This is the fourth part of a series of posts on how to work with meta elements in Joomla.

Meta tags are tags, or meta elements, that (mostly) contain information about the website or page which is not shown directly to the user. In this part I will show you how to use the Google Webmaster Tools to monitor and improve your Joomla meta tags.

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 10. As always, there are a lot of good reads out there regarding Joomla. Enjoy!

As you know, the Joomla community is truly international. Most of the information available is written in English, though. For this reason, I'm very happy to announce that starting today, selected JoomlaBlogger articles will be published in Spanish. Not on this blog, but over at www.gnumla.com.

My Spanish friends approached me a while ago about republishing my articles in Spanish. After some back-and-forth I agreed - and I'm happy with the result.

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 9, reading some of the best blogs in the Joomla sphere. Enjoy!

Sometimes, we all need to get a reminder on what to do to improve our Joomla sites. I know I do. The site has been sitting there for a long time and you know it needs to be updated and improved. You just don't know where to start. Maybe what you need is a kick you know where to get started.

In this post I've listed 10 things you could do to improve your own or a client's Joomla site.

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 8. Enjoy!

Skype is always looking to create a better user experience for their users. The developers of this excellent communications platform have created a plugin for users to install into their browsers. The plugin creates buttons on phone numbers which makes it easy to call directly, using Skype.

I recently discovered that the Skype plugin actually remove the phone number entirely on some sites.

Andrew Eddie, one of the Joomla 1.6 core developers, released a couple of videos yesterday. The videos feature his presentation of the Joomla 1.6 status at the Melbourne JoomlaDay 2010. Among the things he details in the presentation is the finer details of the ACL (Access Control List) system.

At the same time, some (albeit vague) information on the release of Joomla 1.6 beta 1 has been released on the Joomla 1.6 page at Joomla.org.

Finding a great template for your Joomla site can be a challenge. There are tons of free Joomla templates out there, but to be honest: Most of them are junk. Finding quality free Joomla templates is important to ensure you can work smoothly with the content, modules and other extensions you want to include.

In this post I take a look at 9 high-quality free Joomla templates. Made by some of the most renowned template providers in the Joomla community. All of these templates are made for Joomla 1.5.

Here are a bunch of interesting and thoughtful Joomla blog posts I found during week 7. Enjoy the read!

Been busy this last week but there are some longer blog posts coming up - so stay tuned, friends!