The Joomlashack Blog
The Joomlashack Conference is December 9 and 10
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 10 November 2020 10 November 2020
Twice in the last few years, our team has held an online Joomla event. The first event coincided with the launch of Joomla 3 and over 1,000 people attended. You can see sessions from that event on YouTube. The second event was last year and filled a gap left by the Joomla World Conference. Those videos are also on YouTube.
I'm delighted to say we're hosting another edition of the Joomlashack Conference on December 9 and 10.
In-person Joomla events are impossible at the moment, so these online versions are a very useful substitute. Just like any normal Joomla event, we'll have presentations of 30 to 40 minutes, followed by questions.
How to Track Button Clicks in Joomla with Shack Analytics
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 October 2020 08 October 2020
With the "Shack Analytics Pro" Joomla extension you can easily analyze visitors' traffic to and engagement with your Joomla site using Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics. With "Shack Analytics Pro" you can set a button click tracking even if you are a Joomla beginner with limited technical knowledge.
For example, you may want to track clicks on a button on your Joomla site. It could be a button of a contact form. It also could be a button of a sign-up form, or a button of a shopping cart, or a button for a file download.
In this blog post, you will take a look at how to use the "Shack Analytics Pro" Joomla extension to connect your site to Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics and track and analyze clicks on a button of a contact form.
Read more: How to Track Button Clicks in Joomla with Shack Analytics
Does Joomla Support the MariaDB Database?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 October 2020 08 October 2020
Recently, we've had several customers ask us about running their Joomla sites on the MariaDB database.
MariaDB is a fork of MySQL and is nearly identical to it. Yes, it's true that Joomla doesn't officially support MariaDB. However, many webhosts do use it. In fact, Joomlashack.com is running on MariaDB!
You Can Now Choose "Finish Publishing" Dates in OSCampus
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Published: 29 September 2020 29 September 2020
Our OSCampus extension is the best way for you to build an online training site with Joomla. With the latest release, you can choose "Finish Publishing" dates for your OSCampus pathways, classes, and lessons. This feature was sponsored by Graham Jarvis from Advanz S.A. and written by Carlos Cámara, a Joomla developer. We appreciate their collaboration on the project.
With this new feature, you can release your online training blocks in a sequence. For example, you may want to create a series of classes and release them at weekly intervals.
Or if you need students to take your class by a specific date, you can unpublish it automatically on that day.
In this blog post, I will show you the new "Finish Publishing" feature in OSCampus pathways, classes, and lessons.
Read more: You Can Now Choose "Finish Publishing" Dates in OSCampus
Learn About Frontend Events Administration in JCal Pro
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Published: 18 September 2020 18 September 2020
JCal Pro is one of our most popular and bestselling extensions. It offers simplicity, flexibility, a robust feature set, and gorgeous templates to fit almost any color scheme.
One of the questions about JCal Pro features we heard this week was about JCal Pro's capability to administrate calendar events from the frontend of a Joomla site.
In this blog post, you will learn the best resources covering the frontend administration of the events in JCal Pro.
Read more: Learn About Frontend Events Administration in JCal Pro
Check Out This Video Introduction to Shack Article Manager
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 10 September 2020 10 September 2020
Shack Article Manager is one of the new extensions we released at Joomlashack in 2020.
Shack Article Manager is perfect for sites that don't want to allow users into the Joomla administrator area. You can allow users to write, edit, publish and manage articles from the frontend of Joomla sites.
I say this extension is "new", but the base of Shack Article Manager has been around since Joomla 1.5. The original version was called "User Article Manager" and it was really popular in early Joomla versions. Because so many Joomlashack users asked us to adopt this extension, we eventually agreed to take it onboard at Joomlashack.
Rod Martin and the team at OSTraining were kind enough to create a video introducing the features of Shack Article Manager.
If you like this video, check out OSTraining's other Joomla videos in the OSTips series on YouTube. This includes videos on Shack Article Layouts, Tabs and Sliders, and Shack Toolbox.
Read more: Check Out This Video Introduction to Shack Article Manager
Joomlashack is 15 Years Old!
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 01 September 2020 01 September 2020
It feels strange to write that title. But yes, Joomlashack is 15 years old this week.
This site was launched on September 2nd, 2005.
That's a long time for any software company to survive, particularly in the open-source world. In fact, this site could count as being older as it had a previous life as "Mamboshack.com".
We've celebrated 5 years, 10 years, and now here we are at 15.
How to Allow Frontend Article Submissions in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 31 August 2020 31 August 2020
One Joomlashack user came to us and asked this question:
"I want to allow some users to create Joomla articles from the frontend of our site. But, I don't want them to see articles written by other users".
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to do this with the Shack Article Manager extension.
If you haven't used Shack Article Manager before, these two videos will be a good introduction. You can then follow along with the rest of the tutorial and set up your publishing workflow.
Read more: How to Allow Frontend Article Submissions in Joomla
How to Sell Subscriptions to Joomlashack Extensions
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 26 August 2020 26 August 2020
Over the last few years, we've managed to grow Joomlashack. Yes, we have some good extensions and templates, but one thing has made that growth possible: recurring subscriptions.
I am 250% convinced that the most stable businesses are subscription businesses.
Our 2020 aim at Joomlashack is to help you make the move to recurring revenue by creating a reliable subscription extension that's very easy-to-use.
Read more: How to Sell Subscriptions to Joomlashack Extensions
Shack HelpScout is Now Live at Joomlashack
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 26 August 2020 26 August 2020
We are happy to announce that Shack HelpScout is now available for Joomlashack members. This is the 32nd extension available at Joomlashack.
Yes, you read that correctly. Joomlashack Everything Club members now get access to 32 extensions, plus 20 templates and hundreds of Joomla training videos!
Help Scout is one of the most popular and user-friendly ways to provide customer support. With the Shack HelpScout extension, you can closely integrate Help Scout with Joomla.
Shack HelpScout enables you to display Help Scout forms and user conversations directly inside your Joomla site. Your users will never realize that their questions are being answered from inside Help Scout.
We have happily been using Shack HelpScout on Joomlashack for years to manage customer support.