Leap Year Store-Wide Sale

: Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack; Published: 24 February 2012 24 February 2012

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Celebrated once every 4 years, the Joomlashack Leap Year Celebration Sale was first held on February 29, 1972 in a wild soirée of free love, rock & roll, and community. It set a "high" bar for the following Leap Year celebrations. Four years later in 1976 and in the middle of the energy crisis, we did not expect much, however, taking advantage of the US bicentennial we were able hold a wonderful red, white, and blue party, though we have since changed back the company colors to green and black.

Oficina our new Joomla 2.5 Template

: Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack; Published: 21 February 2012 21 February 2012

Oficina our latest Joomla 2.5 Template

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In case you are just now tuning in, during the last last 5 weeks we have launched an unprecedented 5 Joomla 2.5 Templates. As you can appreciate by this new and elegant template, it has not been a matter of quantity over quality. Each new template release has been better than the previous one. Each has been loaded with more features as well. It is safe to say that our templates have only gotten better with each new release and this might be our best one yet.

The Joomla 2.5 Template, Joomla 3.0, and the Shack

: Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack; Published: 20 February 2012 20 February 2012

Joomla 2.5 Templates at Joomlashack

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Joomla 2.5 was released January 24th, 2012. Our team started testing Joomla 2.5 two weeks earlier and by 1pm EST on Jan 24th, our team had already updated 25+ templates and extensions to be Joomla 2.5 - compatible. Today we have over 30 Joomla 2.5 Templates in addition to several Free Joomla 2.5 Templates.

This is the kind of immediate access to upgrades and support our long-time customers have grown to count on and expect from the Joomlashack Team. Our team was able to accomplish this in part because they are awesome and in part because our templates were created using the nimble, powerful, and versatile Wright Framework.

How to Update Joomla 1.7 to 2.5

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 19 February 2012 19 February 2012

Joomla 2.5 Updating has become an easy process since the release of Joomla 1.6. The developers have built in a handy updater that is extremely easy to use. This new utility should make upgrading to all new Joomla versions a quick and painless process.

PayPlans, a Joomla Subscription Extension

: Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea; Published: 17 February 2012 17 February 2012

One of the best ways to make money on the web is to charge for the exclusive content you provide by selling memberships to your site. PayPlans is an easy-to-install solution for anyone wanting to create a paid membership site.

2 in 1 New Template Studio: Pro and Free Versions

: Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack; Published: 15 February 2012 15 February 2012

Studio-Pro Studio-Free

Do you remember our blog post from January when we made a commitment to launch more Free Joomla Templates than ever? True to our word, please meet Studio a two in one Template Launch. On one hand, we have a practical, versatile and reliable Free Joomla 2.5 Template built on the Wright Framework. On the other, we have a Pro Joomla Template with lots of cool features and color themes. How do you like that?

Using AllVideos for a Joomla Video Gallery

: Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea; Published: 14 February 2012 14 February 2012

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Update: this tutorial is out-of-date. This new Joomla video gallery tutorial is better, and so is this video grid tutorial. Both use the excellent OSYouTube.

The AllVideos plugin will allow you to display almost any type of media on your Joomla site, whether it's a video or audio file and whether you're using local or remote storage.

We're going to show you how to download and install the AllVideos plugin and then how to get the videos into your article. We also had a member request for a tutorial on making a video photo gallery, so we're going to do that also.

How to Use the Joomla Smart Search Extension

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 11 February 2012 11 February 2012

Joomla 2.5 shipped with many new features including multi-database support and much improved one-click upgrades.

One the most important of those features was a brand new search extension: Smart Search. Smart Search is destined to be the replacement for com_search which has been around since 2005 at least.

The SEO College is almost ready

: Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack; Published: 03 February 2012 03 February 2012

You wouldn't get in the driving seat of a race car without taking lessons, yet this is exactly what many have done with SEO. They have taught themselves to drive and just because they can get the car around the track, they think they've "got it". In isolation it might seem like they have, however when compared to those who have received professional training, they are standing still.

I’ve Heard SEO is like Voodoo Magic. Isn’t it too complicated?

Online traffic is so vast, that little changes can have amazing results. By learning to do SEO the right way, even after the first lessons, you will be able to start making your site more “visible” to the audience you want. You will see results!

HikaShop USPS Shipping Module

: Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea; Published: 02 February 2012 02 February 2012

Right after I published our tutorial on HikaShop, we had several inquiries about USPS Shipping. There is a module for it and it's free, but it's a little hard to find. Here's where to get it and a short tutorial on how to use it.

Step 1. Downloading and installing the plugin

Before you start be sure you have an account with USPS and you have your USPS Web Tools ID available.

You can get the plugin from this URL www.hikashop.com/support/forum/2-general...20&lang=en#21838 - you can only download it if you are a member of the forum.

After downloading, install it using the Extension Manager as you would for any other installation: navigate to Extensions > Extension Manager > Browse > Upload & Install.

Navigate to Extensions > Plugin Manager and activate the plugin. Click on the plug-in name.

Step 2. Activate the plugin

Click on HikaShop Options. Choose Enabled from the dropdown and click Save.

Fill in your USPS Web Tools ID and other information and you're set.

You can also access this configuration information from the HikaShop dashboard if you need to make any changes.

To get to the configuration, just click shipping methods from the System tab on the dashboard. If you've filled in the weights and dimensions on your products as you entered them, you should get automatic shipping calculations.

If you have problems, click the help button in HikaShop or visit their forum.