Content is Certainly Not King

Joomlashack Help21 April 2013SEO Training

 

“Content is King.” How many times have you heard it?

It’s paraded around like a map to the holy grail, like some sacred piece of advice that will make all the bricks fall together and reveal the yellow brick road. It’s advice from the wizard, don’t you think? The man behind the curtain spouts out some vague yet wise sounding command and you nod your head, not wanting to say “But I don’t understand, my content is great and yet...yet, something is wrong. Something isn’t bringing people to read it.”

Red Goes Wright

TJ Baker16 April 2013Wright Template Framework

Wright is moving right along these days, seeing great improvements to stability as well as some upcoming exciting enhancements (think full LESS support). It's no wonder that powerhouse Joomla company RedComponent, one of the largest Joomla companies in the world (if not THE largest), has decided to adopt Wright for all of their template and project needs!

We had a chance to ask owner Ronni Christiansen a few questions about why his company chose Wright:

How Freelance Web Developers Get Paid Faster

Joomlashack Help15 April 2013Joomla How To

You know what’s great about being a freelance developer building Joomla websites? The convenience technology can provide, such as Joomla templates.

You know what’s NOT great about being a freelance developer building Joomla websites? Getting stiffed by a customer. In fact, freelancers everywhere are getting stiffed by their customers (just check out the World's Longest Invoice). You didn’t become a web developer to be in the business of collections. If only there was an equivalent to Joomla templates for getting paid! Although there is no official template, there are in fact specific steps you can take to secure your chances of receiving money when owed.

Here are 7 ways to help you get paid faster:

1) Be Picky

Showtime a New Joomla Template made for featuring images and video

Eddie Tabush19 March 2013Joomla Templates

Beautiful Visuals Deserve A Beautiful Website

With this thought in mind, we decided to create Showtime, a Joomla template that allows you to display, classify, and organize a huge amount of visual information. Showtime is the perfect template to showcase great works of photographers, illustrators, videographers, creative people, creative agencies, or freelancers to name a few.

New Joomla Extension - Easy Social Icons

Eddie Tabush07 March 2013Joomla Extensions

New Joomla Extension Release

Easy Social Icons is the first of many new Joomla Extensions we will release this year. Our Joomlashack Extensions were designed by Joomla Professionals to make running Joomla Sites Easier and more productively. Our Joomla Extensions provide you with the kind of tools, service, and benefits that you WISH you could use in EVERY site you build.

Joomla Day Boston Done Wright

TJ Baker26 February 2013Wright Template Framework

A couple weeks ago we announced the move of The Wright Joomla Template Framework to Github in an effort to make it more accessible and invite collaboration.  In addition to opening up and inviting collaboration, we're also expanding our efforts to showcase the work of those who adopt Wright for their site development needs! In this our first Wright Wednesday Developer Showcase we're excited to share a short interview and the work of Dianne Henning, organizer and site developer for Joomla Day Boston.

New Designer Series Template: Imago

Eddie Tabush10 February 2013Joomla Templates

You have to see this Template - Demo

Imago is a modern, hip, and colorful new Joomla Template from Joomlashack. If you appreciate new and clean designs, you are going to love it. It is the first of what we are calling our Designer Series templates. If you are obsessive about typography, color balance, use of white space, and simplicity, you are going to love these templates.

Wright Moves to a New Home, Invites Guests Over to Party

TJ Baker06 February 2013Wright Template Framework

A great Joomla Template Framework is now even better

Last August we announced a major update to our Wright Template Framework. With this update, we were among the first in the industry to provide templates and support for Joomla 3.0, while also introducing a host of great new features, including responsiveness. This was a big step for Wright, made even greater because we did not lose sight of Wright's trademark lightness - - we made it even lighter still.

Introducing Developer Extension Clubs

Eddie Tabush30 January 2013Joomla Extensions

New Joomla Extension Clubs at the Shack

Our Joomla Template Developer Clubs have been best sellers at the Shack since 2005. Known for their unlimited template use and entitlements, the Shack's template clubs are loved by thousands of club members - just ask around. Interested in providing you with the same level of value and service, we are now proud to present you with our new Developer Extension Clubs. - Learn More, Clubs & Prices

New Admincredible Updates, New Special Offer

Eddie Tabush16 January 2013Joomla How To

Incredible Updates, and Incredible Offers!

We're excited to announce that Admincredible's beta has undergone a major update to the component. This new update lays the foundation for many great new features to be added in the coming weeks, and we'd like to invite you to take advantage of a special opportunity to join The Hall of Heroes, our Founder's Club, and start taking advantage of our great new features! With this new update, we have made some major improvements to the code which will allow: