A Core Awakening

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MyWoodlot.com is a website we developed to help forest landowners make good choices when it comes to managing their land. The site is now 10 years old and has transitioned through two (very different) website developers, the latter leaving me shaken to the core. 

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The new ModalSelect Field

Joomla 5.2 - the modal select field

A new feature in Joomla 5.2 makes life so much easier for Joomla component developers!

It's called the ModalSelect standard field, and it provides a really easy way to implement a modal window in your component.

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The new metrics for web performance

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Joomla 4 performs exceptionally well out of the gate on Google Lighthouse at Joomla Australia's Virtual User Group. Google Lighthouse is Google's open-source, automated tool that gives you feedback that you can use to improve the quality of web pages. You can run it against any web page, public or requiring authentication. It has audits for performance, accessibility, SEO and more.

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Custom Fields - Episode 4: a step by step tutorial

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Joomla extensions: where to find them?

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With all its options and all kinds of custom fields available in the core, Joomla is a pretty complete content management system. But sometimes you need functionality that is not among the core features. A webshop, for instance,  enhanced forms, a newsletter, e-learning platform, a gallery or a different template. For these purposes you can use an extension.

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Passwordless authentication for secure, fast and easy logins in Joomla! 4

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Joomla! 4 introduces a plethora of new and exciting features. While most of them are very visible, giving you new ways to build and use your sites more easily, there's an abundance of features designed to enhance the security of your site. Today we'll be talking about WebAuthn, a feature that has the unique distinction of belonging in both categories: it makes your site login more secure and easier at the same time.

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10 Reasons Why Joomla is the Best CMS for Nonprofit Websites

November-Nonprofits Why Joomla is the best CMS for nonprofit websites

There are many website builders, platforms, and CMSs out there to consider for your organization's new website. While it can be tempting to choose a DIY hosted service, it might not be the best option for you in the long-term.

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How the Speed of Your Website Can Impact Your Sales

How the Speed of Your Website Can Impact Your Sales

It may not seem like website speed would be the deciding factor for an online purchase, but it impacts your sales more than you realize.

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10 Reasons why Joomla is the ideal CMS for web agencies

Joomla, the ideal CMS for Web Agencies

As a web agency, you may be looking for the CMS that fits your clients’ needs best, so you can create professional, powerful, secure, mobile-friendly and easy-to-maintain websites for them. Look no further: Joomla, time and time awarded as “best free CMS”, has it all. It’s versatile, flexible, easy to use, secure, and suitable for countless types of websites. And on top of all that it’s completely free. We give you ten reasons why you should try it today!

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How do I update my PHP version?

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Speed, security, compatibility, performance. These are just four of the reasons you should keep your PHP version up to date. In this 2020 revision on the topic, we cover a number of ways you can go about updating your PHP version to avoid problems in the lead up to the release of Joomla 4 which has a minimum requirement of PHP version 7.3 or above.

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