10 Spots Left in 2nd Joomlashack University Class

Written by Barrie North
Wednesday, 09 December 2009 15:48

Joomlashack University - the fastest and easiest way to learn Joomla is about to close its doors for the second time.

If you haven't heard, Joomlashack University is our new Joomla training course. Its delivered 100% online so you can learn at your own pace, and in the comfort of your own home. Each month we open to only a few students, and then stop taking on subscribers. This makes sure our teacher-student ratio is low and everyone's questions are quickly answered.

In November we opened our doors for 200 students have have about 10 spots left. We will be stopping open enrollment next Monday 14th of December, but these last 10 spots will probably go by the end of today!

Joomla SEO Templates the Right Way

Written by Barrie North
Thursday, 26 November 2009 16:24

Since 2005, Joomlashack has been creating Joomla templates that are ideal for Search Engine Optimization of a Joomla website. Back in 2006 we wrote the first available guide for SEO for Joomla, and also a guide for creating source ordered templates that's been used by thousands of designers.

Our first SEO templates in 2006 were super-lightweight ones like Simplicity and Lightfast, that the competition took years to catch up with, but over the last few months we have developed a breed of special Joomla templates that provide a rock solid foundation for your site; Inspirion, eBusiness and now JS Community. 

How do you set up SEO optimized Websites? Do you want to learn SEO? Would be interested in SEO lessons?  SEO Courses? SEO video tutorials? SEO Training? Conversion optimization lessons? Conversion optimization courses. Conversion optimization video tutorials. Conversion optimization training.

JS Community: SEO meets community template

Written by Tom Elliott
Monday, 23 November 2009 16:48

Superior SEO + limitless flexibility + seamless JomSocial styling = Joomlashack's new template, JS Community!

Built on our powerful CSS 960 grid framework, JS Community is a sleek yet sophisticated approach to design. It comes loaded with over 30 module positions, multiple source-ordered column layouts, easy to customize CSS files, and much more!

And most exciting- JS Community is ready for JomSocial, the best social networking extension available for Joomla.

Need to offer community tools to your audience but want a consistent, seamless look and feel? Try out our demo and see how JomSocial and JS Community work together for a perfect social networking experience. 

How do you set up SEO optimized Websites? Do you want to learn SEO? Would be interested in SEO lessons?  SEO Courses? SEO video tutorials? SEO Training? Conversion optimization lessons? Conversion optimization courses. Conversion optimization video tutorials. Conversion optimization training.

JS Community is chock full of powerful, state-of-the-art features. Check out Community's full bag of tricks, including:

Joomlashack University Reopens Today

Written by Barrie North
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 08:31

In October 2009 the new Joomla training course - Joomlashack University opened its door to its first class of 100 students. For the last 4 weeks, these students have been learning how to Joomla with our rich video screencasts and tutorials and asking questions and networking in our forums.

Before launching Shack U, we knew we had a great product to offer. We gave leading Joomla figures a sneak look at the content and, as you can read yourself, they loved it.

As well as teaching insider Joomla tips and tricks to our first students, we have been taking feedback and improving the course. We have streamlined the student path through the learning content and added more courses.

After 4 weeks, we are ready to open our doors again.

Joomlashack's next template is all about Community

Written by Tom Elliott
Monday, 16 November 2009 23:51

Community, our latest theme due later this month, will be Joomlashack's first 1.5 native Joomla template to include matching themes for the JomSocial extension.

With social networking features become standard for many websites, JomSocial has become the must-have extension for Joomla users.

Our new Community template will integrate seemlessly with JomSocial, and give your site a consistent color and style scheme across every page.

Community will be a powerful SEO-optimized template built on our own modified 960 grid system. It'll be as fast, flexible, and simple to use as our last template, eBusiness.

We're putting the final touches and color schemes together and will release very soon.

Want to win a free copy of Community? Follow us on Twitter and look out for our pre-release Tweetaway!

Joomla User Survey early results

Written by Tom Elliott
Wednesday, 11 November 2009 17:27

It's early yet, but the early results from the Joomlashack 2009 Joomla User Survey are already sparking conversation about who uses Joomla, and how.

Launched 10 days ago, the Joomla User Survey has already received more than 1,000 responses, yielding a rich pile of data about many important Joomla-related questions, including:

• How Joomla users view GPL vs Non-GPL Extensions
• How Joomla security and bug releases are perceived and handled
  
• Usage of free vs commercial templates

And many more questions. Read on to hear some early results and to comment on the survey!

Haven't taken the survey yet? Want to be entered to win over $1,000 in prizes! Then take the survey!

Free 6 Day Mini-Course from Joomlashack University

Written by Tom Elliott
Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:14

Give us six days, and we'll help you make a plan for a successful, content-rich website.

That's the idea behind our new six day mini-course "Creating a Content-Rich Website."

When you are starting on your path to create a website, you have to understand some key differences between a old-school static/HTML type site and one built with a modern Content Management System (CMS) like Joomla.

This special 6 lesson mini-course will show you how to take a generic and "static" business website and propel it into web 2.0.

Joomlashack to Match your Charitable Donation

Written by Tom Elliott
Wednesday, 11 November 2009 12:48

Joomlashack's annual holiday charitable campaign is back with a new twist: We'll match your donations!

For the fourth year, Joomlashack is rallying our community to support a worthy charity during the holiday season.

This year we're supporting the important humanitarian efforts of Doctors without Borders (aka Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF.)

For every dollar contributed by our community, Joomlashack will match up to a total of $1,000. Other partners may match even more!

What is Médecins Sans Frontières?

iJoomla SEO - Video Raw Review

Written by Barrie North
Tuesday, 10 November 2009 09:28

Everyone needs to do SEO, its a continual point I make when speaking at Joomla events. Even if you are a local school, parents will first use Google to find information, they won't come directly to your site.

Our second Video Raw Review is on a useful SEO extensions called iJoomla SEO. Its a very useful tool to help you organize and manage you SEO efforts. 

How do you set up SEO optimized Websites? Do you want to learn SEO? Would be interested in SEO lessons?  SEO Courses? SEO video tutorials? SEO Training? Conversion optimization lessons? Conversion optimization courses. Conversion optimization video tutorials. Conversion optimization training.

I installed iJoomla SEO and put it through it's paces without ever having used it before. Raw look, no reading documentation, just install it and play!

Joomla 1.6 drives forward with developer conference

Written by Tom Elliott
Monday, 02 November 2009 16:48

The steady march to Joomla 1.6 picked up further steam recently with the release of the project's second alpha release.

Joomla 1.6 Alpha 2 became available last week, and shows the development team is making great strides toward a next generation Joomla.

Front and center in this new release is the long-awaited Access Control Level feature, or ACL. A first release of the "nested categories" and a new backend template made it in the second alpha as well.

With Joomla 1.6 getting closer to a beta release (anticipated sometime in the next few months), the Joomla leadership team is hosting the first-ever Joomla Developer Conference in early December.