The Joomlashack Blog
Check Out This Video Introduction to Shack Article Layouts
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 September 2020 08 September 2020
Shack Article Layouts is the newest extension available at Joomlashack.
It launched in May and allows you to display your articles in many attractive layouts. As we update our templates for Joomla 4, Shack Article Layouts is going to take pride of place. We're doing that because it's easy-to-use and is also ideally suited for homepages, landing pages, blogs, and much more.
Rod Martin and the team at OSTraining were kind enough to create a video introducing the features of Shack Article Layouts:
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How to Manually Delete a Joomla Extension
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 03 September 2020 03 September 2020
Sometimes you install a Joomla extension and your Joomla administrator panel crashes. You would like to immediately uninstall this extension but your Joomla administrator panel is not operable. What should you do?
Your solution in such circumstances is to delete this extension manually.
Let's take a look at this process in more detail. For the purpose of this tutorial, I will be deleting a component. Once you learn how to manually delete a Joomla component, you then will be able to apply the same steps to delete a Joomla module or a Joomla plugin.
How to Enable Single Sign-on (SSO) in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 31 August 2020 31 August 2020
Single sign-on (SSO) is a very useful tool for managing multiple sites.
Single sign-on is often used by large companies that have many different software platforms. If all those platforms are connected using Single sign-on, then users only need to remember one username and password.
I've also seen Single sign-on used by Joomla agencies. If you are managing 200+ sites, it can be impossible to remember the login details for all those sites.
Create Website Reports for Your Joomla Customers
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 30 August 2020 30 August 2020
Many of us make a living by providing Joomla services:
- Here at Joomlashack, we build extensions and templates.
- If you run a web agency, you probably do some combination of custom coding, marketing work, and site maintenance.
All of us need to be in regular contact with our customers:
- Here at Joomlashack, we send regular newsletters with Joomla information.
- If you run a web agency, you may send reports to show your value to customers.
How to Embed Twitch.tv Videos and Streams in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 18 August 2020 18 August 2020
Twitch is a very popular live streaming platform that is owned by Amazon.
Twitch is famous for streaming video games, but in recent years it branched out into other topics. I've even seen chess games becoming fashionable during the pandemic.
Twitch has millions of broadcasters and tens of millions of viewers each month. In this blog post, I'm going to show how you can embed streams, clips, videos, and chats from Twitch.tv to your Joomla site.
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My Sidebar Menu is Missing in the Joomla Admin!
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 14 August 2020 14 August 2020
One of our clients was having difficulty finding the Joomla administrator sidebar menu. It was hidden away by a Joomla feature that's easy to miss.
This tutorial will help you get your side menu back quickly. Let's get started.
The normal Joomla administrator view has the side menu on the left side, as in you can see in this image:
Introducing the Joomla 4 Media Manager Features
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 28 July 2020 28 July 2020
Over the last year, we've talked a lot about the upcoming Joomla 4. If you missed any of those updates, you can check out the ultimate guide to Joomla 4.
The Joomla team has been working really hard and Joomla 4 is currently at the beta phase.
So, the stable version is still a way to go. But, because we get questions, we want to keep our readers informed about the progress of Joomla 4.
In this blog post, we'll take a look at the new Media Manager in Joomla 4.
Introduction to Web Assets in Joomla 4
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 28 July 2020 28 July 2020
One of my favorite improvements in Joomla 4 is the "Web assets" feature. It allows you to load a set of JavaScript and CSS files in a specific order with a single call.
Let's say you want to load CSS or JavaScript files that depend on other files. For example, you may want to load a JavaScript file that depends on jQuery being loaded first.
In this short tutorial, I will show you how the "Web assets" feature of Joomla 4 works.
How to Customize Joomla Warning Messages
- Written by Alex Kiash Alex Kiash
- Published: 20 July 2020 20 July 2020
One of the customer questions we received this week was about Joomla warning messages.
These messages are often displayed on the front of your site. For example, you'll see a warning if you enter an incorrect username or password during login. You may also see these messages in the Joomla admin.
In this guide, we'll show you multiple ways to customize these messages:
- How to change the text of the message of the warning
- How to use your own text instead of "Warning"
- How to add an image to the warning box
- How to change the background color of the warning box
Let's take a look at how to make these changes. Before we start, it's worth noting that we're covering messages from Joomla in this tutorial. Check out this guide for PHP messages.
Introducing the Joomla 4 Workflows Feature
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 18 July 2020 18 July 2020
The Joomla team have been working hard on version 4, which is likely to arrive before the end of 2020.
Here at Joomlashack, we've been writing about all the new features in Joomla 4, If you missed any of those updates, you can check out the ultimate guide to Joomla 4.
I'm going introduce you to another new Joomla 4 feature: Workflows. This new extension allows you to approve content before it's published.