Here are a bunch of interesting and thoughtful Joomla blog posts I found during week 7. Enjoy the read!
Been busy this last week but there are some longer blog posts coming up - so stay tuned, friends!
Alltogetherasawhole: Joomla template: Morph sketchbook
Written by Ajmal Afif
I was doodling and brainstorming on my 4-weeks old Joomla! project, which templating system is powered by Morph (JoomlaJunkie).
For those who aren't familiar with it, Morph redefines "module position" as blocks layout (in my own
interpretation and understandings). Not only this block layout is something useful and great, but also it
tackles the most typical issue of Joomla template, which is the module position "left" on the right side!
More in-depth read can be found here: Joomla Template Semantic by JoomlaBamboo.
Read the complete post here....
Alledia.com: Importing RSS Feeds Into Joomla Article
Written by Open Source Training
Installing and Configuring 4RSS
* Go to the 4RSS page on the Joomla Extensions Directory and download the file.
* You'll see a file on your desktop with a name very similar to com_4ss_1.3.06.zip
* Go to the administrator area of your Joomla site, then Extensions >> Install / Uninstall.
* Click "Browse" to locate the package file and then click "Upload File and Install".
Read the complete post here....
Communityjoomla: How Open Source Development is Funded
Written by Elin Waring
In early 2009 the Community Oversight Committee (also known as the core team) sent the OSM board a message that began:
"The Core Team would like OSM to investigate and report on the feasibility of creating some sort of company which can deal with the financial issues currently facing the project.
• as a means of handling revenue and expenditure needed by the project without sacrificing OSM's non-profit nature.
Read the complete post here....
Joomlatools: DOCman Secrets: Generating thumbnails
Written by Mathias Verraes
Did you know that you don't need to worry about creating thumbnails for your images or other documents
yourself? All you need is the DOCman Thumbs plugin, which does all the work for you. It's part of the DOCman Productivity Pack. This video shows how easy it is:
Read the complete post here....
Alledia.com: Review of RSSEO Suite by RSJoomla.com
Written by Steve Burge
I must admit I knew nothing about RSSeo before starting this review despite having used other RSJoomla
products before.
After few minutes of using it, I realised it was very familiar: RSSeo is similar in many ways to iJoomla SEO
which we reviewed last last year. Both are essentially quick and easy ways to manage your site's metadata,
plus some additional SEO tools.
Read the complete post here....
Communityjoomla: 15,000,000: A big number
Written by Elin Waring
Today the 15 millionth copy of Joomla! was downloaded from Joomlacode, just 250 days after the 10 millionth download That's an average of 20,000 per day. Wow.
Read the complete post here....
Joomlatools: DOCman Secrets: Batch imports
Written by Mathias Verraes
Did you know it's easy to batch import thousands of files into DOCman, all with just a few clicks? All you
need is the DOCman Populate add-on. It's part of the DOCman Productivity Pack.
This video will show you how it's done: