Free SEO-Friendly Directories List Update (23/10/2010)

Added 27 links. Check the free SEO-Friendly Directories List here.

Free SEO-Friendly Directories List Update (22/10/2010)

Removed 64 links. Check the free SEO directories list here.

New Release of the Plugin ValAddThis

New in this version:

• Added: option to position the AddThis Menu/Toolbox both on the top and at the bottom of the articles.
• Added: option to disable the loading of the default AddThis CSS file.
• Added: option to use the new AddThis counter button.
• Added: option to add an attribute "rel=nofollow" to the services links of the Toolbox.
• Added: a couple of CSS files for the new styles of the Toolbox (icons with 32px width).
• Added: option for a user-defined text in place of "Send to" for the tooltips of the service icons.
• Fixed: a couple of PHP notices (for undefined variables/properties).

New Greek translation for Kunena Forum 1.6 RC

Today I updated the translation I made for the latest version of the well known Forum component for Joomla called Kunena (version 1.6 RC). The latest version 1.2 of the Greek translation includes in addition the translation files for the Kunena templates. You may download the latest Greek translation package here. All you have to do is to install it with your Joomla installer.

Greek translation for Kunena Forum 1.6 RC

Some days ago I translated the last version of the well known Forum component for Joomla called Kunena (version 1.6 RC) in the Greek language. My translation was based on my previous translation for Kunena 1.5.12. You may download the latest Greek translation package here. All you have to do is to install it with your Joomla installer.

Greek translation for Phoca Download

Today I translated the well-known Joomla component Phoca Download (version 1.3.6) in Greek . You may download the latest greek translation package here. All you have to do is to install the ZIP package with Joomla's own installer.

Greek translation for Phoca Documentation

Today I translated the well-known Joomla component Phoca Documentation (version 1.1.0) in Greek. You may download the latest greek translation package here. All you have to do is to install the ZIP package with Joomla's own installer.

New section with Website Templates for Joomla!

Now you can be informed about new website templates for Joomla! in the new section of the website. There are going to be presented all the latest template with their various features, of the best known companies, such as:

• RocketTheme
• YOOtheme
• JooomlaPraise
• Pure Joomla
• Jooomla!Junkie
• Bonusthemes
• iTemplater
• TemplatePlazza
• Jooomla-Monster
• Joomla Bamboo

New Greek translation for Phoca Gallery

Τoday I updated the Greek translation for the Photo Gallery component for Joomla Phoca Gallery so that it is compatible with version 2.7.3. You may download the latest greek translation package here. All you have to do is to install the ZIP package with Joomla's own installer.

New Greek translation for Remository 3.53

Some time ago I updated the Greek translation for the Joomla component Remository so that it is compatible with version 3.53. You may download the latest greek translation package here. All you have to do is to extract and then copy these files into your Joomla Root directory.

Greek translation for K2

Recently I fully translated the well known component for Joomla called K2 (version 2.3) in the Greek language. You may download the latest Greek translation package here. The installation file is packed in ZIP format and contains both the translation for the backend as well for the frontend. All you have to do is to install the translation package with Joomla's own installer (Extensions > Install/Uninstall).

Greek translation for Kunena Forum

Some days ago I fully translated the well known Forum component for Joomla called Kunena (version 1.5.12) in the Greek language. My translation was based on a previous translation by Sakis Economou (dated on 24/02/2010); on top of that I translated all new strings and old strings that weren't translated at all, corrected some mistakes and last but not least I designed all the important icons from scratch, that match exactly the default Kunena's template!

Bug in Joomla's file libraries/joomla/environment/uri.php

A week ago I was testing 2 well-known Joomla CCK Components JoomlaWorks K2 and YOOtheme's Zoo 2.0. Since I wanted to test them how they do with multilingual content I wrote first a couple of articles in Greek language and set some tags (also in Greek). The tags which had the Greek letter "ρ" in them didn't behave as they should; what I mean, when I clicked on them they displayed an empty content page (no articles were found), although there were articles tagged with them! I was wondering what the problem could be..

I contacted the support Forums for both K2 and YOOtheme (no answer so far) and told them about that; Lefteris Kavadas from K2 Forum told me he found that the function _parseURL returns some undefined character when a tag has the letter "ρ" in it. I also started a thread at Joomla's official support Forum and asked if they could help (no answer so far).

I was so curious about that and investigated further..well it seems that there is a bug within Joomla's file libraries/joomla/environment/uri.php!

I changed the file libraries/joomla/environment/uri.php (Joomla 1.5.18) by commenting out the following lines of code: 744,745,769-773. In this way the function _parseURL parses the URL with the "old" way as if we were using an older version of PHP.. and guess what, the problem with the undefined character is solved! Now all tags that contain Greek letters (especially the ones with the "ρ" letter) work just fine.

I'm not sure if this fix works with all different versions of PHP (I tested it locally with XAMPP 1.7.3 - PHP 5.3.1 - Joomla 1.5.18), but I'm sure it will help people who had the same problem as I did.

Under development: new version of ValAddThis Plugin and Module

Under development are the new versions of both ValAddThis Plugin and Module.

Most important improvement in these new versions is the option of adding a "Facebook Like" button inside the AddThis Toolbox.

New Release of Joomla's Content Plugin ValAddThis (version 1.2.0)

Today I released the new version 1.2.0 of the Joomla plugin ValAddThis. Visit the web-page of the plugin for a detailed documentation.

New in this version:

• Added: options to enter a user-defined HTML code before and/or after the AddThis Button/Toolbox.
• Fixed: bug in the XML installation file of the plugin.
• Fixed: bug in the code of the CSS Vertical #2 Toolbox style, which caused an XHTML validation error.

New Release of the Module ValAddThis (version 2.1.0)

Today I released the new version 2.1.0 of the Joomla module ValAddThis. Visit the web-page of the module for a detailed documentation.
New in this version of the module ValAddThis:

• Added: one more CSS file for the "default" Toolbox style.
• Added: option for a user-defined title text to be displayed next to the AddThis Toolbox.
• Added: options to enter a user-defined HTML code before and/or after the AddThis Button/Toolbox.
• Fixed: minor bug in the Toolbox code, which displayed an empty icon, even if no services were defined by the user.
• Fixed: bug in the code of the CSS Vertical #2 Toolbox style, which caused an XHTML validation error.
• Fixed: a couple of typos in the German translation file (thanks to Kurt from Austria).

SEO-Friendly Directories List Update (16/06/2010)

Added 56 links. Check the free SEO-Friendly Directories List here.

New Release of the Plugin ValAddThis (1.1.0)

Yesterday I released the new version 1.1.0 of the Joomla plugin ValAddThis. Visit the web-page of the plugin for a detailed documentation.
New in this version:

• Added: options to choose different types of AddThis for the various Joomla layouts (article, category, section and frontpage).
• Added: options to enable or disable the plugin display in Joomla categories and sections.
• Added: option for a user-defined title text to be displayed next to the AddThis Toolbox.
• Added: one more CSS file for the default and vertical Toolbox styles.
• Fixed: minor bug in the Toolbox code, which displayed an empty icon, even if no services were defined by the user.
• Fixed: a couple of typos in the German translation file (thanks to Kurt from Austria).

SEO-Friendly Directories List Update (14/06/2010)

Removed 52 links. Check the free SEO directories list here.

New release of the Content Plugin ValAddThis (1.0.1)

New in this version:

• Fixed: bug in the code (plugin was displayed in some excluded articles).

New Joomla extension released: ValAddThis - Content Plugin

The content plugin ValAddThis is compatible with Joomla version 1.5 and it uses the Bookmarking services of AddThis.com. For a complete list of the AddThis features take a look at this page. ValAddThis allows the easy configuration as well the display of the AddThis Button or AddThis Toolbox, in any Joomla article, category, section or frontpage, with or without using plugin tags.. It produces valid markup for XHTML as well as for CSS 2.1. ValAddThis is free software, which has been released under the GNU/GPL v2.0 license.

New Release of the Module ValAddThis (v2.0.4)

Today I released the new version 2.0.4 of the Joomla module ValAddThis. Visit the web-page of the module for a detailed documentation.

New in this version:

• Fixed: issue with 2 undefined variables.

New Release of the Module ValAddThis (v2.0.3)

Today I released the new version 2.0.3 of the Joomla module ValAddThis. Visit the web-page of the module for a detailed documentation.

New in this version:

• Fixed: minor bug (typo) in the code.
• Changed: the way the AddThis script is called; the AddThis script has a serious issue when it's called from within the head of a web-page and it caused an "operation aborted" error in versions of IE6 and below! The only workaround was to call the script in the body section of the page after the button/toolbox code.

New Release of the Module ValAddThis (v2.0.2)

Today on 25th Feb 2010 I released the new version 2.0.2 of the Joomla module ValAddThis. Visit the web-page of the module for a detailed documentation.

New in this version:

• Fixed: minor bug that didn't allow the correct display of the spacers (separators) in the module's configuration backend.
• Added: support for 2 new AddThis functions (Use Embeddable-Only Services, Use Google Analytics).
• Changed: some CSS styles.

Greek translation for Remository

Τoday I fully translated the Joomla component Remository (version 3.5.2) in the greek language...

Greek translation for Phoca Gallery 2.6.2

Τwo days ago I fully translated the Photo Gallery component for Joomla Phoca Gallery (version 2.6.2) in the greek language.

Greek translation for JComments

Some days ago I translated together with Lazaros Giannakidis the well-known commenting system JComments for Joomla in the greek language. Until the publishing of the new JComments version 2.2 you can download the greek translation files here. All you have to do is to extract and then copy these files into your Joomla installation.