The Joomlashack Blog
A New Version of Joomla 3 Explained is Coming
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 28 March 2017 28 March 2017
The team behind Joomlashack wrote the most popular Joomla books.
- Joomla Explained was published in 2011 and focused on Joomla 2.5.
- Joomla 3 Explained was published in 2013 and focused on Joomla 3.
These books sold well over 10,000 copies each. However, we haven't been able to release an update in recent years. Finally, that's going to change.
Why release a Joomla 3 Explained update?
There are several good reasons to release a new version now:
- Joomla 3.7 will bring major changes with fields, multi-lingual changes.
- After 4 years, the book badly needs an update. The book is actually being used in classrooms around the world. I'm embarrassed to even think about what the students must think.
- The Joomla certification project is underway, and there needs to be affordable, high-quality study materials.
OSYouTube Free and Pro, Version 3.3.3
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 28 March 2017 28 March 2017
This week we released OSYouTube Free and Pro plug-in versions 3.3.3.
OSYouTube 3.3.3 is a maintenance releases, fixing minor issues.
OSYouTube Pro 3.3.3 adds a new feature: muting videos.
Civic 2, a New Version of Our Joomla Video Template
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 27 March 2017 27 March 2017
We released a new version of Civic, a Joomla template that's perfect for several types of websites, especially those that rely on video.
Many video displays are hard-to-configure, so we focused on making Civic as simple as possible. Especially for Civic, we added a new "mute" feature in the OSYouTube plugin. This makes it easy to have a beautiful, and silent, video on your homepage.
Additionally, Civic is now compatible with the very last version of the Wright framework.
Read more: Civic 2, a New Version of Our Joomla Video Template
How to Migrate Joomla Comments Away from Disqus with CComment
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 27 March 2017 27 March 2017
Did you start seeing sponsored ads above and below your Disqus comments on your Joomla based site recently? If you did, then it means that Disqus, without your permission, has included your site in their advertising program Reveal. We first wrote about this in "How to Opt-Out of Disqus Reveal".
The only alternative Disqus provides to avoid ads is to pay them $10 a month. But what if you don't want to? Fortunately, it is possible for Joomla users to migrate your comments away from Disqus.
In this tutorial, I'll show how you can move your Disqus comments to the CComment extension, created by Daniel Dimitrov at compojoom.com.
Read more: How to Migrate Joomla Comments Away from Disqus with CComment
17 Point Checklist To Harden Your Joomla! Site Security
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 27 March 2017 27 March 2017
Being one of the most popular and most downloaded Content Management Systems, Joomla is also one of the most attacked.
Learn in this checklist how you can protect your Joomla based web site by developing and fostering appropriate security mindset, even if you are not tech savvy. Equipped with this checklis, you can start fine tuning your Joomla site security right away.
Read more: 17 Point Checklist To Harden Your Joomla! Site Security
OSTimer Free 2.8.3 and Pro 2.9.1 Released
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 21 March 2017 21 March 2017
We would like to notify OSTimer users that we just released OSTimer Free v.2.8.3 and OSTimer Pro v.2.9.1. Both are maintenance releases dealing with minor fixes.
OSCampus 1.1.1 is Now Available
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 21 March 2017 21 March 2017
We are happy to announce immediate release of OSCampus v.1.1.1.
This is a useful new release which introduces some enhancements, as well as ensures compatibility with Joomla 3.7.
How to Share New Joomla Articles to Facebook Automatically
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 20 March 2017 20 March 2017
If you find yourself manually sharing on Facebook each article that you've created, this tutorial is for you.
It'll show you how to automatically share your Joomla articles to Facebook. You can share to your Facebook page, profile, and/or Group.
Let's get started.
Read more: How to Share New Joomla Articles to Facebook Automatically
How to Automatically Tweet New Joomla Articles
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 20 March 2017 20 March 2017
One of our members was wondering how to automatically tweet when a new article is created. So we created this tutorial for her.
To make this work, we'll install a free extension, and also create an app on the X / Twitter site.
The 7 Step Process For Building Joomla Sites
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 20 March 2017 20 March 2017
Are you new to Joomla? Would you like to start building your own website with this fantastic content management system?
Do you feel like you don't know where to start? Fear not! Watch the short (3 minutes 32 seconds) video lesson below. In that video, you'll learn a seven-step process for building your Joomla website: