Monthly Archives: April 2010

Joomla Extension Review: 2J News Slider

The 2J News Slider is a great, commercial Joomla News component that creates a slideshow from your articles. If you want an automatic slideshow that shows the article intro and thumbnail for articles in a section or category, this is the tool.

This Joomla News Slider cost $30, but it’s well worth it. 2J News Slider is easy to set up and configure. Just publish the module to a position and point it at a section or category. If you want, the look and feel can be adjusted using the CSS style sheet.

Features:

  • random article selection
  • configurable article rotation: ordering, creation date, hits, or votes
  • show article titles only
  • several transition / fade effects to choose from

If you want to add some zing to your home page, this is a great Joomla News component.

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Mac: Use Spotlight to Launch Apps

Are you a person who prefers to use the keyboard instead of the mouse. Spotlight, on Max OS X, makes a great application launcher. You can use Spotlight to launch any application right from your keyboard, and you don’t have to remember any commands.

To use Spolight to launch an application:

  1. Push Command (?) + Spacebar to activate Spotlight.
  2. Begin typing the name of the application you want to launch; for example, “Dr” for DreamWeaver. Spotlight will list items that begin with those letters.
  1. Use the Up or Down arrow key to make your selection.
  2. Once the application is selected, push the Return key. Mac launches the application.
  3. That’s it.

The beauty of this method is that it works no matter where you are. You can be in any application and lauch another applicaiton.

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