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CSS Grid #3: Understanding Explicit and Implicit Grids in CSS Grid
- Written by Jorge Montoya Jorge Montoya
- Published: 27 July 2018 27 July 2018
We recently wrote that Joomla 4 will adopt CSS Grid. This generated a really positive response from Joomlashack readers, many of whom are excited to use CSS Grid in Joomla.
So we decided to write some tutorials about the CSS Grid, helping everyone get up to speed.
If you haven't done so yet, please read our first two tutorials before reading this one:
In this third article, we'll explain the difference between implicit and explicit grids. Understanding the difference is the key to successfully placing rows and columns with CSS Grid.
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CSS Grid #2: How to Use the Firefox Grid Inspector with CSS Grid
- Written by Jorge Montoya Jorge Montoya
- Published: 23 July 2018 23 July 2018
We recently wrote that Joomla 4 will adopt CSS Grid. This generated a really positive response from Joomlashack readers, many of whom are excited to use CSS Grid in Joomla.
So we decided to write some tutorials about the CSS Grid, helping everyone get up to speed. If you haven't read our first tutorial yet, head over tolearn the basic of CSS Grid.
This second tutorial expands on that first article. Now that you know the basics, let's show you how to use the Grid Inspector tool in Firefox. We'll also explain the difference between implicit and explicit grid.
Read more: CSS Grid #2: How to Use the Firefox Grid Inspector with CSS Grid
8 Great Videos That Explain Inbound Marketing
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 17 July 2018 17 July 2018
Our jInbound Joomla extension is the best tool to instantly start marketing your products or services with Inbound Marketing.
Set a marketing goal, create a campaign, build a landing page for the campaign, and schedule a few automatic emails to convert the campaign leads into customers. That's all.
Are these terms new to you? Watch our best 8 videos to learn with lovely Shannon what Inbound Marketing is and how each of these terms fits into the whole IM picture.
CSS Grid #1. Everything Joomla Users Need to Get Started with CSS Grid
- Written by Jorge Montoya Jorge Montoya
- Published: 16 July 2018 16 July 2018
One of the major changes in future Joomla 4 will be the adoption of CSS Grid.
CSS Grid is revolutionizing the front end design industry. It is fast becoming an Internet standard.
Joomla most likely will keep Bootstrap 4 for backward compatibility. However, the future is clear.
Long-term, the future of Joomla frontend design is CSS Grid. You already can see CSS Grid in action in Cassiopeia, the default frontend template for Joomla 4.
In this blog post, I'm going to help you master the key ideas behind CSS Grid.
Read more: CSS Grid #1. Everything Joomla Users Need to Get Started with CSS Grid
10 Tips for Creating a Great Charity Website with Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 07 July 2018 07 July 2018
One of our customers embarked on building a charity website to support a good cause.
Joomla is a brilliant platform to build a site by yourself, even if you are not a designer and don't know any code.
In this blog post, you will look at 10 recommendations helping you to build a charity website.
Read more: 10 Tips for Creating a Great Charity Website with Joomla
Shack Forms GDPR Improvements
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 05 July 2018 05 July 2018
If you collect data from EU citizens, the way your site stores the data must comply with GDPR.
We just implemented a few small but important changes in our Shack Forms form builder to make it GDPR compliant.
In this blog post, you will take a look at Shack Forms GDPR improvements.
Beginners Guide to Akeeba Backup Pro Remote Quota Management
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 04 July 2018 04 July 2018
Previously, we covered how to automatically upload your site backup to Google Drive with Akeeba Backup Pro.
Storing a backup of your Joomla site outside of the site server gives you extra security. But backups take space.
Akeeba Backup Pro allows you to set a quota for your remotely stored backups based on one of the following criteria:
- By the backups maximum age in days.
- By the backups total size in MB.
- By the maximum count of backups taken.
In this tutorial, you will take a look at how to set up these options.
Read more: Beginners Guide to Akeeba Backup Pro Remote Quota Management
What Are the Joomla Extensions You Install on Every Site?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 02 July 2018 02 July 2018
If you've used Joomla for more than few days, you have opinions.
We want to hear your opinions! What are the extensions you install on every site? What extensions do you love to use?
In this blog post, I'll give you a guide to our 10 essential Joomla extensions.
Let us know your essential extensions in the comments below. We'll pick 5 commenters to win a free 1 year membership to the Everything Club!
Read more: What Are the Joomla Extensions You Install on Every Site?
New Feature: Custom Limits for Lists of OSCampus Classes and Pathways
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 28 June 2018 28 June 2018
We are happy to announce that we implemented another useful feature in our OSCampus Pro 1.2.4.
You can now set your own custom limits for the lists of displayed OSCampus classes.
Previously, this limit was automatically set to the value set in your Joomla's Global Configuration.
In this blog post, you will take a look at this new feature.
Read more: New Feature: Custom Limits for Lists of OSCampus Classes and Pathways
OSYouTube Supports YouTube's Privacy Enhanced Mode
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 27 June 2018 27 June 2018
It's now just over a month since the launch of Europe's GDPR laws. We recently wrote a guide to how Joomla is handling the GDPR.
We've also been listening and responding to customer requests about the GDPR.
One of the most common requests has been for improvements to how OSYouTube handles privacy. I'm pleased to say that we've just released a new version of OSYouTube which makes it much easier to be GDPR-compliant. The new version makes it much easier to disable cookies for your users.
Read more: OSYouTube Supports YouTube's Privacy Enhanced Mode