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Joomla 1.5, 1.7, 2.5: Customizing search results

Posted on February 21, 2012 by imperialWicket

Joomla includes component view overrides in templates. This is the ideal technique for restyling and rearranging your search results in Joomla. If you are not familiar with the output overrides, they are explained well in an old post on the … Continue reading →

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Joomla 2.5/1.7: Automatically assign users to a group based on email

Posted on February 6, 2012 by imperialWicket

Access control advancements are the primary reason I moved many of my Joomla efforts beyond 1.5. One request that I hear repeatedly is to have access control automatically added when a user registers. In its most basic form, this is … Continue reading →

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Joomla 1.5 Component and Module Usage Summaries

Posted on April 13, 2011 by imperialWicket

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

Posted on February 16, 2011 by imperialWicket

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

Posted on February 1, 2011 by imperialWicket

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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