iJoomla News Portal

1. Control the number of characters shown, regardless of the “read more” tag;
2. Choose the alignment of the image, regardless of the alignment of the image in the article;
3. Choose the padding of the image and the size displayed;
4. Place a light border around each feature;
5. Align the features on both columns.

With iJoomla News Portal it was easy!

A clean features page

We removed all the zone tags from category layout. We played with the top zone until it was just right. We replaced the words “top zone” with “features” in the language area on the backend. And we copied the feature category menu item to the main menu.

That’s it!

Here’s a video that explains how we did it:

[vimeo width=”550″ height=”309″]http://vimeo.com/16740619[/vimeo]

If you don’t have iJoomla News Portal yet, you can find out more about it here.

iJoomla News Portal creates 3 menu in your Joomla! site: News Portal Content, News Portal Categories and News Portal Sections.

In order to rebuild the menu items included in these menus, follow these steps:

1. Delete all the menu items included in News Portal Content menu
   1. Menus->News Portal Content
   2. Check all menu items
   3. Delete
2. Delete all the menu items included in News Portal Categorie menu
   1. Menus->News Portal Content
   2. Check all menu items
   3. Delete
3. Delete all the menu items included in News Portal Sections menu
   1. Menus->News Portal Content
   2. Check all menu items
   3. Delete
4. Delete the items from the menu trash too ( important).
   1. Menu-> Menu trash
   2. Check all menu items
   3. Delete
5. Now you need to save each of the content managers on news portal to rebuild the menu items
   1. Go to iJoomla News Portal -> Managers Content.
   2. Click on Sections to access the sections manager, click SAVE
   3. Click on Categories to access the sections manager, click SAVE
   4. Click on Content Items to access the sections manager, click SAVE

   Easy eh?

And that’s why as our products evolve, I’m constantly looking for ways to integrate them. Two obvious combinations are the iJoomla News Portal and iJoomla Ad Agency, and iJoomla Ad Agency and iJoomla SideBars.

News portals, which can earn you income by selling advertising next to the content rather than by pushing products, really should be using iJoomla Ad Agency. It makes earning money from advertising very simple and it’s extremely powerful. You can place those ads in any module position and, for a more complete integration, you can put them right in your news portal layout.

Combine the Ad Agency with SideBars, and you can even put those ads right inside your articles!

Recently, we made the Ad Agency even better by allowing publishers to add an image to a text ad. We call it “Facebook-style” because the ads are similar to Facebook’s neatly optimized units. Because they look like a part of your site and not like ads, they get more clicks. Now you can earn even more cash by adding these Facebook-style ads to your news portal too.

Here’s a video that explains how to place an Ad Agency zone containing our Facebook-style ads right inside your News Portal layout:

And here’s a video that explains how to create an Ad Agency sidebar:

If you don’t have these combo extensions, then check out our packages. You’ll be able to pick up a $10 discount for each product.

Do you have any creative ideas to make our extensions work together — or even with third party extensions? Post them here.

Here are some of my favorite News Portal sites. I love the way the
sites use the different zones. For example, a few use the module zones
to display videos, banners, polls, etc. I also noticed a lot of people
are using the new “Featured Articles” feature and the new JomComment feature.

Take a look and feel the inspiration!

1. not.hr –
   One of the most professional websites I’ve seen for News Portal. These
   guys are obviously very talented designers and they make the most out
   of iJoomla News Portal.
2. noticias.iruya.com – A classic news site done extremely well. The tabs module on the right makes it appear even more sophisticated.
3. wirelessbollinger.com – An original looking music site
4. alledia.com
   – The #1 SEO expert for Joomla is using iJoomla News Portal for their
   blog/news. They’ve integrated it nicely with the site’s design.
5. thecuttingchair.com
   – This hairstyle magazine found some very creative ways to use the
   Featured Articles zones and other modules. They are also using
   JoomlaWork’s FrontPage SlideShow to give everything a punch.
6. filmgrace.com
   – This site is using iJoomla News Portal not for news but to show their
   movie reviews in a more interesting layout. Great idea, no?
7. mmabuzz.com
   – This site about Mixed Martial Arts used News Portal for news, and
   incorporates YouTube videos, Google AdSense and forum posts.
8. vivrechezsoi.fr
   – This site for seniors is just so pretty and well done. They’ve turned
   it into a magazine with great articles beautifully displayed.
9. belgiumsoccer.be – A great soccer site. They’ve used many of the module positions and do a fantastic job.
10. planet-asia.net
    – A cute site about everything related to Asia. They are not using News
    Portal for news, but as an interesting way to display their content.

If you want to see a longer list of clients, click here and then on the Clients tab.

Don’t have iJoomla News Portal yet? Purchase it here.

What’s your favorite News Portal site? Post it below.