A Joomla Guide to PHP Notices, Warnings and Errors

A Joomla Guide to PHP Notices, Warnings and Errors

Websites inevitably have problems. Whether you're using Joomla or anything else, you'll need to spot and fix problems.

Joomla uses PHP and when PHP has problems, it tries to report them to you. These errors may appear on your site and could be visible to visitors.

In this tutorial, we're going to give you a quick introduction to these errors. We'll explain the different types that might appear on your site and how you can stop them from showing.

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Create a Joomla Category List with Images

Create a Joomla Category List with ImagesCreate a Joomla Category List with Images

Joomla offers a menu type "Category List" that allows you to display a category and subcategories in a list format.

Normally a "Category List layout" looks like the image below. That examplle is using Protostar as a template. This default design is not very attractive, is it?

We can do it better. For example, we can add an image next to the title of each subcategory. In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to do that, using Joomla's template overrides (click here to see all our template override tutorials).

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How to Use the Joomla Private Messages Extension

How to Use the Joomla Messaging Extension

Joomla is a successful, reliable platform. However, some parts of Joomla are often confusing to our customers. One of these is the "Messaging" extension.

In this blog post, I'm going to show you the two features of the "Messaging" extension. I'm also going to suggest two ways in which "Messaging" could be improved in future Joomla releases.

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How to Change Joomla's Date and Time Format

Change Joomla's Date and Time Format

Joomla comes with a standard format for showing dates and times.

However, there may be a site you have created that will need to use a custom date and time format. In this tutorial, I will show you a step-by-step method on changing your date and time format for articles.

This method will use no coding and will also introduce you to Language Overrides, one of Joomla's best and most underappreciated features.

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How to Design Individual Joomla Pages With CSS

How to Design Individual Joomla Pages With CSS

HD-Custom CSS is a simple but very useful module that allows you to add CSS styles to individual Joomla pages.

Without editing your template files, HD-Custom CSS makes it possible to quickly and easily apply CSS changes.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to alter the background color and font for just one page.

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How to Embed Facebook Posts in Joomla

How to Embed Facebook Posts in Joomla

If you use Joomla, then you've had problems with embeds. 

Before the launch of the OSEmbed extension, it was difficult to reliably embed any outside sources into your Joomla articles.

In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how easy it is to embed Facebook posts into Joomla. The OSEmbed Pro plugin allows you to embed Facebook links in Joomla.

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How to Create Template Overrides for Joomla Articles

Create Template Overrides for Specific Joomla Articles

We have covered Joomla template overrides in this blog and in our Joomlashack University video class.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to combine template overrides and the core Template component.

I'm going to show you how to create a custom layout that you can use for individual Joomla articles.

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How to Solve Common Joomla Installation Problems

Solve Common Joomla Installation Problems

Our customers often ask us about Joomla installation problems. As you're going through a Joomla installation process, there are several possible issues that you might encounter.

In this tutorial we aim to help you solve as many of those issues as possible.

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How to Embed Google Slides Presentations in Joomla

How to Embed Google Slides Presentations in Joomla

Google Slides is Google's alternative to PowerPoint or Keynote presentations. It is really easy to add Google Slides to Joomla sites, using our OSEmbed extension.

Using the OSEmbed Pro extension, you can embed Google Slides into your Joomla site with just a URL.

This guide will show you how to add a Google Slides presentation to your Joomla site.

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How to Embed Google Docs in Joomla

How to Embed Google Docs in Joomla

Google Docs can be one of the trickiest things to embed in any website. The embed code is hard to use and can easily become corrupted.

With OSEmbed Pro Joomla extension, you can now embed Google Docs into your Joomla site with just a URL. This feature is so cool that it's not even available in WordPress, which is famous for easy embeds.

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