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How to embed a Wufoo form into a Joomla article

Posted by Richard Pearce
Richard Pearce
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on Friday, 17 February 2012
in Tutorial

Wufoo logoI am a fan of using Joomla for all your website needs wherever possible. However there are times when it might make sense to use an external solution. In this tutorial you will learn how to create forms using a popular service called Wufoo and embed the form into a Joomla article.

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Creating spaces around images

Posted by Richard Pearce
Richard Pearce
Owner of Build a Joomla Website. Responsible for 1 wife, 3 kids and 17 fish.
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on Friday, 10 February 2012
in Tutorial

Text aligned hard up against an imageDo you like to wrap your images around your text? The standard editor supplied with Joomla provides an alignment feature to do this, but this results in the image crashing in to the surrounding text. This tutorial demonstrates how to solve this through the use of a free extension that every Joomla site should use.

Tags: images, JCE, tutorial
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How to avoid the Joomla 2.5 upgrade blues

Posted by Richard Pearce
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on Friday, 3 February 2012
in General

Joomla 2.5 was released last week, but it has already received a security update. Version 2.5.1 is out now, so if you haven't yet made the switch from 1.7, now is the time to do so. We have seen some common issues occur during upgrades, so be sure to read on to ensure your upgrade is smooth and painless.

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What's new in Joomla 2.5?

Posted by Richard Pearce
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on Wednesday, 25 January 2012
in General

(VIDEO) I have picked through the 26 new features in Joomla 2.5 to bring you the top ten. Spend just 20 minutes watching this video to learn everything you need to know about the latest major Joomla release.

Tags: Joomla 2.5, video
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7 ways to make your Joomla site shine

Posted by Richard Pearce
Richard Pearce
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on Thursday, 19 January 2012
in General

We’re a couple of weeks into the new year and I’m ready to attack my website To Do list. I realised that a lot of points on my list would apply to your site too, so here are my 7 ways to make your Joomla site shine in 2012. Wish it were still 2009 – the title would have had a much nicer ring.

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Content

Posted by Richard Pearce
Richard Pearce
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on Monday, 16 January 2012
in Glossary
Content:
Anything that appears on a website. For example, text, images, audio and video.

A website without content is like a book without pages. Of course content is not a term unique to Joomla, but it is used a lot, so let's take a look at some usage examples.

Tags: content, glossary
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Using Form Fields in Joomla Templates

Posted by Robert Wilson
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on Wednesday, 7 December 2011
in Templates

Joomla template developers can include parameters that allow the site owner to change certain functionality from a simple interface within Administrator. This post explores this feature called Form Fields and gives you an overview of how you can include these with your own Joomla templates. 

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Website development prototypes

Posted by Richard Pearce
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on Thursday, 1 December 2011
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So you've just signed your first web development customer. You've collected a deposit. Now what?

For me, getting new clients has never been the problem. And once you follow the steps in our upcoming How to earn $4000 a month as a part time web developer, it won't be a problem for you either. No – the problem is getting through the work and in this post, you'll learn some tips on how to avoid falling into project hell.

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Joomla Template Module Styling

Posted by Robert Wilson
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on Wednesday, 23 November 2011
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As we teach in The Basics, modules can have different styles. The style of a module can be updated quickly and easily through the Module Class Suffix field as long as your template provider has included some extra styling options. If you’re the one designing the template, or if you just want to add your own styles to an existing template, here’s how it’s done.

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Web Development Sales Process

Posted by Richard Pearce
Richard Pearce
Owner of Build a Joomla Website. Responsible for 1 wife, 3 kids and 17 fish.
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on Wednesday, 16 November 2011
in General

There have been countless books written about how to sell and I can't begin to do justice to this topic here. However if you follow these principles, you'll leap ahead of the pack, gain confidence and make more money.

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