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Joomla 1.5 Component and Module Usage Summaries

Ever wonder which Joomla 1.5 Components and Modules am I using; and where am I using them? Component usage and positioning is available in the Extension Manager (Components tab). The main table validates which components are enabled, and then fingering … Continue reading

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Joomla vs. Drupal

I just read a terribly biased “Open source CMS shootout”. Since I use Joomla quite a bit, and have dabbled with Drupal 7, I thought I’d chime in here at Geek Gumbo from a little bit more of a Joomla … Continue reading

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Joomla 1.5: Display modules without assigning a menu item

First, I want to address the inevitable concern, “Joomla 1.6 is out, why worry about 1.5?” Well, I worked on a Joomla 1.0 site last week, and I think that is enough argument to keep focusing on Joomla 1.5 releases … Continue reading

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Joomla 1.6 is Released

The new version of Joomla version 1.6 was officially released this week. This version was rebuilt from the start, and is a major change from the previous 1.5 release. The Joomla team had three main goals for this release. First, … Continue reading

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Phoca Gallery: Enable SEF URLs and Better Searching (Joomla 1.5.x)

Make sure you have a working Joomla 1.5.x (I’m using 1.5.21) installation and the Phoca Gallery Component (I’m using 2.7.5) and Phoca Gallery Search Plugin (I’m using 2.7.1) are installed and enabled. Enable SEF – this is tricky because your … Continue reading

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