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Editor OCH: Somebody recently asked me: 'Can you look great on Social Media and retain your SEO ranking?' My answer was very short: 'Yes you can!' Read here how...

Editor OCH: New Kunena release and also new releases for the add-ons. Two of my bug fixes implemented: Kunena discuss and improved Social Sharing (custom) implementation > seamless integration of plugins like my own jssocials!

Editor OCH: This is a nice feature for having better control of what your users can do and what they see in the Joomla backend.

Editor OCH: Je moet vanalles als je de experts moet geloven. Gouden bergen wachten er op je... Het is zo simpel. Maar waarom werkt het niet? Is er soms iets dat ze vergeten te vertellen?

Editor OCH: The waiting (and testing) is over: today the Joomla team released version 3.7 with cool new ux and work flow improvements.... Not to mention the 700 other changes!

Editor OCH: Although many visitors on your website is flattering, what really counts is conversion. What is holding your visitors back from becoming a customer?

Editor OCH: What will happen when with the new and upcoming versions of Joomla.

Editor OCH: 5 Free professional video classes that will help you to learn the basics, and even extend your knowledge about Joomla SEO, security and multilingual sites.

Editor OCH: Unfortunately a high anticipated new feature of Joomla 3.7 has just been pulled from the upcoming release: the new router. Below article explains why and what will happen next.

Editor OCH: Should not come as a surprise... I do it all the time, watch them that is...

Editor OCH: Content Curation can help you with driving visitors to your website. Just as how you visit this news item. Now you can also easily have your community, colleagues, etc. curate content for your Joomla! site with the ochgotnews component! Thanks Jessica Dav...

Editor OCH: Yes, finally there is a content curation component for Joomla! Don't believe that? This News item is proof of this component :)

Editor OCH: With the Joomla! 3.7 release just around the corner (March 28th, 2017). Customs fields are introduced as a much awaited feature! This is the Joomla documentation tutorial for managing custom fields.

Editor OCH: When troubleshooting website (performance) issues this Plugin comes to the rescue. You can limit the generated output to certain users. Very welcome feature when debugging production websites.

Editor OCH: A community site to help site owners migrate to HTTPS with a simple tested process. Allowing you to filter the plan based on multiple platforms (Wordpress, Magento, and more), hosting environments (cPanel, Apache, and more) along with the level of control...

Editor OCH: With the new versions of Firefox and Chrome giving the users a warning when your site is asking for credentials where encryption is missing, this is a must have! With free services like Let's Encrypt, there should really be no more excuses...

Editor OCH: The router in Joomla. A complex piece of code that always worked well but due to its complexity is 'overdue' for a update. With Joomla 3.7 the long awaited update has arrived. Read more about it in a blog from Brian Teeman.

Editor OCH: Ever wondered how the quality and stability of your beloved software is maintained? A normal company has dedicated test teams and procedures in place, but how does a open source project like Joomla! do that, and more importantly, can you participate in te...

Editor OCH: One of the must haves (in my opinion) when it comes to Community websites is a good Forum / Discuss component. Kunena is THE component for that functionality for Joomla! and just released a brand new version. For those who are holding back because they ca...

Editor OCH: Captcha's you hate them or you love them. One thing is for sure: they are here to stay. This video shows explains what a captcha is, how it became a google Community tool to let the community do the hard work (for free) on some of their projects. It also ...