Local Website Design and Development Company in Chicago Arlington Heights and Buffalo Grove
20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY sized

1-847-401-6733

Video Tutorials

Joomla 4 Basic Training: Learn How to Create Articles with SEO in mind!

Published: 30 November 2022
Written by manager
No comments
Categories: Web Design Tutorials

Joomla 4 Basic Training: Learn How to Create Articles with SEO in mind!This video tutorial demonstrates how to edit, create and/or duplicate Joomla articles and modules using the Joomla 4 content management system.

Joomla is a robust website platform which provides endless expandability by using components, plugins and modules. There are plenty of SEO plugins for Joomla that can help you navigate search engine optimization. However, the most important thing about SEO is implementing basic best management practices and also having a strategy.  By “basic” best management practices,  I mean simply enter a Meta-Title and Meta-Description on all articles.  Don’t just enter text to fill in the blanks, put text in these areas that may be words your potential customers would enter into a search engine. The strategy that I found to be successful is simply expanding my website to include intelligently titled articles which targets search engine users that enter in specific keywords and phrases. During this tutorial I will show you where to enter this critical meta title and description using the Joomla article editor.

Edit, Create & Duplicate Articles with SEO Titles and Meta Descriptions using Joomla 4

Keeping your website is a great strategy for website owners that wish to appear relevant to search engines. Keeping your website growing is easy for contractors that wish to exhibit their recent projects.  Watch the video to learn more about creating and duplicating  Joomla articles (web pages) which will help you implement this search engine optimization strategy.

If you are seeking a Joomla 4 website design expert to assist  you with SEO on your Joomla 4 website, contact us for a free consultation. Even if you are not near Chicago, we can assist you from afar.  After a brief phone conversation and consultation with one of our Joomla experts, we are confident that you will discover how deploying a professional Joomla website developer can help you take leaps and bounds to realize the true capabilities of Joomla 4.

Read More

Learn How to Create and Duplicate Search Optimized Content in WordPress

Published: 14 March 2022
Written by manager
No comments
Categories: Web Design Tutorials

Learn How to Create and Duplicate Search Optimized Content in WordPressThis video tutorial demonstrates how to create and duplicate search engine optimized content using WordPress.

WordPress is a robust website blogging software which provides endless expandability by using plugins, widgets and more. There are plenty of SEO plugins for WordPress Plugins that can help you navigate search engine optimization. However, the most important thing about SEO is having a strategy.  The strategy that I found to be successful is expanding my website to include intelligently titled articles which targets search engine users that enter in specific keywords and phrases.

This WordPress SEO strategy is great for contractors & other service based industries seeking to conquer search engines.

Watch the video to learn more about creating and duplicating WordPress Posts which will help you implement this search engine optimization strategy.

If you are seeking a WordPress SEO expert to assist  you with SEO on your WordPress Web Design, contact us for a free consultation. Even if you are not near Chicago, we can assist you from afar.  After a brief phone conversation and consultation with one of our WordPress Search Engine Optimization experts, we are confident that you will discover how employing a professional WordPress website developer can help you take leaps and bounds to realize the true capabilities of WordPress

 

Read More

How to Embed Instagram Feed on Shopify without Apps or Plugins

Published: 16 February 2022
Written by manager
No comments
Categories: Web Design Tutorials

How to Embed Instagram Feed on Shopify without AppsThis video tutorial demonstrates how to embed your Instagram Feed onto your Shopify Template without the need to license any additional apps. Visit www.advergroup.com for more info.

Shopify is a robust eCommerce website software which provides endless expandability by using applications or apps found in the Shopify App Store. These Shopify apps can provide some awesome expanded function ability.  However, licensing of these apps can rack up some costly monthly expenses.

As a local “Shopify Expert” and web design company based in the Chicago area, we have become familiar with many “work arounds” to achieve expanded functions for our clients without having to them subject to ongoing Shopify fees.

Instagram has become a popular social media platform. Many of our clients are active on Instagram and wish to have their instagram feed visible on their website. Embedding your Instagram Feed is easy and fast on any website platform. However, this video tutorial shows how you can quickly embed your Instagram Feed onto your Shopify template with zero web design experience.

If you are seeking a Shopify Expert to assist  you with your Shopify Web Design, contact us for a free consultation. Even if you are not near Chicago, we can assist you from afar.  After a breif phone conversation and consultation with one of our Shopify experts, we are confident that you will discover how employing a professional Shopify website developer can help you take leaps and bounds to realize the true capabilities of Shopify.

 

Read More

WordPress Video Tutorial – Add Custom Text Area to WooCommerce Products

Published: 16 May 2015
Written by manager
No comments
Categories: Web Design Tutorials

As a local Chicago area WordPress Web Designer, we develop and maintain WordPress Websites for various clients. Furthermore, we produce WordPress web design video tutorials for our clients in efforts to assist them in embracing the content management tools provided in their WordPress Website.

WooCommerce is one of the most popular WordPress eCommerce plugins. WooCommerce is a free plugin that is packed full of features, perfectly integrated into your WordPress website.

This video tutorial focuses specifically on demonstrating how to add a custom text area to your WooCommerce Products.


This plugin allows your customers to customize your products by adding new options such as input boxes, dropdowns or checkboxes. With the Product Add-ons extension, gift messages, donations, laser engraving and any other product which may require user input in some way is now an option for your customers!

WooCommerce Add-ons can be added globally or per-product from the edit product page – they can also be named described, re-ordered and optionally given prices which will automatically be added to the product price if chosen by the customer. This extension can also work with the WooCommerce Subscriptions plugin to add additional pricing with your options to the recurring subscription.

If you are seeking a local eCommerce or WordPress web designer in the Chicago area, then contact AdverGroup Web Design today!

Video Tutorial: How to Add Lightbox Image Galleries to Joomla and K2 Articles

Published: 30 December 2013
Written by Sal Guccione
No comments
Categories: Web Design Tutorials

Video Tutorial: How to Add Lightbox Image Galleries to Joomla and K2 ArticlesPublished on: Dec 30, 2013   

Step One: Install the Required Plugin and Module

 In order to achieve the functions described in the video you will need to install the two following components:

  1. Articles Anywhere Plugin which is available for download here:http://www.nonumber.nl
  2. Simple Image Gallery Module which is available for download here:http://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-extensions/simple-image-gallery

Both of these components are available on the Joomla Extensions Directory: http://extensions.joomla.org/

Step Two: Format Images for Use on Website

After ensuring that you have the forementioned plugin and module installed in your Joomla CMS, this video tutorial demonstrates how to resize your images for use on your Joomla Website. Many components will automatically resize your images. However it is best to utilize an offline image editor to ensure sizing and quality of images. This video tutorial also demonstrates the use of the Adobe Photoshop Program whcih is available for download and purchase under the Adobe Creative Cloud.  If you do not have a photo editor and seek an opensource solution to image editing then I recommend the use of GIMP. Gimp is a FREE opensource solution to image editing that provides much of the same photo editing capabilities as photoshop.

JOOMLA MEDIA MANAGERStep Three: Upload Images Using the Joomla Media Manager

  1. Navigate to your “media manager” using your Joomla admin menu Content /Media Manager
  2. Create Folder
  3. Upload Images using the Joomla Media Manager

JOOMLA plusStep Four: Create Module 

  1. Navigate to your “module manager” using your Joomla admin menu Extensions/Module Manager
  2. Select the new module button 
  3. Select Simple Image Gallery Module
  4. Configure Image Gallery Module 
    1. Name Module
    2. Select Image Directory
    3. Set Thumbnail Sizing

MODULE ANYWHEREStep Five: Insert Module into Article

  1. Navigate to your “Joomla article manager” or “k2 Article Manager” using your Joomla admin menu 
  2. Insert Simple Image Gallery Module using the Modules Anywhere Function in your article editor.

AdverGroup Web Design specializes in installing and configuring the Joomla Content Management System for clients seeking a professional website. We often recommend the use of the Joomla CMS because it is so easy to use. 

 

 

Read More

Virtuemart eCommerce | Video Tutorial for Creating and Cloning Items

Published: 20 October 2013
Written by manager
No comments
Categories: Joomla

   

 The Virtuemart eCommerce solution provides the following features:

CATEGORIES

  • Nested categories
  • With meta tags for seo
  • With description and media

PRODUCTS

  • With meta tags for seo
  • Short and long description
  • Dimensions (weight, size)
  • Multiple media
  • Variants, attributes
  • Unlimited child products and derivated levels
  • Product pattern (Parent product used as pattern for child products)
  • Related products
  • Reviews and ratings

SHOPPERGROUPS

  • Pricing depending by shoppergroups
  • Price display depending by shoppergroups
  • Payment/shipment depending by shoppergroups

SHOPPERS

  • Customizable shopper input form
  • Input form depended on registration, checkout or shipment
  • Completely anonymous checkout
  • Addressbook
  • Default Bill-to and Ship-to address
  • Default payment and shipment method

INVENTORY/STOCK

  • Stocking/inventory
  • Stock warning
  • Virtual stock (ordered but not finally bought)

PRICES

  • Various type of prices to display depended by shoppergroup
  • Prices adjusted by shopper chosen currency
  • Different currency format per currency

REAL MULTI CURRENCY

  • Auto updating rates
  • Add your own currencies for fixed currency rates

SEF/SEO

  • Default SEF/SEO integrated

DYNAMICAL CALCULATOR

  • Discounts based on time, category, shoppergroup, country, and state
  • Tax based on time, category, shoppergroup, country, and state
  • Discounts, tax per product and/or order
  • Discounts, tax have their own currencies (for duties)

PAYMENT

  • Based on plugins
  • Minimal amount / maximal amount to use a payment
  • Transaction fees
  • By countries
  • By shopper groups
  • Paypal, SystemPay, Payzen, Klarna, Cash on delivery included

SHIPMENT

  • Based on plugins
  • By shopper groups
  • By countries
  • Based on weight, zip, countries, number of articles, order amount

CHECKOUT & SHOPPING CART

  • Guest checkout; completely anonymous checkout
  • Option to register at begin of checkout
  • Cart is an object, competly overridable by template
  • Cart is stored in the session
  • 1 click checkout
  • Multipage checkout
  • One page checkout (not by default)
  • SSL

ORDERS

  • Payment/shipment workflow
  • History
  • Modifiable
  • Order tracking for anonymous users

PRODUCTS DISPLAY

  • Latest
  • Top Ten (most sold)
  • Newest
  • Featured
  • Sortable
  • Searchable

MULTILINGUAL

  • Native with joomla 2.5
  • With extra joomla components (joomfish) for joomla 1.5

MARKETING PROMOTION AND TOOLS

  • Coupon handling
  • Recommend a product to friend link

AdverGroup Web Design is located in Arlington Heights, IL. As a local web design firm we assist many clients in the Chicago area.  However, the nature of our business being the “World Wide Web”, allows us to serve many national web design clients as well. Having served a wide spectrum of web design clients, we have grown with the many experiences and successes of past projects. Thus resulting in our ability to provide solutions that suit the needs of our clients, big or small!

Joomla is a FREE open source solution. 

We can assist you in installing and configuring Joomla and Virtuemart. AdverGroup produces these video tutorials to assist clients and the general public, in learning more about the Joomla Content Management System and third part components developed to work with Joomla. Contact AdverGroup Web Design today by clicking here.

Read More

Joomla 2.5 Basic Training | Video Tutorial

Published: 21 July 2013
Written by manager
No comments
Categories: Joomla, Web Design Tutorials

Here are some real world examples of what Joomla can provide for individuals seeking a professional website?

Joomla is used all over the world to power Web sites of all shapes and sizes. For example:

  • Corporate Web sites or portals
  • Corporate intranets and extranets
  • Online magazines, newspapers, and publications
  • E-commerce and online reservations
  • Government Agencies and applications
  • Small to large business Web sites
  • Non-profit and organization Web sites
  • Community-based portals
  • School and church Websites
  • Personal or family homepages

AdverGroup Web Design is located in Arlington Heights, IL. As a local web design firm we assist many clients in the Chicago area.  However, the nature of our business being the “World Wide Web”, allows us to serve many national web design clients as well. Having served a wide spectrum of web design clients, we have grown with the many experiences and successes of past projects. Thus resulting in our ability to provide solutions that suit the needs of our clients, big or small!

Joomla is a FREE open source solution. 

We can assist you in installing and configuring Joomla. AdverGroup produces these video tutorials to assist clients and the general public, in learning more about the Joomla Content Management System and third part components developed to work with Joomla. Contact AdverGroup Web Design today by clicking here.

Read More

K2 Blog Component for Joomla | Video Tutorial

Published: 10 September 2012
Written by manager
No comments
Categories: Joomla

✔ WHAT IS K2 ?
K2 provides an out-of-the box integrated solution featuring rich content forms for items (think of Joomla! articles with additional fields for article images, videos, image galleries and attachments), nested-level categories, tags, comments, a system to extend the item base form with additional fields (similar to CCK for those acquainted with Drupal), a powerful plugin API to extend item, category and user forms, ACL, frontend editing, sub-templates & a lot more!

✔ FEATURES

Since K2 is extensible with additional fields to its base item form, you can easily create category-specific content types, e.g. article, blog post, product page, directory listing.

K2 offers as standard:
– nested-level categories (no section/category restrictions)
– commenting, integrated with Google’s reCaptcha & Akismet
– tags
– item image (useful for articles/catalogs)
– image galleries
– videos
– attachments
– user pages (author blogs/user profiles)
– smart ACL for frontend editing
– unique plugin system to extend item, category & user forms
– ajax-based frontend editing
– ajax-based comments moderation
– Google AJAX Search integration

K2 is a FREE Component and can be downloaded at http://getk2.org. 

AdverGroup assists both local and national web design clients. AdverGroup Web Design is located in Arlington Heights,IL. Arlington Heights is suburb just north of Chicago, IL.  We can assist you in installing and configuring this component for use on your Joomla website. AdverGroup produces these video tutorials to assist clients and the general public in learning more about the Joomla Content Management system and third part components developed to work with Joomla. Contact AdverGroup Web Design today by clicking here.

 

Read More

PDF Viewer for Joomla | Flash Magazine Video Tutorial

Published: 3 August 2012
Written by manager
No comments
Categories: Web Design Tutorials

I must share one downfall to this component: The Flash Magazine Deluxe Joomla Component is not viewable on iPhones or iPads. The PDF’s that result from this component are rendered in FLASH. FLASH is not currently viewable on Phones or iPads.

The special flipping effect raises visitor’s attention to the information you present. Using Flash Magazine component you can make attractive interactive services portfolio or shop goods catalogue. You can INSERT SOUND, PICTURES, TEXT, LINKS and even VIDEO into your online pages.

Flash Magazine component offers rich variety of features:

  • User-focused Navigation Panel
  • Thumbnails (quick page navigation with preview);
  • Page zooming and full screen mode;
  • Slideshow page scrolling mode;
  • Magazine printing and PDF download options to get the magazine offline version.
  • Feature-rich Interface Settings
  • You can choose the resolution for your flash magazine (book);
  • You are free to change background, elements and additional color to make your flipping book attractive;
  • 5 professional templates are included;
  • Front page of the flash magazine (book);
  • Pop-up window with magazine or book description in Magazines Management, which is very suitable, especially if you have a lot of online magazines or books.

This extension requires registration to download at www.joomplace.com.  AdverGroup Web Design can assist you in configuring this component for use on your Joomla website. AdverGroup produces these video tutorials to assist clients and the general public in learning more about the Joomla Content Management system and third part components developed to work with Joomla. Contact AdverGroup Web Design today by clicking here.

Read More
0
    0
    Your Cart
    Your cart is emptyReturn to Shop
    Continue Shopping