Log the cookies consents of your visitors
You can choos to list the cookies consents from your visitors. This can be needed in accordance with the law of your country. Cookies CK allows you to do that easily from the plugin options and it will store the following informations :
- Unique key that is stored in a cookie to identify the user choice
- User action : accept, decline, update
- IP of the visitor, partially masked to be GPDR compliant
- Date and time of the action
- Page url where the consent has been given
- ID of the consent form
- Categories that the user selected in the consent
Share your medias
You can display your medias (images, videos ...) into a Lightbox for your Joomla website. This can be done easily with Mediabox CK which is a multimedi lightbox plugin for Joomla.
Create a child template for Joomla 4
The child template feature has been introduced into Joomla 4.1, let's see what it is and how it works.
What does mean a child template ?
This is a template that depends on its parent, loading everything from the parent except if you decide to load some specific files from the child template. Imagine that you have a main template and that you want to create a variation for Christmas : you can do that with a child template for Christmas, loading everything from the parent template but using a custom css or adding a custom position in the index.php file. This is now possible.
You can also imagine that you want to customize the template Cassiopeia that is devlivered with Joomla 4, if you modify the files, your modifications will be lost with every update of Joomla. Now you can create a child template to get all the features, from Cassiopeia but without the risk of loosing your work.
Add icons to your mobile menu
You can easily add some icons to your mobile menu. These icons will only be shown in the mobile menu and does not affect the desktop menu. Once you have activated your mobile menu from the menu module options, you can edit the menu items of your menu using the Joomla menu manager.
Legitimate interest for cookies
There is somewhere in the law something that tells that you can propose by default to your customer to use some service if you think that this is his interest. This is called the "legitimate interest". In Cookies CK you can enable this option if you need a cookie to be enabled by default, keeping the choice of the vistor to disable it.
The Joomla 4 & 5 templates book
Learn how to make your own Joomla 4 template with this guide. The book includes a discover of the basis for the HTML and CSS method to use, then you will get all needed informations about the Joomla 4 template in the technical documentation and you will get a step by step tutorial to show you how to create a nice template.
Enable editor buttons in JCE
You can use the editor buttons whithin JCE when using Page Builder CK. For this you will need JCE PRO
Then in the JCE configuration you must enable the Joomla Editor - XTD button in the profile that you are using :
Flyout effect
Since the version 1.4.0 of Mobile Menu CK you can use a flyout effect that you can use on all resolutions, including the desktop. The menu will behave like a vertical dropdown menu and it will automatically switch to the accodion mode when the screen becomes too small.
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