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In this tutoruial you’ll see how to resolve one of the most popular issues with the flash custom modules in Joomla – Flash custom module doesn’t load

Usually the issue is caused by the automatic code modifications performed by the Joomla WYSIWYG editor. In other words the editor changes the custom module HTML code and makes it totally unworkable.

This video tutorial will show you how to change the Cufont generaled fonts in Joomla

1) First you need to locate .ttf font file.

2) Open http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/ to generate font

3) Select your font in the regular typeface field (the first one)

4) Check EULA box at the bottom of the select font section

5) Include the necessary characters in …

Question: Should I update my Joomla 1.6 site to Joomla 1.7?
Answer:
Absolutely you should. Joomla 1.6 will reach the end of its life in August 2011, just a month away. After that, Joomla 1.6 will have no further security updates, meaning that if a security problem is discovered, it will not be addressed. And that means if your site …

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.7.0. This is a security release. This is also the first release made within the new six-month release cycle that started with the delivery of Joomla 1.6 in January 2011.

The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn …

This guide contains step-by-step instructions on Joomla templates usage since the template download to the completing of your website.

There are several things you should do before you start working with your website.

1. View the template preview page and check Joomla engine version required.

2. Make sure you have all necessary software for the template customization.

Both …

This tutorial will show you how to install now language pack to your Joomla website.

First of all you should visit the official Joomla website at http://joomla.org and download the language pack you need. You can download the language packs here
Make sure you are downloading the language pack that meets your Joomla engine version.

When …

Because passwords are stored using a one-way “salted” MD5 hash which prevents recovering the password, you cannot recover an existing password, but you can reset it to a new password by editing the password field in the database.

1. Open your hosting control panel

2. Access the database management tool (usually phpMyAdmin)

3. Open your Joomla database and select the …

Before you start following the tutorial please make sure you downloaded the template, extracted the files and installed Joomla engine to your server.

This tutorial will show you how to install Joomla 1.6 template. There are 2 ways to install the template.

1. Open Joomla admin panel
2. Go to Extensions>Extensions Manager

3. In the Upload Package

This tutorial will show you how to install Joomla 1.6 engine.

The Joomla engine can be downloaded from the official website at http://www.joomla.org/download.html. When the downloading is complete you should extract the files from the .zip archive. If you are not familiar with extracting procedure please check this tutorial.

The next step would be to upload the extracted …

aiContactSafe is a native Joomla! 1.5.x component developed by Algis Info.
You can use it to place a complex contact form on your web page.
Here are some of the facilities that it can offer:
– custom fields
– captcha
– custom text related to the contact informations
– multilingual support ( through Joomfish )
– SEFthrough Artio JoomSEF or …

This module shows icons from 8 most known social sites (delicious, digg, facebook, google, myspace, stumbleupon, twitter and rss feed) there are 4 different sizes of icons to choose from (24,32,48,64) and 4 different sets of icons (aquatic, orange round, white round and logorunner)

If the template you ordered contains the mod_nice_social_bookmark module it can be found in the templete …

Global News will give you the most complete view of your content by grouping latest, popular, random or default ordered news either by sections or by categories in a customizable table. You can exclude any section/category you want, you can set it to filter the lists by the current section, and you can choose between different dinamic content layouts, including …

The module is used to create the drop down menus in Joomla templates. It contains various configuration options and animation effects.

If the template you ordered contains the mod_maximenu module it can be found in the templete sources folder, search for the mod_maximenu_CK.zip file.

If the module is not included into the template you can download it from extensions.joomla.org

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"Superfish is an enhanced Suckerfish-style menu jQuery plugin that takes an existing pure CSS drop-down menu (so it degrades gracefully without JavaScript) and adds many features." The module is combination of Suckerfish-style menu and the Joomla menu module. As a result we have a module that allows to easily create and manipulate dropdown menus. Comes with many configuration options such …

You can see the Warning: Failed to move file! Error message trying to install the template or some extension through the Joomla admin panel. This error is caused by the incorrect CHMOD permissions set for some folders.

To resolve this issue you need to do the following:

1. Open Joomla admin panel and go to Site>System Information>Directory Permissions

2. There you can

This tutorial will show you how to change the Google Map coordinates in Joomla

1. Open your Joomla installation directory and open templates/theme###/html/com_contact folder

2. The Google Map code could be found in the default.php, default_address.php or default_form.php (depends on the template design)

3. Open the php files with your HTML/PHP editor

4. Use the search …

Our technicians tested our Joomla templates and found some incompatibility issues with Joomla 1.6.0 – 1.6.2 templates with Joomla 1.6.3.

You can have some issues with Contact Form installing Joomla 1.6.0 or 1.6.2 template to Joomla 1.6.3. Please contact our team for possible solutions

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As you might be aware of, Joomla has released a new version of its popular content management software – this dynamic portal engine has been finally advanced to Joomla 1.6, on January 11th 2011. From the official Joomla 1.6 release announcement the company has unveiled the range of new functions and features the new version delivers to designers, developers, admins …

January 10 2011 is a new day in Joomla! History. Joomla 1.6 has arrived. New version, new features, more functionality and flexibility. Our team is moving in step with progress so new Joomla 1.6 templates are available.

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Starting from template #30965 all Joomla template has enhanced drop-down menu based on the Superfish Dropdown Menu module included. The module installation package can be found in the template sources directory.

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This tutorial will show you how to install Joomla 1.5 template.

Before you proceed please make sure you downloaded the template and extracted the files (Windows, MAC) from the template package.

1. Open Joomla admin panel
2. Go to Extensions>Install/Uninstall
3. Click on the Browse button in the Upload Package file field
4. Open the directory with your template

This tutorial show how to install Joomla 1.5 engine to your hosting server.

The Joomla engine can be downloaded from the official website at http://www.joomla.org/download.html. When the downloading is complete you should extract the files from the .zip archive. If you are not familiar with extracting procedure please check this tutorial.

The next step would be to upload …

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This tutorial shows how to edit text properties and style using the Joomla WYSIWYG editor. The Joomla editor is used to format text in Joomla (articles, K2 items, categories description etc).

The editor can be enabled in Joomla administration panel > Global Configuration. In the Site settings block use the Default editor select box to select the WYSIWYG editor or …

Joomla! CMS is a free, open source and one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) of nowadays for managing a websites' content through a simple and functional interface - you need no coding skills. Joomla template is a design for this CMS. No one wants to manage all of their content changes and additions from the source code. CMS saves your time, effort and a lot of money, which makes it a very good investment. And the Joomla! CMS platform is a great variant due to its convenience and functionality.

This tutorial shows how to modify the basic colors in Joomla template.

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This tutorial shows how to add new menu button in Joomla. All changes will be done in Joomla admin panel so you don’t need any programming skills to do this.

First of all please open Joomla admin panel and go to Menus > your_menu (in the menus list you can see all available menus and you are free to add …

This tutorial shows how to edit text properties and style using the Joomla WYSIWYG editor. The Joomla editor is used to format text in Joomla (articles, K2 items, categories description etc).

The editor can be enabled in Joomla administration panel > Global Configuration. In the Site settings block use the Default editor select box to select the WYSIWYG editor or …

This tutorial shows how to manage module positions in Joomla. Modules in Joomla are used to output some content in desired places (positions). Modules can display such objects as: menu, login form, polls, text block, newsletter subscribe form, banner, search field etc.

Let’s see how we can control the module position in Joomla.

First of all open Joomla admin panel …

"The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.8 [Wohnaiki]. This release contains a number of bug fixes and two moderate-level security fixes. It has been around two months since Joomla 1.5.7 was released on September 9, 2008."

Joomla 1.5 templates from our team are fully compatible with Joomla 1.5.8

Check release notes

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"The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.7. This is a security release and contains a number of bug fixes, improvements as well as security fixes. It is strongly recommended that users immediately upgrade. "

Joomla 1.5 templates from our team are fully compatible with Joomla 1.5.7

Check release notes

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"This is a quick turnaround security release to address a high level security issue and it is recommended all users upgrade immediately."

Joomla 1.5 templates from our team are fully compatible with Joomla 1.5.6

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Joomla! Content Management System is uninterruptedly developing and we won’t stand aside. We’ve tested our templates and performed necessary updates. Now we can claim that our Joomla 1.5 templates are fully compatible with all subversions of Joomla 1.5 release

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