I think you already know or even use this module. It was good module, it is. Was on top 5 rated on JED (Joomla Extensions Directory) for couple of weeks if I'm not wrong.

Today, I will give you a short tutorial on how to add a custom link that you might need to refer to another pages or articles not listed in article category of minifp. This link will sit on the bottom of the module.

minifrontpage tips

I've got some emails that noticed me regarding this Tab Module file on the download section. They complained that they can't install it or there's an error on the installation. That's my mistake not explain that well on this Hacking Tab Module article, because I've just upload the tab module hacked files on it, not a full installable module that you can just install it on your Joomla site.

I have emailed the developer of Tab Module, drStonyHills.com regarding my hack to add Module IDs as a parameter option beside the Module Postion on the module parameter setting in order to chose which module to be loaded on that tab wrapper (just don't foget to choose only one option at a time, either position or IDs), but I don't know he will implement it on the new version or not. So, here it is. I've updated the files so you can download and install using it. Please feel free to re-download this Tab Module files on the Download section.

Recently, lot of joomla users looking for posibility to have tabbed style view on their web sites, like some popular site have used, yahoo just for example. And some of commercial Joomla! templates provider also have equipped one or two of their templates with this featured style, like NewsPortal from Joomlart and ModularPlazza from TemplatePlazza .

Hacking Tab Module to Replace Module Position with Module Ids option

Remember Google Gadget from previous lab experiment? One of the gadget available that we can use is a PGA Leaderboard Gadget provided by great-goofy-gadgets . So, if you have a Joomla! based golf related website, don't ever think twice to use this gadget and implement it as a module.

Just create a new module, assign this new one to whatever module position on your template, then copy these lines of javascript using your HTML mode Editor,

 I have added a space after and before the '<' and '>' for editor purpose. Don't forget to remove that space.

Watch the module in action from Indonesian Golf Community Portal .

Today, I've got a newsletter from Yaro Starak who also known as the Blog Traffic King on the internet world. He informed me about this new widget called BlogRush that we can add to our blog site that could provide a nice boost to our traffic, and it's absolutely free.

BlogRush Module

Have you heard about Google Gadgets? Nop, ok according to them, "Google Gadgets are mini-applications that work with the Google homepage, Google Desktop, or any page on the web. They can range from simple HTML to complex applications, and can be a calendar, a weather globe, a media player, or anything else you can dream up."

Google Gadget

How to implement Google Custom Search Engine to your blog or site?
There's a module called JoomSearch that you can use to accomodate that feature. Just Download first if you don't have it.

How JoomSearch Broke