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. (more…)

Filtered News is a Joomla Module that allows you to show article leads in a module position, and it has all of the configuration that is missing from the standard Joomla Module Newsflash and What’s New: multiple display layouts, configurable content elements, text character number limit, include image, and more. (more…)

Kuneri MobileJoomla provides instant conversion of your Joomla website for standard mobile phone platforms like iPhone,  Android, and BlackBerry. (more…)

aiContactSafe contact form component for Joomla is perfect. For years I have struggled with contact forms on Joomla…and wasted a LOT of time. The default Joomla contact form is very limited: you can’t add extra fields and there is no captcha to prevent spamming. And I’ve tried many other form extensions. Although they are good for creating complex forms, they are overly complicated for creating a simple contact form. (more…)

I just spent several hours trying to figure out why the JCal Pro Latest Events Module would not display events, even though there were events to be displayed. (more…)

I finally tried the Joomla file management / FTP component, eXtplorer: it’s awesome and I intend on making it part of my default list of Joomla extensions I install when I build a new Joomla site. (more…)

If you don’t make regular backups of your Joomla website, you are like a person with no health insurance: you’re fine until a disaster hits you. Don’t get caught without site insurance: Make regular, complete backups of your website. (more…)

I recently reviewed Joomla photo galleries and decided there were no good Joomla photo galleries. After giving Phoca Gallery another try, I’ve changed my mind. (more…)

I just installed Joomlaworks Tabs and Slides in Content plugiin for Joomla 1.5. This plugin is perfect: free, simple to install, and easy to implement. (more…)