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We recommend that you use AmChart, an interactive flash chart creation software package that is available for free and adds additional functionality to your website.

We have used Xtypo for a while and it is an excellent Joomla plug in for those who need easy access to CSS in articles. The developers provide a very useful list of style examples in the plug in. You just copy and paste the syntax into your article.

After some trial and error, and checking the forums, we found out that IE7 renders the code differently than FF. Some styles work in both browsers (quotes), while other styles seem to generate problems with IE7(rounded boxes) - or perhaps it is better to say that IE7 is creating the problems since the plugin works with FF.

The solution to the problem is simple: When you copy and paste the code from the examples in the plug in, the typo coding syntax is in bold characters. This seems to be a problem for IE7. Just make sure the code you place in your article is not in bold and the styles work in FF and IE7!!!

Below are example of Xtypo we are using throughout this site:

this is xtypo alert

this is xtypo info

this is xtypo warning

Ever wondered how to easily insert a quote like this without CSS knowledge?

As one of the best templates available for the Joomla CMS, JSN EPIC by JoomlaShine provides you flexibility and outstanding graphics to develop a professional website.

We are using the JSN EPIC Pro version for many websites including this site (we bought an unlimited domain license for $50). The template comes in two versions: JSN Epic Free which has many basic features and the JSN Epic Pro version with more advanced features. We worked for a while with the free version, but could not resist buying the professional template.

Source: Joomlashine.

Version 3.3 provides RTL support, meaning that it supports websites that use language scripts that run from the right to the left (such as Dari and Arabic).

Note: Joomlashine is also the developer of JSN Image show, the free flash image slideshow that is used on the front page of this site. Client service is good: the developers responded immediately to an inquiry.

To show your Joomla website to others in forums, on twitter, etc., it is useful to make a screen shot of the site. The problem is that if you use "Print Screen" or the "Snipping Tool" that comes with Windows Vista, you only copy what you see on the screen, not the entire website.

Using a Firefox plugin called "Fireshot", you can easily create a print screen of the entire website. Fireshot also gives you editing and annotation tools and you can save a screen shot in PNG (preferred), GIF, JPEG and BMP.

Below you see two examples of a screen shot of a Joomla website, one with the Snipping Tool and one with the Fireshot plugin.

A screen shot using Snipping Tool - you can only capture what you see on the screen

A screen shot capturing the entire website using Fireshot

The Fireshot plugin is available in the extensions repository of Firefox.

Google Analytics gives your detailed info about web traffic to your site.

To use Google Analytics on your site, you need to:

Step 1: Register with Google Analytics and get an Analytics ID.

Step 2: Install our preferred BIGSHOT Google Analytics Plugin from the JED and insert the ID in the plugin.

Step 3: Visit the Google Analytics website and you will see in detail the traffic to your website.

DownThemAll is a Mozilla Firefox extension that enables you to download your entire Joomla website with one mouse click.The plugin for Firefox downloads all links or images in the Joomla site and offers many other great tools. It is easy to define the downloads by setting download criteria. Below is a screenshot of the extension downloading pages from our site.

You can get the extension from the Firefox extension repository.