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6 Essential Health Checks for Your Joomla Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 05 December 2018 05 December 2018
Over the last few years, we've helped a lot of people fix problems with their Joomla sites.
Although the problems sound different, we've found that many can be fixed with only six solutions.
If you implement all six, you'll have a safer, healthier and faster Joomla site.
Here are those six solutions.
JCal Pro Tutorials - Set up a Joomla Calendar
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 04 December 2018 04 December 2018
JCal Pro is the premier events calendar for Joomla and has been actively developed since 2006. It comes with gorgeous and responsive templates that will nicely fit with any site and any color scheme.
In this list of useful resources, you will learn whether it's right for your site, where to download it, and how to fully take advantage of all its features.
The 5 Best Joomla Calendar Extensions
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 04 December 2018 04 December 2018
If so, you have a lot of choices available. There are over 160 extensions listed in the "Calendars & Events" directory on Joomla.org.
So, if you want a powerful calendar to show on your Joomla site, you'll need to choose from one of these extensions. Here's our ranking of the 5 best Joomla calendar and events extensions. We tested dozens of these extensions and compared their pros and cons.
How to Search and Replace Across a Joomla Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 03 December 2018 03 December 2018
Sometimes you have text, an image, a URL, or even code that appears on many places throughout your Joomla site. Normally, replacing them is a slow process:
- You open one page.
- You make a change.
- You close the page.
- You repeat this process for another page and so on.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to run a search and replace across your Joomla site in one fell swoop.
Solving the Invalid Token Error in Joomla
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 30 November 2018 30 November 2018
As a Joomla user, you've likely experienced the "Invalid Token" error when logging into your site.
You've probably had questions about it from users or customers who wanted it resolved.
In the following tutorial, we'll cover what it is and how to resolve it. Unlike other solutions you might find, this won't involve a core hack and it won't compromise your site's security.
How to Create a Joomla Module
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 30 November 2018 30 November 2018
Oftentimes you need to display a small block with some information on your Joomla site. It could be, for example, a block with an offer, or with a tip, or with a newsflash.
This is exactly what Joomla modules are for. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create your own basic Joomla module even if you don't know how to code.
Play MP3 Files on Your Joomla Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 28 November 2018 28 November 2018
One of our customers asked how to play MP3 audio files on their Joomla site. Such files can significantly enhance your site content and help you achieve your site goals.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to embed an MP3 audio file in a Joomla article. You will learn to achieve this using the AllVideos plugin from JoomlaWorks.net.
Joomla 3 Sample Data: What Are the Options?
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 20 November 2018 20 November 2018
When you install a Joomla site you get a lot of options for sample data. These can be very useful if you are new to Joomla, or setting up a site quickly.
With Joomla, you have 6 different sample data options, and we're going to explain what they all do.
When you get to the final step of the Joomla 3 installation process, you'll see these 6 options:
3 Best Options to Prevent Fake Joomla Registrations
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 12 November 2018 12 November 2018
One of our customers has been getting a ton of fake automated registrations on their Joomla site. Those spam bots clutter your genuine web traffic. Deleting fake accounts they create is also a very time-consuming task.
Here are the 3 best options to prevent fake Joomla registrations:
- The core reCAPTCHA plugins.
- Double opt-in registration.
- OSpam-a-not extension.
In this post, I will give you a brief tour of these options to put the fake registrations to stop.
Read more: 3 Best Options to Prevent Fake Joomla Registrations
How to Update Joomla to Use PHP 7
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 01 November 2018 01 November 2018
PHP 7 is the fastest PHP version yet. Simply changing the PHP version to 7 can make your Joomla site run 50% faster or more.
We get questions often about how to upgrade to a new PHP version, so we figured we should write a short tutorial for it. This tutorial will explain how Joomla interacts with PHP and how to update to PHP 7.
It's written at a beginner level and doesn't get into too much technical jargon - just enough to understand the process.