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Making Joomla Blog Layouts Work Harder: Using Full Images for Leading Articles

Making Joomla Blog Layouts Work Harder: Using Full Images for Leading Articles

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.

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Adding Custom Fields to the Joomla Contact Form

Adding Custom Fields to the Joomla Contact Form

This tutorial explains how to add extra fields to the Joomla Contact form using Custom Fields. The process uses core Joomla functionality, requires no third-party extensions, and is fully upgrade-safe.

You’ll learn how to create a field, configure permissions correctly, control where it appears on the form, and ensure submitted values are included in the contact email.

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Restricting Full Articles to Registered Users While Showing an Intro

Restricting Full Articles to Registered Users While Showing an Intro

Joomla’s built-in access control system is one of its strongest features and restricting content in this way is a very common requirement for membership sites, magazines, online courses.

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Blog Roll module

Blog Roll module

On my site I want to have a module listing all the blog posts sorted by date. We can do this out of the box using the new mod_articles (since Joomla 5.2) module.

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The Spirit of “Us”: How Joomla Builds Community Beyond Code

The Spirit of “Us”: How Joomla Builds Community Beyond Code

In a world where technology often feels cold and competitive, Joomla proves that software can be human.

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George Orwell’s Six Rules of Writing Can Help You Create Bookmark-Worthy Joomla Content

George Orwells 6 Rules of Writing

Why do some Joomla posts get shared and ranked, while others disappear online? The secret isn’t better SEO or more plugins. It’s better writing.

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The 404 That Could: Why Your Joomla Site Deserves a Brilliant Error Page

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We’ve all been there, clicking a link full of promise, only to land face-first in the dreaded “404 Not Found.” It’s like opening a door and finding a brick wall. For your visitors, it’s a frustrating dead end. For you, the site owner, it’s an opportunity.

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Mastering Joomla Content Versioning: How to Track, Compare, and Restore Article Changes

Mastering Joomla Content Versioning: How to Track, Compare, and Restore Article Changes

When managing a website, content changes are inevitable. Articles get updated, pages evolve, and information needs to stay current. But what happens when you need to undo a change or review who edited what? That’s where content versioning in Joomla comes in.

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Laragon: The Effortless, High-Performance AMP Server for Windows

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Setting up a local web development environment on Windows has long been a chore. Traditional AMP stacks like XAMPP or WAMP can feel clunky, slow, or outdated. Enter Laragon — a sleek, modern, and lightning-fast local server environment designed to make web development effortless.

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Power to the Press Release - How to Announce your Joomla News to the World

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Organising a Joomla event? Launching a new Joomla extension? Starting a business partnership with another Joomla company? If you have Joomla news that is timely, relevant and valuable, and you want to share it with the world, a press release might help shape the narrative. In this article you'll find 7 steps to make sure your message is clear, complete and credible.

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