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- Written by: Hans
- Category: Joomla
We were waiting for it in september 2014 but there was a slight delay in the road map of Joomla 3.4. There was a message that the road map would get an update in january 2015 and here it is.
Joomla 3.4 release timeline update http://t.co/haL51McJMf #joomla
— Joomla! (@joomla) 13 januari 2015Updated roadmap
After all the feedback from the Joomla 3.4 alpha, it resulted into this:
- January 20th 2015 - 3.4 Feature Freeze
- January 27th 2015 - 3.4 Beta 1
- February 3rd, 2015 - 3.4 Beta 2
- February 10th, 2015- 3.4 Release Candidate
- February 17th, 2015 - 3.4 Stable Release
Off course, these dates are not fixed, it's always possible there will be another change.
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- Written by: Hans
- Category: Extensions
There is a topic on the forum of joomlacommunity.eu about must have extensions. I'm always interested in finding and using extenions that make my life in Joomla easier so I decided to share these extensions, maybe you like them also.
Forms
Fields Attach
free
With Fields Attach you can add fields to an article or category. Examples of these fileds are : Input / Textarea / Select / Image / Gallery Image / File / Checkbox / Date / Radio Button / Youtube Video.
My Content & WorkFlow
paid
Your standard content in Joomla will be completed to real content management. You can edit, publish, unpublish and approve on the frontend of your website.
Content
Joomla Content Editor (JCE)
free
A highly configurable WYSIWYG editor for Joomla based on TinyMCE. For lots of Joomla users it's a must have extension.
Menu's
NoNumber Add To Menu
free paid
With Add to Menu you can make a menu link to a page from the administrator (page article or category).
Modules
NoNumber Advanced Module Manager
free paid
With Advanced Module Manager you will get lots of configuration options for your modules. You can control publishing modules on date, user group, language, template, OS or browser.
Security
Akeeba backup
free paid
Create backups or move your Joomla! website and easy to use. You can include or exclude custom maps or database tables.
Admin tools
free paid
With the free version you van fix permissions, alter prefixes and protect your administrator directory with a password. But the real power is in the paid version which contains a powerfull web firewall.
Alter Articles
paid
Extend the standard functionality of articles with maps, gallery, attachments and related articles.
SilverAdmin
paid
With SilverAdmin you can edit modules, menus en articles without login in the backend. It also ads a handy side menu in your website if your logged in.
Nonumber Cache Cleaner
free paid
When you edit an article you would like to see your changes on the frontpage without manual deleting cache files. With Cache Cleaner you get a quicklink to delete these cache files.
AutoArchive
free
You can remove, depublicise, archive or move content to a different category after a set date.
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- Written by: Hans
- Category: Tips
This is an article about template overrides and specificly to modify the layout of a single article.
Step 1. Create a template override
Go to Extensions > Template manager > Templates. Scroll down and click on “Yourtemplatename Details and Files”.
Now click through to find the article layout files:
- Create overrides
- Components
- com_content
- article
After you click on the article layout files, Joomla will automatically create a copy of the files that you can use as overrides. The new files will be located at /templates/yourtemplate/html/com_content/article/.
Inside that folder, we have two more steps to take:
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- Written by: Hans
- Category: Tips
Somewhere in the year 2014 I noticed a tweet (if I'm not mistaking) from someone who had begun making a checklist about the things you cannot forget when putting a new website online. This checklist was put on Github and now also a few other developers have helped perfecting this checklist. I found this checklist very helpfull and would like to share this with you.
For now it is in Dutch but I'll make a translation soon.