SEO - JoomlaConnect

Review of WordPress for Joomla by corePHP.com

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:07:00 +0000

We've always used Joomla as our blog platform of choice here at Alledia. People are always surprised by that, which is pleasing ... it took a lot of work. We needed a whole variety of different extensions to create the normal features of a blog.

Because it requires quite a bit of effort, Joomla developers have long looked enviously at Wordpress and the default blogging features it has....

We're Expanding to Drupal, Wordpress and OSTraining.com

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:04:00 +0000

By the end of 2009, JoomlaTraining.com will have run over 100 Joomla training classes in locations from Alaska to Miami and from Los Angeles to London. Its time to grow!

We'll be working in the same cities with the same high-standards, and even some of the same experienced teachers, but we'll now be adding both Drupal and Wordpres classes.

Review of AceSEF from Joomace.net

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:10:00 +0000

A few weeks ago we covered the five most powerful extensions you can use to optimize your Joomla site. We had 80 comments on the article, but half-way through the discussion was hijacked by the developer of a new product: AceSEF. They managed to rub people the wrong way quickly. They have also had problems with voting irregularities on the Joomla.org Extensions site. All in all, I was prepared...

Virtuemart 1.5 Underway - New Team Members Needed

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:55:00 +0000

VirtueMart, the leading shopping cart extension for Joomla, is now looking for new talent to work on the next version of VirtueMart v1.5 and subsequent versions. We have the best integration between our leading shopping cart extension and the best content management system for websites. Now we are searching for excellent talent in many areas of our team. If you have experience in any of the...

Joomla Community Fundraising for Doctors Without Borders

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:06:00 +0000

Brian Teeman has been working hard to put together a great idea for the Joomla community: collectively raising money for Doctors Without Borders, the humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries. It seemed like such a good idea that we decided to help.

How We Can Help

November 18th will be the last meeting of the...

Joomla 1.6 Usability Improvements

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:52:00 +0000

I had time to take a good look at the Alpha version of Joomla 1.6 this weekend. The Art of Joomla is doing a great job of explaining new features. I'll also blog later about the new SEO features ... they've taken on board of a lot our recommendations including the ability to control the metadata for each page!

However, today thought I'd hightlight some nice usability improvements. Several...

Non-Profit Winners Announced For 100th Class

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:58:00 +0000

We're delighted to be able to announce the winners of a free ticket to our 100th Joomla training class.

Last month we announced that the class in Atlanta would be free completely free to non-profit or charity organizations.

We received many more applications than we had places, so this week we've been digging through the entries to find the winners. It was fascinating to see such a huge-cross...

Local Joomla Installations Are Not Worth The Effort

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:04:00 +0000

Am I alone in thinking that we're doing Joomla beginners a big disservice by recommending that they start with a local installation?

Almost every Joomla tutorial starts with a description of how to install Joomla on your computer and it nearly always causes complete befuddlement amongst learners.

Last year I had the interesting experience of agreeing to be the technical editor for a Joomla...

Joomla Goes CCKrazy

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:54:00 +0000

Apologies for the lack of blogging over the last few weeks, I've been wrapped up in something else since the beginning of September.

Over the last couple of years, I've always tried to be honest with people and acknowledge that Joomla had two achiiles heels:

it didn't allow a lot of control over what people can and cannot access (ACL or Access Control Level)
it didn't allow you to customize...

Denver Colorado Joomla Training Class Next Week

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:55:00 +0000

Back to the Mile-High City ...

We had the great fortune to be in Denver last year as winter arrived and the CMS Expo rolled into town.

We're back again next week with one of our day-long Joomla training classes. If you need to get up to speed quickly with Joomla, consider joining us next Wednesday in Denver. The class is just south of downtown in Denver's main tech district and its on...