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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...

Aktuaya, FindWhere, Porsche and Other Great Joomla Designs

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:28:00 +0000

This is a guest blog post by Edward Rid from Bestjoomladesign.com. Don't forget that the official Joomla showcase site is also available at community.joomla.org/showcase.

On our website we've been trying collect examples of sites that can be inspiring to Jooma designers. Below is a short roundup of Joomla sites that have been already submitted to us. These designs illustrate the power of...

Our 100th Joomla Class Will Be Free to Non-Profits

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:50:00 +0000

Over the last year our business model has evolved quite substantially. From being a traditional webdesign firm we've increasingly focused on Joomla training. After starting slowly last summer, we're now holding up to 15 classes per month.

We're proud to announce that we've scheduled our 100th Joomla class.

We've also decided to make it special. The 100th class will be completely free to...

10 Ideas for Really Popular Joomla Articles

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:24:00 +0000

Sometimes its hard to think of ideas for a blog post, so here are ten topics that will guarantee a really popular Joomla article:

Why Drupal sucks
Why Wordpress sucks
Why Drupal and Wordpress both suck
Why the GPL is great
Why the GPL sucks
I'm going to start charging money for my previously free GPL extension
Someone at Joomla.org doesn't think I'm right in everything I say
Someone at...

AppalachianTrail.com Launched on Joomla

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:15:00 +0000

For several months now I've been hinting that we have a major geographic domain name to launch on Joomla.

Well, life got in the way ... the Joomla training classes became really popular, we had other sites to launch and almost everyone we work with is having a baby this year.

So, although its missing a lot of features that are currently unpublished and being worked on, its time to soft-launch

What's going on with Joomla 1.6?

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:04:00 +0000

Student: "What's going on with Joomla 1.6?"
Steve: "User management is going to get more sophisticated, you won't be restricted to sections and categories for articles any more."
Student: "OK, but these guys are volunteers, right? How much have they got done? When can I see what it'll look like?"
Steve: "Errrrrr ..... ummmm ...... when I get back I'll take some screenshots of the current...