sharing supports the most popular share buttons, including Facebook and Twitter.
Shack Forms is Ready for Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 18 May 2022 18 May 2022
Shack Forms is now available for Joomla 4 users! You can download Shack Forms version 5 and it will work on both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4. This is the 20th extension that we've updated for Joomla 4.
Shack Forms is the easiest and most powerful way to add forms for your Joomla site. This extension allows you to create forms and then show them in your articles, inside pop-ups, in modules, or anywhere you want.
Please note: This is a very big update that took many months work. We expect to release several updates as we find and fix some bugs. There is no need to update your sites to Shack Forms 5 immediately.
Shack Article Layouts is Ready for Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 03 May 2022 03 May 2022
Shack Article Layouts is now available for Joomla 4 users! You can download Shack Article Layouts version 4.0 and it will work on both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4. This is the 19th extension that we've updated for Joomla 4.
Shack Article Layouts is an extension that can display your Joomla articles in flexible and beautiful layouts. This extension is perfect for creating homepages, or landing pages for blogs, portfolios, testimonials and other content.
You have the freedom to choose how to display your articles, as well as what to display from the articles. You can display images from articles, some or part of the article's content, links and read more buttons included in the article, or authors, dates, and so much more. Additionally, you can pick from several stylish layouts and organize the number of columns and rows to fit your needs.
OSContent is Ready for Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 21 April 2022 21 April 2022
OSContent is now available for Joomla 4 users! You can download OSContent version 2.0 and it will work on both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4. This is the 18th extension that we've updated for Joomla 4.
OSContent is designed for managing, adding, creating, and deleting articles, categories and menu links. OSContent is a wonderful time-saver if you need to quickly add content to a Joomla site.
With a few clicks, you create all the categories, articles and menu links you need for your Joomla site. Why waste time repeating steps over and over again, when you can do the same thing with just a few clicks?
Shack Toolbox is Ready for Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 17 March 2022 17 March 2022
Shack Toolbox is now available for Joomla 4 users! You can download Shack Toolbox version 4.0 and the same package file will work on both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4. This is the 17th extension that we've updated for Joomla 4.
Shack Toolbox is the best way to show pop-ups and modals on your Joomla site. Shack Toolbox has over a dozen media and marketing integrations, including Twitter, Google Maps, Joomla articles, and much more.
Shack Toolbox has many different design and layout options for your content. You can choose from many different themes. You can also select from effects that include pop-ups, lightboxes, slide-in, bottom bars, fade-ins and sidebars.
Please note: Unlike all our other Joomla 4 updates, there are some feature changes in this release. We have removed some media integrations that were outdated, including Freshmail and Seblod, plus some themes with outdated designs. Click here for the full changelog.
Shack Locations is Ready for Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 15 February 2022 15 February 2022
Shack Locations is now available for Joomla 4 users! You can download Shack Locations version 2.0 and the same package file will work on both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4. This is the 16th extension that we've updated for Joomla 4.
Shack Locations is the best way to create a location-based directory in Joomla.
With Shack Locations you can create advanced directories with custom maps, markers, infoboxes and hundreds of locations. You can add details to your locations using custom fields. And, you can give your users the ability to search and filter through the locations.
Joomlashack 2021 Review and Thank You
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 03 January 2022 03 January 2022
Thank you all for your support of Joomlashack.
Joomlashack started in 2005, but our team took over the site in 2016.
At the end of every year we write a review of what happened at Joomlashack. If you want to look back, here is our 2016 review, 2017 review, 2018 review, 2019 review, and 2020 review.
We always aim to avoid writing "everything was awesome" posts. We try and give you honesty and insight into Joomlashack's year. There are always plenty of ups and downs. You'll find plenty of stories of both success and failure in these posts.
Shack Analytics is Ready for Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 15 December 2021 15 December 2021
Shack Analytics is now available for Joomla 4 users! You can download Shack Analytics version 1.0.8 and the same package file will work on both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4. This is the 15th extension that we've updated for Joomla 4.
Shack Analytics is a single extension to manage all the analytics code on your sites.
Joomla site owners often have scripts from services such as Google Analytics, Adwords, Clicky, Facebook, and MailChimp. But those scripts are hidden away inside random modules, plugins or template files.
OSMeta is Ready for Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 30 November 2021 30 November 2021
OSMeta is now available for Joomla 4 users! You can download OSMeta version 2.0 and the same package file will work on both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4.
OSMeta is the easiest way to manage metadata for your Joomla site.
With OSMeta you will be able to easily control page titles, meta descriptions and URLs for all your articles via a single screen, which makes editing fast. There's also a character counter to make it easy to see when your metadata is just right or too long.
Shack Article Manager is Ready for Joomla 4
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 18 November 2021 18 November 2021
Shack Article Manager is now available for Joomla 4 users! You can download Shack Article Manager version 2.0 and the same package file will work on both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4.
Shack Article Manager is an extension that allows anyone to write, edit, publish and manage articles from the frontend of Joomla sites.
Shack Article Manager is perfect for sites that don't want to allow users into the Joomla administrator area. Using Shack Article Manager, you can allow both guest and registered users to create content for your Joomla site.