1. In Joomla admin, under . . . → Read More: Remove index.php from Joomla urls]]> After much frustration on a new Joomla site I’m working on, I finally learned how to fix it so that index.php doesn’t show up in urls. I tried EVERYTHING I found on the web and NOTHING worked. After much tweaking around…I figured it out and it was so EASY.

1. In Joomla admin, under Global Configuration, click select on all three options (Search Engine Friendly URLS, Apache and add suffix.

2. Go to your file manager (I use IX web, so I use Webshell) and find the CONFIGURATION.php file.

3. Towards the top you’ll see var $sef =’0′; and another line that says var sef_rewrite=0′;

4. CHANGE these to ’1′ and save.

5. Take a look at your site, you shouldn’t see anymore urls with index.php.

In addition to removing the index.php urls from my site, this also FIXED another issue I was having. Only the homepage was formatted neatly, the rest were a mess of links. I don’t know how I killed 2 really annoying birds with one stone, but I did. Hope this helps and saves someone time when trying to learn how to use Joomla!

Pros & Cons of Premade . . . → Read More: Custom or Premade Blog Themes]]>

At one point in every blogger’s career he or she has to make a choice between investing in a custom template or staying the course with a premade, downloadable template. There are important factors that you have to keep in mind with each ranging anywhere from funds to brandibility.

Pros & Cons of Premade Non-unique ThemesPros

1. They’re free – Is it any surprise to anyone that this is by far the biggest pro for premade themes? They’re free! Free is good. You don’t have to pay for free.
2. There’s a wide selection – There are a ton of themes out there for you to choose from, especially for the more popular platforms such as WordPress. You will almost always be able to find a theme suitable for your blog’s niche.
3. New ones everyday – Designers are constantly releasing new themes everyday whether it’s in an effort to generate backlinks or just to increase their own popularity. There will never be a shortage of new premade themes entering the blogosphere for you to pick from.

Continue reading Custom vs Premade Blog Themes.

WordPress 3.0: The 5 Most Important New Features.

According to Mashable, the most important changes are

Other changes include . . . → Read More: What’s New In WordPress 3.0]]> Worpress released version 3.0 in June 2010. If you’re wondering what’s changed, Mashable listed the 5 most important changes here:

WordPress 3.0: The 5 Most Important New Features.

According to Mashable, the most important changes are

1. Custom post types
2. Menu management
3. Custom taxonomies
4. A new default theme called “Twentyten”
5. Multi-site capabilities.

Other changes include the ability to create your own shortlinks and the ability to create author templates