JoomlaDepartment Blog

Joomla! 3.5 'COMING SOON'

Details: Published: Saturday, 12 March 2016 17:54; Written by Syed Muneeb

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Joomla! project is moving forward to 3.5 release, its sixth standard term release of the major Joomla! 3 series. In the process Joomla! project has announced the availability of Joomla! 3.5 Beta 4 for its community members for quality assurance tests and encourages them to develop extensions and plugins for the stable relase of Joomla! 3.5. Although it is not encouraged to update the production sites to this version as it is still in evolution state and needs maturity.

Get rid of "Error uploading file to this server"

Details: Published: Thursday, 10 March 2016 17:53; Written by Syed Muneeb

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If you are getting this error "There was an error uploading this file to the server." when trying to install any new template, plugin or extension during upload from Joomla! backend, DON'T PANIC. This article will walk you through the steps to resolve this hurdle in your development process.

Reason
The most common reason for this problem is that the file you are trying to upload is too big than a server upload file limit. By default server allows files to be uploaded that are under 2MB in size. Files larger than 2MB will not be entertained and your will get this iritating rejection error message.

K2 ! The powerful Joomla! content extension

Details: Published: Tuesday, 08 March 2016 17:53; Written by Syed Muneeb

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K2 is a complete replacement of the builtin article system of Joomla!. It is a powerful Joomla extension that install similar to other Joomla! extensions. You can import your articles from the default Joomla! article system and you instantly get a whole lot of new features for your existing content. Consider Joomla! articles with additional fields for article images, videos, podcasts & other audio files, image galleries and attachments. It brings a hassle-free image management environment supporting on the fly auto-resizing to 6 configurable dimensions, which can be set either globally or on individual category basis (Phostoshop image resizing is a thing of past)

List of MUST HAVE Joomla extensions

Details: Published: Thursday, 03 March 2016 17:51; Written by Syed Muneeb

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This article is intended for beginners or intermediate users to install handy plugins for normal usage of the website. Each Joomla website needs the functionalities that these plugins provide. And above all, the plugins are totally FREE. Yes, cheer up ! and install the plugins as per your requirement on the website.The list does not state the quality or comparison of these plugins in any order.

1 - JCE Editor

Every website has content and it is easy to write and manage content if we have a visual word processor to write posts. JCE is a WYSIWYG editor with a whole lot of word formatting tools. It also has a image uploader which is an easy way to plugin images in the content with proper dimension and positioning options. Moreover you have an option to switch between a HTML editor and a visual editor.