Here is a simple way to style your tags without using images. Assuming we have a list of links with the class tag we can use the following CSS:

Joomla 2.5 introduced a new search component as an alternative to the old one. The finder or smart search component. It has a lot of awesome features that really improve the search experience. We really like it so far!

One thing to look out for is trashed articles. When you trash an article in Joomla its state in the system is changed but it is still in the database. When you index content in the smart search these articles will also be added. So it is a good idea to get rid of them beforehand. Otherwise you'll end up with links to 404 pages in your search results.

We often receive emails asking for help on how to make a brand new Joomla installation. This article should serve as complement for the readme file for users that are doing this for the first time. So lets get to it.

Google has been trying to improve the way it detects duplicate content on a website. URLs with parameters, such as the ones used for pagination, are tricky. You have the option to add a link tag to help Google identify this content. To read more about this check out the blog post in the Google webmaster blog.

To implement this in a Joomla template you can add the code in the overrides. For example you can open root/templates/your_template/html/com_content/blog.php. Inside it add this code:

// Add rel=prev/next
// http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/09/pagination-with-relnext-and-relprev.html
$doc =& JFactory::getDocument();
$pagdata = $this->pagination->getData();
if($pagdata->next->link){
 $doc->addHeadLink( $pagdata->next->link, 'next');
}
if($pagdata->previous->link){
 $doc->addHeadLink( $pagdata->previous->link, 'prev');
}

The variable $pagdata contains all the information about the pagination for the current page. We simply make a check for a next or previous page link. If there is one it means the page with other items exists so we can add the link tag. We do this with the addHeadLink function.