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We have released new version 2.1.5 for our most popular extension PDF Embed. This version adds an option for admins to set the default PDF viewer if no viewer is specified in the syntax. This was needed for site admins who were using PDF embed for more than hundreds of  content articles. If you are updating from older version of plugin, this o...

This year is a pretty exciting time for Joomla in India as for the first time ever, the Joomla World conference is happening in India. Bangalore is said to be the silicon valley of India and India is one of th fastest growing markets in the world. The world is flooding to India to explore this huge market and Joomla cant be left behind either! Over...

I hope you guys enjoyed reading our first interview with Joe Sonne in The Joomla Speak! series. And we’re back again this week with one more exciting interview with Brian Peat. Let’s get to know him a bit before we start. Brian is a member of the Joomla Marketing Team and also the founder of The Peat Group. He builds Joomla sites for a living and p...

Are you organizing events? Then you need to make sure that you're updated with all the news of one of the most sought after event ticketing system for Joomla. Yes, we're talking about JTicketing! As promised we are getting you a new release and introducing some new features like automated reminders and more, to help you manage your events more effi...

We just finished transforming one of our extension Quick2Cart from Bootstrap 2 to Bootstrap 3. It was a fun task to do. We thought of sharing some of the migration stuff with you. Before starting the migration You need to learn Bootstrap 3 coding standard, what’s new, what’s removed, major class changes. To know everything, please go through the fo...

Canva plugin for Joomla gets a new update. This new version introduces two new cool things - support for new design types from canva.com and Joomla Update Notification support. It also includes fixes for some bugs we found. Let’s see which Canva designs this update has got! Social Media Posts Twitter Post, Social Media Graphic, Instagram Post, Tumb...

Here is our first Interview in the The Joomla Speak series with Joe Sonne. Let’s get to know him a bit before we start. Joe had a successful career in the graphic arts and multimedia industry before moving into management with a national charitable organization. He got involved with Joomla! in 2005, and in 2009 started his own marketing company. Th...

We’re pleased to announce the much awaited Bootstrap 3 support for Quick2Cart with v2.4. This is how some of the views look with Bootstrap 3.     Previous Next   Backwards compatibility for Bootstrap 2.x Quick2Cart will be set to Bootstrap 3 by default after the installation. If you want to use it with conventional Bootstrap 2.x...

On popular demand, we have decided to make JMailAlerts plugins available for individual purchase. Why the Split? For instance if someone is using JomSocial/ EasySocial/ CB he had to purchase all the unnecessary plugins since they were all in the same subscription package. Again same thing while downloading. It was bit harder to find the particular ...

We all are aware that Joomla has turned 10 this year. It has been a long journey full of innovation, rough patches, excitement and progress. Over the years,  Joomla has grown bolder, prettier and smarter; winning hearts and awards. To celebrate this year and make it more exciting we are conducting a series of interviews and will publish them o...

As promised, we are happy to announce the release of Shika v.1.0 Beta 15. Besides a ton of fixes, we have managed to merge some pull requests on projects that our services teams have been working on to get some new features in as well. So let's look at what's in there... Whats new in Shika Beta 15 ? Ability to delete questions This was a missing fe...

We have released a minor updates for plugins "Jomsocial Mutual Friends" and "CB Mutual Friends". We have done some bug fixes and improvements in this version for both the plugins. For those who don't know what these plugins do here is quick intro for both plugins: Mutual Friends For JomSocial & Community Builder Mutual Friends Th...

Like all communities #joomla has its favourite hashtags that you around the twitterverse (Yes thats an actual word !). There are many that keep coming and going but there are some that have become part of the cultural fabric of the community. #joomla I obviously have to start with this hashtag that's used to tweet anything and everything ...

Techjoomla has some products that have an inherent Social angle. Though People Suggest is the only product we have that needs you to have a Social Networking extension to use, all our other extensions (though they work standalone) can get added value, features and engagement if you add a Social Networking extension to the mix. We have made sure tha...

  Screenshot shows menu item parameters for Joomla - Content - Featured Articles Menu   Here are two code snippets inside Joomla that lets you access menu parameters anywhere inside Joomla!   1. To access Current Menu parameters $app = JFactory::getApplication();// Get active menu$currentMenuItem = $app->getMenu()->getActi...