The Joomlashack Blog
Tell Us Your IQ and We Will Try to Match It!
- Written by Dan Maynard Dan Maynard
- Published: 13 December 2012 13 December 2012
At Joomlashack we pride ourselves on our technical prowess with Joomla and I think its safe to say we're a pretty intelligent group. So we want to test that. Are you up to the IQ Challenge contest? Don't worry, We're not really going to test your IQ in the way you think. In fact, what we really mean is can you come up with a good search engine optimization question, meaning an "Interesting Question" or IQ that has you stumped and you would like or SEO College Director to solve? And if we can be so bold, we guarantee you we'll answer it with AI (answer with intelligence).
Ask your "Interesting Question" now
The Shack Pack for Schools makes School Websites Easier
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 11 December 2012 11 December 2012
Attention School Website Admins
You already know that building a Great School Website is challenging. Let the Shack Pack for Schools make it easy for you. Our team of Joomla experts (some of whom are former teachers themselves) have put together all of the tools, content, and structure you need to get started - - all in one easily installed package!
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Join Admincredible, the One-Dashboard and save +85%
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 30 November 2012 30 November 2012
Hey there!
Admincredible is the ONE DASHBOARD to manage updates at the speed of light for all your Joomla 2.5 and 3 sites.
With Admincredible you can:
· Automatically update all of your Joomla 2.5 and 3 sites every time there is an update.
· Be vigilant as to how different updates might affect your Joomla sites.
· Worry less about keeping your sites safe from hackers who exploit vulnerable web sites.
A Special Invitation to Admincredible
We are happy to report that we are successfully moving along Admincredible’s beta phase. Many important features are still being developed, but the beta is working reliably, and many of our testers' suggestions are finding their way into the final product, which is awesome.
We're now expanding our membership and inviting you to join Admincredible. Today we have a very special invitation to join what we are calling Admincredible’s Hall of Heroes - - our Founder's Club.
Read more: Join Admincredible, the One-Dashboard and save +85%
Salt & Pepper a New Joomla Template for Blogs
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 22 November 2012 22 November 2012
A Joomla Template for Blogs
Salt & Pepper is a new Joomla Template from Joomlashack. Because it has been built using the powerful and wonderful Wright Framework, Salt & Pepper is Responsive, yet still light and quick to load. The clean design lends itself to suit a large variety of indistries and types of websites that require a blogging capability. However the template is not limited to only blogging sites. This Joomla Template comes with 5 great and versatile colors.
Joomla 2.5.8 and 3.0.2 Released
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 November 2012 08 November 2012
Start using your one-click update fingers: Joomla 2.5.8 and Joomla 3.0.2 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 but not absolutely essential.
Case Study: Migrating from Joomla 1.5 to 2.5
- Published: 06 November 2012 06 November 2012
Last month we completed the migration of our main OSTraining.com site to Joomla 2.5.
We learned so much during the migration that we decided to turn it into a case study for others who also wanted to move to 2.5.
Our site is a fairly large one with arond 10,000 users, 7000 articles and 60,000 forum posts. Here's an overview of the process we went through to move the site to Joomla 2.5.
Joomla World Conference - Save 15% - Final Day to Save
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 30 October 2012 30 October 2012
Tickets are Running Out.
Use the code JOOMLASHACK-JWC12 to SAVE 15%
A Valuable Conference
Join us for three days of information, discussion and new ideas. We have presentations, workshops and a lot of fun. This is not a one-way presenter to attendee conference. You will be involved in sessions and discussions, and have the opportunity to give your own presentation. Joomla!'s awesomeness lies in its great community, we are working all together towards a bright future of the CMS we all love.
Read more: Joomla World Conference - Save 15% - Final Day to Save
Connecting to Joomla 2.5 Via XMLRPC
- Published: 25 October 2012 25 October 2012
XMLRPC is an old, but widely used tool for connecting websites to other applications.
If you're using XMLRPC to connect to Joomla, there's a good chance that you're using desktop software such as Windows Live Writer or Screensteps. Even some more modern software such as ScribeFire relies on XMLRPC. All of these applications will connect to Joomla and automatically upload blog posts and images for you.
This tutorial will show you how to connect to a Joomla 2.5 site using XMLRPC.
ABC Joomla Template, Easy as 1-2-3
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 17 October 2012 17 October 2012
A Light and Fun Joomla Template
Don't let the school demo and graphics fool you. This practical Joomla template could be used for a myriad of websites. A collection of primary colors rich typography, and lend themselves to to be used in a fun and content rich site.
10 Great, Mobile-Ready Joomla Templates
- Published: 09 October 2012 09 October 2012
You probably know that Joomla has made great progress in becoming mobile-ready.
Joomla 3 was the first major CMS to be completely mobile-ready for visitors and administrators.
Joomla template designers are also making great progress in preparing for mobile use.
Here are 10 of the best mobile-ready Joomla templates: