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- Written by: Milos Stankovic
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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 Therefore, the Joomla team left the old outdated code as a part of the Joomla 4.x and 5.x versions and developed the Backward Compatibility plugin that calls the old functions if they are necessary for any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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- Category: Joomla Installation
In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step on how to install the latest version of Joomla on your Hostinger hosting account.
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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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- The Sparky Framework v5.1.0 Released With Locally Hosted Google Fonts
- Change Old Twitter Logo To New X Logo
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