If you've ever tried to add custom scripts or stylesheets to a single article in Joomla, you know the frustration. You spend time crafting the perfect JavaScript or CSS, only to have it stripped out the moment you hit save. It's a common pain point for many in website development, especially when working within a content management system like Joomla. In fact, this issue is one of the most frequently asked questions among users.
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Want to display your YouTube RSS feed (channel or playlist) on your Joomla site without complex plugins or GDPR woes? This lightweight hack uses Joomla’s com_newsfeeds component, a simple template override, and my free Content - YouTube (No Cookies) plugin to create a privacy-friendly, cached video gallery that updates itself. Drop in the files, set it, and forget it—your YouTube videos stay fresh with zero maintenance!
I read some forum posts asking if I was still around, and yes I am. I'm fine, my family is fine. I had to set some priorities in response to what I'll label "adversity", and free software was very low on the list. My websites were always here, downloads for anyone who wanted them, but for the last 2 years I haven't been available.
A few weeks ago, a user named Roger filed a bug report. Not the kind that makes you cringe - the kind that makes you think. He'd placed two forms on the same page, both protected by Captcha - HashCash, and neither submit button would enable until both forms had their required fields filled in. Worse, the button decoration logic was cross-wiring between forms. Fill out the second form completely? HashCash was still waiting on the first one.
He was right. It was broken. And fixing it properly led to something better than just a bug fix.
Yes, I know yours is loading 47 JavaScript files. I can hear it from here. It sounds like a dial-up modem having an existential crisis.
Look, I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to tell you that your Joomla site is probably loading more JavaScript files than a 2010 WordPress blog running 40 SEO plugins and a cryptocurrency miner, and that's just sad.
Read more: I Rebuilt My Bundler Plugin Because Your Joomla Site is Embarrassingly Slow
We love Bootstrap, but its tab implementation has been quietly hurting SEO for years. Here's a modern, pure-CSS solution that search engines actually understand. What we needed was SEO friendly tabs, so we made some.
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