The Joomlashack Blog
Converting a WordPress Site to Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 10 April 2019 10 April 2019
This tutorial will show you how to move an existing WordPress site over to Joomla. This will work for many WordPress versions up to 5 and will work for Joomla 3.
We also have a tutorial showing how to move in the opposite direction, migrating from Joomla to WordPress.
How to Create Frontend Event Moderators in JCal Pro
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Published: 05 April 2019 05 April 2019
JCal Pro is the best calendar extension for Joomla sites.
Over the last weeks, we've talked with several JCal Pro customers who are alllowing users to create events via the frontend of their site. So, we've been writing more documentation to help them, including articles on creating events, registering for events, and giving access to event creation.
This week's tutorial will show you how to allow users to moderate events that are submitted. To create a moderator, you need to follow these five steps:
- Create a Joomla user group for your JCal Pro event moderators.
- Create a Joomla access level for the moderators.
- Set the correct permissions for the moderators.
- Choose Joomla users as moderators.
- Create a frontend menu link for moderators to use.
Let's take a look at this process in more detail.
Read more: How to Create Frontend Event Moderators in JCal Pro
How to Edit Joomla Modules via the Frontend
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 04 April 2019 04 April 2019
One of the hardest things about updating a Joomla site used to be figuring out which module to edit:
- What was the name of the module?
- What position was the module in?
That problem can now be solved easily - you can edit your modules just by visiting the front-end of your site and clicking on them.
The Share It plugin is now called Shack Article Sharing
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Published: 03 April 2019 03 April 2019
Back in January, we looked ahead to 2019 and set three main goals for the year:
- Provide customers with a smooth transition to Joomla 4.
- Integrate our extensions. For example, we can expand OSMap to provide support for all our new extensions.
- Improve the Joomlashack brand by redesigning the logo and rebranding our extensions.
Read more: The Share It plugin is now called Shack Article Sharing
How to Manually Install Joomla Using cPanel
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 03 April 2019 03 April 2019
One of our students was having trouble installing Joomla using cPanel, so we created this tutorial for them.
This tutorial will cover setting up the database, the files, and the configuration of the Joomla install.
Joomla: Updates Table Doesn't Exist
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 02 April 2019 02 April 2019
One of our students was having a problem updating his site. The issue was the "updates" table in the database had become corrupted.
We found a solution for him, but it required running a query in phpMyAdmin. He wasn't familiar with the process of running a database query before, so we created this tutorial for him and you.
In the step-by-step tutorial, we'll describe the issue and demonstrate how to resolve it.
How to Change the Default Language in Joomla
- Written by Valentín García Valentín García
- Published: 28 March 2019 28 March 2019
When you create a new install of Joomla, you have to choose a default language.
For example, if you choose English (UK) as the default language, your site will use that language in the backend and frontend.
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to change that default. I'll show you how to set up a new language pack in Joomla and set that as the default.
Introducing the New Joomlashack Logo
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 26 March 2019 26 March 2019
I owe a big "Thank You" to the Joomlashack community.
Just over two months ago, I wrote a post called "We Are Working on a New Joomlashack Logo".
I described all the problems we found while trying to design a new logo. In the end, I presented a new version of the logo and said:
How to Create a Blog With Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 26 March 2019 26 March 2019
One Joomlashack member was asking us about Joomla blogging extensions. They wondered what extension we use for the Joomlashack blog.
Our answer was "None!" We run one of the most popular blogs in Joomla and it's almost entirely done using the Joomla core.
In this guide, I'll show you step-by-step how to build a blog that looks exactly as ours.
How to Override the OSCampus Class Page Layout
- Written by Alex Smirnov Alex Smirnov
- Published: 25 March 2019 25 March 2019
One of our Everything Club members asked how to change an OSCampus class page layout.
They tried to achieve this by directly editing the OSCampus files. That was not the best approach.
The correct technique for changing a layout of a Joomla page is called a "templates override".
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use this technique to redesign an OSCampus class page.