Adding Pages without Menu Items in Joomla

December 11, 2009

Ever wanted to create a page in Joomla but without the menu item showing? Sure – you could create an article ( or page), publish it, and call the page via a link you create on another page. But then your URL looks something like this: yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135 If you want to use the built-in SEF [...]

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Place any Code into Joomla

November 5, 2009

It is a well known fact that Joomla’s HTML editor won’t allow you to paste certain tags, css styles and other code snipplets into the code of your page (article). It can be a real pain in the butt – but there is a way around it. All you need to do is go to [...]

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95 SEO Tips and Tricks for Powerful Search Engine Optimization

November 4, 2009

This is an extensive and well written article by Jennifer Kyrnin with a list of things you can do to improve your search engine ranking. You can always learn something new… 95 SEO Tips and Tricks

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SEO: How to optimize your keywords

November 4, 2009

What does it take to be in the top 10 search engine results on Google or Yahoo? The answer is finding the right keywords and optimizing your site accordingly. You can be number one for any keyword, as long as you do it right. Here are a couple hints and tricks that should help you get the most [...]

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Joomla Submenu not working

August 11, 2009

Recently we ran into a problem with Joomla 1.5 – the submenu items weren’t showing up and weren’t styled correctly. The problem was that the Joomla Site Cache was turned on for faster loading. It just so happens that when the cache is enabled, the submenu doesn’t work (if you have a link structure with [...]

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Lucida Images Makeover Completed

May 30, 2009

Outbound Design is proud to announce that it has finished the makeover of lucidaimages.com – a great website for stock photography and royalty-free images. We took a photographer’s portfolio site and turned it into a full-blown e-commerce site. Check it out!

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SEO: How to improve your Keyword Density

May 14, 2009

This article is about how to improve your web site’s search engine ranking without paying for sponsored links (organic growth). Organic search engine growth can result from multiple things: Your Inbound Links, Your Titles and Meta Tags, your Content, and especially your Keyword Density. Keyword Density is how often a particular keyword appears with respect [...]

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Effective Web Design: Tips & Tricks

May 14, 2009

Listed below are some useful and rather important tips for designing a professional and high quality web site. But what do we mean by high quality? Well, a high quality web site loads fast, looks good, engages the user, and is compatible with all browsers and platforms. The reality is that you are going to have to [...]

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Browser Problems with Joomla 1.5 Editor

May 8, 2009

I am a MAC user and always use Safari to browse the web. But then I noticed that the Joomla Editor was grayed-out and I couldn’t enter any data or save my information on some of my installed components. The save, cancel, and help buttons at the top right corner didn’t work and my browser (Safari) just got stuck.

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Installing JEvents on Joomla 1.5

May 7, 2009

We recently installed the JEvents Event Calendar (Version 1.5 RC) on a client’s site and noticed that the documentation was rather poor, so we thought we put this out there. To install this component in Joomla 1.5x (we used Joomla 1.5.9), you have to upload the directory that contains the component, modules, and plugins to [...]

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