Community Magazine

If you follow my writings, you probably know that I try to use as few extensions as possible. Not because I don’t like extensions, but because I like to keep the websites I create as easy to maintain as possible. There are many cases where extensions absolutely make sense: events calendars, big image galleries, file downloads, etc. In other cases I’m sure I can handle the request with Joomla core and some overrides, because Joomla is a very powerful system.

You may have seen them in form fields: labels that seem to float above the field as you're typing. Can you make those in your Joomla website as well? Yes you can! Brian Teeman explains how. 

Small layout changes can make a big difference to how content is perceived. One of the most effective improvements you can make to a category blog layout is to treat the leading article differently from the rest — visually signalling that it matters more.

A series of articles about tools that can help you to create a Joomla component. But we start with showing that a lot can be done with core Joomla, without building a custom component.

If you have followed my writings in the Magazine, you already know that I really like overrides. Overrides have helped me understand how Joomla works and they give me the possibility to change almost everything without breaking Joomla core. 

Joomla's template override functionality allows users to customize the default layout of components, modules, and views, providing extensive flexibility for creating unique designs. Managing template overrides effectively will minimize maintenance challenges on updates.

A gorgeous banner for your category blog, easy to adjust and maintain by the content manager of the site - surely you must need an extension for that? Nope. Not in Joomla. You don’t even have to be Super Coder to achieve this! Read all about the power of custom fields to style your categories.

"Joomla is complicated", "Joomla is for tech guys", "Joomla isn't user friendly", etc. are the most common (unfair) critics I read the most about this awesome CMS. 

In fact, Joomla is exactly like any other topic: cooking, astrophysic, woodcraft, scuba diving, etc. It's complicated as long you don't take time to learn and to train about a minimum.

In this beginner tutorial, you'll learn how to customize the login page of your Joomla 5 site. No coding skills required, no useless extension to install, just you and the Joomla's magic :)

"Joomla is complicated", "Joomla is for tech guys", "Joomla isn't user friendly". These are just a few of the most common (unfair) critics - or rather: assumptions - I've read about this awesome CMS.

In fact, Joomla is exactly like any other CMS or topic: cooking, astrophysic, woodcraft, scuba diving, etc. It's complicated if you don't take time to learn and to train about a minimum.