We are currently developing a small plugin to modify head data prior to serving the page. Although we have done something similar quite a few times before (changing the code inside the head tag), it is the first time that we describe how to do this from an extremely technical perspective. In short, we use […]
This post is an opinion. It has no technical information whatsoever. Just a heads up in case you wanted to read this post because you thought it was about securing a Joomla website. We love Joomla. We make a living out of it, it puts bread on our table, it feeds our precious babies, and […]
Earlier this week, Joomla released 2 updates: Joomla 2.5.23 and Joomla 3.3.2. Less than 24 hours later, Joomla released another 2 updates, Joomla 2.5.24 and Joomla 3.3.3. It turned out that the first 2 updates had issues: they were causing problems with email obfuscation. It’s really hard to imagine how come no one tested email […]
If you’re regularly following the news about major CMS’s, then you’d have probably heard by now that over 50,000 WordPress websites were hacked in the course of a few days. Potentially, another million or so WordPress websites could be also compromised. The cause of this onslaught of hacks is an exploit in a WordPress plugin […]
Some websites have the following business model: They display, on a certain page(s), a list of articles with a teaser for each article. The visitor clicks on an article of his choice. If the user is not an already subscribed member (and if he’s not logged in), then he’ll be redirected to a page where […]
We have discussed blank pages on Gantry templates before, but yesterday, a client called us and told us that the suggested fix did not work for him. So, we checked his website, and we discovered that although he was seeing a blank page, the HTML code wasn’t empty. In fact, the HTML code was full […]
In software products, having features that you don’t need is generally a good thing. However, if an unneeded feature is causing more harm than good, then it’s probably a good idea to completely disable it. For example, one of Joomla’s features is the ability to send e-mail (the mail sending functionality is used for notifications, […]
Note: This post is not about setting a default share image for your K2 content on Facebook. If you want to do that, then you’re better off checking this post. Content editors working for a major client of ours were having an issue when they were trying to share their K2 articles through Facebook. The […]
Note: A pre-requisite to implement the solution in this post is to install and activate the Modules Anywhere plugin by NoNumber. That plugin is much better than Joomla’s own plugin (Content – Load Module) of injecting modules into a page (e.g. {loadposition …} and {loadmodule …}). It’s amazing that Joomla still hasn’t created a reliable […]
It’s Friday, it’s sunny here in Montreal, the sky is blue, and we think it’s better to write about a Joomla tidbit instead of going out and enjoying the sun. How is that for dedication? Anyway, if your Joomla backend is cluttered with extensions that you’re not using but you don’t want to install, then […]
Heads up: To implement the solution in this post, you will need to install Jumi, which is a free Joomla extension that allows you to place PHP code anywhere on your Joomla website. This past weekend, a client of ours called us and told us that he wanted to place a button on his website […]
Large corporations don’t typically use YouTube to host their videos, they use something else, something like Brightcove. The reason why they do that is because Brightcove is a paid video hosting platform, which means that they can get support if they run into problems, and they can hold the company (Brightcove) accountable if something goes […]