Category: Joomla

A few years ago, Joomla! (or Joomla.org) launched Joomla.com – a simple and pared-down version of the original software. While both varieties have their merits, it’s important to select the best option for the specific needs of your site. Joomla.com provides all the same basic publishing features as Joomla.org. However, as you might expect, it does …

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You may already be familiar with extensions – a way to expand your Joomla site’s functionality with added code. However, since there are so many options out there, it can be hard to find the ones that will be best for your site. To help you out, we’ve compiled a list of four Joomla extensions …

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Is your Joomla website due for a makeover? Your site needs to look professional if you want people to take your business seriously. However, it can be hard to find attractive, ready-made Joomla templates – and hiring a designer for something custom can be costly. Fortunately, there are some excellent templates out there, if you know …

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Content Management Systems (CMSs) like Joomla are excellent tools for creating and editing websites. However, after your website is up and running, it can be easy to forget about periodic maintenance. Without that maintenance, unnecessary files and data can clutter up your database and slow down your site. Fortunately, there are a few quick steps …

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Building a website from scratch can be tedious, and requires a lot of technical know-how. In contrast, website builders are very simple to use, but don’t offer much flexibility. So how can you achieve the site you want without hiring an expensive web designer? Fortunately, there’s a middle option. Content Management Systems (CMSs) are frameworks designed …

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Setting up a website has never been easier. In fact, the real difficulty may be picking the right Content Management System (CMS) to power it. The good news is that there are at least three great open-source CMS options to consider, all sharing one trait in common: you can use each to power virtually any …

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As a web design professional, your job is to build reliable web pages. To do this effectively and profitably, you must find web hosting services that meet your needs. In addition, your web host must be easily installed, affordable and adaptable to future technologies. This is exactly why it pays to work with web hosts …

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There are a number of reasons that open-source software systems are good for businesses. Joomla, a free open-source content management system, is one of the most popular. By February of 2014, it had been downloaded more than 50 million times. Statistics show that it is now the second most used system on the Internet. Full …

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As we look forward to 2016, it has become a bit of a tradition here at A2 Hosting to take a moment to look back on everything we’ve accomplished over the previous year. When looking back, it’s particularly satisfying to see the majority of our major accomplishments aligned directly with our overall goal; making sure you get the fastest page load speeds possible.

It’s been just over a year since we launched A2 Optimized WordPress. The goal of A2 Optimized WordPress was to take the guesswork out of how to get the fastest page loads and most secure settings. It is safe to say A2 Optimized WordPress has been a success with optimized WordPress sites loading up to 6X faster than non-optimized sites. A2 Optimized WordPress is available on all of our Hosting packages and we have since have made it available to all WordPress users regardless of their host (with a few feature limitations).