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Joomla ACL Actions Explained

Joomla ACL Actions ExplainedThe Joomla Access Control List feature allows site owners to place users into groups and those groups can be given permissions as to who can create and manage content. This post explains the different actions that groups can perform.

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Randy Levine
Richard, Thanks so much for this tutorial. You have a knack for summing up very difficult concepts and making them seem easy. Up ... Read More
Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:31
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The 5 steps to securing Joomla content

Joomla ACLThe Joomla ACL provides two main functions; it can restrict who can view certain content and who can take action on content items, for example create an article. This post explains the basic steps for the first part - how to restrict which users can view content.

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Richard Pearce
You need a programmer to help with this. Although you could create individual users and groups, this is a messy solution. You real... Read More
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:20
ALAN HAYWARD
Hi Richard I have recently set up paypal pay now buttons on my joomla 2.5 (soon to be 3.x) site. I know how to set up paypal to di... Read More
Saturday, 30 May 2015 17:58
Richard Pearce
Strictly speaking this is hard, but it depends on how securely you want to protect the page. If you just want to send them to a pa... Read More
Sunday, 31 May 2015 10:18
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Multi Profiles Plugin

The Joomla ACL is incredibly flexible but there are a couple of areas where in some circumstances, it might not provide the features you need. For example the frontend registration option assigns users to a group that you specify. But what if you need to give your user the choice as to which group they can join? This post answers introduces you to an extensions that solves this dilemma.

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First steps with the Joomla ACL

Joomla version 1.6 was released in January last year and it heralded a vast array of improvements. The biggest change was to the access control list which is the feature that implements permissions that determine who can view certain content items and who can manage content. It is a powerful and flexible system, but it is not intuitive and requires good planning. This is the first of several articles discussing how to use the Joomla ACL.

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AceShop Review: First Look

aceshopThe 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.

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Peter
As a relatively new Joomla developer I was pretty nervous about upgrading one of my sites to add a shop. However I was pleasantly ... Read More
Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:01
Murray Cowell
A solid, reliable alternative to Virtuemart is certainly needed. I'd be very interested to see a series of reviews of alternative ... Read More
Saturday, 28 April 2012 22:01
Mikael Pettersson
My company is in the process of building our new ecommerce collution based on aceshop. The issues we are experiencing are mostly r... Read More
Monday, 30 April 2012 17:23
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Language overrides from Administrator

Language file overrideVarious 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.

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Jonathan Frewin
That's great Richard but can you change typeface/colour?
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 02:07
Brad Hamilton
Now there is a compelling reason to upgrade to 2.5!
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 09:53
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Awesome Joomla!Days Infographic

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

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Joomla's greatest threat

Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities ThreatsIf 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?"

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Christopher Bookwalter
I think that this is a very interesting topic to be concerned about. I think Joomla is going to be safe at least for awhile as it... Read More
Friday, 13 April 2012 13:01
Pat Vanden Bosche
Great post, Richard. I'm going to post it on my Facebook business page PatVB-Web-Design so it will help drive traffic your way. ... Read More
Friday, 13 April 2012 13:33
Richard Pearce
I talk about security a bit in Joomla Pro. Keep Joomla current. Keep your extensions current. Use a good host. This blog is powe... Read More
Friday, 13 April 2012 13:44
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Picnik Replacement

Picnik alternativeThe 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.

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Ian Hayward
Hi Richard I stumbled across a free utility that I have found invaluable. It's called Fast Stone Photo Resizer - http://www.fast... Read More
Thursday, 05 April 2012 02:05
John Miley
Richard, Another tool is at http://www.imageoptimizer.net/Pages/Home.aspx John... Read More
Thursday, 05 April 2012 09:54
Richard Pearce
This post was shared at LinkedIn and created a lively discussion. So for more thoughts, see http://lnkd.in/pa8cEx... Read More
Tuesday, 10 April 2012 20:34
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Google Webmasters Warning

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

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Andrew
Looks like I'm almost two years late with a comment. Having had two (1.5) sites hacked through a loophole in an extension maybe i... Read More
Friday, 08 March 2013 12:26
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