Alright all you, Joomla marketers and developers, this one's for you. It's time to make your life easier. Don't have your attention yet? Everything here is also free to install on your Joomla website.
There, now I got ya. Win-win, right?
Right.
Ok, let's start making your Joomla dreams come true with these 5 Free Joomla Extensions that will save your life.
1. Advanced Module Manager
This is an extension that absolutely is a must-have. It completely changes the way your module manager works. It allows you to assign modules to just about anything you want instead of only to certain menu items. The Advanced Module Manager's includes:
Additional features
- Edit modules in modal popups
- Color code modules
- Hide empty modules
Additional Publishing Assignments for your Modules:
- Mirror other modules
- Menu Items
- Homepage
- Date Range
- URLs
- Browsers
- Components
- Tags
- Joomla Content
2. JSN Power Admin
JSN Power Admin is described as being built with one goal mind and that was to make Joomla easy, and that, it does. JSN Power Admin allows you to control all website content in one place. Just what the doctored right?
Manage menus, components and modules and easily edit details and reordering items with drag-n-drop usability. Say goodbye to comparing front-end and back-end content and also easily be able to edit, uninstall or duplicate existing template styles.
3. JCE Joomla Content Editor
Here it is, the answer to all of you non-coders' dreams! Post articles seamlessly since this editor does not require you to learn or know HTML or CSS. The JCE Content Editor is a familiar interface to virtually anyone who is computer savvy. It resembles an older version of Microsoft Word buttons, making formatting options easy to understand and intuitive.
Easily insert images into articles, create links to other sections, categories and articles in your site using a practical link browser. Also, don't forget to take advantage of the spellchecker. Overall, it's an excellent extension that everyone should be using.
4. K2
But, what good is an awesome content editor without an awesome place to put it? That's where K2 comes in. K2 was built as a complete replacement for the default article system in Joomla.
After you install this extension, you can import your articles from the default system and you'll get a whole new array of features:
- Rich content forms
- Easy image management
- Comments
- Tagging
- Easy frontend editing
- Option to create product catalogs
- Easy templating
K2 is a great content management option for for both small sites and larger complex sites. You can easily create category specific content types relevant to your website such as blog, article, product page and directory listing. K2's goal is not only to save time when it comes to website management, but also to improve performance.
5. Sourcerer
The Sourcerer extension allows you place code anywhere. Whether it be PHP or any style of HTML (including CSS and Javascript), you are able to place it right into your content including articles, sections, categories, modules, components and META tags. The only thing that is required once you put your code into the WYSIWYG editor is to surround the code with Sourcerer tags.
It also features an easy to use editor button that allows you to paste your code in a clean format, which is a very nice advantage. Using Sourcerer tags will also not strip out parts of your HTML code either like other Joomla editors.
Among these 5 Joomla extensions, your company is bound to find something to benefit from. These are excellent free tools you can use in numerous ways to make work more efficient as a developer or marketer and create a better experience for your customers.
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