Inserting Modules in Joomla Articles
There are times when it would be useful to include the content of a module within an article. A simple example of this would be using an FAQ module, which incorporates multiple articles, into a single article which can then include rollover functions to hide and display the questions and their answers.
Where are my Modules?
It happens to even the best of us - we have deleted the source file containing the module positions for our Joomla template, or even worse we are using a template where the designer forgot to include a module map. What next?
Design Inspiration - Rainbows
There are many inspirational images available but here is my favourite selection of Rainbow inspired work. These are beautiful, stunning, cleaver and hopefully inspirational too.
Seasonal Offers and Themes
Have you been scattering Christmas Cheer across your advertising and website? If not you are missing a trick. Savvy marketeers will have been preparing for this yuletide season for several months...
I hear these words nearly every week, either in a condescending tone from a potential client (very annoying), in a frustrated tone from a new client or in some cases it is yelled at me from across the room in desperation!
Lets look at these cases in turn as I feel that we can all learn from them, myself included.
What makes a good portrait…?
In my eyes it comes from a great team, and that includes the model as well!. It’s about working together, not just the photographer and their technical capabilities. The team behind a great photograph can be more people than you think – do not be afraid to get people to help you!The newest member to my team is a make up artist – making less work in photo shop for me and being more support than you’d think! They create the perfect base for the lights to flash on to and also become your all important ‘all seeing eye’ during the photo shoot!
Adding Quotes in CSS with no images
So you want to highlight a quote, a testimonial or some inspirational words. How to do this with clean code? No more messing with about with bullets, background images and yet more images into the bargain. Here we have a simple solution using CSS only.
How to implement a flash advert in Joomla 1.5
So you have created a banner campaign but your client wants to run a flash file in place of a standard .jpg or .gif. You have uploaded the file and selected it but it isn't working... Hmm I 'm sure we can fix that for you ;0)
3D Fundamentals Series – Part 2
Spoilt For Choice
There are many 3D applications on the market with prices ranging from free to thousands of pounds. As we are looking at an introduction to 3D we will look more closely at the free stuff.
Creating a Holding page for Joomla
When developing a Joomla site the client will inevitably want a 'holding' page of some sort. While Joomla can cater to many things an auto holding page is not one of them. However with a couple of simple steps you can satisfy both your client and development needs.









