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We recently did a major upgrade of our two Joomla modules, the Hot Effects Rotator and the Hot Counters. Together with the release of the Hot Solar template, the latest versions of these two modules are released as well and are available for downloading. This post explains the important changes and gives some upgrade notices.
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Expanding your business into international markets is an exciting milestone. It opens the door to new customers, increased revenue, and greater brand recognition across the globe. However, many businesses make the mistake of believing that simply translating their existing website into another language is all that's needed to succeed overseas.
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In today’s digital-first business environment, technology plays a central role in productivity, security, communication, and growth. Whether a company is upgrading its infrastructure, moving to the cloud, or implementing new software solutions, selecting the right technology services can have a significant impact on long-term success. With so many providers and solutions available, businesses must carefully evaluate their options to ensure they invest in services that align with their goals and operational needs.
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The Sparky Framework 6 is here! This version introduces new features to the template framework and aligns with the development of the Joomla CMS. We did our best to optimize the framework's code and make it even cleaner and faster. We have replaced many functions that relied on 3rd party libraries with the Joomla 6 core alternatives or with custom code. This dramatically reduced the size of the framework's code by over 50%, and it will also improve your website's speed and responsiveness.
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We are happy to announce the Sparky Page Builder v1.4. This is the Joomla page builder we developed and included in all our newer templates. This new version brings many new features that will make creating your Joomla pages even easier and more comfortable. All the bugs that were discovered in the previous version are addressed.
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October 2025 brought a new major Joomla version to the Joomla world. It's the sixth major version of this popular and award-winning content management system. This article will elaborate on the new features of Joomla 6, compared to the previous Joomla version.
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Joomla 4.0 was released during 2021. Under the hood, Joomla 4.0 included a re-developed Joomla core. Joomla became faster as the core Joomla code was modernized and now compatible with the latest PHP and MySQL servers. However, the re-development of many core functions could bring incompatibility problems with older extensions and templates. Therefore, the Joomla team left the old outdated code as a part of the Joomla 4.x and 5.x versions and developed the Backward Compatibility plugin that calls the old functions if they are necessary for any extension or plugin.
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We have been busy the last few weeks adding new features to some of our modules. The Hot Simple Contact now supports hCAPTCHA for better spam protection. In Hot Maps, besides Google Maps, you can now select Open Street Map (100% free) as a map provider. Last but not least, the Hot Film Tape module now allows you to add an unlimited number of slides and re-order them easily.
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The Sparky Framework v5.1.0 has been released. The most important change in this version is a change in the way how our templates are loading Google fonts. Until this version, all Google fonts were included to the website remotely, from the Google servers. Now, they are downloaded and hosted locally.
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As you probably already know, new owner Elon Musk decided to change its branding, name, and logo shortly after buying Twitter. Social network that we used to know as Twitter for many years now become X. If you are using this social network and have a link to your profile on your website, you would probably decide to change the old Twitter logo to the new X logo.
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Joomla 5.0.0 is here. This is the next major version of Joomla. However, the migration from Joomla 4 to 5 should not be too complex. We tested all our Joomla templates and extensions with Joomla 5.0.0 and confirmed that all of them are working properly with the new version.
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Joomla 4.3.0 has been released in April 2023. We already tested all our products against this version while it was in the RC stage and confirmed there are no major issues. Therefore, just two days after the official release, we managed to upgrade our 100+ Joomla template quickstarts to Joomla 4.3.0.
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Yes, you can add custom fields to the Joomla contact form relatively easily. It's possible to add various form elements, such as text fields, checkboxes, select boxes, etc. You can do it with core Joomla without any additional extensions installed.
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Your hero image looks fine on desktop screens, but it's too short on mobile screens and doesn't occupy enough of the mobile screen. How to fix this?
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Joomla 4.2.0 has been released in August 2022. We wanted to wait for the upgrade of our templates and that was a smart decision.
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You can see "Read More ..." text in the links and buttons on almost all Joomla websites. Usually, it's on the home page, category pages, blog pages, and in some modules. It is defined in the language file and can be overridden by making a language override.
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Hot Swipe Carousel is probably the most popular Joomla extension that we developed. It's used for slideshows usually in the most prominent places of our Joomla templates. As its name suggests, it rotates the slides from one side to another. However, after many users' requests, we added the fade animation option to this extension.
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We have released the Sparky Framework v4.2.0. Let's explain what is new in this version and how you can update it for your website.
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Joomla 4.1 has been released on February 15, 2022. We have already tested all our templates and extensions against the new Joomla version and confirmed that all Joomla 4.0 templates are fully compatible with Joomla 4.1.
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For companies, associations, and most other organizations, having their own website is as natural as having a business card. Anyone who cannot be found on the Internet is practically "non-existent" for many people, including potential customers.
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