Sometimes we need simple tools to enhance our website (based on Joomla!) for device enabling the registration for courses or training. I am talking about a situation when we need to collect a certain number of people to make reservations. And these people, usually registered users, will be able to not only read a bit about this course / training, but also see where it is located on a map, how many people are already saved, if there are still places available etc.

Certainly I got bored with the standard view of how events are presented in the component JomSocial. Fortunately, now you can present them in a more natural way – in the calendar view.

In default way old browsers (like IE 8) can not use all new technology, because at the time of their creation no one predicted this kind of solutions. Fortunately, JavaScript can often be put to work to make non-supporting browsers do the same thing that CSS3 makes more recent browsers do. If you want a template on your site was in full compatible (backwards) you have to reach for this type of solution.

Microsoft launched yesterday the Release Candidate of its new Internet Explorer 9 and strides to the final version. Several months after the Beta version of new browser from the giant Microsoft, here we come to RC’s version. Microsoft said, will revolutionize the way we surf the Internet.

If you already have a website, probably you use CSS in your template. So it’s time to learn how use the next generation style language – CSS3 – that adds several new capabilities. CSS3 is still under development by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and is changing and evolving, like popular browsers. CSS3 can create some stunningly beautiful and useful effects, nice, but How to learn about all this stuff, let’s find out.

Because the basic Joomla! system provides limited social networking functionality. Many web developers reach for additional extensions, such as JomSocial, a commercial extension.

Unfortunately, I am sad to admit that it is very hard to get the extension, which completely and easily can be translated into another language. As you know, not everyone speaks English. Anyone who has ever tried to translate component or module between two different languages will understand the problems associated with language translation.

One of the irritating features Joomla! deafult search system, for me is (was) searching character limit. Search term must be a minimum of 3 characters and a maximum of 20. However, it is possible to improve this limitation, I will show you how to fix it.

What do people see when a search finds no results in Joomla search component? A simply present a prominent message indicating that nothing was found. However, there are ways to enhance even these pages with some useful information.

We could say that everyone who works in web pages production knows for sure the Firebug add-on for Firefox browser. It is in my opinion, and i’m sure for many of you, the best and most useful add-on that exists for this type of work.