People often ask “what’s the best blog extension for Joomla?”. Our answer: “how about Joomla itself?”. We use Joomla for our blog on alledia.com and get 10s of 1000s of visitors every month. Here’s how to set up a blog…
Often you have pages on your website that you want to keep private – either for your staff or for you registered members. This week we’ll walk you through how to keep search engine bots from indexing certain articles. Method…
As the season of giving and good will toward others is upon us what better time to collect donations for your favorite charity, organization or cause. This week we’ll show you how to do just that by adding a PayPal…
One of the most famous blogging experts is Brain Clark on Copyblogger. He recently wrote a post about the “Click Here problem”. He quotes research that shows how often people click on different kinds of link: “Click to continue”: 8.53%…
Joomla templates allow you to redesign your site easily. They also allow you style your modules. Your login box can have one color, your “Latest News” can have another color and your “Most Popular News” can have third. This image…
This tutorial will show you how to create a list of related articles for your Joomla website. You can see an example on the right-hand side of this site in the “Related Articles” module. Joomla is analysing the keywords in…
This tutorial will show you how to track search queries on your Joomla site. Often these queries can be a great source of information about what your visitors want: They show you what visitors can’t find: If one search term…
This tutorial will show you how to add a contact form to the front of your Joomla site. This will allow people to contact you easily and quickly without having to navigate through to a dedicated “Contact Us” page. Step…
This tutorial which will show you how to create a business directory or Yellow Pages on your Joomla site. We’re going to use a component called Sobi2, which is available from www.sigsiu.net. Installing Sobi2 Click here to download the Sobi2…
One of the most common questions we get from Joomla learners is … How do I set up a shopping cart with Joomla? For several years the only option was Virtuemart. However, Virtuemart is a very large and complex product…