Richard Pearce

The latest contender for the Joomla ecommerce crown has arrived. AceShop integrates the popular OpenCart application into Joomla. Does the combination of the stable OpenCart platform and the flexibility of Joomla lead to the ultimate ecommerce solution? We decided to find out.

Various functions in Joomla require certain text to be displayed. These values are stored in various text files and previously you could only change the text by finding and downloading the correct file, changing the text and then uploading the file again. And then repeating the process if you got it wrong. Fortunately there is a much easier solution now and this post explains how to use the language override feature.

The first Joomla!Day was held in 2006 in The Netherlands. Discover some interesting facts about this and subsequent Dutch JoomlaDays in this amazing infographic. 

If you operate a business you may have run a SWOT analysis at some stage. This planning approach examines your organisation's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. When choosing a piece of software, or in our case a content management system, it's common to examine the first two – strengths and weaknesses. But what about the other two? Let's leave opportunities for another day and in this post ask the question "What is Joomla's greatest threat?"

The tool we have previously recommended for resizing images is about to disappear. This post introduces you to a great replacement that's not only dead simple to use, but a lot of fun too.

Google is informing Joomla users of outdated versions of their sites.

Users:

the people who view and optionally manage a website. There are several types of Joomla users and various permissions can be assigned to groups of users.

Two weeks ago I asked the question "What is your favourite Joomla 2.5 feature" and asked you to comment on the upgrade process. Some of the comments suggested that upgrading was a frustrating experience. This got me to thinking that Joomla might be in danger of falling off a cliff. Is this the beginning of the end or the beginning of a new era? 

Towards the end of 2011, we produced a course called "How to earn $4000 a month as a part-time Joomla developer". The main challenge for most people starting a business is making sales and this is especially difficult with web development. So many businesses already have a website and therefore don't see the need to build it again. However the proliferation of smartphones has changed everything. This post explains how to make money developing mobile-friendly Joomla websites.

Articles:

The main type of content that appears on a Joomla powered website.