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I found Livefyre comments through TechCrunch. So I was wondering how would it look on Joomla? Looks quite nice and installation is easy. Livefyre offers their own solution for Joomla, which can be downloaded here, I went the other way and used RokComments to include Livefyre comments to Joomla. Waiting until Livefyre gets their Joomla […]
This video will show you how to create a Joomla website with cool modules like slideshow in 1 hour. Creating this article in response to one visitor, who said she couldn’t get JCE editor’s frontend version to work with iframes. So, here’s the video created by iLoveWebDev on YouTube:
When running a Joomla+VirtueMart 1.1.x shop, I encountered a problem accessing the backend. Sometimes it asked me to insert admin credentials straight to mydomain.com/administrator. Sometimes asked for a login when going in Components -> VirtueMart in Joomla admin menu. Here’s how I solved Joomla + VirtueMart double login problem. Open Joomla configuration file in your […]
When in need to add Youtube video to article in Joomla 1.7 , most people will go and install additional plugins or modules to be able to do that. Actually, all you need to do is disable filtering of article text and then you will be able to paste Youtube embed code to your articles […]
I installed CiviCRM free client relations manager component version 4.0.8 into Joomla 1.7.3. CiviCRM has many great features, one of which is the optional CiviMail bulk e-mail component. CiviMail needs a cron job to process all the scheduled mailings that you intend to send out to your mailinglists, but I was having a hard time getting the […]
Running a Joomla! powered website and want to add Google Ads to earn from advertising? Here’s how to add Google Ads to your Joomla site: Set up a Google Adsense account and log in to AdSense. In Google Adsense go to My Ads -> Ad units -> + New ad unit to set up a new […]
There is a really cool component available for both Joomla! 1.5 and 1.6/1.7. It is called Newcontent Tweeter and you can download it from Tomasz Dobrynski’s site http://tomasz-dobrzynski.com/ . To set it up just: Download and install the component Newcontent Tweeter from http://tomasz-dobrzynski.com/ Go to Components-> Newcontent Tweeter -> System Configuration Select Categories in which […]
Favicons are small images that appear right next to your site’s URL in the web browser and in your favourites list. How to apply your Joomla site a decent favicon? Create your favicon file, you can use online favicon.ico generator for creating one. Make sure the file is named favicon.ico Copy it to your […]
If you liked the JCE Editor for previous versions of Joomla, the good news is that you can enjoy it in 1.7 too. Get it here: http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/downloads/editor/joomla-17
By default the template module positions viewing is turned off. Here’s how to turn it on: Log in to your administrator area Go to Extensions -> Template manager Click Options on the top right corner Set the value of Preview Module Positions to Enabled Save Go to your webpage and add ?&tp=1 to the end […]