As a co-founder of Joomla! and OpenSourceMatters Inc I've never been known to be lacking an opinion or being too afraid to express it.

Despite what some people might think I'm a shy and modest man who doesnt like to blow his own trumpet or boast about achievements.

You don't need a badge to polish to contribute to Joomla you just need to roll up your sleeves and do it.

How to minimise downtime when transferring a domain

Case Study Site migration

Transferring a domain to a new host with minimal downtime requires careful planning. Here’s the best approach:

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About a Disaster Recovery Plan But Were Afraid to Ask

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 In today’s digital landscape, ensuring business continuity is more than just a good idea - it's a necessity.

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Lost Your Work? Here's How TinyMCE Can Save the Day

How to recover an article you forgot to save

We've all been there: you're working on an article in Joomla and close it without saving. Gone is your work - or isn't it? Brian Teeman explains how to retrieve an article you hadn't saved yet.

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Floating Labels and how to use them in your Joomla website

JCM Joomla Tutorial How to use floating labels

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. 

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Managing Template Overrides in Joomla

Managing template overrides

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.

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How to share a page on Facebook

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Have you ever shared a link on Facebook only to find the thumbnail was missing, or there was a different picture than you expected? If you don't explicitly tell Facebook what image to use then it makes a guess.

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How to give your Joomla template a native app look

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In this tutorial I will be building on the full screen home page design that I demonstrated in last month's tutorial How to create a full screen photograph home page to create a more native app look to the template.

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How to create a full screen photograph home page

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Everything I am going to show here could have been done by creating my own template but as I wanted to ensure that it would be future proof I have done it with CSS, a tiny bit of javascript, and existing Cassiopeia template options. 

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AI generated Alt text

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There is a place and a time for everything. The current trend is to use Generative AI and LLM (large language models) for everything, but we're not there yet. Although technically inaccurate I will refer to this as AI throughout this article.

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Creating full width Joomla modules inside content

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Over the last few weeks I have been rebuilding a joomla website that was built with a pagebuilder using just core Joomla and the core Cassiopeia template. This wasn't for a client, it was just as an exercise to satisfy my own belief that you don't need a pagebuilder.

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