Akeeba Backup component for Joomla is a great piece of software: it makes Joomla site backup a one-click process. If your site gets hacked or corrupted and you have no clean backup, you have no excuse. Get Akeeba Backup! Read more »

I build custom Joomla templates, so I don’t often use commercial templates. But to save money, clients can start with a commercial Joomla template and save a LOT of development cost. Read more »

Joomla has a little known feature that makes it very easy to add modules to your articles. New Joomla tutorial: Adding a module to a Joomla Article.

I just installed and configured Music Collection, a music management component for Joomla. After looking at several Joomla music management components, it stands out as the best solution with the most features. Read more »

Joomla allows you to assign modules to pages that are linked to a menu. Unfortunately, you cannot assign a module to a page that is not linked to a menu. For example, you can link to a Section or Category and when you click that link, it will display links to all articles in the Section or Category. Unfortunately, you cannot assign a module to the articles that are listed for a Section or Category. The only way to get a module to appear on these articles is to link those articles directly to the menu or to assign the module to ALL pages. But neither of these solutions is practical if you want to automatically list all articles in a Section or Category. MetaMod to the rescue. Read more »

The MotionX-GPS for iPhone is a great GPS and very accurate, with or without a cell/data signal. I’ve been using a Garmin eTrex Vista C for 4 years, but it’s just one more piece of equipment to carry. And since I almost always have my iPhone when I’m skiing, hiking, or biking, having a GPS on my phone seemed too good to be true. But it’s not. Read more »

My Logitech Wireless Mouse started failing after about two years of constant use.  I replaced it with Apple’s Magic Mouse and am glad I did. Read more »

Joomla websites can be slow, especially if you have a lot of extensions installed. Slow page speeds drive customers away from your website. Furthermore, since Google might consider page speed in its ranking, it’s more important than ever to have fast page speeds. JCH Optimize, a plugin for Joomla, is a fast, free, and easy way to speed up your site immediately. Read more »

AlphaRegistration for Joomla improves on the default Joomla Registration Component by adding Re Captcha to the registration process. In addition, it adds a visual, 3-step process and indicator to help eliminate confusion about the verification email sent during the registration process. Read more »

I just installed WordPress 3.0 and everything went without a hitch. Well, almost. More on that later. I just clicked the Upgrade button and my WordPress blog was upgraded from 2.9.x to 3.0. This WordPress upgrade includes 2,700 changes and 1,200 bug fixes. Should you upgrade? Read more »