2009 Joomla Training Survey

Tuesday, 17 February 2009 14:13

In 2008, our sister site, Compass Designs ran a series of successful single day training classes for Joomla across new England. One question we was asked again and again was "when will you be running classes in 2009?"

People had mentioned interest in different types of classes and perhaps different locations. So, we have created a survey for anyone interested in Joomla training to fill out, and from that we'll be determining the most popular combinations of location and class type.

If you are interested in expanding your Joomla knowledge in 2009 make sure you enter in your choices!

How to Redirect 1.0 URL's to Joomla 1.5

Thursday, 15 January 2009 16:05

You may have noticed that Joomlashack is now running on Joomla 1.5. We did a stealth migration yesterday.

We had one problem we needed to address, and it took a while to figure out, so we thought we would share the solution for others.

Our old site used Joomla 1.0, as I have mentioned before, we wanted to make sure we did a 301 redirect of the Joomla URL's so Google would quickly pick up the new ones and pass the pagerank to the new pages. The problem however was that our 1.0 site used the raw URL:

http://www.joomlashack.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37

We rapidly discovered that mod-write unfortunately will basically ignore all the php parameters here. You can't get rewrite to pay any attention to them.

Joomla Training in New England

Thursday, 31 July 2008 05:32

Our own Barrie North is running Joomla Training and education across New England. If you want:

• Expert instructors with teacher certification AND deep Joomla expertise
• One-on-one hands-on time to implement what you learn
• Optional ongoing education and support to create a successful Joomla website
• Small class sizes so you can ask questions one-on-one
• An included copy of the best selling "Joomla - A User's Guide"

.... then you need to attend this training.

Joomla Training in Chicago

Thursday, 20 March 2008 09:40

Its been a long time coming, but we are very excited to be able to announce our first Joomla training event in the US. Its going to be the day after the Joomla EXPO 2008 in Chicago.

The EXPO is on Friday 16th of May, and the training is on Saturday the 17th. The classrooms are right next to the hotel where the EXPO is being held!

Get the Joomla 1.5 Book from Amazon

Wednesday, 09 January 2008 07:05

After over a year in development, the have-to-have book about Joomla 1.5 is finally hitting shelves and shipping from the publishers and Amazon.com.

The stable version of Joomla 1.5 is weeks away, and we are very pleased to announce the availability of Barrie North's book to go along with this momentous occasion.

Joomlashack Release Joomla 1.5 Template Tutorial

Friday, 21 September 2007 05:55

Joomlashack has updated its popular template tutorial to 1.5!

This huge guide has been updated to the latest version, Joomla 1.5, Release Candidate 2. This guide takes you through making 4 incremental templates and includes the following topics:

Video Introduction to Joomla 1.5

Wednesday, 12 September 2007 06:20

If you are curious about the new version of Joomla (1.5), then you should nip over to itidiots.com and check out the training video they've just published. It walks you through some basic steps in getting a site up and running. It's informative and even a little funny.

How can I link to a content item without first creating a menu link?

Tuesday, 10 April 2007 19:00

Ever wonered how to link to a content item without first creating a menu item? Read on if you want to find out the shortcut.

How to add OpenSearch to your Joomla website

Friday, 09 February 2007 19:00

I found a story on Digg today which sounded interesting. If you use Firefox 2 or Internet Explorer 7 then you'll notice a litle search bar at the top of your window which looks something like this. The way to achieve this is so simple. You can read more into it here or just follow along to get it working in Joomla!

How to use Google Adwords on a Joomla website

Thursday, 18 January 2007 19:00

If you have a website (Joomla or otherwise), and you have a vague interest in getting traffic, then pay per click (PPC) need to be part of your Search Engine (SEM) strategy.

Why is pay per click so useful? If you put an ad in a magazine about your product, you pay the magazine the add fee and it goes in. At that point you are hoping that the ad is compelling enough to get people to call/email/visit your site. If you get no leads from the ad, then you still had to pay the magazine the fee.