The Joomlashack Blog

Joomla 3.1 Has Been Tagged and Released

Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge

Published: 30 April 2013 30 April 2013

Joomla 3.1 is now available.

3.1 is available as a one-click update for all Joomla 3 users.

The major new feature in 3.1 is Tags. We wrote a detailed introduction and said that Tags "is one of the best new features to be added to Joomla in a long time."

In addition to Tags, there are some bug fixes and 7 security fixes, so we recommend that Joomla 3 users update immeadiately. If you have a lot of sites, try using Admincredible.com to update quickly and easily.

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How to Enable Joomla SEF URLs on GoDaddy for SEO

Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov

Published: 25 April 2013 25 April 2013

Recently, some of GoDaddy's servers have been producing a "No input file specified" error message when enabling Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URLs in Joomla.

This tutorial will show you step-by-step how to get your Joomla site working on GoDaddy's servers with SEF URLs enabled.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Evolve From WP to Joomla

Written by Joomlashack Help Joomlashack Help

Published: 24 April 2013 24 April 2013

If you have set up a blog, intranet, or Internet website then no doubt you have had to contend with the question of which solution to use for your Content Management System (CMS) requirements. Your initial research may have resulted in your selecting WordPress (WP) as your CMS system of choice, however given the added benefits of Joomla, it is worth reassessing your initial decision and taking the additional effort to migrate to Joomla as the benefits of this platform are significant. 

Common Benefits

Both WP and Joomla are free, open source CMS solutions that continually evolve to meet current market trends and ensure that any bugs or security compromises are quickly dealt with. Both solutions have active, supportive communities and are SEO friendly; and both solutions are easy to work with and have site-bridging options.

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Create Provocative, Amusing & Engaging Content (part I)

Written by Roxana Kawas Roxana Kawas

Published: 24 April 2013 24 April 2013

You can use your Blog to create a more successful website

Last week we published the article titled “Content is Certainly NOT King”, making the point that in today’s world the “king” would be the platform to put your content out there - - e.g. social networks, email campaigns, mobile marketing among others. So, unless you have a platform geared towards presenting your content for others to talk about, it will be very hard to have a competitive edge.

However, the old axiom: “Content is King” is still valid, and always will be. Why? Simply put, if your content is not worthy, followers won’t talk about it. You need to have BOTH, great content on your website AND a solid platform.

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Content is Certainly Not King

Written by Joomlashack Help Joomlashack Help

Published: 22 April 2013 22 April 2013

 

“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.”

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Red Goes Wright

Written by TJ Baker TJ Baker

Published: 16 April 2013 16 April 2013

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:

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The New Tags Feature in Joomla 3.1

Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge

Published: 15 April 2013 15 April 2013

My conclusion is that Tags is one of the best new features to be added to Joomla in a long time.

Not only do Tags work really well, but they also give a glimpse into Joomla's future.

In this blog post, we'll give you an overview of how Tags work. We'll also see how Tags shows Joomla growing into a better, more unified system where features and data are shared between extensions.

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Install the AreYouaHuman Game CAPTCHA in Joomla

Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov

Published: 02 April 2013 02 April 2013