Add Mootool’s Squeezebox functionality to your Joomla template

Joomla uses Mootools as a Javascript framework by default, and also has a light-box effect called Squeezebox built in by default. It’s quite easy to add Squeezebox functionality to your Joomla template.

Web Tools

This is going to be a list of web development tools that I use. Right now, it’s pretty small. Inspired by this page from elementiks.com.
Templates:
Bulletproof Templates – Joomla Blank Skeleton Templates
Sandbox by Plaintext – Wordpress Blank Skeleton Template
jQuery:
Visual jQuery
jQuery API

Manually call Joomla Module to store as PHP variable, Allow HTML in Menu Title

This is a handy piece of code I use for whenever I need to load the output of a Joomla module as a PHP variable. One common use for this is to allow for HTML tags in menu titles. It’s also handy if you need to do string searches.