The Joomlashack Blog
SP Page Builder, Drag-and-Drop Joomla Sites
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 28 September 2014 28 September 2014
SP Page Builder is a new Joomla! extension from Joomshaper which allows you to build Joomla pages via a drag-and-drop interface.
SP Page Builder is similar to Drupal's Panel in that it allows you to easily create pages and choose from many different layouts. Once the layout has been selected, you can add modules, accordions, icons, images, tabs and much else.
In this tutorial, we'll introduce you to SP Page Builder and show you how easy it is to build pages.
Add Social Bookmarks to Kunena
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 15 September 2014 15 September 2014
If you run a forum, you probably hope that your community creates interesting posts that are worth sharing.
Kunena is the best Joomla forum, but by default it doesn't have any sharing options.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to integrate the BT Social Sharing plugin with Kunena so that your visitors can share posts on social media.
30 Minutes to Truly Understand Joomla Permissions
- Published: 06 September 2014 06 September 2014
Any software with more than one user requires permisssions.
However, managing those permissions is never easy and the more users you have, the more difficult it gets.
If you've been confused about Joomla's groups and access levels, you need to watch this video.
Read more: 30 Minutes to Truly Understand Joomla Permissions
How to Build Multi-Lingual Joomla 3 Sites
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 02 September 2014 02 September 2014
Last week we edited and posted all of the videos from Joomla 3 Day.
One of my favorite sessions was from Ron van Schaik, who talked about how to build multi-lingual sites with Joomla 3.
Ron takes you through the process you'll need to follow, explaining each step carefully and pointing out common mistakes.
Web-Design Social Media Update
- Written by Joomlashack Joomlashack
- Published: 30 August 2014 30 August 2014
Social media is a pervasive part of today’s culture, whether you’re looking at it from a user standpoint or a marketing standpoint. The social web has the largest amount of traffic, endless user engagement and is the place to be to maintain any sort of web presence. Sharing buttons and integrated features are a commonly touted tool for Joomla templates, but with new social medias popping up practically every day, it’s important to figure out a good sharing balance, where to position your sharing buttons, and how many buttons are too many.
Which Sites to Share?
The first order of business is figuring out which social media sites are most appropriate for your website. You want to go with the high-traffic social media sites to start, such as Facebook, Google+, Reddit and Pinterest. Expanding further depends on your audience and your niche. Niche social media sites give you targeted traffic of those who are more likely to be interested in the topics you’re talking about, at the expense of having lower traffic volume. Take a look at where your target demographic likes to spend their time before deciding on other social media sites.
Joomla.com Will Be a WordPress.com Service for Joomla
- Published: 28 August 2014 28 August 2014
There was big news from the Joomla community today which announced a new WordPress.com-style service for Joomla.
This service will be hosted at Joomla.com and will offer free hosting accounts for life.
Read more: Joomla.com Will Be a WordPress.com Service for Joomla
Joomla 3 Day Videos Now Online
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 26 August 2014 26 August 2014
About 10 days ago, we held a special online event called "Joomla 3 Day".
Joomla 3 Day was like a free, online Joomla Day.
We had a series of 30 to 45 minute presentations. The expert speakers talked about speeding up your Joomla website, building multi-lingual websites, the new features in K2, and much more.
We held the event to mark the publication of Joomla 3 Explained, so all the presentations focused on Joomla 3.
OSMeta, a Very Simple Joomla Metadata Manager
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 26 August 2014 26 August 2014
We created OSMeta because we couldn't find a metadata extension that was simple and usable enough for our needs.
We've been using OSMeta on our own sites and on customer sites. We've also been recommending it to OSTraining members. The most gratifying thing is that most of our members didn't require any explanation. They just installed it and were able to figure out how to use it with no explanation.
So, the feedback has been good, and we're ready to release OSMeta to the public.
Sample Media Queries for Responsive Joomla Templates
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 15 August 2014 15 August 2014
Everyone wants a responsive Joomla template for their site.
However, if you buy or download a responsive Joomla template you will probably need to edit certain elements to meet the needs of your site. You may also need to fix problems on certain screen sizes.
In this tutorial, we're going to show you some CSS examples so that you can see how to customize your site for different screen sizes.
Read more: Sample Media Queries for Responsive Joomla Templates
A Wider Perspective on Joomla Security
- Published: 07 August 2014 07 August 2014
Brent Laminack is one of the most experienced developers I've had the privilege of working with.
Brent's been a coder and sysadmin for over 30 years. He's been involved in the open source community in Atlanta for many years.
So, it won't surprise you to hear that Brent takes a much wider view of security than simply keeping your site up-to-date.