Joomla Developer Blog: noiembrie 2010

marți, 30 noiembrie 2010

Magazine/Issues

When you create your magazines and issues, you use articles that already exist in your site, this way you don't have to re-enter all the articles.

Using iJoomla Magazine gives you all the flexibility that you need to create a truly professional site whether you use it to create an actual magazine or just to make your site look better.

Unlimited magazines/ issues / articles;A different layout and style for each issue;Uses existing content items;Better control over your page layout and style;You can replace your current home page with the magazine home page for better layout and style control;Create a professional looking magazine or any kind of site!

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luni, 29 noiembrie 2010

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Do not call lists, publicly posted phone numbers, and solicitation.?

Question by Isaiah O: Do not call lists, publicly posted phone numbers, and solicitation.?
OK first off a little history.

I work for a brand new company that specializes in website SEO and custom software development etc…

we are currently amongst other marketing techniques cold calling companies that we think could benefit from seo.

i know people hate calls of this kind, we only call the businesses and only at specific times. we have had tremendous luck with this.

well i just had two people in organ get mad as they are on a do not call list (first time i have had issues with this) one guy asked for my company info, website, phone number etc… (i gave it all to him) he said it was illegal to call people in the state of organ unless they first call you if their number is on the do not call list.

so what i would like to know is, am i obligated to get this list and look up every number i wish to call?
i do not get my numbers from some data base i actually go through magazine adds and look at the websites before i call. no point in just calling people randomly as that really dosnt work as well as being somewhat informed about potential clients.

so if i get my numbers from a magazine, tv, or website is it illegal to call a company?

lastly what kind of legal action can be taken?
OK it was said there is an exception but state laws might be different. If we follow federal guidelines and laws can we get in trouble with other states then?

Best answer:

Answer by cyanne2ak
Yes, you ARE obligated to compare your list of numbers to those on the Do Not Call list, regardless of where you get those numbers. You may be charged with a federal crime, which has very hefty fines for each violation.

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20+ Free & Hi Res Textures

In Older days designers had to buy many expensive cd’s for hi res textures. But nowadays textures are the best free stuff available on the web for designers. But to find a high res texture of different type is very difficult task. Today i compiled different hi res free textures like Wood textures, Grass textures, Paper textures, Grunge Textures, Abstract textures etc for you to download.

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duminică, 28 noiembrie 2010

Mini Articles

Mini articles are a great way to add some professional touch to your magazine. They can be displayed at the end of the article page to provider your readers with ideas of what they should read next, or on the author profile page to provide your readers with different lists of this author.

1. Article page mini articles - show at the end of the article page

Related articles - based on keywords meta tagMore articles by this author - shows a list of more articles by this author

2. Author profile page mini articles - show on the full author page

Recent articles: the most recent articles by this authorPopular articles: the most popular articles by this authorRandom articles: some random articles by this author

Mini Articles contain some or all of the following depends on your settings:

Article image thumbnailArticle titleArticle intro textRead More link

You can turn these items on or off and configure them further on your settings page. You can also choose how many rows and columns of mini articles to display.

Show mini articles at the end of the article pageShow mini articles on author profile pageShow/Hide and control any of the mini articles element

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How can I download a free non money poker game

Question by Sharlene W: How can I download a free non money poker game
I want to download a poker game that does not require gambling with money

Best answer:

Answer by the_dover_pro
Here is a link for a couple sites that let you play for FREE, yet you can still win some nice prizes or even some cash.

One of them has a ,000 cash tournament you can enter for free!

NO money is required to win and play poker. And these sites are USA legal, so there are no problems at all as far as gambling goes.

http://www.thedoverpro.com/legalpoker.htm

Good luck at the tables.

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Modules

iJoomla Magazine has seven unique modules that make it easy for you to organize your magazine and make it an even better read for your users. Like other Joomla modules, you can display your modules on every available position of your template. Use the modules for navigation and as teasers for different sections of your magazine.

The Magazines module displays a list of all the published magazines and can be used to allow your visitors to navigate between your magazines.

Tip: Place your list high on the left for easy navigation.

The Featured Article module will display the featured article for the issue currently being viewed. If you are looking at issue #1, the module will show the featured article for issue #1; if you’re looking at issue #3, it will show the featured article chosen for issue #3 and so on.

If you are viewing a page that is not a magazine page, this module will display the featured article of the default issue of the default magazine, unless you specify an article on the Default Article ID field, of this module’s backend.

The Issues module displays all of the issues for the magazine currently in view. For example, if you are looking at magazine #1, the module will show the issues for magazine #1.

Use the issues module to give your readers access to published issues of this magazine. If you’re using the issues module to create sections and home pages, you can also use the module to link to different sections of your site.

The purpose of this module is to give your readers a preview of what’s coming up on the next issue of your magazine. The module can displays a title, a part of the article, and a thumbnail, however, none of these will link to the article itself.

You will need to enter the issue ID on this module’s backend in order to display its articles.

The purpose of this module is to show your readers some of the articles of the default issue, or the issue they are currently viewing. The module can displays a title, a intro text, a Read More link and a thumbnail. The title, Read More and image link to the article.

This module displays a list of your authors with their photo thumbnail and/or their recent article(s). You can choose to display their: name, photo, bio, Read More link and articles. This list of authors is taken from your Authors Manager.

Tip: You can create multiple instances of this module to display different things. For example, one module to display some information about the authors, and another to display the authors with their recent articles.

Use this module to allow your visitors to learn more about contributors to your site

This module can replace the “magazines” and “issues” modules. The advantage of this module is that it creates a menu module with all your magazines, issues or both magazines and issues. Because each of the magazines and issues can have its own menu item, you can assign different modules to each issues or magazines.

On the module settings you can choose to either show only the magazines, only the modules or both. If you choose to show both then the issues of each magazine will be the sub menus of parent magazine.

You can also choose to display the magazines/issues as a drop down menu, instead of a list. Just select Drop Down Menu on the Display Method field.

You can assign the class for the magazine menu items and the issues menu items. By default they are “mainlevel” and “sublevel” which is how it is on Joomla. If you want to use this menu module on top, you may want to remove these classes.

7 modules included;Place each module on any of your template's available positions; Ideal for easy navigation of your magazine and site;Smart display ; modules show the right content for the magazine/issue currently being viewed;All modules are optional but recommended.

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ACL Manager for Joomla! 1.6

The most wanted feature of Joomla! 1.6 is probably the new permissions system, called Access Control List (ACL). With Joomla! 1.6 ACL, you are able to define who has permission to do what on the website, called actions, like the login, configure, access, create, delete, edit and edit state.

These permissions are given to a group of users. You can configure the group permissions on 4 levels: Global configuration, Components and, if applicable, for Categories and Items.

Joomla! ACL is a great tool to define your own groups and their permissions. Unfortunately you will probably not enjoy the new Joomla! permissions system immediately due the difficulty to understand how the system works. It can be quite abstract.

This is where the ACL Manager for Joomla! 1.6 comes in!

The inheritance of permissions between groups and levels and the need to check the settings for a group on 4 levels makes it hard to keep an overview of your settings. If you have tested one of the Joomla! 1.6 Beta's you will probably recognize this. The system has already gotten some critisism for being too complex. Quite strange when the first things I heard about the new ACL system was that it would be very easy to use.

how can i make my own layout for wordpress?

Question by rockstar: how can i make my own layout for wordpress?
i want to install wordpress on my website but i dont know how to use it.. i think i can learn the easy stuff about the blog part but how do i make my own look for my site using css instead of using one of their themes? anyone have a tutorial? and is wordpress removable if i dont like it after a few days?

Best answer:

Answer by j k
This should get you started on themes:

http://themeshaper.com/wordpress-themes-templates-tutorial/

http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/19/so-you-want-to-create-wordpress-themes-huh/

http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development

You’ll find that it isn’t just css.

WordPress is removable.

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sâmbătă, 27 noiembrie 2010

20+ fresh Abstract Vectors

Vector images can not be pixelate up to any dimension and not lose the image quality because vector images have not fix resolution. That’s why designers use it for making print ads, flash animations because it gives great flexibility. So if you are looking for abstract vector art or abstract vector designs for your design project then this post is dedicated to you, feel free to download these vectors and use it in your next project.

Tags: abstract background vectors, abstract vectors, abstract vectors free, download free vectors, free vectors, Freebies, fresh Abstract Vectors, vector backgrounds, vectors free

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Quotes

Adding quotes is super easy and allows your users to understand the content of the article with just a glance. Our professionally designed quote boxes give your articles that special touch.

Quotes are a small piece of your copy that you'd like to emphasis on your article page.

You can add as many quotes as you wish on each page. We recommend one to two quotes for short articles and more for longer articles.

Select iJoomla Magazine -> Manage Content -> Articles from the menu.Under the column marked "Article Source", find and open the content item you'd like to edit.Choose the text you'd like to quote and enter a quotes tag in the beginning and a closing quotes tag at the end.Save the page, check the result and tweak as needed.

This will display the quotes in an approximate location to the source text.

Note: Quotes work only in full text ! don't add them to your intro text!

Quotes align to the left by default but If you'd like to align the quote box to the right, add align=right to the opening tag: {quotes align=right}. The closing tag should remain the same.

Allows your users to understand the content of the article with just a glanceGives your articles that special touchAdd as many quotes as you want

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How to set up a Content Delivery Network (CDN) for your Joomla site

According to Wikipedia, a content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a system of computers containing copies of data, placed at various points in a network so as to maximize bandwidth for access to the data from clients throughout the network. A client accesses a copy of the data near to the client, as opposed to all clients accessing the same central server, so as to avoid bottleneck near that server.

Content types include web objects, download-able objects (media files, software, documents), applications, real time media streams, and other components of internet delivery (DNS, routes, and database queries).

There are currently three main CDN extensions available for Joomla, and I've just installed one on this site. I'm happy with the result - I hope you notice the difference in speed! In this post, I'll look at what CDN is, take a look at two different CDN extensions for Joomla and how to set up CDN using jomCDN from corephp.

CDN is a Content Delivery Network of highly-optimized servers all around the world working together to distribute your content (CSS and Javascript files, downloadable objects, applications, real-time media streams, and much more) through hundreds of servers instead of a single host. This "smart route" technology makes sure each visitor to your site gets their data from the city closest to them.

Each visitor to your site gets their data from the city closest to them

Small or large, if you're looking to grow your business online, CDN is considered by many as a must-have. By bringing your content close to the user's connection point, CDN will provide your site with much faster load times, superior scalability, and guaranteed uptime. A faster loading site not only makes your visitors happy, it can also earn you a few extra points toward a higher ranking on the major search engines. Load time has become a significant factor in getting good search engine rankings during the last year.

Last week, we saw the release of two CDN extensions for Joomla in a single day. The way they work are quite different.

jomCDN is a plug-in which automatically compiles the assets (images, javascript files, css files, etc.), syncs them to Amazon servers and automatically relinks all your page content to the Amazon servers. The plug-in supports both Amaon S3 and Amazon Cloudfront.
See below for how to set up this extension.
Price: $29.95
Read more about jomCDN

This extension rewrites the URLs and uses an active CDN which automatically fetches static content from your server. This extension is created to use the MaxCDN service or other similar CDN services.
Price: The non-commercial version is free. The commercial license costs from €15.
Read more about CDN for Joomla

According to the developer, It works on a simple principle of image upload and updating their location path on the fly. Once you upload your folder (images / files) to the Amazon S3, the plugin updates the location path of uploaded files and on client request, all uploaded files are requested from Amazon S3 and not from the site folders. This in turns save the server load and bandwidth at the same time loading is faster on the client end. Disable the plugin and your file links are back to normal.
The extension is a component with full-blown Amazon s3 explorer built in. You can update even a single file to s3. The next version is coming soon, featuring an exclude folders function.
Price: Included in the JoomlArt Club packages
Read more about JA Amazon S3 Component for Joomla!

As you can see, these plugins work in different ways. I chose the jomCDN extension, but you really have to take a look and see what fits your needs and style best.

As much as I wanted to give you a detailed instruction on how to set it up, I'd rather direct you to this excellent instruction on how to set up CDN for Joomla :)

1. Buy the jomCDN plugin
Click here to purchase the corePHP jomCDN plugin for Joomla.

2. Install the plugin
Install the plug-in using the Joomla administrator -> Extensions.

The plug-in will be available in the plug-in manager:

Don't activate the plug-in yet!

3. Sign up for Amazon S3 and Cloudfront
Before you start setting up the plug-in, you need to sign up for the services Amazon S3 and Amazon Cloudfront.
Your server must run PHP 5.2 or later.

4. Create a bucket in Amazon S3
Once you have created an account with Amazon S3, create a bucket through your AWS Management Console. You can create the bucket in any origin server you want. The developer recommends US – Standard or N. California.

Clicking the 'Create bucket' button will open a new window:

4. Insert bucket name
Once you have your bucket created, copy the name of the bucket to the plugin parameters on the right side.

5. Insert Amazon credentials
Now we need your Amazon credentials. These are unique to your AWS account. You can get these from the Security Credentials page.

You will need your 'Access Key ID' and 'Secret Access Key.' Copy those Keys to the plugin parameters on the right.

6. Activate the plug-in
At this point you can start using this plug-in, although we HIGHLY recommend you set up Amazon CloudFront. Once again, instead of objectrequests taking 500-800ms depending on location, CloudFront will increase the speed to an average of 20-30ms, which is a significant difference.

You can sign up for Cloudfront using the tab in the AWS Management Console:

7. Set up CloudFront (Optional/Recommended)
Once you have enabled CloudFront on your account, you need to create a Distribution from the CloudFront Management Console. You will create the distribution for the bucket that you previously created, and the Delivery Method will need to be set to Download. (Setting up a CNAME is not recommended at this time, as it does not support https requests.)

Once created, Amazon will create a unique Domain Name for your distribution.

You will need to copy this domain name as is to the 'CloudFront' option in the plugin parameters.

You now need to set up a cron job.This is something you should ask your hosting provider to do for you.

For general information about setting up a cron job, see the Wikipedia article on Cron. For information regarding your hosting provider, visit your hosting provider’s FAQ or manual pages.

Note to Windows Users: There are similar programs to cron available if your host runs Windows. VisualCron, Cron for Windows and pycron are all examples. Consult these projects' documentation for further information.

1. Change the Cron Job URL Parameter from the Advanced Parameters to something unique for your website. This cron job URL should be accessed at least once a day, but it all depends on the cache lifetimes that you set up.

2. Set up a UNIX cron job to have your server periodically view your cron job URL using a command-line HTTP agent like wget, curl or GET. The command to execute will look like this:
wget -N http://example.com/?cdn_run_cron
Where “cdn_run_cron” is the URL parameter that you set. If you use a different program than wget, substitute that program and its arguments for wget in this line.

If you don't know how to set up a cron job, talk to your hosting company, they will be able to set it up easily.

3. Enable the plugin
After you have set up the cron job, you can enable the plugin using the plugin manager.

4. Browse to your cron job URL
Once the plugin is enabled, browse to your cron job URL manually, this will create the necessary database tables.

5. Browse your site
You can then browse through as many pages on your website as you can. This will cache all of the pages to the server.

6. Visit the cron job URL
When you are done, visit the cron job URL again. This will push all of the files over to the CDN. As files get pushed over, the new URLs of the files will be displayed when browsing your website. As time goes on, people that use your website will visit new pages, and new files will be found every time that the cron job runs. Those files will be pushed to the CDN and then the new URL of the file will be displayed in the source code of your HTML pages.

That's it - your site will now be able to use Amazon servers for content distribution.

I had trouble getting the syncronization to Amazon S3 to work with my server. After much back and forth the corePHP support guys found that my server had the incorrect time. It turns out my server had gotten an incorrect time after a reboot the day before. This caused the sync with the Amazon S3 bucket to fail, as the time difference was too large. Make sure your server time is correct to avoid this.

I haven't tested this extension myself, but the below video will show you how to set it up.

From what I've heard, Amazon is a cheaper solution for smaller sites. That means jomCDN from corephp or the JA Amazon S3 Component from JoomlArt will be a better choice.

If your site is large (in the Terrabyte traffic range), the CDN for Joomla extension from nonumber.nl might be better.

I chose jomCDN for my site, and I think it works well. I already had an account with Amazon, so the signup process was very easy to do.

The capacity sum of strategically placed servers can be higher than the network backbone capacity. This can result in an impressive increase in the number of concurrent users. For instance, when there is a 10 Gbit/s network backbone and 100 Gbit/s central server capacity, only 10 Gbit/s can be delivered. But when 10 servers are moved to 10 edge locations, total capacity can be 10×10 Gbit/s.

Strategically placed edge servers decrease the load on interconnects, public peers, private peers and backbones, freeing up capacity and lowering delivery costs. It uses the same principle as above. Instead of loading all traffic on a backbone or peer link, a CDN can offload these by redirecting traffic to edge servers.

Incorporating a CDN with your website provides you with several benefits, including the following:

Faster Page Loads - Since most of your files will be served from a much closer location to your end-users, the speed in which your page loads will be greatly increased.Reduced Server Load - Since most of your files are no longer served by your own host, your server will be freed up to perform the basic tasks required of it.Handle More Visitors - Because of the improvements just mentioned and other factors, your website will be able to handle the strain of a much larger user base that it could otherwise.Higher SEO Rankings - Caused by the increase in performance to your site, something Google recently claimed effects SEO rankings.

CDN for Joomla! is made to work with any CDN system that supports Pull Zones.

A Pull Zone works in a way that you do not have to upload any media. The Pull Zone uploads the media to the CDN servers as soon as it is required. Read more on Pull Zones here: http://wiki.netdna.com/FAQ/Pull_Zones

Below, I've listed some links for you to see where some of the providers keep their centres:

I hope this post has inspired you to take a look at the CDN solutions available for Joomla. I won't use it for every site I build, but I definitely will use jomCDN for some of the sites that have an international audience.

TIP: If you don't want to do the setup of this plug-in yourself, ask these guys for help.

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vineri, 26 noiembrie 2010

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How do i go about creating a brochure with adobe photoshop elements?

Question by it’s personal.: How do i go about creating a brochure with adobe photoshop elements?
I don’t have any templates that i’m aware of, do i need to download one somewhere? Can someone give me help getting started?

thanks!

Best answer:

Answer by The Web Man
In-Design is for creating brochures. Photoshop and Illustrator are used for the Graphics.

Photoshop elements is a stripped down version photoshop with very basic functions. So i think you may be stuck for a while

Try downloading the indesign trial from the adobe website http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

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20+ Fresh Photoshop Tutorials

Posted on 26 October 2010.

Photoshop is most powerful image editing software but with release of Photoshop CS5 its powers becomes un-countable. Today we listed 20+ best and fresh Photoshop tutorials to make you interact with Photoshop new techniques. You can also download free PSD files from most of the tutorials which is used in these tutorials.

In this tutorial you will learn how you can create the effect of liquid plastic on Photoshop in a few simple steps.

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Separators

Separating the elements on your page can improve organization and enhance the look of your content.

iJoomla Magazine allows you to choose two separators. One separator can be placed between the vertical articles and another between the horizontal articles.

We even provide you with pre-made separators so you don't have to design them yourself.

Make your issues/home pages look sharp and well organized;Choose from many separators supplied with iJoomla Magazine;Use different separators between vertical and horizontal items;

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I'm going to Copenhagen, Denmark - get yourself a free Joomla book

This week, some of my friends and I are going to Denmark. We’re travelling from Oslo by ferry on Wednesday, spending the night on the boat. Thursday is spent in the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen. Thursday evening will be spent in Helsingør, which is a smaller city a bit north of Copenhagen. On Friday, we'll go back to Copenhagen and stay over until Saturday when we go back to Oslo by plane.

Denmark is a lovely country to spend some relaxing days in. Good food, good beer, nice atmosphere and friendly people. And, most of the time, they understand at least a little bit of what we Norwegians are saying ;)

So why am I telling you this? Well, if you’re a Danish Joomla addict living in Copenhagen, I have a gift for you. It's in celebration of the first Danisk JoomlaDay, and the amazing event they presented.

The first person who contacts me and is able to meet me somewhere centrally located in Copenhagen during Thursday, will get a free Joomla book.

I have two books from Packt Publishing available, so please tell me which one you would like:

Send me an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you want to meet me and receive one of the books. First come, first serve :)

I look forward to hearing from you and to meeting you in the beautiful city of Copenhagen!

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joi, 25 noiembrie 2010

How To Hack Wireless Networks (WEP – Windows/Linux) – Part 2

This is very easy(Noob-Friendly) yet detailed tutorial on how to hack WEP-Secured wireless network passwords. This video shows how to do it on a Windows OS(XP, Vista, 7) or a Linux OS. There are two reasons why I used a virtual OS rather then running the cracking tool locally in a Windows environment; 1 – I want this tutorial to assist not only Windows-Users but also Linux-Users and 2 – Compatibility issues are very common with airmon-ng when using in the Windows Environment and will not only limit the amount of people who are able to do it but also complicate the procedure for beginners. – Commands Used: airmon-ng (Shows connected network adapters/devices) airodump-ng wlan0 (Shows available networks on the wlan0 network adapter – Your network adapter name may differ) airodump-ng -w passcode –bssid 00:18:39:7C:3F:D6 -C 6 wlan0 (Writes intercepted/sniffed IV’s to a CAP document called passcode. The bssid specifies the Mac Address of the Access Point you are wanting to crack so the Mac Address should differ from what I use. The Channel may also differ depending on what’s displayed for you. Same goes for the network adapter) dir (Shows files in the current directory) aircrack-ng -a 1 -b 00:18:39:7C:3F:D6 FILENAME.cab (Cracks the IV’s in the Cab file created via the airodump-ng command. The Mac Address specified should be that of the Access Point your trying to crack) – Download Links: Mac Address Changer (Not Install required) www.t3hunderground.com VMWare Player: www …
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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The Affiliate Entrepreneur - Watch, Learn, Do!

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how to increase my torrent download speed?

Question by Kartik Ghoshal: how to increase my torrent download speed?
i have a vodafone mobile connect, it gives me 236 kbps download speed. surfing is good and download with orbit is also good. gives speed upto 30kbps. in case of torrent files, movies , it gives very low speed, nearly 8 kbps. i hv used utorrent, bittorrent, bitcommet, bitlord. all same. firewall is blocked in windows settings, get good seeding in bitlord, but no good speed.

Best answer:

Answer by Johnathan J
I use utorrent, and I download at 1.2mb/s. All I did, is right click the torrent, set the bandwidth allocation to high, and set my download speed to unlimited. Make sure you have a lot of seeders, and unblock everthing in the firewall. This is what I do, and I download 900mb movies in about 15-20 minutes.

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Sidebars

Placing a sidebar on your article with related information, gives your magazine an extra touch and a truly professional look. In the print world, sidebars are used to tell a related story or enhance the article. On the Internet, the sky's the limit!

Provide additional information about the article users are currently readingAdvertise with a Google AdSense ad unit or a banner Offer a teaser for another article or more content for your users;Enter your own comments about the article for extra interest!

As always, iJoomla Magazine Component allows you to use your existing content item to create the sidebar. The intro text of the article you choose wi

ll be displayed in the sidebar area.

Adding a sidebar is very easy. Open an article and choose the source article on the Sidebar tab. To edit the source article, just click the Edit Article link.

The sidebar is highly functional. You can improve the flow of your content by using text from the next article as the source of the sidebar. You can add your own comments by creating a content item with your observations and use it as the source of your sidebar. You can even turn your sidebar into a money generator by creating a content item and using Google AdSense code as your intro text. You'll get relevant ads and turn your magazine into a money-making machine.

And of course, you can use the sidebar for stories related to your article.

Sidebars give your article page a truly professional lookChoose the width and height of your sidebarSelect your source content from your existing contentUse your sidebar to promote other articles, add more information or to advertiseControl the background, text and heading styles of your sidebarEnter a heading for the sidebarChoose to show or hide the article title

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Interview: David Hurley from jForce

This week, I've been talking to David Hurley of WebSparkInc.com. They're the company behind the project management software JForce, which plugs right into Joomla! as a component.

Read on to get to know David and perhaps learn something from his experiences developing software for Joomla!.

Hi David, thanks for taking the time to answering some questions about your solution JForce and the experiences you have from developing it.

Please tell my readers about your company and background.

Currently there are 3 full-time and 1 part-time employees at WebSpark. I actually started the company working as a freelancer about 5 years ago. I began to grow slowly by word of mouth and by repeat clients as they saw the quality of work that I was producing. Things quickly grew to more than I could handle by myself and I began hiring. We’re currently located in downtown Graham, North Carolina (in between Greensboro and Raleigh). It’s a small town but we’re close to several major cities.

I see you have divided your company into several divisions. How is that organized?

We may be a small company but we have several roles that we play. We offer custom website design and development, search engine marketing, and website maintentance and support for our clients through WebSpark Design. We then have several divisions that deal with more software, web application development. Both JForce and Extension Depot handle extension creation and development and act more as a standard software company. We then have a division where we can offer support and help to other designers and developers. MyCodeSpark and PSD2Template provide either instruction or tools that help educate and expedite other companies that are in similar fields to us. We’ve got a pretty fair amount of information on our corporate site, www.WebSparkInc.com, that explains each division and what we accomplish within each. We have a strong interest in seeing our industry grow and the Joomla! community become more knowledgeable; and I feel that the products and services available from each WebSpark Inc. division fall in line with our business mission: To support companies and help them manage their online presence.

Why did you start developing the project management solution JForce?

JForce started as a project for internal use only. We found that we needed a project management tool to handle our WebSpark Design clients and there was nothing suitable available. We loved Joomla! even back then when it was 1.0 and knew we wanted to develop a component that we could integrate directly into our website. We developed JForce to work on Joomla! and never looked back. We have continued to improve the code and have released several major upgrades including JForce PM most recently which is a major overhaul of the entire system - we had approximately 95% code re-write with this latest version. Along the way we incorporated key features that are not even available within Joomla! yet, but will be released with the upcoming Joomla! 1.6 version. We’re very excited about this aspect as this puts us squarely on the cutting edge of Joomla! development.

Was it important for you to create it as a Joomla component, and if so, why?

As a company we’ve worked with Joomla! since its inception and with its predecessor as well. We have found Joomla! to have the absolute easiest admin panel for our clients and quite honestly some of the best code available in a CMS- proprietary, commercial, or open source. With the release of Joomla! 1.6, I firmly believe that the Joomla! project is way beyond the competition. I knew immediately that we would develop our project management system for Joomla!. As a matter of fact, we’ve been able to extend the Joomla! framework and build JForce PM as a stand-alone application. This means we will be offering a version of JForce that does not require the CMS at all! The power of Joomla! as a framework is amazing and comparable to Code Ignitor and other rapid application development frameworks.

So, what's been the greatest challenges while developing the software? I guess you've had some ups and downs along the way?

As with all software companies, we have certainly experienced our share of ups and downs. We had tremendous growth initially, far more than I ever anticipated and that caused some large support issues. This bothered me quite a bit as our custom design and development work under WebSpark Design is based on solid, high-quality support and attention to our client’s needs. Unfortunately, I did not have a great deal of experience with a software company business model and had a lot to learn. I found some great mentors and advisers that helped me and after many sleepless nights and hundreds of hours of restructuring and establishing support practices we are now able to re-emerge with JForce PM as a product that I, personally, am proud of and proud to put the WebSpark name behind.

Why did you decide to go for a GPL licence model?

The GPL license is a big issue these days. We sat down and discussed the various pros and cons of both sides and put serious thought into our position. We initially decided that by making our Professional version a proprietary license we could better secure the code and keep our high standard of quality. We also felt this would help increase our “worth” as it would give us a proprietary software. We quickly changed our minds. I felt we had spent too much time making our code beautiful. I didn’t want it hidden. We decided a better approach would be to make our code GPL, compliant with Joomla! regulations, thereby helping to teach other developers as they build on our system how to write amazing code.

That's great, David! You're involved in the Joomla project in addition to developing Joomla extensions and sites. Can you tell us a little about that, and why you think it's important to be involved?

As I’ve worked with Joomla! I’ve become more interested in giving back to this great community. I’ve tried to help out in as many areas as I can. I’ve joined the Joomla! bug squad to help with squashing bugs in Joomla! 1.6 so that can be pushed out. I’ve recently written an article for the Joomla! magazine, and I post in the Joomla! forums as I have time. It is hard to find ways to get deeply involved, and I’ll admit that even though I hear the calls for community help, it’s difficult to actually get in and get your hands dirty. We’ve also had the opportunity to work on a custom version of JForce for Joomla.org. I’m very excited about offering our project back to better support the Joomla! community; and am honored by their vote of confidence in our product.

David's article in the Joomla! Community Magazine, oct 2010 issue

What, in your opinion, are the greatest strengths of Joomla?

That’s a great question. Joomla! has many strengths and it would take a while to go into detail about all of them so I’ll pick just a few that come to my mind immediately. Joomla! has amazing code. Easy to read, well documented, and following the commonly recognized best practices. Might not be a big deal to some, but when evaluating frameworks and CMS platforms it becomes readily apparent that the code behind Joomla! has been well thought-out and carefully planned.

The second strength that I’d mention quickly is the Joomla! community. A strong, growing group of people dedicated to the continued improvement of Joomla!. I am impressed with the fact that although there are always differences of opinions and different views on direction, everyone has the same goal - making Joomla! the number one framework and CMS in the world. And that’s just a couple of reasons why I believe Joomla! is unstoppable.

So, where would you like Joomla to go in the future?

I see Joomla! future as bright. As a business owner building both websites and software applications on Joomla! I have tremendous faith in the future of Joomla!

Joomla! has many paths it can explore and I expect great things as far as developing the framework as a standalone framework that others can use more readily for rapid application development and a very small footprint. I also would like to see some options as far as installable CMS packages as well, maybe built for specific vertical markets or industries to allow for an even quicker installation, setup and launch of a new site.

Finally, any other thoughts you want to share with the readers of JoomlaBlogger?

I’d say that if there are any developers out there looking for a platform to develop for Joomla! is an excellent choice. For website designers and developers I’d encourage you to always choose the best tool for the job. I love Joomla! but I do not blindly recommend it for all projects - as the Lead Developer at WebSpark Design, I have to evaluate each project carefully and pair it with the right tool.

That being said Joomla! is a fantastic tool and JForce PM as a project management system for Joomla! is the perfect compliment. I encourage you to drop me an email if you have questions, check out our site at http://www.jforce.com/ for JForce and experience our customer support and high quality work for yourself.

Thanks, David, and good luck on the development of jForce and all your other projects!

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The Complete Joomla Tutorial Package (Joomla 1.5 Videos Just Added

The Complete Joomla Tutorial Package. 17 Videos, 400 Templates, 75 Module Addons And How To Create Joomla Templates Ebook. Joomla 1.5 Videos Just Added!

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miercuri, 24 noiembrie 2010

Keywords and SEO help?

Question by mylilbubbers: Keywords and SEO help?
I’m trying to understand what methods others are using when looking for keywords. I’m using google’s traffic estimator and keyword tool, however, it doesn’t seem to be very reliable when relating back to keywords that actually get traffic. Can anyone please help me out and let me know what you are using? I would be willing to put a link to your site for the advice.

Best answer:

Answer by Infinity 800
Just list your competitor list or research the TOP 20 niche toppers. Analyze their keywords, you will get the BEST keyword list.

What do you think? Answer below!

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Free Mobile Icons Set

If you are looking for perfect mobile icons set then this post is for you because today i posted mobile icons set for free. You can Use these icons in your next webdesign projects, blogs, web app or application. These icons are completely free for personal and commercial use.If you’d like to share these icons, please refer your friends the link of this page so that they can download them from here.

Tags: Download free Icons, Download free mobile icons, free icons, Free Icons Set, Freebies, high quality icons, icon packs, Icons Free Download, Icons Set, Mobile icons, Mobile icons free, vector icons

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Hold on Folks… JoomStew is About to Rock!

JoomStew Radio has seen quite a bit of growth over the past year. Amy Stephen and myself started out doing a series of shows on The Art of Community by Jono Bacon last Spring that was a huge success. Then Amy took some time off, and Alice Grevet came on-board and we kicked off a series of shows on Joomla Templates and Joomla Extensions that have been really popular as well.

Recently, JoomStew has been going through some changes to it's show schedule, and with it we've added our NewsBrief episodes that offer interviews with various Joomla! Community members. This has been a great addition to the schedule, but it's become double and sometimes triple the workload for Alice and myself.

Don't get me wrong, we love what we do, but with our day jobs and other commitments in and around the Joomla Community, it can become too much for us to handle on a weekly basis. That's why we've missed some episodes here and there.

So we are excited to announce, we are expanding our pool of talent, with the addition of Dianne Henning to the JoomStew Radio lineup!

That's right… Dianne will become our News Anchor on the weekly JoomStew Radio podcast, and in addition, will pick up some of the NewsBrief interviews that will be coming to you on a regular basis as well. We'll trade off doing interviews and such, and see where it will go from there.

Personally, I'm really excited to see the JoomStew family growing, and it's solely because of our great listeners who keep stopping by week after week.

We're working on some things that will hopefully make visiting our website a better experience for you, and also allow us to showcase some of the great extensions we talk about on our show as well!

Listen for Dianne, Alice and myself this week on our first episode together as we interview Stian Didriksen to talk about the Ninjaboard Forum Component and Nooku Framework. More news about that later today!

Welcome aboard Dianne, and look out Joomla World... JoomStew is about to Rock!

An avid Joomla! supporter, Robert Vining spends most of his days developing cool new joomla websites for clients of Roberts Web Design, answering questions as a Sobi2 Support Team member for the Sobi2 Directory Component, mingling with cool Joomla folks as an Admin at All Together As a Whole and co-host the JoomStew Radio Show about the community happenings in and around Joomla.

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Styles

We even provide you with professional CSS because we know that style sheets can be hard to master! You're welcome to tweak these styles to suit your needs or create your own.

Total style control!Assign any style to each of the 22 magazine elements;Use different styles to those provided by Joomla;Give each of your issues/home pages a unique style;Use one of the 10 existing styles for easy design;Advance users can create or edit their own styles, save them and use as needed.

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Is your site ready for Joomla 1.6?

In a few months, the next major version of Joomla will be ready for production sites.

The first release candidate for Joomla 1.6 is just around the corner, so a stable release shouldn’t be too far away.

What does it take to move your Joomla site to Joomla 1.6? Read on for some tips :)

The server requirements for Joomla 1.6 is slightly higher than for Joomla 1.5.

Your server should be at least:

You can check the version of your current server logging in to the Joomla Administrator and take a look at the System Info screen:

If you’re planning to move your site to Joomla 1.6, now is a good time to review your extensions. I’ve talked to people who are still on Joomla 1.0 because they can’t get a Joomla 1.5 version of a certain extension.

You should take a look at the extensions you use and see if the developer has plans for a Joomla 1.6 version. Some extensions, like Akeeba Backup, are already ready for Joomla 1.6 (or close to it).

Choosing a Joomla extension is something you should put some thoughts into. Trying to determine the future of an extension is hard, but you could get some hints by reviewing comments on the Joomla Extensions Directory, the developers website and looking at forums or other ways the developer communicates with the users.

In my opinion, the success of Joomla 1.6 largely depends on how fast developers are converting their extensions. They all need to do that to have their extensions take advantage of the new ACL system and other features.

Same thing goes for your template or templates. Templates need to be upgraded for Joomla 1.6 as well. Some template developers, like JoomlArt, have already started to offer Joomla 1.6 ready templates.

Sub templates are another new feature of Joomla 1.6. I think we will se many Joomla template developers taking advantage of that in their commercial template products.

Perhaps the time is right to upgrade your site with a brand new template when moving to Joomla 1.6? Fresh look, fresh start :)

As far as I know, migration of content from Joomla 1.5 to 1.6 should be easy to do. I’ve heard there will be a migration script that convert the database tables and the setup into the Joomla 1.6 way of doing things.

How the migration is going to work exactly is not clear at the moment. I feel this is something which will need to be in place for a Joomla 1.6 implementation to be successful.

As with all new software versions, you need to learn some new stuff. The main new thing in Joomla 1.6 is ACL, the permissions system. The ACL (Access Control List) system is quite complex, so you need to spend some time to understand it. When setting up a site, it will be important to set up the ACL correctly and with a thought through process.

I would recommend you download and install the latest beta version of Joomla 1.6 beta, and play around with it. That’s the best way to learn about it. Just don’t install it on a live site yet.

If you want more information on the new features of Joomla 1.6, see my Joomla 1.6 Infographic.

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The Ultimate Guide To Joomla - Step By Step Joomla Videos

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marți, 23 noiembrie 2010

Traffic trend on domain extension ?

Question by saravanan bk: Traffic trend on domain extension ?
if any body has experience on traffic trend explain me ?

what is the % of traffic each TLD receive

i.e consider a domain with all extensions receive a 100% traffic

what is the % of traffic on .com
what is the % of traffic on .net
what is the % of traffic on .org
what is the % of traffic on .info

i need a general idea on this subject
if there any SEO tool to find that help me please?

Best answer:

Answer by AskExpert Live
There is no relationship between TLDS traffic

Give your answer to this question below!

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Fresh HTML5 Tutorials to make you HTML Expert

Posted on 11 November 2010.

HTML5 is no doubt most popular comprehensive markup language for front-end development and its already giving tough time to Adobe Flash. HTML 5 is useful because of the advances features/structures like new semantic structural tags, API specs canvas or offline storage, new inline semantic tags and much more. Most of the browsers are supporting HTML 5 now, there are chances that its going to be one of the major coding language in the future. However the main idea behind creation of this post is to make you HTML 5 expert. Enjoy!

In this tutorial you’ll get a a knowledge about what’s to come by building a cool iPhone app website using HTML5. we use some CSS3 effects also in this tutorial.

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When we do bit of experimenting with the Canvas and Video tags in HTML5 lately, we found some cool features hiding in plain sight. One of the best example is this tutorial.

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You will able to style your own forms after you’ve read this tutorial Here we’re going to take a look at how to style a beautiful HTML5 form using some advanced CSS and latest CSS3 techniques.

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Most of HTML5 feature set involves JavaScript APIs that make it easier to develop interactive web pages but there are a some of new elements that allow you extra semantics in your conventional Web 1.0 pages. In order to investigate these, let’s look at this article.

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As the new era becomes more faster we continue to push the boundaries of existing languages, HTML 5 and CSS 3 are quickly gaining popularity, revealing their collective power with some exciting new design possibilities.

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After viewing this tutorial surely You can create a native app that lives with all the other apps, and for the most part, it’s going to be a pitch-perfect imitation.

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In this tutorial We’ll explore the ins and outs of Canvas, demonstrating what is possible with examples and links. Among the set of goodies in the HTML 5 specification is Canvas which is a way to programmatically draw using JavaScript.

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Now with HTML5 some simple changes will transform how you enter, validate, process, and even display inputs. You will be able to create more usable web applications with less code and less confusion.

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HTML 5 provides some great new features for web designers. However, support for HTML 5 is still evolving, and Internet Explorer is the last to add support. In this tutorial, we’ll create a common layout using some of HTML 5’s new elements.

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In this tutorial you will learn the geolocation capabilities of HTML5 and the basic principles needed to take advantage of them in your next HTML5 app!

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Now After learning this tutorial of HTML5 you are able to create animated flash like 404 error page.

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Every web designer knows that power of HTML5 is unlimited. Now after learning this article you are able to create an elegant and good looking website with HTML5.

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In this article there is HTML 5 browser compatibility overview.

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The HTML5 specification has added quite a few interesting and useful tags for structuring your markup. For a majority of everyday uses, these tags will replace many of our typical div entries from our code.

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Now in this tutorial you will learn how to make HTML5 canvas clock. This one uses the HTML5 canvas tag.

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In this tutorial we have a collection of some Incredible HTML5 canvas-based experiments that will definetly makes you HTML5 fan.

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How Many Joomla! Extensions Does it Take to Fill a Shopping Cart?

This week JoomStew welcomes back Matt Lipscomb, Babs Gösgens and Cristina Solana to share their experience with Joomla! ecommerce extensions. We will be discussing Virtuemart, Tienda, redSHOP and MageBridge (Magento). That's quite a shopping list!

Don't shop until you drop

Setting up an online store to sell products with a secure payment system is a big job. These extensions help to streamline and integrate the process. Our ecommerce special aims to answer your questions about how to make these extensions meet the goals of your online store.

Download the podcast here: JoomStew Radio - Joomla Ecommerce Extensions , for a cartload of great ecommerce info!

American expat in France and Joomla! freelance web designer specializing in non-profits. Co-editor for Feature Stories, Joomla! Community Magazine.

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Tips & Tricks

Here are some tips and tricks that will help you get the most out of your magazine components. Use them and enjoy a great looking magazine in no time! Here are some tips and tricks that will help you get the most out of your magazine components. Use them and enjoy a great looking magazine in no time!

1. Plan ahead! Create the images and upload them before you even start. That will make creating the magazine a breeze.

2. Make sure the main image links to the right article. It will always link to the article in the first position of this edition.

3. Add a thin border to your images to create a more professional finish.

4. Save your images for "the web" to make them as small as possible without being blurry. An 80 percent quality choice should do the trick.

5. Use the same style for:

Horizontal zone general title class

Vertical article title class

and

Horizontal article title class

to give your article a consistent look.

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Joomla 1.6 beta 14 released (changelog included)

Today, the Joomla Project announced the immediate availability of Joomla 1.6 beta 14 (download). IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a beta version and is not intended to run any type of production site. It is intended to be used for evaluation purposes only.

Since the Joomla 1.6 beta 13 release on November 1, the team has fixed approximately 69 issues in the tracker. They have closed an additional 45 tracker issues. At the present time, they have 5 issues that are blocking the release 1.6 Release Candidate 1.

This progress is directly related to the continued efforts of the Joomla! Bug Squad. Thanks to everyone involved for all your hard work in bringing us one increment closer to a stable release of Joomla 1.6!

See the CHANGELOG below for details of what has been changed in this release.

Mark Dexter wrote a message in the Joomla! Bug Squad Google Group earlier today:

As you know, we will release beta14 later today (15 November). At present we have 11 RC blockers in the tracker, but 3 of those are RTC and one is Pending. Also, several others are being worked on and we believe solutions for them are close. Given this, we have a fighting chance of having beta 14 be the last
beta version and having RC1 out in 2 weeks.

I really hope they'll manage to pull this off. However, there has been several attempts in the past to get a release ready before Christmas. History tells us it's not an easy thing to do. Christmas is normally a down-time with people being busy in other areas.

So, I guess it's more realistic to believe we'll see a release candidate of Joomla 1.6 early in 2011.

This is the 14th in the series of continuous beta releases. Beta 15 (or possibly 1.6 Release Candidate 1) will be released on November 29, 2010.

Download Joomla 1.6 beta 14

15-Nov-2010 Mark Dexter
# Sample data fixes (thanks Elin Waring)
# [#23184] Need to handle content, modules, menu items when a viewing permission level is deleted
# [#23319] Can't install Joomla or choose the accessible admin template without a mouse (thanks Andrea Tarr)
# Fix About Parks module assignment in sample data
# [#23324] PATCH: Modeladmin using wrong key while loading (thanks Harald Leithner)

15-Nov-2010 Andrew Eddie
# Fixed issue [#23247] behavior.keepalive with long session lifetime is causing firefox to freeze/crash (Markus Bopp, Ian MacLennan).
# Fixed issue [#23007] locked categories still available (Adrian Louter, Elin Waring).
# Fixed issue [#23069] Theoretical com_config exploit (Matt Thomas).

15-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
$ Adding missing string
# [#23318] Remove hardcoded style so that RTL will work. Thanks Andrea.
$ Moving and consolidated some strings

14-Nov-2010 Mark Dexter
# [#21571] category blog view drill down does not maintain layout style

14-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
# [#23217] Move rules strings to library language file and rename keys for consistency. Consolidated some strings.
# [#21264] RTL issues with media manager. Thanks Andrea.

14-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
# [#23167] Remove align and valign attributes from the site (Rouven We?üling)
# [#23126] Missing images in hathor template (Andrea Tarr)
$ Fix a language key in com_newsfeeds

13-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
# [#23292] Unicode slugs lets Upper case in url, which can cause issues when SEF is on
# [#23299] calendar css don't display week-end days
$ [#23199] Database Error: JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_CONNECT_DATABASE
# [#23284] Make tabs accessible for keyboard/screen readers. Thanks Andrea.
# [#23294] Allow archiving of category when parent category is published. Thanks Mark.
# [#23285] Incorrect markup in com_media. Thanks Rouven.
# [#23277] JToolbarHelper has wrong variable in generated URL. Thanks Michael and Bill.

12-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
$ Deleted some redundant ini string

12-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
# Sort modules by name when selecting a new one
+ Add missing file [#23160]
# [#23280] User can block himself in the admin
# Fix a bad named param in mod_search

11-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
# [#23205] Untranslated COM_CONFIG_ACTION_ADMIN_GLOBAL_DESC. Thanks Bill
$ Updated some xx-XX.ini files

11-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
# [#23242] Component Layout fields shows an error if frontend view does not exist (Andrew Eddie)

11-Nov-2010 Mark Dexter
# Temporary fix for category save bug introduced with [#23068] commit

10-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
# Removing an extra div + some formatting while testing [#23068]
# [#23206] Improving permissions rules output (Dennis Hermacki)
# [#23068] Add admin rights to article security exploit (Louis Landry)

10-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
$ Updating admin lang xmls
# [#23195] Prevent defacement of sites by specifying ?tmpl=offline. Thanks Rouven.
# [#23161] Improve the markup of the Pagenavigation plugin. Thanks Rouven.
$ [#23198] Remove unnecessary keys in X.plg_system_p3p.sys.ini. Thanks Rouven.
$ Applying JText::alt to JALL_LANGUAGE see [#23132]

10-Nov-2010 Andrew Eddie
# Fixed issue [#23175] modal dialog not displaying drop shadows on all sides (Al Kent).
# Fixed issue [#23168] Category Blog view: Articles get edit permission from the category with its same id number (Juan Felix Mateos, Elin Waring).

09-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
# [#23170] Itemid is lost when browsing from content which is not linked to a menu item
# [#22298] Renaming JUser method (Dennis Hermacki)
# [#22488] set_magic_quotes_runtime() is deprecated as of PHP 5.3.0
# [#23163] Remove closing tags for empty elements (Rouven We?üling)
# [#23162] Remove the last occurrence of the element (Rouven We?üling)

09-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
# [#23177] Ability to set a default template style per language when System - Language Filter plugin is on. Thanks Christophe.
# [#23132] Some language have issues when translating global strings such as JALL. Thanks Christophe.
# [#22839] author link redirects to login form and not to profile of author. Thanks Elin and Bill.
$ [#23149] COM_USERS_ACTIVATION_TOKEN_NOT_FOUND message has no translation. Thanks Ronald

09-Nov-2010 Mark Dexter
# [#23054] Follow up on Issue 22932 - Alternate Layouts for Components
# Fix PHP notice problem with [#23054]

08-Nov-2010 Ian MacLennan
# [21571] Reverting commit to examine closer

08-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
# [#23160] Give each manager the possibility to choose its own admin template style

07-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
# [#22757] Wrong urls being produced for drill downs. Thanks Christophe.
# [#23159] Improving display of back-end mod_latest module
$ Added ¬Æ to Joomla! instances in footers
$ Deleted some redundant or obsolete ini strings

07-Nov-2010 Mark Dexter
# [#22776] Incorrect path field and child item path fields not being changed on save.

07-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
# [#21789] Category Manger save alias as date instead of category name when renaming a category (Elin Waring)
# [#21571] category blog view drill down does not maintain layout style
# [#22515] P3P tags are hardcoded in JSession (Nicholas Dionysopoulos)
^ Fix some issues relative to #21571

06-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
# [#21577] Pagebreak Plugin called via JHtml::_('content.prepare') issue

06-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
# [#23134] Template description is only displayed at installation, no where else
# [#23141] Module Position Fixes for Hathor. Thanks Andrea.
# [#23028] Install Sample Data button reactivated when there is error on Main Configuration Page. Thanks Nicolai.

06-Nov-2010 Andrew Eddie
# Fixed issue [#22628] Module Assignment in Module Manager changes to No pages incorrectly (Zachary Draper, Mathavan Jeyadev, Elin Waring).

05-Nov-2010 Mark Dexter
# [#22444] JRegistry fails when binding an object which contains a JRegistry object

05-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
$ Storing the default style name without ** when language debug is on while installing template
# [#23128] Incorrect Calendar field width (Dennis Hermacki)
# [#22949] Custom error types are always shown as 'Message' (Dennis Hermacki)

05-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
# [#21798] Saving Profile Plugin configuration disables Profile, Thanks Mathavan and Elin.
#$ Enabling dashes in template ini keys for positions. Adding these strings for admin templates. + some.

04-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
# [#23096] Clarification & Simplification of ACL UI (Andrew Eddie, Andrew Tarr)

04-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
# [#23113] Clean up extraneous plus sign in user group edit screen. Thanks Andrea.
# [#22860] Invalid icon paths in com_media/models/list.php. Thanks Christophe.

03-Nov-2010 Andrew Eddie
! Updated Beta 13 SQL upgrade diff.

02-Nov-2010 Christophe Demko
# [#23092] Save and New menu item displays error
# [#22562] Uninstalling core templates triggers multiple errors
# [#21512] mod_login does not redirect to menu item with access level greater than current
# [#23082] Help system does not work correctly when debug language is ON
# [#23095] Missing author_email in components/com_content/views/featured
# [#23029] JHtml::stylesheet not backward compatible and broken (Andrew, Mark)
# [#22188] Optimize beez font loading for IE (Rouven We?üling)

02-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
# [#23071] Provide template_preview.png for both Beez templates. Thanks Michael and Ramindu.
# [#23090] Acl - edit own - message "edit not permitted" in categories. Thanks Christophe.
# [#23094] Double translation in JHtmlJGrid. Thanks Christophe.
# [#23097] Contact edit screen is not consistent with the other compnents. Thanks Elin and Christophe.
# [#23106] Globally define commonly used module position names. Thanks Matt.

01-Nov-2010 Jean-Marie Simonet
# [#23085] Improved UI for Article/Category permissions. Thanks Andrea.

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When will google page rank and back links updation take place?

Question by vini_godson: When will google page rank and back links updation take place?
I am doing SEO for my website. I am waiting for google to update page rank and back link details. This cause my website pagerank increase. If anyone know it pls tell me.

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Answer by The Broken Planet
“Updation?”

Neat word.

Google’s updates for searches happen daily, but you’re going against sites that have been active and visited for years. The average amount of time for a site to “get noticed” on Google Searches is about four to six months, depending on how much traffic the site gets.

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Ultimate Collection Of Best 404 Pages Design For Your Inspiration

404 is the error occurred when a user is trying to reach a website’s page that doesn’t exist or move to new URL, this is actually the page designed to inform user that specific page cannot be find on server. Any ways good designers always find some thing interesting in even a dead things. So today i compiled best, Entertaining, Nice & Cool 404 error pages for your inspiration. I think this list will surely help you to design your own website 404 page. Enjoy!

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JoomStew DoomStew Photo Contest Winners

Over the past few weeks our community of JoomStew Listeners has participated in the DoomStew Photo Contest on our Facebook Fan page. It was a ton of fun and we got a lot of funny, cool and even scary entries from folks. Thanks to everyone who submitted a photo.

When Alice thought of the idea, we didn't even think to ask sponsors to offer prizes, but the day we went to publish the announcement, we decided to ask a few friends if they wanted to support our efforts and give away some cool stuff.

Thankfully, several of our friends stepped up to sponsor the contest, and low and behold it took off. You can see the full list of winners and prizes on the DoomStew Winners 2010 page, but here's the quick list if you're in a hurry.

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What's the difference between iJoomla Magazine and iJoomla News Portal?

We get a lot of messages about iJoomla Magazine and the iJoomla News Portal. Some publishers are struggling to decide which component suits their site best.

These are two very different components that do very different things. It's important to make the right choice.

iJoomla Magazine comes with one plugin and seven modules, and was designed for a website updated on a weekly or monthly basis. Publishers can create magazines and issues, and add articles from any section or category. When an issue is made live, iJoomla Magazine shows the new articles in the same order that they appear on the backend. Two main zones -- vertical and horizontal -- keep the display pleasing to the eye, and a special zone for the main image attracts attention.

Publishers can also add images to their magazines as well as sidebars, quotes and author bios. With just a little effort, you can create a really slick magazine with issues and articles published automatically. In short, the magazine component allows publishers to create a professional-looking weekly or monthly magazine, and allows anyone to create a better-looking site look using the layouts and styles available.

The iJoomla News Portal enables publishers to provide a constant, automatic flow of news. Each newly-added article appears first as the Top Story then flows down to the Leading Stories zone as more articles are added.

Publishers can determine which sections, categories and articles follow this news format, and images are resized automatically according to the publisher's specifications. The idea is to create an automatic stream of stories, letting publishers offer as much content as they want without breaking a sweat.

This component comes with one menu module to display a link to all the different sections.

If you're creating an online magazine, iJoomla Magazine is an obvious choice. But if you're not creating an online magazine, you can still use the component to organize the content of a static site in a more attractive manner. The layouts and the flexibility make creating an eye-catching, professional-looking site very easy.

On the other hand, if you have a dynamic site that relies on fresh content that changes all the time, the automated features of the News Portal component will make your life a great deal easier.

12 available, assign different layouts to different issues.3 available, 1 for each news page: home, section, category.1 Default style and add as many as you like
Create your own style using advance style control system
Unlimited articles and module zones
Discounts for additional licenses

FAQ: Which component is right for my needs?

Can I switch license between iJoomla Magazine and iJoomla News Portal?

No, these are two completely different components. They are not changeable and cannot be upgraded from one to the other.

I already bought iJoomla Magazine and now I think iJoomla News Portal is more suitable to my needs, what can I do?

You can buy the News Portal, use it for the news, and continue to use your existing magazine component to give your site a better look and feel with the help of our layouts. Remember, iJoomla Magazine is not just for online magazines!

I have a huge amount of articles. Which component is better for me?

iJoomla Magazine will require you to add the articles to your issues manually so the iJoomla News Portal might be better for sites with a large number of articles. All the content will be added automatically.

I don't need to publish news or a magazine but I want my site to look great. Which component is right for me?

iJoomla Magazine. It's great for static content that doesn't need to change frequently. The component can make any site look professional.

I only have a few articles and I will be adding a few more every week. Which component is the right solution for me?

iJoomla Magazine. You'll be able to build up articles for your issue and publish each issue once you have enough articles. (We recommend at least five articles per issue.)

I want to build an archive so that my visitors see previous issues of my magazine. Which component should I choose?

iJoomla Magazine offers several modules that provide an archive-like feature: "magazines" displays a link to all the magazines; "issues" displays a link to all the magazine's issues; and the dynamic menu module displays a menu to all the magazines, all of the issues or both.

The iJoomla News Portal, however, is dynamic--the content is not organized in issues and the component does not offer any archiving features. If you need a comprehensive archive page, check out our iJoomla Search & Archive extension.

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K2Mart expands on Virtuemart, version 1.3 out today

As a Joomla user, I hope you're familiar with the Content Creation Kit extension K2 from JoomlaWorks. It's a great piece of free software from our Greek friends.

In the beginning of September this year, Joomlaworks released their new component K2Mart. K2mart integrates Virtuemart and K2, allowing you to build your product catalog using K2's advanced content, taxonomy and templating options with Virtuemart's powerful cart and checkout functionality.

This week, version 1.3 of K2 Mart is out, with several exciting new features. Among them, better image handling and a new

The aim of Joomlaworks when they released K2mart about 1.5 months ago, was to help you get a great looking Virtuemart based e-shop by importing and syncing your Virtuemart products into K2 with the help of K2mart.

Styling K2 is much easier than with Virtuemart. The reason for that being K2 using the Joomla MVC templating system. The template and subtemplate system of K2 is easy to set up and manage. Bringing K2 and Virtuemart together is as natural as it is relieving. Being a webshop owner with Virtuemart myself, I can testify to the pains connected with styling and managing the system. I look forward to setting up a testing version of my webshop.

With version 1.3 Joomlaworks takes K2Mart one step further and actually turns the extenstion into your primary dashboard with the new "quick look" stats available, directly derived from the Virtuemart database. Something impossible in Virtuemart up to now. Virtuemart can provide sales statistics, but they are "accountant" style boring statistics...

Your Joomla! control panel (the first page you see when you login as an administrator) is also dead boring. So Joomlaworks thought "why not ease your e-commerce management experience and save some clicks"? And so they brought the K2mart Virtuemart sales stats on the Joomla! control panel as well.

One of the new features is the new K2Mart charts admin module. The module lives in your Joomla admin control panel and presents an overview of total sales and top selling products in a nicely done chart:

The K2Mart charts admin module, bottom left (click for larger image)Adds Ajax based "add to cart" functionality to every K2 item/product.Built-in migrator will migrate all your Virtumart products and categories to K2 with a single click. The K2mart migrator will also import Virtuemart product/categories images and will create K2 tags for Virtuemart categories, further improving your e-shop's SEO.Brings all Virtuemart product properties like manufacturers, discounts, product status, product attributes and so on into K2.Create and edit products directly through the K2 item form. "Quick edit" links next to some properties like VAT, Manufacturers etc. will open up a lightbox popup to Virtuemart so you can add/edit them without leaving the K2 item form.Redirect all Virtuemart product details and shop browse pages to the corresponding K2 views. Virtuemart will only be used for the cart & checkout procedure.The Virtuemart elements output by K2mart are a breeze to theme! Using MVC overrides, you can completely control the output of the Virtuemart elements inside your K2 items. Furthermore, you can control which cart elements to display on the a K2 item page, on K2 listings or on K2 items output through K2 modules. So for example, you can hide the tax rate on product listings, but show it on the product page. These elements are configured from the K2mart component settings without the need to edit code.Read more about the features of K2Mart here

The Virtuemart image importing options in K2mart has been improved. IN previous versions, there was one option only: import VM images on the first product import/sync to K2.

However, webshops with hundreds or even thousands of products (and associated images) would have a hard time importing those images into K2. This comes down basically to server resources and how much control you got over your server. For that reason, Joomlaworks re-devised the way VM product images are imported as K2 item images and we have added these new options in the new K2mart component parameters:

You can select to directly link to your Virtuemart stored images (and fit into K2 with HTML resizing) orYou can import your Virtuemart stored images as K2 item images.

The real difference compared to the importing method in the Virtuemart Migrator page is that this occurs on "runtime". So instead of doing the import as a one-time job (with the Virtuemart Migrator page in K2mart), you let your e-shop visitors help you out: Whenever they visit a K2 product page, K2mart will dynamically pull and resize the Virtuemart image. For more info on these new image import handling features, take a look at the K2mart documentation page.

In addition to the image handling functions and the control panel, the following new features can be found in K2Mart 1.3:
advanced product attribute editing inside the K2 item formthere is a new optional 6th tab (called 'advanced'), which you can enable inside the K2 item form that allows a user to:Assign/unassign an existing Virtuemart product to a K2 itemEdit a product directly in VirtuemartDelete the product from the Virtuemart databaseadded an option for showing the Virtuemart category tree in the K2 item form so a user can choose which Virtuemart category the product will be saved into.fixed issue causing K2mart to loose some Virtuemart product data, when saving the product in K2, as well as other several minor issues as reported by users in the forum. The K2Mart Virtuemart migrator (click for larger image)
K2 item form with K2mart, 1st tab (click for larger image)

K2mart is NOT meant to replace K2 or Virtuemart. It just creates a bridge between the two components for the shop owner's benefit.

Virtuemart's multiple categories are NOT supported. If a product is mapped to more than one Virtuemart categories, K2mart will intelligently map the product to the deepest level category in the K2 category tree and additionally, it will write all categories assigned per product as K2 tags.

The K2Mart developers suggest that product multi-mapping is better executed using tags.

I will be testing K2Mart on a copy of one of my Virtuemart webshops, www.kaffekapsler.no. If it's as good as it looks, I might switch the whole thing over to K2Mart. I really need a pain-relief from working with Virtuemart. Especially

K2mart is a commercial extension for Joomla! 1.5 developed by JoomlaWorks. If you purchase your copy now for the introductory price of 15 Euros, you get receive lifetime upgrades for free!

You can see a demo of v1.3 in the K2 demo website at: demo.getk2.org/k2mart

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