Joomla Blog

As Facebook has become the definitive standard for social networking online, more and more web developers are looking for better and easier ways of working it into their websites. This is just as true for the Joomla world. What's great about using a CMS like Joomla is that you have so many options for including services like Facebook into your web pages. We've come across another easy way to do it.

JoomShaper has released its latest responsive Joomla template, Edumatics, which is powered by JomSocial's solid social networking capabilities and is aimed at the education provider market.

JoomShaper has released a responsive Joomla template that allows organizers of parties, seminars, conferences and festivals to display their events along with a deadline countdown and a purchase button.

SP Stock uses the Yahoo stock API to display stock data about various companies easily within a Joomla Module position. This is perfect for a news or portal site, and is free to download and use.

One common question we receive is "how do you create a blog using Joomla?" Last week I wrote a post titled The Five Best Blogging Tools for Joomla!. In this video I show you how to create a blog that includes commenting and social sharing using the Joomla core and free extensions. The process is easy and it takes less than ten minutes.

JoomShaper has just released Shaper News - III, a news portal template for Joomla that is focused strongly on a "crystal clear layout." The focus on simplicity and clarity is meant to allow Joomla news site owners to concentrate on reaching out to people and changing minds, instead of trying to find the best colors and layout for their web portal.

Template developer JoomShaper, creators of the Helix Framework, have release an all new responsive Joomla template aimed at the corporate world. The template boasts "8 elegant clean and clear styles" and features support for K2.