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Sparky Framework v1.4 for Joomla Release Notes

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 21 June 2014
Last Updated: 16 May 2022

We added several useful features to the Sparky Framework for Joomla. Also, this version comes with several minor bug-fixes that's discovered in the previous version.

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CDN for Joomla and WordPress

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 12 June 2014
Last Updated: 30 August 2022
MaxCDN dashboard

CDN is an abbreviation for Content Delivery Network. This is a service with the main purpose to speed your site up throughout the world. The following article describes what's CDN and how to set this up on your Joomla and WordPress sites.

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Fixing Bootstrap not supported error

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 25 May 2014
Last Updated: 01 July 2020

If you are using any Sparky based template in the versions of Joomla 2.5.17 and all later versions of Joomla 2.5 and got error "jhtml bootstrap not supported", deleting few lines of code in 2 files will help you to resolve this.

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The Big Bang Bundle: $14,979 worth of Top-Quality Resources – From $49

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Written by: Cristina Simionescu
Published: 15 May 2014
Last Updated: 25 August 2022

Inky Deals is one of the leading deals websites in the design community, with an extended family of more than 300,000 design enthusiasts. It’s the place to go if you want to buy premium resources at unbeatable prices, whether you’re a graphic or web designer, developer, or business owner looking to improve yourself and your work.

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Drag and Drop Joomla Templates

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 10 February 2014
Last Updated: 11 October 2022
Drag and drop user interface

The slogan of Sparky Framework is the only framework that won't make you feel framed. You could guess from the slogan that our aim when making this framework was to make something that can be used for the development of literally any kind of template, without any restrictions in layout, number of modules, their sizes, etc.

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Sparky Framework Problem With Joomla 3.2

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 07 November 2013
Last Updated: 01 July 2020

If you experienced problems with your Sparky Framework based Joomla template after upgrade to Joomla 3.2, this text explains how to fix this issue.

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How To Upgrade Free Hot Bokeh To Premium

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 24 October 2013
Last Updated: 30 August 2022
Bokeh Template

If you are satisfied with the free Hot Bokeh Joomla template but need to upgrade to the premium version and get additional features, this tutorial will help you to upgrade without losing data of the site you created with the free version.

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Integrate Google Search With Joomla And WordPress

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 09 October 2013
Last Updated: 27 March 2023
google search create new search engine

All content management systems contain some kind of search component. It allows visitors to our website to enter any keyword and get results that are appropriate for this keyword. This sounds straightforward, but it's not. On many occasions, the visitor knows what s/he is looking for, but s/he is unsure what keyword to use. This is where the search algorithm takes place.

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Benefits Of Hosting Your Company Site On A Linux VPS

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Written by: Bob Rose
Published: 07 October 2013
Last Updated: 25 August 2022

Hosting your company site on a Linux VPS server is a wise decision. As you may be aware, VPS or Virtual Private Servers have recently replaced dedicated servers as the main servers used to support a company website. A VPS, however, can be either Linux-based or Windows-based. But so far, Linux VPSes have proven to be the more attractive option due to their greater flexibility and reliability. Thus, the shift towards Linux-based VPS is not at all unexpected given the many benefits a Linux VPS offers.

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Sparky Framework 1.1 Released

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 03 October 2013
Last Updated: 01 July 2020

We are happy to announce availability of the new version of Sparky Framework for Joomla 2.5 and 3.x. This version comes with several bug fixes as well as several cool new features.

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Ask a Question Button in VirtueMart 2.0.14

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 02 October 2013
Last Updated: 01 July 2020
Ask a question VirtueMart

"Ask a Question button" is feature of VirtueMart e-commerce Joomla component which allows your potential customers to contact you prior purchase of a product from your site. One new option regarding this button has been added in VirtueMart 2.0.14, which is useful, but could cause problems until you release it exists.

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Rename Database of Joomla/WordPress

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 29 September 2013
Last Updated: 29 June 2020
Rename database in PhpMyAdmin

Both Joomla and WordPress keep data in MySQL database. That's the reason why you need to create a database on your server prior to installation of Joomla or WordPress. When you are making a new MySQL database, you select its name. What if you, from any reason, decide to change MySQL database name later?

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Site Is Not Sending Emails? Switch To Mandrill

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 26 September 2013
Last Updated: 18 May 2021
Mandrill SMTP parameters

Your website is not sending emails? You probably experienced this problem already. Popular CMS platforms such as Joomla and WordPress usually rely on PHPMail script that's installed on the server. Is there a better solution? Yes! Please keep reading...

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Publish Twitter Widget in Joomla or WordPress

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 22 September 2013
Last Updated: 27 March 2023
Twitter publish

Twitter has changed API, so you might release that your old widgets are not working anymore. This article explains how to create a simple widget that shows your latest tweets and how to publish them on your Joomla or WordPress site.

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What's PSD file and do I need it?

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 20 September 2013
Last Updated: 27 March 2023
PSD file of Joomla template

This article explains what's PSD file is and do you really need it when you work with our templates. This is a frequently asked question, so we will try to explain to you what's PSD file using several examples.

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Hot Themes Site Becomes Responsive

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 29 August 2013
Last Updated: 27 March 2023
HotThemes on mobile phone

If you have visited our site recently using your smartphone or tablet, you probably noticed the "responsiveness" of the HotThemes' main site. After several days of re-development, we can finally announce that Hot Themes is following the latest standards in the web design industry.

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After Update To Joomla 3.1.5 No Buttons

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 27 August 2013
Last Updated: 30 August 2022

After the update of one of my sites to the latest Joomla 3.1.5, the backend of Joomla becomes broken. All the buttons (for Save, Edit, Update...) simply disappeared. I couldn't even save the global configuration edits without editing the configuration.php file manually.

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Joomla Tags Included in Joomla 3.1

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 14 May 2013
Last Updated: 29 June 2020
Joomla tags backend

Content tagging is one of the features that all Joomla users missed for a long time. While it's part of the core in WordPress, in Joomla we had to install additional component to have such feature, such as K2. The wait is over as Joomla 3.1 have content tagging as a part of the core.

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CSS3 Media Query for Responsive Websites

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 18 April 2013
Last Updated: 27 March 2023

There's one old feature of CSS that we usually ignored in the past. This is @media and it's natively added to separate CSS commands regarding the media type, for example, screen or paper. Furthermore, it can be used to execute CSS commands depending on the screen size. In modern web development where the responsivity of the website is not an option, but a necessity, we started to use this old and forgotten feature intensively.

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VirtueMart 2.0.20a Update Info

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Written by: Milos Stankovic
Published: 16 March 2013
Last Updated: 30 August 2022

VirtueMart development team announced a newly redesigned site today (congratulations!) and also the availability of the new VirtueMart component 2.0.20a.

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