I recently installed FireBoard with my Joomla installation, which also uses Community Builder. One thing I noticed is the absence of a decent set of step-by-step instructions for the FireBoard install. I’ll list here the quick and dirty installation instructions … Read More
This addition to the Joomla Documentation addresses adding/editing/managing images for both Static and regular Content Items. The editor an Administrator will be using is JCE Editor, which provides more advanced tools then Joomla’s default editor TinyMCE. The following instructions will … Read More
There’s a component from the Joomla Extension Gallery called perForms which helps you create custom forms for your Joomla powered Web sites. I’ll list below the simple steps to install perForms. The first thing to know is that perForms is … Read More
I needed a simple Joomla slideshow recently. After downloading, installing, and taking test drives of a few of them, I decided to go with the Joomla SmoothGallery + Lightbox Mambot. I had to make a few hacks to make it … Read More
These sets of steps are for moving a Joomla site from one linux server to another. This is documented mainly for my own reference, and I think it might make some assumptions, but if you’d like to give it a … Read More
I was recently trying to figure out how display sublevel menu items with the Joomla menu style set as Flatlist. I found a post here: http://www.joomlajunkie.com/read-our-blog/p,2/ You can search the page for this single posting: Oke, I did a little … Read More
Going to document the installation procedure for the JCal Pro calendar extension for Joomla. This extension is by Anything-Digital.Com, published as free software under the GNU General Public License. The documentation for JCal Pro is done very nicely. I’ll follow … Read More
I recently had had enough of Joomla’s default content editor reformatting the html source in my static and content items. Joomla’s default editor is TinyMCE, and it’s a pretty capable option for editing. However, I’m often editing the html directly … Read More
It’s very simple to link to an iFrame with Joomla by using Wrapper and the menu item. Below are the steps to follow in order to link to an iFrame through the Joomla administrator: 1. fire up you admin 2. … Read More
Joomla installs with a default of only 3 to 4 items on the home page (depending on your column configuration). I found it was somewhat complicated to find the administrative screen allowing you to increase the number of content items … Read More
It’s well known that Joomla’s core user management and access tools are lacking. I have begun using JaclPlus to provide multiple levels of access to my Web site’s content. Here’s a summary description of JaclPlus from the Joomla Extensions Directory … Read More
Like everything else, it seems that it takes some time to figure something out. A client of mine needed the ability to easily add images within their Joomla Content Items and more importantly, they needed to allow Joomla Authors to … Read More