Yesterday, the Joomla Development team announced the release of Joomla 1.6 RC1. This is exciting news for the Joomla community, and a GREAT Christmas present. What does this mean to you? Should you upgrade or wait? Continue reading
When you’re working with a Joomla website, it’s very handly to be able to see the module positons on a live page. There are two ways to do this:
From the Joomla Administrator menu, select Extensions > Template Manager > your_template > Preview
Joomla displays your Home page with the module positions.
In a browser, enter your url + index.php?tp=1; for example, http://writenowdesign.com/index.php?tp=1
Joomla displays your Home page with the module positions.
Firebug Lite 3.1 is out. That’s good news for Safari users. It’s good news for all browser users. Up til now, the Firebug plugin was only available for Firefox and Chrome.
Firebug, the ultimate web developer’s tool, helps debug css code, javascript, and more. I use Firebug every day to help figure out css issues; if I had to pay for it, I would.
Now, with Firebug Lite, ALL modern browsers can take advantage of Firebug. Since Firebug Lite runs remotely, you don’t need to install or upgrade a plugin in your browser. Just click on the link to Firebug lite and you’ve got it. The disadvantage is that there is no Firebug button at the bottom of your browser screen to launch Firebug. And, there is no right click to select an element to inspect on the web page. Instead, with Firebug lite, you click on the Firebug Lite link to launch it. Once it’s launched, Control + Shift + C will activate the element selector.
But for those of you whose browser did not have a Firebug plugin, this version brings Firebug to the masses. To try it, go to this link:
http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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? Continue reading
Kuneri MobileJoomla provides instant conversion of your Joomla website for standard mobile phone platforms like iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry. Continue reading
Publishing to EzineArticles just got easier for WordPress bloggers thanks to EzineArticles new WordPress plugin. With EzineArticles’ new plugin, publishing your blog entries to EzineArticles is a two click process.
In case you don’t know, EzineArticles is an article portal. Their business model is to publish articles and get advertising dollars. In addition, EzineArticles, and many other like them, provide a great Search Engine Optimization tool for websites. By publishing articles on EzineArticles.com, you can help boost your website ranking: The more articles you have, the better the boost.
If you already have WordPress and you already publish articles to EzineArticles, the WordPress EzineArticles plugin is a must.
You can get the EzineArticles WordPress Plugin Here
On April 29 Steve Jobs made it perfectly clear that there will be no Flash for the iPhone. Many people seem to think that Flash for the iPhone is the Holey Grail, that once the iPhone gets Flash, it will be the ultimate smart phone (that and a wireless carrier other than AT&T). Continue reading
Firefox has a hidden feature for web designers: You can find line numbers on the View Source page. Continue reading