We're often asked how to create an effective and good-looking business directory. Here are a few places to start looking.
We're often asked how to create an effective and good-looking business directory. Here are a few places to start looking.
Free Joomla templates are not difficult to come by. Quality free Joomla templates are another story. In this post we feature 12 of the best free Joomla 2.5 templates.
When writing web content, you often want to preview how an article will appear before it's published. This provides an opportunity to check that everything looks sensible, especially the positioning of images. However Joomla does not provide a preview feature and although there is a workaround, it's a bit clumsy. In this post I demonstrate how to preview Joomla articles using a free extension.
One of the first things I looked for after discovering Joomla was a free form builder. Most sites require a basic contact form. Other sites might need to collect unique data or conduct a survey or create a simple order form. This post reveals the current state of play of free Joomla form builders.
Working with forms in Joomla is probably one of the most popular requested topics. We've already covered one great solution, Wufoo forms, and now I will share another option, Google Forms.
The first half of our much anticipated revamped Joomla Users series is now available to Joomla Pro members. This function received a massive overhaul when Joomla 1.6 was released and beginners can find this very difficult to understand. Our course breaks this down into simple steps and includes examples.
A common question we receive is "do I have to install a unique instance of Joomla for every site?" Although there are some multi-site solutions, the majority of Joomla webmasters stick with a single installation per site. That's fine when you have one or two sites, but managing several sites can be a pain. There are also many other features that I would like to see within Administrator. Read on to discover where the problems lie, what features I would like to see and why I'm doing nothing about it.
It's one thing to know how to build a Joomla website, but doing it well can be a lot harder. One of the challenges beginners face is understanding how to crop images which is an important technique, especially when you have a specific space to fill. This post provides some simple tips to instantly transform your images.
The access control list (ACL) feature in Joomla 1.5 is quite basic and this was seen by many as its greatest weakness. Version 1.6 changed everything, but for some the opposite became true - the ACL was now too complicated. If this is the case for you, learn how to gain control again with this review of an extension called ACL Manager.
There are several ways to install Joomla, and we teach the most common methods in The Basics. But if you want to outsource this task and can scrape together 5 bucks, check out this resource.