The Joomlashack Blog
How to Add a Google Drive File to OSDownloads
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 25 February 2019 25 February 2019
A few of our customers asked how to set OSDownloads for a remote files repository with Google Drive.
With the Google Drive free file storage, you get fairly generous disk space. Letting your Joomla site visitors download files hosted with your Google Drive account will also save you bandwidth.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure OSDownloads Free to offer to your Joomla site visitors a downloadable file hosted with Google Drive.
Joomla Legal File Types and Maximum Upload Size
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 20 February 2019 20 February 2019
By default, Joomla only allows you to upload certain file types. Also, it only allows you to upload files of a certain size.
For example, these are the file types that a normal Joomla site allows:
bmp,csv,doc,gif,ico,jpg,jpeg,odg,odp,ods,odt,pdf,png,ppt,swf,txt,xcf,xls,BMP,CSV,DOC,GIF,ICO,JPG,JPEG,ODG,ODP,ODS,ODT,PDF,PNG,PPT,SWF,TXT,XCF,XLSThe Wright Framework Now Allows You to Customize Colors
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 19 February 2019 19 February 2019
Starting from version 3.7.0, the Wright framework now allows you customize colors directly from the Joomla admin area.
This means now you can change the default color scheme to whatever you wish. Plus, all our Joomla templates will have the same feature.
We've resisted adding this feature in the past because we wanted to keep Wright as lightweight as possible. However, we listen to Joomlashack customers and this is a frequently requested feature. We will continue to expand on this feature in the next few weeks and months,
Read more: The Wright Framework Now Allows You to Customize Colors
How to Automate a Lead Nurturing Email Campaign in jInbound
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 18 February 2019 18 February 2019
One of our customers asked how to automate a lead nurturing email campaign in jInbound.
Lead nurturing is in the heart of any inbound marketing campaign and in Joomlashack jInbound you can automate this process.
In this blog post, I will show you how to create such automated emails and how to schedule them. You will also learn how to set up an external cron job that will trigger the emails sending.
Read more: How to Automate a Lead Nurturing Email Campaign in jInbound
Say Hello to Shack Analytics, the Newest Extension at Joomlashack
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 11 February 2019 11 February 2019
We're delighted to release Shack Analytics for Joomlashack users.
Shack Analytics is a single extension to manage all the analytics code on your sites.
Joomla site owners often have scripts such as Google Analytics, Adwords, Clicky, Facebook, MailChimp, and other sites. But those scripts are always hidden away inside random modules, plugins or template files.
Shack Analytics allows you to see all your analytics on a single screen. This is the same philosophy that inspired OSMeta. We want to make life easier for you by gathering everything in one easy-to-find location.
Shack Analytics makes it easy to assign analytics to your whole site, but you can also choose specific pages or menu links. This means that Shack Analytics is excellent for targeting specific landing pages or "Thank You" screens.
Read more: Say Hello to Shack Analytics, the Newest Extension at Joomlashack
How to Display Tags Only On Single Joomla Article Pages
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 11 February 2019 11 February 2019
Tags are extremely useful for organizing your Joomla content. But, by default, Joomla will display them sitewide.
Your Tags will get displayed on a featured articles page and on category blog pages.
One of our customers asked us how to display Tags only on single Joomla articles. So, in this tutorial, I'll show you how to hide tags on blog and category pages.
Read more: How to Display Tags Only On Single Joomla Article Pages
Someone Has Been Spamming OSMap Reviews For Years
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 February 2019 08 February 2019
Here at Joomlashack, we publish a lot of extensions! There are 25 Joomlashack extensions on the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED).
The JED is a wonderful platform, and has been an enormous help for developers like us.
24 of our extensions run smoothly on the JED, getting some good reviews and the occasional negative feedback.
However, there's one exception: OSMap.
Read more: Someone Has Been Spamming OSMap Reviews For Years
How to Add Modules to the Joomla Control Panel
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 February 2019 08 February 2019
It's possible to customize the Joomla admin area for your users.
In particular, it can be useful to customize the control panel that users see when they first login.
Here's how to modify the Joomla admin area to show the information that you or your client require:
How to Add a Home Icon to Joomla Menus
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 07 February 2019 07 February 2019
One of our members asked us this question:
"In some websites, the home menu is just an icon without any text. How can I do this in Joomla?"
The answer is surprisingly simple. Let me show you how to add a Home icon to your Joomla menu.
How to Fix 1054 Unknown Column 'client_id' in 'field list'
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 07 February 2019 07 February 2019
When you run an update from older versions of Joomla, you may see an error.
If you go to Menus > Main Menu, you may see this error:
1054 Unknown column 'client_id' in 'field list'
This is a problem with Joomla's database update, but it is easily fixed. In this tutorial, you will learn how to quickly fix it.
Read more: How to Fix 1054 Unknown Column 'client_id' in 'field list'