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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 1: Click here to download the Rapid Contact module. Login to the Administrator area of your Joomla site.
• Step 2: Go to the Administrator area of your Joomla site and click on Extensions >> Install / Uninstall
• Step 3: Upload the Rapid Contact module.
• Step 4: Go to Extensions >> Module Manager then find and open the Rapid Contact module.
• Step 5: On the right-hand side, under “Module Parameters” enter all the details you’d like to use on the contact form. Click “Apply” and check the contact form on the front of your site.

A note of caution: contact forms are susceptible to spam. If you find yourself receiveing spam emails from this form, go to “Module Parameters” and right at the bottom you will be select and enable a spam-blocking question.

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

1. Click here to download the Sobi2 component.
2. Go to Administrator >> Extensions >> Install / Uninstall and upload the Sobi2 files.
3. Click “Install Sobi2 data”
4. Go to Menus >> Main Menu and click “New”
5. Choose Sobi2 >> Frontpage or Selected Category for your menu link. Give the link a title such as “Directory” and click save.
6. Visit the front of your site and click on the new “Directory” link. It should look like the screenshot on the right:

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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 that it simply overkill for many sites.

Fortunately, some simpler and easier shopping carts have recently been released and perhaps the best of the bunch is RokQuickCart from Rockettheme.com.

It does have basic tax and shipping options, plus support for either PayPal or Google Checkout. It doesn’t have the ability to put products into categories or have custom fields for products (except color and size). Really it’s ideal for a website selling up to 20 or 30 products.

 

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