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7 of our favorite presentations from the Joomla World Conference
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 08 January 2013 08 January 2013
This November was the first Joomla World Conference in California.
There were over 80 presentations at the conference and nearly all of them can now be watched on Joomla's YouTube channel.
To save you time, we've picked 7 of our favorite presentations.
These presentations include keynotes and how-tos. They also cover a wide variety of topics, from Mozilla and internationalizing Joomla to Bootstrap and Node.js.
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How to Upgrade from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 06 January 2013 06 January 2013
In this tutorial, we're going show you how to update from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3.
The update process from Joomla 2.5 to 3 does work and in this tutorial, we're going to show you how to use it.
Joomlashack also has Joomla migration tutorials available. Watch those videos, and you should be ready to migrate. If you need help, click here to talk with the Joomlashack migration experts.Using Videos to Train Your Clients
- Published: 17 December 2012 17 December 2012
Rod Martin, our Director of Online Training, presented at the Joomla World Conference in November.
Rod is in charge of creating all our videos, and his presentation in San Jose was called, "Using Videos to Train Your Clients":
Case Study: Migrating from Joomla 1.5 to 2.5
- Published: 06 November 2012 06 November 2012
Last month we completed the migration of our main OSTraining.com site to Joomla 2.5.
We learned so much during the migration that we decided to turn it into a case study for others who also wanted to move to 2.5.
Our site is a fairly large one with arond 10,000 users, 7000 articles and 60,000 forum posts. Here's an overview of the process we went through to move the site to Joomla 2.5.
Connecting to Joomla 2.5 Via XMLRPC
- Published: 25 October 2012 25 October 2012
XMLRPC is an old, but widely used tool for connecting websites to other applications.
If you're using XMLRPC to connect to Joomla, there's a good chance that you're using desktop software such as Windows Live Writer or Screensteps. Even some more modern software such as ScribeFire relies on XMLRPC. All of these applications will connect to Joomla and automatically upload blog posts and images for you.
This tutorial will show you how to connect to a Joomla 2.5 site using XMLRPC.
10 Great, Mobile-Ready Joomla Templates
- Published: 09 October 2012 09 October 2012
You probably know that Joomla has made great progress in becoming mobile-ready.
Joomla 3 was the first major CMS to be completely mobile-ready for visitors and administrators.
Joomla template designers are also making great progress in preparing for mobile use.
Here are 10 of the best mobile-ready Joomla templates:
Magic Quotes Error With Joomla 3 Installation
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 09 October 2012 09 October 2012
We've had a few members report a problem when installing Joomla 3.
Basically their hosting service is out-of-date or incorrectly set up. During the installation they get an error message saying that something called "Magic Quotes" needs to be turned off.
Here's an explanation of that problem and how you can fix it.
How to Update from Joomla 3.0.0 to Joomla 3.0.1
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 03 October 2012 03 October 2012
This tutorial will show you how to update from Joomla 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, which is a bit different than normal.
JFusion Integrates Joomla With Other Software
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 01 October 2012 01 October 2012
jFusion is one of the best and most reliable ways to share users between Joomla and other software.
jFusion allows you to share Joomla user accounts with a long list of other software including WordPress, Magento, Mediawiki, Moodle, Os Commerce, PHBB, SMF, Vbulletin, Docuwiki, Efront, Gallery2 and more.
A Video on Understanding Joomla Versions
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 24 September 2012 24 September 2012
There are three versions of Joomla available at the moment.
- 3 is the latest new version.
- 2.5 is the current, popular version.
- 1.5 is the older, reliable version.
With three versions around, we decided to make one simple, straightforward video that would explain how Joomla versions work and which one you should use. Here's that video: