by Wayne Hastings | Jul 20, 2011 | Hacks, Joomla
In Joomla 1.7, the system automatically creates a META Generator tag that you might want to change or hide. The default tag looks like this: <meta name=”generator” content=”Joomla! 1.7 – Open Source Content Management” /> There is...
by Wayne Hastings | May 24, 2011 | Hacks, Joomla
If you’re using the JoomlaWorks AllVideos plugin on your Joomla site, you may want to know that as of version 2.5 (current version is 3.3 as of this writing) you CAN assign a poster image to your video. This is an undocumented feature as far as I can tell, and I...
by Wayne Hastings | Jan 13, 2010 | Hacks, Joomla
The current version of ChronoContact for Joomla 1.5 has a serious bug. Once installed, the Forms Management tab in ChronoContact will display a white page preventing you from managing forms in the component. jalal reported the issue on the Chronoengine forums, along...
by Wayne Hastings | Jan 11, 2010 | Adobe PDF, Hacks
I’m currently working on an enhanced, interactive version of a 24 page brochure I designed. In the PDF, we’re adding web-like navigation items, including the standard previous and next buttons. Going through this tutorial, the best bit is how to use...
by Wayne Hastings | Aug 18, 2009 | Hacks, Macintosh
Not sure how many other Mac users are going to have this problem, but it is worth blogging just in case. A couple weeks ago, my laptop died. Once I got the replacement in, I used the Migration Assistant in Mac OS to restore my Time Machine backup. Restoring from Time...
by Wayne Hastings | Jul 16, 2009 | Hacks, iPhone, Macintosh
This tip is taken from the Mark/Space Newsletter #81 Print to your iPhone with Fliq Here’s a great way to use Fliq for the Mac and Fliq Docs to “print” a document to your iPhone for viewing on the go. This is especially useful for documents and files...