The Joomlashack Blog
Joomla 2.5.9 and 3.0.3 Released
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 03 February 2013 03 February 2013
Start using your one-click update fingers: Joomla 2.5.9 and Joomla 3.0.3 have been released.
Remember that updating Joomla is now as simple as logging in to your Joomla site and clicking on the flashing icon that notifies you of an update.
Both of these releases are regularly scheduled maintenance releases which provide bug-fixes and low-level security patches. Updating immediately is recommended.
Introducing Developer Extension Clubs
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 30 January 2013 30 January 2013
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
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 16 January 2013 16 January 2013
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:
The New Joomla 2.5 to 3 Pre-update Check
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 13 January 2013 13 January 2013
Over the last two years, Joomla! has been working really hard to make it easier to update to the next Joomla version (for example, from 2.5 to 3.0).
Joomla has been able to do this through its smaller, more manageable releases and through its relatively new (since Joomla 1.6) one-click updater. The one-click upgrader is now quite mature and has proven itself to be very reliable.
However, a major improvement is coming soon. Joomla will soon provide a check to make sure your updates are always done safely and securely.
Move Joomla 1.5 content or users to 2.5 with J2XML
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 10 January 2013 10 January 2013
We've had a series of blog posts on how to migrate your site from Joomla 1.5 to 2.5.
This week we're going to focus on something simpler: moving only your content or users.
One of our students didn't need to migrate their whole site, only their articles. We recommended J2XMlL
Read more: Move Joomla 1.5 content or users to 2.5 with J2XML
7 of our favorite presentations from the Joomla World Conference
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 January 2013 08 January 2013
This November was the first Joomla World Conference in California.
There were over 80 presentations at the conference and nearly all of them can now be watched on Joomla's YouTube channel.
To save you time, we've picked 7 of our favorite presentations.
These presentations include keynotes and how-tos. They also cover a wide variety of topics, from Mozilla and internationalizing Joomla to Bootstrap and Node.js.
Read more: 7 of our favorite presentations from the Joomla World Conference
How to Upgrade from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 06 January 2013 06 January 2013
In this tutorial, we're going show you how to update from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3.
The update process from Joomla 2.5 to 3 does work and in this tutorial, we're going to show you how to use it.
Joomlashack also has Joomla migration tutorials available. Watch those videos, and you should be ready to migrate. If you need help, click here to talk with the Joomlashack migration experts.Memo a Joomla Template: a Responsive Joomla Pinboard
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 02 January 2013 02 January 2013
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy - a New Joomla Template!
We are proud to bring you this awesome new Joomla Template. You may have seen other "Pinterest-Style" templates, but we have worked hard to make this one unique - - we know you'll enjoy it. Stay tuned: we are already working on the next 3 works of art.
The Memo Plugin: Create a Pinboard out of Joomla Articles
Other Pinterest style Joomla Templates allow you to create your "pinboard" using modules, but we were not content with that. The Joomlashack Team put in the extra effort to create added functionality that enables this new Responsive Joomla Template to use regular Joomla articles to populate the pinboard - - see it HERE. The Memo plugin is extremely light thus avoiding innecessary animations.
Read more: Memo a Joomla Template: a Responsive Joomla Pinboard
Year in Review: Joomla Templates, Extensions, and Framework
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 20 December 2012 20 December 2012
A time to reflect
2012 has been the busiest year in the history of the Shack. When putting together this review, I was amazed to see just how many products we worked on and released during 2012. It is a testament to the great work this small but highly capable team was able to accomplish and it deserves well-deserved praise. We released more Joomla Templates than every major template company.
Read more: Year in Review: Joomla Templates, Extensions, and Framework
Using Videos to Train Your Clients
- Published: 17 December 2012 17 December 2012
Rod Martin, our Director of Online Training, presented at the Joomla World Conference in November.
Rod is in charge of creating all our videos, and his presentation in San Jose was called, "Using Videos to Train Your Clients":