Enhancing your site using third-party extensions
When you run into the limitations of the Joomla core extensions, it's time to check out some more sophisticated, dedicated extensions. Any functionality you can think of is likely to exist in the form of a component, module, or plugin (or a combination). It takes just a few steps to add a new extension to your website. First you download the extension (as a ZIP file), then you install it through Joomla's Extension Manager, and finally you adjust its settings to get it to work the way you want it to.
Trying out an alternative Newsflash module
Earlier in this chapter, you explored a module that comes with Joomla, Newsflash. This is great if you want to draw attention to a couple of selected articles. ...
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