Conceptualizing your website
There are a handful of crucial steps to take when ironing out a website details before ever approaching a web designer. Over the next few weeks I will illustrate the approximate process that we use...
View ArticleVirtuemart Customization: How to insert custom code into Virtuemart
Despite being only a single shopping cart component within the larger Joomla framework, Virtuemart is a vast and complicated system in its own right. It is in many ways almost as large and complicated...
View ArticleCustomizing Virtuemart to display product types in the category view
One of the wonderful things about open source software like Joomla is the high degree of customizability. This is important when a project has specific requirements that might not be exactly common,...
View ArticleCloning a Joomla site for development
Have you ever wanted to work on a live website but don't want to disturb your users for an extended period? You can do this with quick work and clever ACL management right on the live site, but for...
View ArticleSelecting a Professional Joomla Theme
No knowledgable Joomla practicioner can deny that a custom-designed theme can convey your branding well and match your needs perfectly. However, if you don't have the funds or time to pay for the...
View ArticleWorking with a Cloned Development Site
A few days ago I covered how to clone a Joomla website so you can work on it without disturbing your users on the live site. In this followup I will give you some pointers on proper procedures while...
View ArticleUsing Clever ACL Management to Work on a Live Joomla Site
I recently posted two articles about cloning joomla sites for development and transferring the changes back to the live site. Those posts apply for large changes to existing sections on your Joomla...
View ArticleUsing SEF URLs with Core Joomla CMS
Few web developers will deny that URLs based on keywords rather than numbers and meaningless strings make your urls prettier, more descriptive, and more attractive to search engines and humans alike....
View ArticleProper Use of Joomla SEF URLs with Internal Links
You have your SEF URLs turned on for your Joomla website and they look great and are chalk-full of keywords, but now you want to create some internal links between pages on your site. It is as simple...
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