The Joomlashack Blog
Fixing the Joomla White Screen of Death
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 03 October 2018 03 October 2018
Sometimes you may change some code on your site or even install an extension, and then you refresh your website and all you see is a blank white screen.
In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to recover from the White Screen of Death (WSOD).
We'll show you how to find the error that's causing your WSOD, and we'll show you how to fix it.
Videos to Get You Started With Joomla Development
- Published: 30 July 2018 30 July 2018
How do I get started with building Joomla extensions?
That's a common question we get from people who join OSTraining for the first time. They want to know about the skills they will need, and what kind of classes they should take.
Here's an overview of everything you need to get started with Joomla development.
Read more: Videos to Get You Started With Joomla Development
10 Ways to Improve Your Joomla Contact Form
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 June 2018 08 June 2018
One question we frequently get is about the Joomla contact form. Some people think its too plain and want to redesign it or add features. Some people get too much spam.
This week we'll walk you through how to improve your Joomla contact form.
If you want to use the Joomla core, check out this guide: how to create Joomla contact forms.
But there are some serious limitations to the Joomla core. For example, you can't even store messages that are sent to you. So we highly recommend the Shack Forms extension for better Joomal contact forms.
How to Create a Joomla Contact Form Module
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 June 2018 08 June 2018
This tutorial will show you how to add a contact form to the front of your Joomla site.
This will allow people to contact you quickly without having to navigate through to a dedicated "Contact Us" page.
Send Your Joomla Forms Entries to Google Sheets
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 07 June 2018 07 June 2018
Our favorite Joomla forms extension is Shack Forms.
It has a ton of cool features that you won't find in many other Joomla forms. For example, you can store your entries in Google Sheets. Once your data is inside a Google sheet you can analyze, share or use the information in thousands of different ways.
Let's show you how to send your Joomla forms data to Google Sheets.
Open a Joomla Form by Clicking on a Menu Link
- Published: 04 June 2018 04 June 2018
Some websites make it really hard to contact them. The "Contact Us" page is hidden in the footer. The social media icons, if there any, lead to accounts where no-one ever replies.
Why not make it as easy as possible to contact you?!?
One good idea is to place a "Contact Us" in your menu. As soon as people click on it, they'll get a pop-up box with a contact form. Your visitors don't even need to visit a different page. That's as easy as it gets.
What is the Contact Creator Plugin in Joomla?
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 01 June 2018 01 June 2018
We've already written a tutorial on how to create Joomla contact forms using the core Joomla Contacts component.
There is also a plugin built into the core, which automates the creation of the contact form and adds new users to the contact list as soon as you create them.
This little plugin, called Contact Creator, will cut the work of adding contacts almost in half, or if used correctly, could automate it completely.
We recommend Shack Forms for any advanced Joomla contact forms, but there's a lot you can do with the Joomla core.
How to Embed Google Maps in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 21 February 2018 21 February 2018
Google Maps are some of the trickiest things to embed in any Joomla website. Or, at least they used to be. That's no longer the case, thanks to the OSEmbed extension.
Using OSEmbed, You can embed Google Maps into your Joomla site with just a URL. This feature is so cool that it's not even available in WordPress, which is famous for easy embeds.
How to Create HikaShop Product Characteristics and Variants
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 13 November 2017 13 November 2017
Last week, one of our customers asked how to set up HikaShop product variants.
HikaShop is one of our favorite e-commerce Joomla extensions.
We created the "How to Use the Hikashop Extension" video class to make learning HikaShop fun.
Read more: How to Create HikaShop Product Characteristics and Variants
Joomla Mobile Toolbar Module from JoomForest
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 25 July 2017 25 July 2017
A good navigation menu can hugely improve your website user experience. If your site does not have an easy to use navigation menu system, then your customers will most likely get confused and leave to your competitors. Keeping your site navigation menu as simple as possible, will increase your customer satisfaction and make them come back to your site for more.
JF Mobile Bar is a complete mobile navigation solution for Joomla. It can either partially or completely replace your Joomla template's own header or menu. It offers your mobile visitors a flawless browsing experience that is tailored specifically to small screens. This unique Joomla tool can also work on tablet or desktop browsers.