The Joomlashack Blog
5 Ways to Position Shack Toolbox Popups On Your Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 12 August 2019 12 August 2019
With Shack Toolbox you can display nearly any Joomla content item in a popup. With Shack Toolbox you also have great flexibility in setting your Joomla popup before it opens up.
You can set your popup position before it opens. You will also have a few options for your popup to open up automatically.
In this blog post, I will show you five ways to set a Shack Toolbox popup before it opens.
Read more: 5 Ways to Position Shack Toolbox Popups On Your Site
How to Add Joomla Content Editor to a Joomla Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 07 August 2019 07 August 2019
"Joomla Content Editor" (JСE) is one important Joomla extension you must install on your Joomla site. We install JCE on every single Joomla site we build.
JCE has been around since 2006 and has been outstanding since its launch. It makes content editing ridiculously easy and fast.
In this blog post, you will learn how to add JCE on your Joomla site.
Read more: How to Add Joomla Content Editor to a Joomla Site
What Are Text Blocks in Shack Forms?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 07 August 2019 07 August 2019
In some use cases, you may want to mix your Shack Form's fields with blocks of text. This will improve your form's usability.
Shack Forms allows you to add such text blocks to your Joomla form quickly and easily. And you can add as many of them as you wish.
Shack Forms calls such text blocks "text separators". In this blog post, I'll give you a quick tour of Shack Forms' text separators.
What Are Joomla Content Editor (JCE) Themes?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 06 August 2019 06 August 2019
A couple of our blog readers asked if there is a way to change the feel and look of the JCE interface. You can do that with JCE's themes.
In this blog post, I will give you a tour of the JCE's built-in themes. You will also get a sneak peek at the upcoming in JCE 2.8.0 new theme "Retina".
How to Get Joomlashack to Sponsor Your Event
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 05 August 2019 05 August 2019
One of the wonderful things about the Joomla community is the live events.
We regularly get emails from event organizers, asking us to sponsor their events. Because there are many events, it's not easy for us to sponsor every one, but we love to try and help.
The Ultimate Joomla Content Editor (JCE) Guide
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 05 August 2019 05 August 2019
There is one Joomla extension that we install on every single Joomla site we build: Joomla Content Editor (JCE).
JCE has been around since 2006 and has been outstanding since its launch.
It makes content editing ridiculously easier and faster, whatever your task is:
- Linking
- Formatting
- Adding images
- Spell-checking
- Create tables and much more.
It's built by Ryan Demmer at https://JoomlaContentEditor.net.
So, it made sense for us to sit down and write the "Ultimate JCE Guide".
What Are Single and Cluster Markers in Shack Locations?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 05 August 2019 05 August 2019
Shack Locations is the best Joomla extension for creating map directories with multiple locations. Each map of your map directory can have two types of markers:
- Single markers
- Cluster markers.
Let's take a look at both of these marker types.
Read more: What Are Single and Cluster Markers in Shack Locations?
17 Themes to Style a Pop-up with Shack Toolbox
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 31 July 2019 31 July 2019
Would you like to jazz-up a pop-up in your Joomla site? Our Shack Toolbox Joomla extension offers you a wide choice of cool themes.
Give your Joomla pop-up an antique feel and look. Or make your Joomla pop-up box look Facebook-like or X / Twitter-like.
In this blog post, I'll give you a guided tour to the 17 pre-built themes to style your Joomla pop-up box with Shack Toolbox.
What Is So Special About Shack Toolbox?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 29 July 2019 29 July 2019
Shack Toolbox significantly enhances your ability to add modules to your Joomla site. With Shack Toolbox you have increased control over your Joomla modules' content and design.
In this blog post, you will take a look at what makes Shack Toolbox a Swiss Knife of Joomla modules.
What Is an Agree to Terms Checkbox in Shack Forms?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 25 July 2019 25 July 2019
Shack Forms is a popular Joomla form extension with more than 300 reviews at JED. One of the reasons for its popularity is its flexibility.
You can use it to create a regular checkbox. Then, with a small tweak, you can turn this checkbox into an "Agree to Terms of Service" or similar consent box with a clickable label.
When your form submitter clicks this label, they will see a popup modal box with a text of your "Terms of Service". In this blog post, I will give a guided tour of this feature.
Read more: What Is an Agree to Terms Checkbox in Shack Forms?