The Joomlashack Blog
The 6 Best Joomla Forms Extensions
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 31 August 2020 31 August 2020
Are you looking to add Joomla forms to your site?
It is possible to use the Joomla core, and we explain how to do that in this tutorial: How to Create a Joomla Contact Form.
However, there are some limitations to using the "Contacts" component in the Joomla core. The default component doesn't have many features and doesn't save your submissions.
So, if you want a powerful contact form on your Joomla site, you'll need to look for a new extension. Here's our ranking of the 6 best Joomla forms extensions. We tested dozens of these extensions and compared their pros and cons.
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
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 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.
How to Change the Joomla Homepage Meta Title
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 18 August 2020 18 August 2020
One of our Joomlashack members asked this question:
How do I control the meta title on my Joomla homepage?
They wanted to have a meta title for search engines that would have a similar format to the one on this site: "Joomlashack: Joomla Templates, Tutorials, Free Joomla Templates - Joomlashack".
In this tutorial, we'll show you two options for controling the metadata on your Joomla homepage.
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.
Read more: How to Embed Twitch.tv Videos and Streams in Joomla
Control Access to the Main Metadata Screen in OSMeta
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Published: 18 August 2020 18 August 2020
This week, one of our customers asked how to give a Joomla user access only to the OSMeta component. They wanted to allow this user to update all the metadata on their site.
OSMeta is the best Joomla extension to efficiently edit metadata of your Joomla articles, categories, and menu items on a single screen.
In this blog post, you will learn how to create an OSMeta administrator with Joomla's built-in permissions systems.
Read more: Control Access to the Main Metadata Screen in OSMeta
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:
Install a Template Manually with Joomla's Discover Feature
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 06 August 2020 06 August 2020
It is very common that large Joomla templates with many features are over 2 MB in size. On some servers, this can make these templates hard to install in the standard way.
Luckily, Joomla provides an alternative for those cases - the "Joomla Discover" core feature.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to install a large template by uploading it through cPanel and installing it with the "Joomla Discover" core component.
Read more: Install a Template Manually with Joomla's Discover Feature