All the Joomla News for December 2022
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Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
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Published: 04 January 2023 04 January 2023
Thanks for using Joomla and Joomlashack.
Every month we post a round-up of news from around the Joomla community.
We've posted all of these updates, plus a lot more in the Joomlashack Facebook group, so join if you want daily Joomla updates. We have over 1,000 members now!
Joomlashack's 2022 Review and Thank You
At the end of every year we write a review of what happened at Joomlashack. We always aim to avoid writing "everything was awesome" posts. We try and give you honesty and insight into Joomlashack's year. There are always plenty of ups and downs. |
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Joomla Rising: Hard Work and a Good Attitude Can Make All the Difference
Philip Walton writes, "Joomla had not shown growth since 2016 - 2017 and that was just 0.1%. Over 60 months of the line going down or remaining level. So in early June when the w3tech graph showed a small uptick which wiggled back and forth between a tiny up and baseline flat there was some hope for change." |
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New Joomla 4 Class from OSTraining
OSTraining have their new Joomla 4 video class available. This course will get you started in Joomla 4 from the ground up. Rod Martin will walk you through building an entire Joomla 4 site as you progress through this course. |
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How to Automatically Check In Items in Joomla 4
Tim Davis has a new video showing how you can automatically check in items in Joomla using the "TaskCheckin" plugin from Tobias Zulauf. |
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Google Analytics 4 Events in Joomla
Louise Hawkins says, "Last month we looked into the setup of GA4; this article will do a quick recap on the way GA4 collects data and a deep dive into GA4 events." |
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Upgrading Your Joomla Site to PHP 8
Nicholas Dionysopoulos writes, "As many of you have heard, PHP 7 became End of Life last month, on November 28th. You probably also heard that this is terrible news for the security of your site and / or that upgrading your site to PHP 8 is a dreary task. While neither affirmation is the absolute truth, there are always a few kernels of truth in every plausible lie. Let's see what the end of PHP 7's service life means for your site and what you can do about it in pragmatic, practical terms." |
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JoomlaDay USA 2022 Sessions Are Now on YouTube
The sessions from last years's JoomlaDay USA have been edited and posted online in a single playlist. There are 17 sessions to watch, featuring many of the most talented people in the Joomla community. |
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Move to the Joomla 4 Smart Search Feature
From Olivier Buisard: "The 'Search' and 'Smart Search' components have coexisted since Joomla 2.5. Search would provide a straightforward search feature while Smart Search would offer indexing and more advanced search capabilities with filtering. Smart Search has been greatly improved in Joomla 4. More streamlined, more performant, more modern. Find out how you can transition from one to the other on your site." |
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Video: Talking about Joomla 5 and More With Philip Walton
Catch up with Tim Davis and Philip Walton as they talk about Joomla 5 and many more topics, including documentation, automated testing, and the Google Summer of Code. |
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How to Use APIs in Joomla?
This is a great presentation by Peter Martin. He explains how to use external data in your Joomla 4 website. He also shows how provide data from your Joomla 4 website to external applications. |
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A New Book Called "Joomla! 4 Masterclass"
Luca Marzo has a new book out on Joomla 4. I've not read the book yet (it's released on January 13), but I do trust Luca's work. He has been involved with Joomla for many years and is the currently the Lead Editor for the Joomla Community Magazine. |
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Case Study: a Different Domain for Each Language
Marc Dechevre says, "Dealing with multilanguage websites might result in difficulties, especially when you have a different domain name for each of the languages handled. Let's see how to use Joomla 4 in a successful multilanguage and multidomain implementation." |
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