new version – iJoomla Blog https://www.ijoomla.com/blog iJoomla Blog Fri, 14 Apr 2023 08:50:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 New Version Of iJoomla RSS Feeder Out Now https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/new-version-of-ijoomla-rss-feeder-out-now/ https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/new-version-of-ijoomla-rss-feeder-out-now/#respond Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:35:12 +0000 http://www.ijoomla.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=312&Itemid=7070 When we released iJoomla RSS feeder a few years ago, it was right after Google had bought FeedBurner, and the API still allowed developers to do a lot of neat stuff. Unfortunately, since then Google has changed the API so much that it’s now pretty limited. We’ve tried hard to make iJoomla RSS do all the things that it was supposed to do with FeedBurner but it’s become clear that’s not going to happen.

So we’ve decided to change iJoomla RSS into a basic RSS feed generator, and we’ve added a new feature allowing FeedBurner integration without performing the burn or monitoring stats on the iJoomla RSS backend itself.

You can still do everything you could do before. You can still set up a feeds page, like on USA Today’s site. You can still provide up to 30 RSS readers, maintain full control over the layout, control the sections and categories you want to include, and integrate FeedBurner feeds.

But now you get to do it all on the FeedBurner site itself — which is no bad thing because it comes with all sorts of juicy features:

Analytics – Unlike a regular RSS feed, Feedburner keeps track of your subscribers. It doesn’t just tell you how many subscribers you have though. It also tells you how many of them are reading the feeds they’ve subscribed to.

Customization – Feedburner lets you customize and improve your feed in all sorts of fun ways, including submitting your article to Digg directly from the feed itself.

Publicize – Let subscribers receive your corporate blog by email and you’ll have turned your blog into an easy company newsletter.

Monetize – Because Google owns Feedburner, it’s no surprise that the company also offers feed-optimized AdSense units. You’ll need to optimize them but they can bring in a little extra useful cash.

Here’s a video that explains how to burn feeds on FeedBurner and integrate them into iJoomla RSS Feeder:

You get a free upgrade to version 3.0.0 with this new feature, so get it now!

How to upgrade iJoomla RSS Feeder:

Watch more iJoomla RSS videos here >>

Don’t have iJoomla RSS yet?

LEARN MORE >>

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iJoomla Ad Agency – Upcoming Features – Part 2 https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ijoomla-ad-agency-upcoming-features-2/ https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ijoomla-ad-agency-upcoming-features-2/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:46:49 +0000 http://www.ijoomla.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=284&Itemid=7070 iJoomla Ad Agency version 1.6.7 comes packed with new features and usability enhancements. We’ve covered many of them in iJoomla Ad Agency – Upcoming Features – Part I

So here are the rest of the features that are available for this release:

Wizard

  • Allow advertisers to join, add banners and add campaigns all in one session
  • Unapproved advertisers can now add banners/campaigns (optional)

About the registration wizard


Pending status

  • Pending status added to advertisers/ads/campaigns
  • Items that are not set to approve automatically are placed in pending status first
  • On front-end, advertisers can see the status of their ads/campaigns

Adding ads

  • Removed file path from front end
  • Remove image selector
  • Text ad preview
  • Ads manager sort by last added
  • All files uploaded are now CHMOD to 644

Advertisers

  • Advertisers can now select their time/date format
  • Reports looks improved, calendar added
  • Now packages are combined with campaigns

Installation

  • Added default advertiser, campaign, ads, zones to new installation for fast start
  • PayPal plugin installed automatically
  • New email templates

Admin

  • Before declining/approving an advertiser/ad/campaign, the admin is being asked whether they want to send an email notification about that
  • On general tab now you can set the time format for reports/campaigns, etc.
  • Limit impression count for a banner per ip to x impressions per day
  • After buying/adding a campaign, choose where to send the advertiser
  • Creating menu items to different Ad Agency pages is now easy and working

Modules

  • Menu module – select between a static item ID and a dynamic item ID

Third party integration

  • Works now with community builder without a problem
  • Added 2 zones for iJoomla Magazine
  • Full support to sh404, plugin is included in package

When is it out?

We hope to release it by the end of this week so stay tuned to our newsletter!

BUY IT NOW >>

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The new iJoomla Magazine is here! https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/the-new-ijoomla-magazine-is-here/ https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/the-new-ijoomla-magazine-is-here/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 19:04:47 +0000 http://www.ijoomla.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=280&Itemid=7070 After months of work and after pretty much re-writing the entire component, its modules and plugin, iJoomla Magazine version 4.0 is here. We know you’re going to love it. It’s better, more advanced and takes the original Magazine to a whole new level.

And we may well have you to thank for that. Many of the component’s new features were suggested by our users. You now get:

  • Unlimited article zones;
  • Module zones;
  • Mini articles;
  • Automatic image resizing;
  • Advanced author profiles;
  • Improved sidebars functionality;

And if that wasn’t enough, we’ve also re-created all our modules, including:

  • New authors module, with image, recent articles and bio;
  • New upcoming and current articles with thumbnails and intro text;
  • New featured article with image resizing and intro text control;
  • New style magazine menu with a drop-down option.

Here’s a video that summarizes all the latest changes:

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13135652[/vimeo]
There is really is no other solution for creating a professional magazine for Joomla.

Upgrading iJoomla Magazine? Read This:

We spent a lot of time making sure your upgrade process is easy and bug-free but there are some legacy issues that you need to be aware of. Do make sure you watch this video before you upgrade.

If you are currently not using iJoomla Magazine, but have installed it before on your site, we recommend that you completely remove all iJoomla Magazine tables and do a fresh install. (If you don’t know how to do that, don’t worry about it, it will still work great! A fresh install will just be cleaner.)

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17602484[/vimeo]

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iJoomla Ad Agency – Upcoming Features – Part I https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ijoomla-ad-agency-upcoming-features-part-i/ https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ijoomla-ad-agency-upcoming-features-part-i/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:57:28 +0000 http://www.ijoomla.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=243&Itemid=7070 As promised, we’ve started working on another round of changes for iJoomla Ad Agency, based mostly on your suggestions on our forum. This video summarizes the features we’ve added so far. The harder features to add like Geo Targeting and subscriptions are next on our list, so stay tuned to part II.


Zones:

  • Add a duplicate button to copy a zone easily
  • Added an apply button on the zone edit page
  • Now allowing you to show ads based on keywords
  • Now you can set a default ad for a zone, in case there are no ads available
  • Rotating banners now work on more than one zone at a time

Email Templates:

  • Drop down of all email templates instead of a long list of templates
  • Variables of each template are on top
  • Accept/Decline links, that allow you to accept decline advertisers/ads/campaigns by clicking on the email
  • More variables for each email, such as advertiser name, phone number, etc.
  • Preview link for banner email

Auto Approvals:

  • New tabs for auto approvals,
  • Choose to auto-approve advertisers/ads/campaigns

Campaigns:

  • Preview of ads that you can include in this campaign

Registration:

  • A new screen before registration to allow existing users to login first
  • Better control of which fields to show on the front-end, and which should be mandatory
  • Captcha refresh button
  • Registration wizard to allow advertisers to add ads/campaigns right after the registration (not done yet)

Ads Manager:

  • Re-Order ads
  • Search by ID

Packages:

  • Allow to hide a free package after it has been used by the advertiser

Adding ads on front-end

  • Replaced adding ads links with one buttons
  • A nice visual with icons and descriptions of the different ad types
  • Ad Code is now called “Affiliate”

I hope you like these new changes! We will post more information in part II.

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iJoomla Magazine – The Next Generation is almost here! https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ijoomla-magazine-the-next-generation-is-almost-here/ https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ijoomla-magazine-the-next-generation-is-almost-here/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:44:06 +0000 http://www.ijoomla.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=239&Itemid=7070 mag_offA favorite for more than four years,  iJoomla Magazine is our oldest extension. Now we’re giving it a major facelift.

We’ve added a bunch of features and improved the functionality. Here’s a video that shows what’s new:

Included in this version:

  • Unlimited zones.
  • Module zones.
  • Improved authors profiles and module.
  • Automatic image resizing.
  • And much more!

We’re currently testing iJoomla Magazine to assure it’s stable and ready to be released. It should take just a couple more weeks to finish the testing and the documentation, so stay tuned!

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iJoomla Magazine: The Next Generation https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ijoomla-magazine-the-next-generation/ https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ijoomla-magazine-the-next-generation/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:21:06 +0000 http://www.ijoomla.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=163&Itemid=7070 iJoomla Magazine was our first commercial extension and hasmag_off been wildly popular with developers since its birth four years ago. Now it’s time for a major upgrade. Version 4.0 will be available within two months and will include the following enhancements/features:

  • Unlimited Zones!
    Add all the module and article zones you need! This is going to be very powerful.
  • Image Automation
    Automatically upload and resize your images, or set your magazine to grab pictures from articles.
  • Style Manager
    New styles will be available for the most popular templates, and you can upload more easily.
  • New Layout Manager
    An easier way to manage layouts and zone tags.
  • Better Authors Profiles
    Full control over author profile pages with support for Twitter, Facebook, blogs and more
  • Mini Articles – Show related articles, random articles, popular articles and more with thumbnails

And much more!

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Review of WP4J – A Powerful WordPress Extension for Joomla https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/review-of-wp4j/ https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/review-of-wp4j/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:53:03 +0000 http://www.ijoomla.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=67&Itemid=7070 wordpress_sidebar_img2You know it’s important to have a blog on your website. Google loves fresh content, and many companies report they get more traffic to their blog than to any other page on their site.

Joomla does have some blogging capabilities built in. You can create a category and a menu item that links to a list of articles in blog format. It’s simple enough, but it’s also missing many of the cool features available for WordPress, the most advanced blogging software available.

So how can you keep your Joomla site and still enjoy all of the benefits of WordPress?

It used to be difficult: you’d have to install WordPress and then somehow coax the two programs to work together. It wasn’t easy and it definitely wasn’t fun.

There is now a simple way to use WordPress on your Joomla site, and you don’t have to log in with two separate admin interfaces.

In fact, you don’t even have to install WordPress!

All you have to do is install the component WP4J! by corePHP! The WordPress admin interface will be right inside your Joomla admin!

But the component also comes with a bunch of neat modules like a list of categories and latest posts that are installed just like any other Joomla module.

Once you’re inside the WordPress interface, you’ll see all of the options that come with WordPress. You’ll be able to add a post, manage comments, place tags, and list categories, etc. It’s packed with goodies and extremely easy to use. Really, it’s no wonder that WordPress is such a popular tool.

joomla wordpress for joomla

Converting iJoomla’s blog to WordPress

I’ve decided to convert our iJoomla blog to WordPress using this component, because I was never quite happy with our blog the way it was. After I installed WP4J on iJoomla.com, I created a menu item to link to WordPress. It showed the default “hello world” post, which I was then able to edit. The default setup also included a sidebar under my posts and a “powered by” notice. I wanted to get rid of both, which I did with a little help from the corePHP team.

How to get rid of the sidebar and “powered by” video tutorial:

With the sidebar gone, I was able to start creating categories and adding my content. I had to copy all the 26 articles I already had into wordpress which took me about an hour to do (and I hear that they have import tools as well), and I love the result! So check it out and let me know what you think!

SEF and WordPress

The way SEF is handled by WordPress is impressive. You have many options to choose from, just go to settings->permalinks and choose the one that works for you. Remember to keep the structure of the URLs the same as your Joomla SEF structure, so that you don’t create duplicate pages with the same content (Google doesn’t like that). By default, WP4J works with the following SEF: Core Joomla, SEF Advanced, sh404, and there is even a plugin for Artio SEF (for a fee).

Summary and Suggestions

Overall then, I am extremely impressed with WP4J It’s well executed, easy to use, and adds a huge amount of great features to your Joomla site — and without having to manage or log in to another admin. But I do have a few comments and suggestions to help make the most of it:

  1. WP4J is big so if you are having a problem installing the component, it’s likely that your server doesn’t accept such large files. You’ll have to install the alternative component, which is smaller, then upload the files with FTP. Read the README file that comes with the alternative file for the steps.
  2. I’d really like to have the Joomla menu on the top instead of the “Back to joomla” link. That would let me access other areas with one click instead of two.
  3. There is a problem adding links to pages on my site. I can’t see a list of my articles/menu items; I can only add a full URL. Maybe the guys at corePHP can find a solution to this so that I can create links inside my site easily.
  4. No Joomla plugin support. If you are used to adding Joomla plugin tags to your articles to display videos, sidebars, etc. Then keep in mind, it won’t work here, it would be great if corePHP added support to Joomla plugins to the next version.

Find out more about WP4J! here!

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iJoomla Ad Agency’s new features video – coming soon! https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ijoomla-ad-agencys-new-features-video-coming-soon/ https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ijoomla-ad-agencys-new-features-video-coming-soon/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:28:34 +0000 http://www.ijoomla.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=58&Itemid=7070 iiJoomla Ad AgencyJoomla Ad Agency has always been a very strong extension, but we want to make it the perfect advertising solution for any Joomla site. So we’ve added a bunch of new features that we’ve been thinking about for a while, many of them prompted by your emails and feedback on the forum.

We’ve also put a lot of work into the interface.

Because iJoomla Ad Agency is so feature-rich, some users have said that they struggle to find their way around. We’ve tried to make that simpler by adding “grayboxes” to different pages. These allow you to add advertisers and advertisements without having to surf to a different part of the back end. You’ll now be able to do all of the most important tasks from one place.

We also improved usability on the front end. Your advertisers can now see an “overview” page that includes the advertising opportunity details and a short explanation on each page. The packages page too is much clearer and includes a preview of the different zones available on your site.

Here’s a video that summarizes the new features.

Summary of new features:

Zones:

  • Preview zones – See a preview of the positions available on your site before you choose a position for your zone.Advertise here – Show an “Advertise Here” link at the bottom or top of your zone and specify where the link should lead.
  • Vertical and horizontal rows and columns – Display ads and banners horizontally or vertically by selecting the number of rows and columns to show.
  • Rotating banners – Rotate the banners automatically without refreshing the page.
  • Randomize – Randomize your banners so that they don’t appear based on their upload order.

Packages

  • Zone selection – Specify the zones on which the banners will be displayed for this package.
  • Free packages – Create free packages.
  • Description – Describe the package to be displayed on the front end.

Text Links

  • Title – Enter a title for your text link.
  • Action Text – Specify the action text to link to the target URL.
  • Font – Choose a font, color, and weight for each element

Settings

  • Terms & Condition – Show a link to your terms and conditions.
  • Overview – Create an overview page. A basic overview page is available by default.
  • We are hoping to release this new version within the next two weeks.
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Adding K2 Support to iJoomla SEO https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/adding-k2-support-to-ijoomla-seo/ https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/adding-k2-support-to-ijoomla-seo/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:26:10 +0000 http://www.ijoomla.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=54&Itemid=7070 K2 meta tags suported by iJoomla SEODue to popular demand, we’ve decided to add meta tag support to K2, the popular extension by JoomlaWorks.gr, to our iJoomla SEO.  So now, you will be able to edit all your K2 meta tags in one place, easily. This feature will be available in the next version of iJoomla SEO, coming in mid July 2009, stay tuned!

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Overview video of the new features of iJoomla SEO – coming soon https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/overview-video-of-the-new-features-of-ijoomla-seo-coming-soon/ https://www.ijoomla.com/blog/overview-video-of-the-new-features-of-ijoomla-seo-coming-soon/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:21:58 +0000 http://www.ijoomla.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=50&Itemid=7070 iJoomla SEOHere’s a video that describes what are the new features that we’ve added to the upcoming version of iJoomla SEO. As you will be able to see, this new version is MUCH more robust, and allows you to monitor your keywords placement on Google, identify problematic pages on your site and fix them easily and create internal and external automatic links. These new features make iJoomla SEO a very complete solution for optimizing your Joomla site for Search Engines.

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