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25 Improvements in Joomla 2.5
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 29 December 2011 29 December 2011
Joomla 2.5 is the third version to be launched using Joomla's new release cycle. After the launch of 1.6 in January and 1.7 in July, the benefits of the new realease cycle are really becoming clear. Releases are on time, well organized and increasingly contain a lot of great improvements.
In this tutorial we're going to focus on the upgrades to the Joomla 2.5 administrator area. We've collected 25 of the most useful improvements.
Joomla 2.5 Is Coming!
- Published: 26 December 2011 26 December 2011
Joomla 2.5 is coming, and Joomlashack is ready!
The next release of Joomla is just around the corner (slated for release before the end of January 2012), and soon after its release older versions will stop being officially supported by Joomla. We want to share with you our plans for supporting our products, and to answer the questions that many have starting asking about support for 2.5.
Editing Options for Joomla's Contacts Component
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 14 December 2011 14 December 2011
Is your Joomla contact form not showing correctly despite what you've selected to show? It could be your global options are overriding your options.
This tutorial will show you how to edit your Contacts options.
If you're new to Joomla and want to see how to create these forms, read this guide: How to create Joomla contact forms.
Ordering Articles, Menus and Modules in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 11 December 2011 11 December 2011
This is a tutorial that will show you how to reorder articles, menu links, modules in Joomla 1.5 and 2.5. The same technique also applies to sections, categories, plugins and more ... in fact almost anything that you'd want to reorder in a Joomla site.
The process is slightly different in both versions so we've divided the tutorial in two sections: one for 1.5 and another for 2.5.
HikaShop - Ecommerce for Joomla
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 08 December 2011 08 December 2011
HikaShop is a relatively new shopping cart for Joomla. It's becoming a strong competitor to Virtuemart, and we're starting to get more and more questions about it from students. HikaShop comes in both a free version and two levels of commercial versions.
Since HikaShop is fully integrated with Joomla, you can get started very quickly. However, you do have to learn some new ideas on how to enter products. In this tutorial we'll show you everything you'll need to get up and running with HikaShop.
You can also read our tutorials on other Joomla ecommerce solutions: Virtuemart, RokQuickCart, SimpleCaddy, K2Mart and building a custom cart.
If you want to go further, we have a 20 video training class on Hikashop.
The Ultimate Joomla Admin Templates Guide
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 30 November 2011 30 November 2011
The current Joomla admin template called Blue Stork has improvements over the 1.5 version, but that doesn't mean it can't be improved as well.
Joomla 1.6 / 1.7 is the first version to ship with more than one design for the admin area - it included Hathor in addition to Blue Stork. Several template designers have also created templates that aim to make it easier to use, look more attractive and have additional functionality.
In this guide we're going to show you all of the options that you have for redesigning your Joomla admin area.
How to Use the Gantry Framework for Joomla
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 24 November 2011 24 November 2011
Gantry is a very popular design framework that is available for both Joomla and WordPress. It is built on a 12 column, 960 Grid System layout (you can find out more about grid systems here).
All Rockettheme templates and themes are now based on Gantry because it offers a wide-range of features that don't have to be re-written for each design. Because of this, not only Rockettheme, but also quite a few independent designers use Gantry to speed up their work.
New Designer, New Joomla 1.7 Template
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 17 November 2011 17 November 2011
We're excited to welcome designer Paola Gomez to the Joomlashack family. Paola has over 10 years experience in graphic design including 5 working at the world-renowned and high-paced DDB ad agency. Although not 100% her design, Paola worked extensively on this template. It was a work in progress when she found it and she completed and polished into this elegant and minimalist business-themed template. The result, as you can agree, is awesome.
Meet Argos, our newest Joomla 1.7 Template. Argos is built using versatile and dynamic Wright Framework.
How to Use sh404SEF for Joomla
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 16 November 2011 16 November 2011
For years sh404SEF has been an important SEO extension for Joomla. It handles your URLs, your metadata and has even started to add features such as security, analytics and QR codes.
The purpose of this tutorial is to get you started with a quick setup and enough skill to manage sh404SEF successfully. A note before we start: this is a commercial extension.
SP Upgrade for Joomla 1.5 to 2.5 Migration
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 08 November 2011 08 November 2011
Now here's a strange coincidence ... while I was writing this tutorial, one of my sites got hacked because it wasn't updated. I had neglected to update my site because it involves downloads and uploads and who has time for that? Well I should have taken the time. I learned my lesson, and I'm getting ready for the future.
With Joomla 2.5 the upgrades are much easier, so I've decided to migrate all my Joomla sites to 2.5. There is a simple, new tool for making the transition, and it works - SP Upgrade. You may not need to do this today, but when that day eventually arrives, this tutorial will help you make this transition very smoothly. A note before we start: this extension is commercial. If you're looking for a free alternative, try our tutorial on jUpgrade.