It is often the case that as web developers we need to add some extra coding that will deal with the quirks of particular web browsers . Using Joomla we can take advantage of Joomla's built in browser detection. Read more..

When editing a Joomla! template one of the biggest challenges can be finding the css style rules that apply to a particular element. Read more..

A system of user profiles that allows for the display of user information, activities and interaction is a common requirement for many websites and there is a variety of software available, of varying quality. The purpose of this article is to provide a guide to some of the options available. Read more..

Recent discussions in the Joomla! security forum have made it clear that a particular weak point of the Joomla security system is the front-end password reset function. Read more..

I have recently been designing a site for a client which required a membership subscription component. By that I mean, I needed to be able to restrict access to parts of the site to paying subscribers only. Read more..

Anyone with a passing interest in Joomla! will have noticed that the publication of Joomla 1. Read more..

Recent warnings by the French and German governments have highlighted concerns about the security of Internet Explorer, for example see http://news.bbc. Read more..

I am pleased to say that, through our related site Inspiration Web Design, we have just been listed in the Joomla Resources Directory. And I really am pleased. Read more..

There have been big changes in the Joomla extensions directory in recents months: since July this year the directory has only included extensions that are licensed under the General Public License (GPL), the same license that Joomla itself is licensed under. So commercial developers of Joomla extensions have been faced with a choice: either convert to the GPL, or try to go it alone without being listed in the directory. Read more..

Our Random MP3 player can display artist and song information about the mp3 file that it is playing. The player supports the UTF-8 character encoding... Read more..

Our Random MP3 player can display artist and song information about the mp3 file that it is playing. It does this by reading the ID3 tags from the file.... Read more..

Sometimes users see a message similar to:- Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() This is not an error message, simply a notice. It means that... Read more..

Your server does not support the GD graphics module. In that case you will not be able to use GD for image resizing, so you need to disable that parameter... Read more..

Sometimes customers get a message from Paypal saying "PayPal does not allow your country of residence to ship to the country you wish to" when... Read more..