Joomlashack Blog and Updates

How to Enable SSL HTTPS Only on Certain Joomla Pages

: Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov; Published: 28 March 2011 28 March 2011

If you want to enable a secure socket layer (SSL) https encryption only on certain pages or components but not on the rest of the pages or components, it isn't possible in Joomla by default, however with Yireo SSL Redirection, a 3rd party extension, it is. It also has the added benefit that if a user comes in through http rather than https, it will redirect them appropriately and vice versa.

This tutorial will take you step-by-step how to configure SSL https encryption only on certain pages or components.

The next step: New SEO College Coming Soon.

: Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack; Published: 25 March 2011 25 March 2011

To us it just seems like the next step in a natural evolution. Since 2005, with our cool Joomla Templates and Extensions, we have helped hundreds of thousands create Joomla-powered Websites. Then in 2009, we launched the School of Joomla at Joomlashack University to teach you how to build better Joomla-powered websites.

Today we are excited to announce the SEO College (search engine optimization) and Conversion Optimization.

Its the next logical step because we first helped you create websites. Then we taught you how to build better sites. Today we want to provide you and your clients with the necessary tools to make your websites more successful.

10 Great Free Joomla 2.5 Templates

: Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge; Published: 24 March 2011 24 March 2011

Joomla 2.5 has been out since early January and people are starting to launch more and more new 2.5 sites.

Of course, if you want a 2.5 site you're going to need a template. Here's a rundown of 10 of the best free 2.5 templates.

Adana

Click here to download the Adana template for Joomla 2.5.

How to Create a Google Custom Search Engine in a Joomla Site

: Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov; Published: 23 March 2011 23 March 2011

This tutorial will show you step by step how to create a Google custom search engine for your Joomla site (and/or another site) in your Joomla site. This tutorial uses Joomla 1.5 but you can use exactly the same steps on Joomla 1.6.

Joomlashack Makes Donation to Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity

: Written by JohnFlanagan JohnFlanagan; Published: 21 March 2011 21 March 2011

As I mentioned in my last blog post, Joomlashack pledged to donate 50% of Tuesday's sales to help the victims of last week's devastating earthquake & tsunami in Japan.

I'm proud to announce that thanks to our loyal customers, Joomlashack was able to make a very generous donation to the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity on Friday.

Thanks are also in order to PayPal and Missionfish-- a wonderful service which allowed us to wire 100% of our donation through PayPal to both charities quickly and easily and with no fees!

Again, on behalf of everyone here at the 'Shack, thank you so much for helping us help the good people of Japan during this very difficult time.

-Shawn

How to Use a Drop Down Menu in Joomla 2.5

: Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov; Published: 21 March 2011 21 March 2011

Many templates do not have built in drop down menus. Coding your own drop down menu can be an extremely difficult task for most people; fortunately, Joomla has several great extensions on JED for drop down menus.

This tutorial will show you step by step how to create a drop down menu for your site using Maxi Menu CK which is also used as the main menu system at Joomla.org.

How to Update your Joomla 2.5 Site Using the Automatic Core Update Feature

: Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov; Published: 20 March 2011 20 March 2011

Joomla 2.5 brought a lot of new features with it and although most Joomla 2.5 users know about the new ACL controls and nested categories, there is a simple but excellent addition that is worth noting and which few know. Joomla 2.5 now has automatic Joomla core updates! So you can go from Joomla 2.5.0 to Joomla 2.5.1 with a few button clicks. This tutorial will show you how to update your Joomla 2.5 version using the built-in core upgrade.

Extension Manager

Go to Extensions >> Extension Manager >> Update

Click on Find Updates and Joomla will automatically find any potential updates available to you.
If you see that Joomla is now an option, check the box next to Joomla and click Update.
Joomla will automatically update the next version of 2.5 for you.

Find Joomla Version and System Information in Joomla 2.5

: Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov; Published: 16 March 2011 16 March 2011

If you are having trouble with a Joomla extension, the developer might ask you for your Joomla version, PHP version, and what type of server you are using (e.g. Apache, IIS, etc). Here is a quick way you can get that information.

Go to Site then System Information

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Go to Site then System Information

For Joomla 1.5, you would have to go to Help then System Information.

Adminsitrator Footer

You can also quickly find your Joomla version in the Administrator Footer. For Joomla 1.5, you could look in the top-right corner of your Administrator section.

Sample UNI Lesson: Automating daily site backups with Akeeba Backup Pro

: Written by Forest Linden Forest Linden; Published: 08 March 2011 08 March 2011

Here's a 12 minute sample of one of our latest video tutorials at Joomlashack University called "Automating daily site backups with Akeeba Backup Pro."

Akeeba Backup is one of the most popular and most helpful extensions for Joomla that there is.

With Akeeba Backup Pro, the paid version, you can make it even more useful by setting it up to automatically make daily backups of your site and have those backup files sent to a server of your choice, such as an Amazon S3 or Rackspace Cloudfiles account.

In this video lesson, you'll see how to set up a Cloudfile account and how to configure Akeeba Backup Pro to automatically send it's daily backup files to the Cloudfile account.

Remembering the Alamo: Joomlashack team meets up in San Antonio for annual company retreat

: Written by JohnFlanagan JohnFlanagan; Published: 02 March 2011 02 March 2011

Joomlashack team at the Alamo One of the many cool things about working for an online company, like Joomlashack, is that you can log in and work from the comfort of your own home. We all get to see our families a bit more each day; can work in our PJs all day if we want; and never, ever have to worry about long commutes to work. It's a pretty sweet deal.

Our team is spread out all over the world, so working out of one central office would be a bit difficult at the moment. And that's why Skype has been such a godsend to us. It’s allowed our team to stay connected to each other despite us all being in multiple timezones.