The regular "Popular news" that comes with Joomla system shows you the most read articles of all time.If a new article is "booming" and getting a lot of reads it will never be on this list because the first articles ever written we probably have more hits.
Frontend login error 403
There is a problem in all Joomla versions on IE8, you get an error message and a 403 redirection when trying to login to the frontend.After many searches, i found these solutions:
Expose Image Scroller (Flash)
This module adds a very simple yet effective image scroller to your site.
Change or recover Joomla Administrator password
If you forget the admin password it can be a little mess recovering it.
Remove link count from website statistics
If you want to remove the count of links from the statistics module and leave only the important stuff do this:
Fireboard avatar image missing
After login there is a welcome message next to the user avatar at the top.If you get an empty image the path to the image is wrong. It happens in some templates.
Related items module for Joomla
This module add links at the buttom of every content item to other related content items.
Block hackers attempts with JDefender
This compunent cost some money but it gives a great service.
FireBoars latest posts module
This is a great module that shows the latest posts in your Fireboard forum.
Show empty categories in section
When using Joomla 1.0.x + (not 1.5), if you create a menu item linking to a section – this will list and link to the categories. In the Joomla admin you can select "show empty categories" – but this option wont always work.