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Using and hiding phpinfo (with or without Joomla)

1 December 2009

phpinfo is a valuable command that can allow you to find errors and learn more about your server. Don’t share it with everybody on the internet.

So last month you wanted to install this fancy new java-flippy-moo-fools-slider-transparency-bookmarklet-tab thingy on your website. You installed it and it didn’t work as expected, so you asked the bookmarklet-flippy-moo developer what to do. He asked you if you were using php4 or php5, and if you had GD libraries installed. You said: “I dunno, what’s php?” read more…

Back to the basics

30 November 2009

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New Joomla users are popping up left and right and thats great for the community.

We are seeing a surge of new users to the Joomla community. This is great news and encouraging for Joomla as a whole. We have loved and used Joomla for years, and anytime somebody else discovers the ease of use and flexibility that Joomla offers we get excited.
We have compiled a short list of helpful resources for new Joomla users. Check out some of the things we feel are useful. read more…

Work on your new site, without Google snooping around and indexing it.

27 November 2009

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As many times as I tell people to not develop on a live site for numerious reasons, it is still commonplace. I admit, I do it sometimes as well. Let’s block Google with robots.txt

The problem is Google and search engines will be actively indexing your new site and invariably you will be stuck with crappy search results for a period of time after you finish your site. Read more to find out how to fix this embarrassing error. read more…

To install Joomla sample content or not to install sample content. That is the question.

19 November 2009

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So, you are building a Joomla site for a client and you get to the step in the Joomla install where it asks if you want install the sample content. What do you do?

You have installed Joomla 3-4 times, feel good with it now, you are feeling confident, why not skip the sample content nonsense and go for the gusto? This is a common question I answer a lot. read more…

Neccessary tools. Firebug in Firefox.

17 November 2009

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Have you ever wanted to know how your site looked with a different color font, but had no idea how to find where the font color was in the template code? You are not using Firebug then.

First things first, if you are not using Firefox to develop and build your websites you need to start. Firefox is the defacto standard and if you are trying to build a website in IE you are making things 10 times harder on yourself so, let’s make you a better person. read more…