Manage Multiple WordPress or Joomla Sites with Watchful
Manage Multiple WordPress or Joomla Sites with Watchful. Watchful is a service that allows you to manage both WordPress and Joomla websites by running…
Category: Joomla
Improving the Joomla Editing Experience
Can we make the editing experience in Joomla better? Yes we can. We are trying to make the editing experience for content editors in various…
OSTips-Can You Manage Your Joomla Site On An iPad?
It’s April 14, 2010. I’m on a motorcycle on my way from where I live, outside of Cincinnati, to a town called Sussex, New Brunswick…
OSTips – Place Modules in Joomla with Advanced Module Manager
One of the things you expect from a modern content management system is a lot of flexibility. Well, Joomla doesn’t really give you a lot…
OSTips -Add Code to Articles and Modules in Joomla
It’s one thing to carve the date in stone when you’re beautifying a town in rural Indiana, but it’s another thing if the footer of…
OSTips-Create a Fabrik Map Visualization in Joomla
Are you using Fabrik with Joomla? Are you familiar with the Fabrik Map Visualization? Ok, Let’s say you have a whole list of people/things or…
To HTTP or to HTTPS your Joomla Site
To HTTP or to HTTPS your Joomla Site? There is no longer any debate on this age-old question, the evidence out there definitely says you…
OSTips – Search and Replace in any Joomla Database Table
Replacing the content on one article or even two articles on your Joomla website is pretty simple, but what if you have to replace the…
Change the Default Editor to Joomla Content Editor (JCE)
A common complaint for many Joomla users is the editor that comes packaged with Joomla TinyMCE. In general, it’s a great editor, but Joomla Content…
Remove index.php and IDs from URLs in Joomla
Sometimes you want to remove the /index.php from after your domain name or the category ID/article ID from your Category Blog or Category List menu…
How to Change the Default Date Format in Joomla
The default date format in Joomla is based on United Kingdom English. Not everyone wants this date format. If you’ve ever wanted to change the…
OSTips – Enabling Two Factor Authentication in Joomla
Today we’re going to be talking about a very important topic which is two factor authentication inside of Joomla websites. So we know that over…
Use Loadposition to Prevent Code Stripping in Joomla
There’s nothing more frustrating than going into an article to make a small change and then when you save it, you find that some code…
OSTips – Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in Joomla
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in Joomla has always been a bit of a crapshoot. Well not anymore! As I just said, it’s sometimes really hard…
How to Password Protect Joomla’s Administrator Directory
Every Joomla website has the same URL to get to the backend Control Panel. This means bots can attempt to login to your website easily…
How to Use Joomla Core Page Break Plugin
If you have a super long page of content, it’s nice to be able to break it up into visually appealing pieces so it can…
How to Disable a Joomla Plugin via phpMyAdmin
It happens. One day you visit your website, and there’s this weird error across the top of the screen throwing off your layout and making…
2 Reasons to access configuration.php in Joomla
Two reasons you might need to access configuration.php are: How to find your Database Credentials How to set Error Reporting to Maximum We can help…
Using Database Fix after an Update in Joomla 3.x
Sometimes when Joomla is updated, database schemas change. Occasionally, this doesn’t happen properly during the update. Here’s how to use the database fix functionality to…