RSSWordPress Shortcodes come to Joomla
Oct 03
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Today, I’m releasing a plugin I’ve been using on my own sites for the past 2 years or so … it takes (I means, literally, copies) the WordPress shortcode system and installs it into Joomla! This plugin brings WordPress shortcodes to Joomla. WordPress Shortcodes for Joomla. Cool, eh?
Having just returned from Wordcamp Louisville 2011, I’ve come to respect WordPress … and the organization behind the software, even more. So much so I’m sure I’ll be doing much more with WordPress in the future. I already have two of my marketing sites running on WordPress (Integral Research and Hermes Mobile), though Joomla 1.5 is still my CMS of choice when doing complex, custom applications.
A shortcode is a WordPress-specific code that lets you do nifty things with very little effort. Shortcodes can embed files or create objects that would normally require lots of complicated, ugly php code in just one line. Shortcode = shortcut.
With this plugin, you can use the same API in Joomla.
Check out the Shortcodes for Joomla project page for documentation and download links.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the project.
Update 02/2012: Unfortunately this blog has been overrun by SPAM and some weird “redirect” attack that is making pages show up in google as … well, lets just say it’s stuff I don’t want to be associated with. It’s going to take some time to move hosts, clean up the site completely, and deal with the crapola the attacker placed here.
In the meantime, I’ve updated the Joomla! shortcode system to be a full, supported product. You can find out more at the company website:
Intellispire’s Shortcodes for Joomla!