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Do You Need a CCK?

An introduction to K2.

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How to Preview Articles

Previewing articles in Joomla has always been tricky, and it’s even trickier in Joomla 1.6, but we’re here to help.

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murtaza
How can we preview article in browser window just like wordpress?
Wednesday, 13 June 2012 20:46
Richard Pearce
This process is helpful if you just want to use the Joomla core. But there are extensions that can make life easier. See http://ex... Read More
Thursday, 14 June 2012 12:34
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Create anchor links to article titles

Sometimes when you have a list of articles on one page, such as a category blog layout, you might like to create a link to that page that jumps straight to the start of a particular article. It is easy to create an anchor within an article with Joomla, but making the title an anchor is rather tricky. Here's how to do it.

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Add flair to your headings with Google Web Fonts

Have you ever wanted to use a specific font on your website, only to be thwarted by the limitations of web-friendly fonts and CSS? This tutorial demonstrates how to use Google Web Fonts on your Joomla powered website.
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Richard Pearce
Not easily. Sometimes template providers have an option in the template settings. Otherwise you need to do this in the template CS... Read More
Friday, 24 August 2012 17:11
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Joomla 1.6 Categories

We've received a lot of emails asking about the different method that is used when storing articles in Joomla 1.6. The good news is, it's really easy and very similar to 1.5.

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Give your articles some style

Many of the pre-made Joomla templates available today include various formatting options to improve the look of elements within your article. For example, if you wish to highlight a paragraph, you can include a style that displays the text inside a colored box.

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Joomla Banner Ads

Whether you're looking to sell advertising space on your website or promote your own activities, you need to understand how the Joomla banner feature works. This can be daunting for beginners so here is an overview of the process.

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Reset the Administrator password

The time is going to come when you forget the Administrator password for one of your sites. Or you might be unlucky enough to have your site hacked and the password changed. Now although there is no method to reset the password using Joomla via the web, there are a couple of methods you can try.

This post includes a video tutorial.

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Dave Fletcher
SET LIFESAVER = Richard Pearce works great!!
Thursday, 27 September 2012 03:56
adam j edgar
Whilst I'm in no need of rescue on this topic right now, well worth keeping in the information vault for administrators. Great tut... Read More
Sunday, 14 October 2012 07:33
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Even rain can't spoil this Picnik

Rightly or wrongly, web developers feel a sense of ownership over their finished work. In the past, whenever a website update was required, the website owner asked the developer to make the change and all was good. Joomla allows site owners to make their own updates but developers get cranky when their hard work is ruined by the site owner. Keep your developer happy (and your site visitors too) by avoiding the following common mistake.
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Adding captions to your images

There are a few methods available to add captions to images that appear in your Joomla articles. The easiest solution is to use a free extension called EasyImageCaption.

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