Joomla Community Magazine Authors
Marc Dechèvre
Articles
Using Bruno (the API Client) to play a.o. with Joomla Web Services
1 Introduction
In the past, many people were typically using Postman as API Client when testing Web Services / APIs.
More recently, many users have moved from Postman to Bruno. Here are the main reasons:
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Web-T, a multilingual automated website translation solution developed by the European Commission
“Web-T is a multilingual, automated website translation solution developed under the European Commission’s DIGITAL Europe programme. This free tool translates website content and SEO text into more than 24 languages, helping companies expand their business and reach a wider audience across Europe.”
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Scheduled Tasks
Since version 4.1 (and so also in 5.x series) Joomla introduced a very interesting new feature called "Scheduled Tasks".
Read more …Playing with the Joomla Web Services (API) - part 4
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Playing with the Joomla Web Services (API) - part 3
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Playing with the Joomla Web Services (API) - part 2
[ this article is part of a series - see part 1 here ]
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Playing with the Joomla Web Services (API) - part 1
The Joomla API is a very interesting topic because it is so powerful.
But there is much to tell so I propose to start a new series of articles.
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More than 30 gems for Joomla 4 I can't live without
I am always very happy to pay Developers for Joomla Extensions because they deserve it.
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Case Study: a different domain for each language
Dealing with multilanguage websites might result difficult, especially when you have a different domain name for each of the languages handled. Let's see how to use Joomla 4 in a successfull multilanguage and multidomain implementation.
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JoomlaDay FR 2022 - the replay
At the end of May we had a wonderful JoomlaDay FR in Brussels/Belgium.
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Customizing Joomla 4's Smart Search Results Pages with Images, Custom Fields and a new Layout
In this article, Marc Dechèvre shows us how to customize the Results Page of Smart Search, using images, custom fields and a new layout.
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Joomla 4 – Cassiopeia Template – a bunch of Tips & Tricks
In this article, Marc Dechèvre will present a collection of tips and tricks related to the Joomla 4 default frontend template: Cassiopeia.
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Custom Fields - Episode 7 Part 2: without limits
Spoiler alert: there is a challenge for you at the end of this article and if I get enough answers there will be an ultimate article about Custom Fields in the Magazine. Read more …
Custom Fields - Episode 7 Part 1: one Custom Field to rule them all
As you probably have noticed, the title of this Episode takes inspiration from 2 famous films / books:
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Custom Fields - Episode 6: Make more with extensions
After 5 Episodes in the Joomla Community Magazine about Custom Fields in Joomla core, obviously you know how powerful they are. But as a human being, you always dream of more...
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Custom Fields - Episode 5 - List of Resources
After a series of 4 episodes published in the previous editions of the Joomla Community Magazine, hopefuly you already know a lot about Custom Fields.
But learning is a continuous process and it is always nice to learn from each other. This is exactly what I like about the Joomla Community: the fact that many people share their knowledge and enthousiasm.
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Explore the Core! Play with Custom Fields to enrich your content or your design
In our Explore the Core series, experienced Joomla users help you find your way through Joomla's powerful core features. In this month's issue, Marc Dechèvre shows us what you can do with Joomla's built-in custom fields (spoiler alert: a lot). Dive in and explore!
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Custom Fields - Episode 3 : all the parameters one can wish for
In this 3rd episode about Custom Fields: (1) we will first cover in detail all the possible parameters (2) then we will give an overview of some new exciting features which will ship with Joomla 3.9 (3) and finally, we will end up with an example of site making an interesting use of Custom Fields
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Custom Fields - Episode 2 : how to manage your Custom Fields
Do you have a project idea where Custom Fields would be useful ? Excellent, in this second article (Episode) in a series on Joomla Custom Fields, we show you how to manage and display your own Custom Fields.
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How far can we go with Joomla! and Custom Fields?
As you may know, Custom Fields were introduced in 2017 with the release of Joomla 3.7.
Many of us are aware of their existence, but not everybody has already realised how powerful these are or had the opportunity to exploit them. The idea of this article is to present a few recent projects which have used Custom Fields. Hopefully this will stimulate many of us to give it a try and to start to play with them.
And I think it is really worth it : Custom Fields bring Joomla to another level.
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