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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 the current article and automatically listing other articles that have the most matching keywords. Related articles lists are: … good for Search Engine Optimization because the search engines can find accurate and descriptive links to other pages on your site. … good for your users because they can find other articles similar to the one they’re already reading … which…

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 is really popular, it might be because people can’t find it using your current menus … it might be time to add a new menu link. They show you what visitors really want: You may think people want “pink widgets” but search terms might show that people really want “blue widgets”.

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.…

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 component. Go to Administrator >> Extensions >> Install / Uninstall and upload the Sobi2 files. Click “Install Sobi2 data” Go to Menus >> Main Menu and click “New” Choose Sobi2 >> Frontpage or Selected Category for your menu link. Give the link a title such as “Directory” and click save. Visit the front of your site and click on the…

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…