Joomla · Joomla 1.7 · Joomla 2.5

Joomla 1.7 is being phased out, Joomla 2.5 is Available Now for Download

For those who just started using Joomla 1.7 it is being phased out Feb 24, 2012.   Joomla 2.5 is already here and available for download at Joomla.org and here is a message from their site regarding the update:  Along with New Features such as advanced search and automatic notification of Joomla core and extension updates,… Continue reading Joomla 1.7 is being phased out, Joomla 2.5 is Available Now for Download

Joomla · Joomla 1.7

Joomla 1.7 New Feature – Access to Joomla Site while Offline

Joomla 1.7 New Feature – Grant access to groups to access your Joomla website while it is Offline Generally it takes a while for you to customize and develop your Joomla website.  In the meantime you don’t want the public to see your site while are you still in development/ designing mode.   There is an… Continue reading Joomla 1.7 New Feature – Access to Joomla Site while Offline

Joomla · Joomla 1.6 · Joomla 1.7 · Joomla Errors

Joomla 1.7 – Choose Categories in Featured Articles Menu Item

There was a bug in the Menu Manager in Joomla 1.6 and now fixed in Joomla 1.7.   In Joomla 1.6 when you selected “featured articles” as the Menu Item Type, the option to select categories was not there.  The description of the “featured articles” menu type is: Show all featured articles from one or multiple… Continue reading Joomla 1.7 – Choose Categories in Featured Articles Menu Item

Joomla · Joomla 1.7

Joomla 1.7 – New Feature in Mass Mail to Exclude Disabled Users

A New Feature in Joomla 1.7 was added to the Mass Mail functionality.   In the past there was no way to in exclude/include disabled users from mass emails.  Now in Joomla 1.7 there is a checkbox in the Mass Mail component to “Send to disabled users”.  This could be useful if 1.  You set user… Continue reading Joomla 1.7 – New Feature in Mass Mail to Exclude Disabled Users

Joomla · Joomla 1.7 · Joomla Setup

Joomla 1.7 – Save Search Term in a Menu Item

A New Feature available in Joomla 1.7 can be found in the Menu Manager when creating a new Menu Item.   When you create a Menu item – “List Search Results’, a required field is now the “Search Term”.    In the screenshot example below, I put ‘Project”.  So then when you click on this link in… Continue reading Joomla 1.7 – Save Search Term in a Menu Item