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JConverter is a component for Joomla! 1.5 allows you to convert your WordPress blog into a Joomla site. It can import users, blog posts, categories, pages and even links from your WordPress blog to Joomla.

Just install it, select the options you want to imports from WordPress and click on “Start Conversion”. It queries the WordPress database for blog posts, pages, users, links and categories and converts them to Joomla format. All in just one click.

This is BETA release and there are some new features planned in future. As of now, there are certain limitations of JConverter which you can find under configuration panel of component.

More Details and Download:

http://www.sopantech.com/services/free-extensions/cat_view/46-joomla-extensions/50-components.html

The “HOT Image Slider” module by HotJoomlaTemplates.com is a fully configurable, simple image rotator, based on jQuery.

In module parameters, you have control over module display. You can change width, height, border. Also, you can enable or disable image titles, image descriptions and buttons. You can add internal or external link to each image in rotation. Module colors are also configurable (background, description text and buttons).

Make sure you check out our official DEMO site to see the module in action.

Fully configurable, simple image rotator, based on jQuery. In module parameters, you have control over module display. You can change width, height and border size. Also, you can enable or disable image titles, image descriptions and navigation buttons. You can add internal or external link to each image in rotation. Module colors are also configurable (background, description text and buttons).

This module is cross-browser compatible, tested on IE6+, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari.

Simple and easy as 1-2-3!

USAGE INSTRUCTIONS
Open module parameters in Extensions > Module Manager > HOT Image Slider. You’ll see that some default parameters are already there. However, you should change some of them to accomodate module for usage on your site.

* LOAD JQUERY: Select wheter to load jQuery library or not. If your template already loads it, you may disable this to avoid possible javascript errors.
* SLIDER WIDTH: Numerical value for width of the image slider module in pixels (in example 500).
* SLIDER HEIGHT: Numerical value for height of the image slider module in pixels (in example 200).
* BORDER WIDTH: Thickness of border around images. Enter numerical value in pixels (in example 20).
* BACKGROUND COLOR: Background color in hexadecimal format (in example db7d3c). You may use Color Blender to get values if you don’t have software, such as Photoshop.
* DESCRIPTION TEXT COLOR: Color of image description text in hexadecimal format.
* FOLDER WHERE IMAGES ARE STORED: Type folder (relative to Joomla root) where your images are stored. Don’t include leading or trailing slash (in example you may enter images/stories).
* IMAGE NAME: Image name with extension (in example articles.jpg).
* IMAGE TITLE: Title of the image. It will be displayed if enabled.
* IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Description of the image. It will be displayed if enabled.
* LINK: Link for this image, starting with http://. You can use internal or external links (internal link example http://www.yoursite.com/index.php, or external link http://www.google.com). If you don’t type link, image would be displayed without link.

Product Description

Features :

* Simple but incredibly useful solutions to real world Joomla! 1.5 development problems
* Rapidly extend the Joomla! core functionality to create new and exciting extension
* Hands-on solutions that takes a practical approach to recipes – providing code samples that can easily be extracted

In Detail
Joomla! is the world’s hottest open-source content management system. Out of the box, Joomla! does a great job of managing the content needed to make your website sing. Many Joomla! developers face common implementation hurdles, some might want to rapidly extend the Joomla! core functionality or might want to create new and exciting extensions.

This book has a “wealth” of solutions for problems that Joomla! developers face regularly. It provides step-by-step mini examples which show how to overcome common design and implementation problems when creating Joomla! extensions. It will help you setup a sustainable collaborative development environment using the powerful free services offered by JoomlaCode.org.

This book can be used in different ways. It can be used by the pro Joomla! developer looking for a specific solution to a problem and can also be used by a novice developer looking for an insight into an area of common problems, such as effectively handling errors in Joomla! Readers who choose to read an entire chapter will first be given a brief overview of the topic in hand and its role and importance when developing for Joomla! The Recipes contained within the chapter will introduce the reader to specific problems and provide hands-on solutions. It provides solutions for core design topics including security, data access, users, sessions, and multilingual capabilities.

What you will learn from this book?

* Make your extensions extensible, add extensions points to allow third parties to customize your extension
* Create international extensions by enabling multilingual capabilities
* Build more than just HTML pages – create PDF documents, Atom Feeds, and more!
* Improve the user experience by adding Ajax
* Create Atom and RSS feeds to keep users up-to-date
* Utilize the power of Subversion to maintain your source code
* Execute database queries and handle returned data in order to access and modify your data
* Dynamically extend your database tables using JParameter to make your extensions more flexible
* Keep your gremlins at bay by handling errors the Joomla! way
* Work with the file system, interrogate existing files and folders and store data in the file system
* Take control of your workflows by using JoomlaCode.org to manage your Joomla! projects

Product Details

* Paperback: 360 pages
* Publisher: Packt Publishing (September 21, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1847198147
* ISBN-13: 978-1847198143

http://rapidshare.com/files/297365922/Packt.-.Joomla.1.5.Development.Cookbook.Edition.September.2009.rar