My recent visit to the #Joomla World Conference #JWC17

Reposted from the WebSolutionZ's Blog: My recent visit to the #Joomla World Conference #JWC17.

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Joomla Community Magazine Jul 2017

My first contribution to the Joomla! Community Magazine #joomla : JoomlaDay Australia 2017 Recap

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Fixing Photoshop Miniscule Menu Problem on High DPI Display

Last year I got a brand new Microsoft Surface Book laptop. It's a thing of beauty and I love it.

However, the high resolution screen (3000x2000) caused some problems with my non-CC version of Photoshop. It installed, sure - but the menus and dialog boxes were so small I couldn't actually read them.

Of course, Adobe's recommendation is to upgrade to CC, which I refuse to do on account of already paying a LOT of money for the entire Master Collection a few years ago, which does everything I need it to do and way, way more.

Anyway, I found this solution via Dan Antonielli which works perfectly:
https://danantonielli.com/app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix-2019/

Thanks Dan! I can see again!

Edit 2026: In case these instructions ever disappear (and because I am currently reinstalling this on a new laptop and got nervous about finding the instructions again!):

How it’s done:

1. Right-click the shortcut icon of applications you want to adjust
2. Select ‘Properties’ (If the icon is in the taskbar, you will have to right-click the second app icon)
3. Select the ‘Compatibility‘ tab 
4. Select ‘Change high DPI settings‘ at the bottom of the tab
5. Check ‘Override high DPI scaling behavior‘ at the bottom
6. Select ‘System (Enhanced)‘ from the drop down
7. Select ‘OK‘ and then ‘OK‘ again to apply
8. Launch the application to see the difference 

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Joomla! User Group Melbourne

Last night I hosted my first ever Joomla! User Group meeting. For those who have known me a long time, public speaking in front of strangers is not my thing - I'm a lifelong introvert, which is why I'm trying to get better at it now.

I love the fact my kids are taught and encouraged to do this at school; they're already far more confident than I ever was - we never had any focus on public speaking at school, at all. 

I've managed to put on a confident face and bluff my way through ever since, and many people who I've met in recent times have no idea of the fear this used to inspire.

I'm only mildly horrified watching myself on this video, so I guess that's a win and things can only get better! Next month I'm standing up and doing a presentation! Not daunted, not daunted at all... #okalittledaunted #butanyway #introvert 😬😂

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Free Wi-Fi in public places

This article about free wi-fi in public places, and how it is used by the providers, appeared on Choice.com.au today:

https://www.choice.com.au/electronics-and-technology/internet/internet-privacy-and-safety/articles/free-public-wifi-security

A very basic free VPN that can be installed on Android/iPhone is OperaVPN (www.opera.com/apps/vpn). The Opera browser for Windows/Mac/Linux also includes free VPN, good for travel (www.opera.com). There are much bigger and better paid VPN options (links in the article), but a free one is better than nothing at all.

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