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Expand/collapse menu items with children in Joomla's Protostar template
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I have recently tried to make the documentation menus on the Simplify Your Web website a little more 'user friendly'. One element that was particularly missing was the possibility to see sub-menu... -
You can skin a date formatted with PHP
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The PHP date format is very powerful and, although most people understand how to parse a date with the date() PHP function, it is less known that one can include HTML tags into it. Why would you... -
Troubleshoot (custom) field rendering on a live Joomla website
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Starting with Joomla 3.7, custom fields have given websites the ability to add fields to contact forms. While the rendering of those fields looks alright in the administration console, you may end...
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How custom fields are rendered in Joomla
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- First published February 23, 2022
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I have recently participated in the Joomla! Users Group of New Jersey and presented briefly how the rendering of custom fields in Joomla works 'under the hood'. Here is the first part of that presentation. You will be able to use that knowledge to create overrides for your site and show custom fields the way you intended to.
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Coding for Joomla 4: radio and list form fields
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- First published September 12, 2020
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The administrator console user interface has been greatly improved in Joomla! 4. Focus has been made on accessibility and mobile-first experience.
While moving my own extensions to Joomla 4, I dug into the differences in the look and feel of radio buttons and list fields to ensure they would have a cohesive look throughout.
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Adding support for the WebP image file type in Simplify Your Web extensions
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- First published November 05, 2020
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WebP is an image file format that has been around for a while now and is widely supported by modern browsers. Simplify Your Web continues its commitment to follow the web standards by introducing new functionality into its extensions.
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SVG support in the Joomla CMS
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- First published October 18, 2020
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A lot of talks have been around the handling of SVG files in the Joomla community over the years. Some with a bit of frustrations. SVG have been around a long while now, so why the lack of support?
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My favorite SVG tools and libraries
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- First published October 18, 2020
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Here are the tools I use (or tried) when creating, optimizing and animating SVG files. The list is certainly not exhaustive, the web contains tons of essential tools dealing with SVG.
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Coding for Joomla 4: the new loader
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- First published September 17, 2020
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Joomla 4 is catching up with the new (and not so new) web technologies, technologies that are now widely supported by most modern browsers. One of these techniques is Web Components. Web components allow developers to reuse custom elements on a web page or web app without the fear of code collusion.
The Joomla 4 loader is now available as a web component.
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Improving page load speed in SimplifyYourWeb extensions
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- First published February 17, 2018
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The extensions created by SimplifyYourWeb offer a wide number of options that allow you to increase page load performance. At times, I realize that these options are not always taken advantage of. Here is an exhaustive look at those advanced parameters and what they can do to help.
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