When I recommended that my customer upgrade from Joomla 1.5 and Mosets Tree to Joomla 2.5 and SobiPro, I had no idea how difficult the directory migration would be. I thought I could export using the Mosets Importer (which I thought was an import/export) and import using the SobiPro CSV importer. Well, that didn’t work out at...
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Spring Mountain Motorsports was one of the most difficult websites I have created in a while. Fancy slides, popups, scrollers and galleries are cool, but can create an updating nightmare for the average Joe. My task was to find a balance between features and administrative simplicity. One tool that helped keep all content edits...
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K2 is definitely one of my favorite Joomla! components. It does everything so well that I rarely need to make edits to anything other than template files. The one exception is creating square thumbnails. Most of my customers incapable of creating square thumbnails, so we need the system to be as user friendly as possible. This is a...
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With over 40 form components and modules available in the Joomla Forms category of the Extension Directory, how do you know which one to choose? Should you get a free or commercial component? Are the reviews accurate? Will the developer continue to improve the component? If I pay, will the commercial developer help me if I run into...
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There are so many excellent Joomla! add-ons available that it is almost impossible to make a “top ten” list. One can only make a list based on their experiences and specific needs. In this case, I have come up with a list of my top 12 most frequently used Joomla! add-ons or “enhancers” that make my life a...
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