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Joomla 1.7.3 and 1.5.25 Released

November 15, 2011 By barrie@compassdesigns.net Leave a Comment

Joomla 1.7.3 and Joomla 1.5.25 were released today, as a result of a zero-day security issue. Because of the security issue, it’s recommended that you update your sites immediately.

Joomla 1.7.3 fixed 77 CMS bugs as well as the two security issues.

One of the big new features in Joomla 1.7.3 has to do with multi-language improvements, which are summarized in this blog post.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 1.5, 1.7, Joomla

New Search Features in Joomla 1.7

November 1, 2011 By barrie@compassdesigns.net Leave a Comment

Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 introduced some new features regarding search, which may be helpful to you when building websites.

You may now make a link to a page which returns the results of a pre-defined Joomla search. For example, if you wanted to link to a page that contained the search results for the word “beginner”, you would configure it as follows:

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A Closer Look at Joomla 1.7’s Redirect Component

October 18, 2011 By barrie@compassdesigns.net Leave a Comment

Joomla 1.7 now features a terrific redirect component, which will make preventing 404 page not found errors in your site redesigns and migrations much easier. This component is particularly important now that many are starting to migrate their sites from Joomla 1.5 to 1.7.

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Joomla 1.7 stripping out code? Here’s the fix

October 10, 2011 By barrie@compassdesigns.net Leave a Comment

Increasingly, websites are offering a bit of HTML you can paste into your site to show some cool feature: Facebook or Twitter feeds, YouTube videos, badges from site or another. You try copying and pasting the HTML into a Joomla article or a custom HTML module, and you find that the code gets stripped, removing critical tags like script or iframe, so it doesn’t work correctly. Then you try to go find a Joomla extension that will allow you to post the information. It’s frustrating!

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Latest Joomla News: August/September 2011

September 24, 2011 By barrie@compassdesigns.net Leave a Comment

Much is happening in the Joomla community! Get the latest on upcoming events, interesting threads, latest news, and what to watch for in the week ahead. Did you hear about the new Joomla Template Directory? If not, be sure to read on…

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I am an entrepreneur, web consultant, author and educator.

I have been involved in starting a K-12 School District, a Private High School, and three web tech companies. I also wrote one of the original and best selling books on Joomla.

And I like sailing with kids.

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