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Stay updated with all the latest happenings at Techjoomla. From news about the developments in your favourite extensions to Tips & Tricks about the Joomla CMS, Framework & Development.

Ashwin is the Lead geek at Techjoomla. The CTO so to say :) Ashwin has been dabbling with Joomla since the Mambo days. He knows his way around PHP Frameworks - Wordpress, Drupal, Magento as well any kind of coding in general just as well as he knows Joomla. The Guy to go to when anyone is faced with a tech challenge, its also his job to make...

Ashwin is the Lead geek at Techjoomla. The CTO so to say :) Ashwin has been dabbling with Joomla since the Mambo days. He knows his way around PHP Frameworks - Wordpress, Drupal, Magento as well any kind of coding in general just as well as he knows Joomla. The Guy to go to when anyone is faced with a tech challenge, its also his job to make sure the code getting shipped is top notch !

Ashwin loves to travel, eat, cook and of course speak at Joomla Conferences! 

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Quick2cart takes your shopping experience to a next level with v2.3!

Quick2cart takes your shopping experience to a next level with v2.3!

We’re very excited to announce the release of Quick2cart version 2.3. Quick2cart has always been a favourite extension for people who have and want to build an ecommerce shopping platform in Joomla! With this release we will be unfolding the new boundaries of Quick2cart by Introducing plenty of features which will make sure that the user and a...

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Shika Beta 12 gets you a surprise!

Shika Beta 12 gets you a surprise!

We are regularly rolling out updated Beta versions of Shika as promised. In previous blogs you might have noticed that we’ve said that the feature list for version 1.0 has been finalized and we will not be adding any new features till 1.1.

However, we have made an exception and added some tempting features!

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How to generate video thumbnails in PHP?

How to generate video thumbnails in PHP?

A Video link without a thumbnail is like a smartphone without a camera, you can use it but no one would like to use it. If you want your visitors to see your video, you need to make sure that your video link has a thumbnail which is forcing users to click on the link.

How can we do this?

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JGive 1.7! Coming Soon!

JGive 1.7! Coming Soon!

JGive! A premium crowdfunding extension for Joomla! which is getting into a new era starting this release. After much thought out process and keeping all the necessary most asked features in mind we have come up with a roadmap for JGive 1.7 . What all is coming in JGive 1.7? Campaign promotion using invitexCampaign Specific Video galleryQuick Donat...

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Techjoomla with ReadBytes Celebrates PayPlans 4th Anniversary!

Techjoomla with ReadBytes Celebrates PayPlans 4th Anniversary!

PayPlans by ReadyBytes is a Joomla! membership software for selling your services online & provides automatic subscription and effortless billing management. We have always recommended PayPlans to our customers plus we have some great integrations with them too ! As part of the celebration, the awesome guys at ReadyBytes have offered to give a&...

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Let's Stand for the Earthquake Struck Nepal!

Let's Stand for the Earthquake Struck Nepal!

As you may have read it in the news, tragedy has struck Nepal and thousands have perished and many more are rendered homeless and are in need of help.  We are launching Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund with equal support and participation of top companies in the Joomla! sphere and are are pledging 10% of our sales in the next 7 days for the Nepal ...

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Shika Beta 11 Out Now!

Shika Beta 11 Out Now!

It has been really long since the Beta 10 release of Shika! As we all know that we are really close to the stable release which can happen anytime soon. Entire feature list has been finalized and this is the Beta 11 we are rolling out. You will be overwhelmed to see the number of Bug fixes (500+) done in Shika after Beta 10, especially if you ...

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Geo-Targeting with SocialAds

Geo-Targeting with SocialAds

Socialads is not just an advertising tool for Joomla it is much more than that. It has plenty of stuff which can give your advertisers a whole new experience of advance trafficking and you can convert those in terms of revenue. One such feature in SocialAds is Geo-targeting.

Targeting is something which most of  the advertisers want to do by targeting a specific group of people whether it is based in age, gender, area or any community etc.  for their advertisements. In such a case, advertisers tend to focus on their unique selling proposition (what makes them different and better than competitors) and target specific markets.

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“JBolo 3.2” Now with Message Sync!

“JBolo 3.2” Now with Message Sync!

JBolo 3.2 gets you the most awaited feature of message synchronization with JomSocial and EasySocial. People will be able to see their chats on the messenger and in the message inbox just the way it happens on Facebook, isn’t that fantastic? So, all the JomSocial and EasySocial users will be tempted to hit the Buy Button now. ;)

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Announcing Joomla Pro! Think beyond Joomla!

Announcing Joomla Pro! Think beyond Joomla!

Top Joomla! extension developers from all over the world have joined hands to get this fantastic CMS out. This is a Pro version of Joomla! Everything is same when it comes to developing extensions for Joomla! or developing extensions for Joomla Pro! The only difference is its features. These developers have some gifted abilities to see beyond Jooml...

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Techjoomla partners with JoomlaShine to create a fantastic Charity Bundle!

Techjoomla partners with JoomlaShine to create a fantastic Charity Bundle!

Techjoomla has joined hands with the creative people from Joomlashine to bring JGive users a beautiful treat! JSN Fidem, their latest offering brings a specular new user interface for JGive. Non Profit organisations, Charities as well as religious organisations like Churches will find JSN Fidem a great way to start their site or refresh their ...

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JTicketing 1.6 adds EasySocial events!

JTicketing 1.6 adds EasySocial events!

EasySocial and JTicketing subscribers, time to reJoice. JTicketing a premium event ticketing solution for Joomla is now seamlessly integrated with EasySocial with JTicketing 1.6

We bring you  EasySocial Events integration which means you can start selling tickets and get all the cool JTicketing features for EasySocial events too!

We introduce an awesome event Calendar view for JTicketing events which gives you a nice snapshot of what’s happening in the month and navigate events from a calendar perspective.

It doesn't end here. There’s quite a few more features in this release as well as bug fixes. Please read on and discover what all we have in store for you!

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Shika! Marching towards stability!

Shika! Marching towards stability!

Its not been a really long time after Beta 9 and we are already out with Shika Beta 10 for you. Our developers have made efforts to fix most of the issues assigned by our very own Early Adopters as well as some important issues which were needed to be fixed on priority, crossing 80+ bug fixes. :)  View the entire Change Log Since, Shika’s...

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Quick2cart Version 2.2.6 is out!

Quick2Cart-2.2.6-is-here

Hey Guys, This is a critical release which will help you to reduce JS conflicts on your site and some bug fixes. Quick2cart is now compatible with Joomla! 3.4. However, if you are going to use it with Joomla! 3.4 make sure you go through this documentation carefully.  Buy Quick2cart Now!    

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SocialAds v3.0.7.2 is out !

SocialAds v3.0.7.2 is out !

Hey All, We have another release of SocialAds version 3.0.7.2 out for active subscribers. This release addresses various bugs reported in previous version. Check the change log given below for more details. Change Log :  - Bugs Fixes. Bug #40681: UI - issue for graphs on ad summary Bug #40680: Fatal error - Mysql error for social targeted...

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