Beginner Guide to OSCampus Pro Search Module

The OSCampus Pro Search Module helps users quickly find Pathways, Courses, and Lessons, making your site more user-friendly.

In this guide, you will learn how to use it and how to hide its Advanced filter if you prefer a minimalist design.

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How to Embed Facebook Posts in Joomla Articles

How to Embed Facebook Posts in Joomla

Joomla does not natively support embedding Facebook posts in articles. If you’ve attempted it before, you may have noticed Joomla either removes the embed code or fails to display the post.

The good news? There’s a simple workaround! Follow these steps to successfully embed a Facebook post in your Joomla article.

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Use OSDownloads for Marketing Automation in Joomla

If you use Joomla for marketing automation, we have a useful OSDownloads feature that you'll love.

OSDownloads integrates with Mailchimp Groups. This means you can send targeted emails to people downloading a particular file.

For example, if someone downloads OSDownloads, we can automatically send them a series of follow-up emails about that extension.

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Simplify JCal Pro by Hiding the List of Categories in Monthly Calendar

The JCal Pro monthly calendar prominently displays a list of your events' categories by default.

While this is useful in many scenarios, there might be a use case where you'd prefer a cleaner look without the list of your events' categories. If this applies to you, don’t worry—removing the list of categories is possible and straightforward.

In this blog post, you will learn a step-by-step guide for hiding the events' categories list on your JCal Pro monthly calendar.

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How to Hide the Download Button for the Public User Group in OSDownloads

Picture of an online user group

If you want to control who sees the "Download" button for OSDownload files, Joomla offers a simple solution.

By using RegularLabs.com's "Conditional Content" extension and customizing a template override, you can restrict access to logged-in users only.

This post will show you how to set it up effectively.

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How to Open a Shack Forms Pro Form with a Button

One of our customers asked how to open a Shack Forms Pro contact form module with a button. Every form module you create in the Shack Forms Pro component provides you with an HTML code for a hyperlink that will open this particular form module.

You can then add some basic inline CSS code to this HTML link to convert it to a button and style its design as you see fit. In this blog post, you will learn how to add a Shack Forms Pro button inside a Joomla article.

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Allow Front End Users to Export Future Events of Your JCal Pro Calendar

JCal Pro is a powerful extension for Joomla that allows you to create and manage events on your website. One of its great features is the ability for your viewers to export future events directly from the front end of your site.

This functionality is incredibly useful for users who want to add your upcoming events to their desktop, mobile, or online calendars, ensuring they never miss an important date. Here is a birds-eye view of this feature.

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All the Joomla News for September 2024

All the Joomla News for September 2024

Thanks for using Joomla and Joomlashack.

Every month we post a round-up of news from around the Joomla community.

We've posted all of these updates, plus a lot more in the Joomlashack Facebook group, so join if you want daily Joomla updates. We have over 1,500 members now!

Read more: All the Joomla News for September 2024

All the Joomla News for August 2024

All the Joomla News for August 2024

Thanks for using Joomla and Joomlashack.

Every month we post a round-up of news from around the Joomla community.

We've posted all of these updates, plus a lot more in the Joomlashack Facebook group, so join if you want daily Joomla updates. We have over 1,500 members now!

Read more: All the Joomla News for August 2024

Thanks to René Kreijveld, Our Dutch Translation Hero

Thank You Rene

We are thrilled to share some exciting news with our Dutch community!

Our OSCampus Pro, OSEmbed, OSVimeo, and OSYouTube extensions now fully support the Dutch language, thanks to the dedicated efforts of René Kreijveld, a phenomenal contributor to our translation projects.

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