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November 18, 2013
Joomla 3.2 - How to Enable Content History
One of the best new features in Joomla 3.2 is Content History.
This tutorial will show you how to enable the feature if you're upgrading from Joomla 3.1, as well as how to adjust some of its options.
For those that are starting new sites in Joomla 3.2, the feature is enabled by default.
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This tutorial will show you how to enable the feature if you're upgrading from Joomla 3.1, as well as how to adjust some of its options.
For those that are starting new sites in Joomla 3.2, the feature is enabled by default.
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NotFound.org Gives 404 Pages a Useful Social Purpose
404 error pages are a necessary, but unpopular fact of life for most sites.
Every website needs a 404 page, just in case people use broken links to access your site.
But, what if you could make your 404 page useful? What if it could serve a larger purpose than simply redirecting your visitors?
That's the idea behind http://notfound.org. Not Found will still show your 404 page, but they'll also show the name, picture and important details about missing people.
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Every website needs a 404 page, just in case people use broken links to access your site.
But, what if you could make your 404 page useful? What if it could serve a larger purpose than simply redirecting your visitors?
That's the idea behind http://notfound.org. Not Found will still show your 404 page, but they'll also show the name, picture and important details about missing people.
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November 13, 2013
Bring OSTraining Videos Into Your Company's Website
Are you looking to train your staff members?
Are you looking to provide training to your customers?
If you answered "yes" to either question, we've got a solution for you: OSTeammate.
You can install OSTeammate into your site and see all of our video training.
OSTeammate will automatically update so that every time we add new training, it appears inside your site.
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Are you looking to provide training to your customers?
If you answered "yes" to either question, we've got a solution for you: OSTeammate.
You can install OSTeammate into your site and see all of our video training.
OSTeammate will automatically update so that every time we add new training, it appears inside your site.
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November 12, 2013
The New Joomla 3 Template Manager
We've covered the new features in Joomla 3.2 already.
We've given you a rundown of the top 15 features and shown you interviews with the lead developers.
This week, we're going to focus on the new Template Manager.
In the updated Joomla 3.2 Template Manager you can edit files, create files and folders and even create overrides directly inside your admin area.
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We've given you a rundown of the top 15 features and shown you interviews with the lead developers.
This week, we're going to focus on the new Template Manager.
In the updated Joomla 3.2 Template Manager you can edit files, create files and folders and even create overrides directly inside your admin area.
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One Week of Letting Anyone Track Me Online
Over the last week, I've deliberately let anyone track me online.
Normally, I'm a little paranoid about my privacy and use the Ghostery and Adblock Plus extensions with my browser.
However, I saw that Mozilla had launched Lightbeam, which they claim is an easy way to see exactly which sites are tracking you.
So, I decided to give Lightbeam a try. I used Firefox as my default browser and turned off any features that might stop people from tracking me.
Here's what I found after a week of unrestrained tracking ...
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Normally, I'm a little paranoid about my privacy and use the Ghostery and Adblock Plus extensions with my browser.
However, I saw that Mozilla had launched Lightbeam, which they claim is an easy way to see exactly which sites are tracking you.
So, I decided to give Lightbeam a try. I used Firefox as my default browser and turned off any features that might stop people from tracking me.
Here's what I found after a week of unrestrained tracking ...
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November 11, 2013
One Week of Allowing Anyone to Track Me Online
Over the last week, I've deliberately let anyone track me online.
Normally, I'm a little paranoid about my privacy and use the Ghostery and Adblock Plus extensions with my browser.
However, I saw that Mozilla had launched Lightbeam, which they claim is an easy way to see exactly which sites are tracking you.
So, I decided to give Lightbeam a try. I used Firefox as my default browser and turned off any features that might stop people from tracking me.
Here's what I found after a week of unrestrained tracking ...
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Normally, I'm a little paranoid about my privacy and use the Ghostery and Adblock Plus extensions with my browser.
However, I saw that Mozilla had launched Lightbeam, which they claim is an easy way to see exactly which sites are tracking you.
So, I decided to give Lightbeam a try. I used Firefox as my default browser and turned off any features that might stop people from tracking me.
Here's what I found after a week of unrestrained tracking ...
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Video of Ethan Marcotte's The Map and the Territory
Ethan Marcotte was one of the keynote speakers at this year's Joomla World Conference in Boston.
Ethan's keynote address was called the "The Map and the Territory". He's a really engaging speaker, and it was wonderful to listen to his ideas for an hour.
Ethan is famous for creating the phrase "responsive web design" and many of the techniques involved. So it was interesting to hear Ethan outline why he thinks responsive design is no longer enough.
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Ethan's keynote address was called the "The Map and the Territory". He's a really engaging speaker, and it was wonderful to listen to his ideas for an hour.
Ethan is famous for creating the phrase "responsive web design" and many of the techniques involved. So it was interesting to hear Ethan outline why he thinks responsive design is no longer enough.
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The Absolute Beginners Guide to Writing a Book
There are three kinds of people in this world:
Those who are going to write a book.
Those who are not going to write a book.
Those who are going fail in their attempts to write a book.
I'm an editor and it's my job to help turn potential failures into potential success stories.
For more than 25 years, I have helped authors through every stage of developing manuscripts on topics as diverse as children's books to church history to short stories to first-hand accounts of Hurricane Katrina to inspirational self-help books.
In this blog post, I'm going to share what I've learned from a quarter century of working with writers.
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Those who are going to write a book.
Those who are not going to write a book.
Those who are going fail in their attempts to write a book.
I'm an editor and it's my job to help turn potential failures into potential success stories.
For more than 25 years, I have helped authors through every stage of developing manuscripts on topics as diverse as children's books to church history to short stories to first-hand accounts of Hurricane Katrina to inspirational self-help books.
In this blog post, I'm going to share what I've learned from a quarter century of working with writers.
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November 6, 2013
The Joomla Developers Introduce You To Joomla 3.2
Joomla 3.2 was released today.
This is one of the most interesting releases that Joomla has ever put out. Important new features include an app store and content versioning.
The Joomla community had the wonderful idea to get the developers involved to introduce the new features.
Here are 7 interviews with some of Joomla's core developers, explaining the new features in Joomla 3.2.
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This is one of the most interesting releases that Joomla has ever put out. Important new features include an app store and content versioning.
The Joomla community had the wonderful idea to get the developers involved to introduce the new features.
Here are 7 interviews with some of Joomla's core developers, explaining the new features in Joomla 3.2.
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November 5, 2013
Permalink Finder: No More WordPress 404 Errors
404 errors have always been a fact of life for websites.
A 404 is better known as a "page not found" or a "broken URL" error.
There are hundreds of ways to cause a 404 error, from a simple typo to a massive site migration.
Fortunately, there is a WordPress plugin that has the potential to solve nearly all of your 404 errors: Permalink Finder.
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A 404 is better known as a "page not found" or a "broken URL" error.
There are hundreds of ways to cause a 404 error, from a simple typo to a massive site migration.
Fortunately, there is a WordPress plugin that has the potential to solve nearly all of your 404 errors: Permalink Finder.
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