Joomla Extension Tips
Many people ask how to upgrade their JoomlaPack installation.
It's quite simple, really:
if you have JoomlaPack version 1.x:
- Uninstall
- Install the new version
if you have JoomlaPack version 2.x:
- Just install the new version without uninstalling.
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I see that many people look for information on how to upgrade sh404SEF. This Joomla extension is a component, which means it's like an application inside your Joomla site.
Most Joomla components have their own tables in the Joomla site database. This is where the settings and data that the component uses are stored. These tables are (normally) not deleted when you uninstall the component. In the case of sh404SEF they are not deleted when you uninstall. At least that is how the component is set up by default.
If you're the administrator of a Joomla website with many editors and publishers, a constant challenge is to keep updated on who does what on the site.
The built-in notification features of Joomla 1.5 are not good enough as I see it. Luckily, there are options available through third-party extensions.
I set up a Facebook fan page a few days ago. Now, I've put up a FaceBook Fan Box here at JoomlaBlogger. This box displays fans of my Facebook page directly in Joomla - not too many yet, but I guess that will improve in time ;). You can find the module at the bottom of the right sidebar.
To put a box like this in your own site you have a few options.
The recent upgrade of Joomla! to 1.5.12 included an update of TinyMCE.
The default settings might result in problems with image alignment and other parameters if you don't change some of them in the TinyMCE editor plugin.
