Showing an RSS Feed in a Drupal Block
In this tutorial we’ll show you how to place an RSS feed inside a block. You can then display that RSS feed anywhere around your theme. We don’t need any extra modules this week as we’ll be using the core…
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How to Create a Blog Using Joomla
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…
How to Make Sure a Joomla Page is Private
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…
How to Add a PayPal Donation Button
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…
How to Change Joomla’s Read More Text
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%…
How to Use Joomla’s Module Suffixes
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…
Add a List of Related Articles to Your Joomla Site
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…
Track Search Queries on Your Joomla Site
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…
Add a Contact Form Module to Your Joomla Site
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…
Setting up a Joomla Business Directory or Yellow Pages
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…