ECWID shopping cart is a fast and easy way to get a great Joomla shopping cart on your website. And it’s FREE! Continue reading
Category Archives: Joomla
Joomla: Require Administrator Approval for User Registrations
In Joomla 1.7, there is a new setting that allows you to specify that a Joomla Administrator must approve all Joomla User registrations.
Joomla Template Overrides and Layout Override Explained
Joomla template and layout overrides provide a powerful way to modify the look or functionality of a module, component, or menu item type.
Click here to learn how to use these two powerful Joomla layout functions.
Joomla 1.5 All-In-One Patch / Upgrade
Custom Templates and Joomla Upgrade for http://whisperingtree.net
A few months ago, we updated the X-Cart portion of http://whisperingtree.net. And last week we upgraded their site from Joomla 1.0 to 1.7 and created a custom Joomla template.
The migration was a big task since they have over 1000 articles. We used the default Joomla upgrade and migration tools and then built and custom Joomla template to work with Joomla 1.7.
Review: Chronoforms 4 for Joomla 1.5 and 1.7
Chronoforms released version 4 for Joomla 1.5 and Joomla 1.7, and it’s a great upgrade. With a new interface and an amazing form-building wizard, this is the most powerful version of Chronoforms so far. Continue reading
How to Upgrade Joomla 1.0 or 1.5 to 1.7
If you are thinking of upgrading Joomla 1.0 or Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 1.7, it’s a long and winding road, but if you have the necessary skills, it’s not too bad of a journey, thanks to the great upgrade tools.
Review: GCalendar, Google Calendar for Joomla
GCalendar for Joomla is a great extension for displaying a Google calendar on a Joomla page or in a module position. Of course, if you have Joomla configured to allow iFrames, you can easily inset the Google Calendar iFrame code, but this method does not allow you to configure the calendar colors: you’re stuck with the Google blue outline of the calendar. Continue reading
How to create an image popup using JCE Media Box
JCE 2.0 makes is very easy to add an image popup to a Joomla article.
Click here to find out how to create popup images using JCE Media Box.
Use Joomla’s Save as Copy Feature to Quickly Build Your Site
Joomla’s new Save as Copy feature (starting with version 1.6) is a great time saver. Before Save as Copy, in order to copy an article, menu item, or module, you had to first create one of these items, save and close it, use the copy function, and the copied article. Now, with Save as Copy, you can create a new article, click Save, and then click Save as Copy to create another and another and another until you have all your articles and menu items built. This is a very fast way to get a site up and running.
Click here to find out how to use Joomla’s Save as Copy feature.