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To edit the “Add To Cart” popup that appears when you add an item to a cart in Virtuemart, there are few files that you need to know about. These are the files to know \components\com_virtuemart\themes\default\theme.js \components\com_virtuemart\js\mootools\   - contains the files for editing the appearance of the popup. To edit the appearance of the box, edit \components\com_virtuemart\js\mootools\mooPrompt.css to change the styles as well as editing the 2 images in the directory to edit how they appear as well (close box and header-background)

VirtueMart is a free piece of Shopping Cart Software made for Joomla .  It works right out of the box with a few minor tweaks, but it also allows for some major customization. There is a lot to learn about VirtueMart to get it fully customized for your needs, but if you want a free e-commerce shopping cart component for Joomla, VirtueMart is the leading candidate. To install VirtueMart is easy.  Download the latest complete package from the VirtueMart website .  Log into your Joomla adminstrative interface and upload the package that you just installed (see Joomla - Installing Components and Plugins ).  You need to unpack the file you just download because you are only going to need to initially upload the file called com_virtuemart_1.1.5.j15.zip (corresponding to the version you downloaded).

I would like to follow up the post made about the Tweet button with a post about the Facebook Like button and the benefits of adding the button to your web site. Below is an image of what the button looks like.  If you would like to see a real world example, you will find one at The Vintage Revival  near the bottom. The Facebook Like button allows visitors to share the content of your site with people on Facebook. When a visitor clicks on the Like button, a story appears in that visitor’s friends’ News Feed with a link back to your website. As you can guess, this quickly and easily helps promote your site on one of the most popular social networks on the Internet today. By embedding code in your website (called Open Graph tags ), your page will become the equivalent of a Facebook page with a connection made on Facebook between the visitor and your web site. Your site will appear in the "Likes and Interests" section of the visitor's profile and you will have t...

Twitter has now released a new Tweet button for there service. This function was previously offered by TweetMeme's Retweet button . Similar to Facebook's Like button , the new Tweet button from Twitter allows a visitor to send a Twitter message from your site. Tweet Twitter offers a page to help you construct your Tweet Button: http://twitter.com/goodies/tweetbutton On this page, you have the option of how your button will appear: The text that people will include from this Tweet can be customized The URL that you want linked to this Tweet The default language You can also recommend up to 2 people to follow for this Tweet button to recommend to the visitor When you have completed the customization, it's easy to insert the code into your site because Twitter will generate it for you.  Cutting and pasting the code into your site will complete the process and then you are up and running. That's it.  It's a very similar process to the Facebook Like...

AniaTaubenfligel.com is a modeling portfolio site showcasing photos of the model Ania Taubenfligel. There are 2 image galleries showcasing her photos and her appearances as captured by the fashion media.  Along with the image galleries, there is an information page and a contact page. Created by  2BlueSolutions Web Design.

A recently developed site, Forté Representation , was released as a pure Flash site.  To allow this site to be viewed on non-Flash enabled devices such as the iPhone, non-Flash pages were developed.  Upon visiting the site, it is determined whether you can see Flash or not.  If you can't see Flash on the device you are accessing the site with, then you will only be served non-Flash pages. One of the key features of the site is the gallery.  To mimic the Flash version of the photo gallery, Javascript was implemented with the assistance of the JQuery library.  Combining JQuery with a plugin called EasySlider allowed for development of a sliding gallery that is visible on non-Flash devices. In total, the site was broken up into separate HTML pages: Home Photographers, broken up into each artist:  Linda Mackie , Ian Sheh , and Renat Touichev . Makeup+Hair, listing the artist Eman Aziz . About Connect Clicking on any of the above links on a Flash en...

Installing JCE Editor into Joomla. http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/downloads/editor/ Find the download link for the latest version of the JCE Package and save the file somewhere accessible. Enter the backend of your Joomla Adminstration and go to the Install/Uninstall , by clicking on the Extensions menu item. Choose the file that you just downloaded and click "Upload File & Install" Once it is completed, you should be presented with a "successful install" message. Now, go back to the main menu Site -> Global Configuration menu and choose the JCE Editor under the Default WYSIWYG Editor combo box.