Introducing myself

[helenvr]

Hi,
I'm Helen van Rijn, I live in the Netherlands and I have my own small computerbusiness.
I've made one website using Joomla and I struggled a lot. So when I read about the Joomlashack University I figured it would be a good idea to learn more about all the possibilities of Joomla. I hope to learn a lot and it would be nice to get in contact with other students.

Greetings,
Helen

[Barrie North]

Hi Helen,
Thanks for posting, we're excited to have you here!

[WilliamEllis]

Hello all My name is Willlam and I am in Glasgow, Scotland. I have been trying to get to grips with Joomla for almost six months with little success. I really hope that this course will help me get a better understanding of Joomla overall.
Look forward to sharing and learning with you.
William

[forestlinden]

Hi William,

welcome to the university!

We look forward to helping you get a better understanding of Joomla.

best wishes,
~Forest

[NelsonZavala]

Hi, My name is Nelson Zavala I'm in Honduras, C.A. I started using Joomla in April, 2009. So far it's been great!. I've made 7 sites using Joomla CMS, but yes, I do need to learn much more about it, to make my work simplier

[forestlinden]

Hi Nelson

Glad to "meet" you.

Let us know how we can help...

cheers,
Forest

[LJQ]

Hi All,
My name is Linda and I live in Massachusetts.  I've been playing around with Joomla for a few months and love it.  I develop small websites and have a handful of clients.  I am ready to learn more so I can offer this CMS solution to my clients.  

[ChungHeeBessell]

Hello everyone!

Looks like I got this wrong right off the bat

Hope noboby minds the new thread in the forum.

[bbookser]

Hi my name is Brad and I live in San Diego, CA.  I have been working with Joomla for about a year and I am very excited to learn more about this awesome system. I have developed a few sites using Joomla, and hope to learn more so I can use my knowledge in an Educational environment.

Thanks for creating Joomlashack University!

 

[CherylMudge]

Hi my name is Cheryl. I am an adult student, and very close to completing a Communications Degree.

I recently completed an internship that involved creating a website with Joomla. I continue to work on the site, but have come across many challenges that I have been unable to solve. I'm hoping that I will improve my Joomla skills significantly through the materials offered.

[biggill]

Hi,

I'm Gilles Gauthier from Granby, Quebec, Canada. I'm a newbie with Joomla and glad to be with all of you.
Wishing you the best,

Gilles

[Barrie North]

Hello everyone!
Looks like I got this wrong right off the bat
Hope nobody minds the new thread in the forum.

Ahhh, that' sthe good part about Shack U, there is no *right way" and everyone is starting from the same place...

Welcome!!

[Chuck Parish]

Hi All,  My name is Chuck and I blog full-time at www.Marriage-moments.com .  I currently use WordPress on several Blogs.  I am transitioning from being a web designer/developer.  I have closed my company and am not offering these services anymore, but I want to learn Joomla so that I can combine it with some of my Blog sites.  I know xhtml/css/php very well, but know almost nothing about Joomla.

I look forward to learning with you!

Blessings!  Chuck

[KarenS]

Hello everyone,
My name is Karen and I live in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada.  I will be needing to set up a simple website for an organization I work with and I have chosen to use Joomla to create it with.  As a total beginner, I am looking forward to learning all I can about Joomla through this terrific opportunity.

Karen

[DarrenLadner]

Hello, my name is Darren Ladner. I am a webmaster at a junior college in Texas and also do freelance web programming and design. I have been following Barrie for about two years now. I have his book and his DVD. I love his enthusiasm for Joomla and his desire to teach others about the greatest CMS on the planet. Barrie, I do hope that the beginner courses have some new information, tricks or tips for Joomla.  Barrie, how often will courses be added? Is this course a go at your own pace? Or is this setup more like a college semester? Thanks in advance for teaching us.

[Barrie North]

Your making me blush Darren

The courses will be go at your own pace, we anticipate the beginner's course will take less than a month.

By the time you get to the end of that, we'll have more content up for you to be digesting!

[Patricia52]

Hi,
I live in Vancouver, BC. Last year a start-up company designed a site for our small business using Joomla.

Then they went out of business.

So now we have a lovely site, but when we want to make changes I have to stumble around trying to find where and how to do it.  Kind of like travelling in a strange land with a hand-drawn map and a compass.

So I'm hoping to combine what I learn at Joomlashack U with what I am learning about SEO at the University of BC, and make sure our website really takes off!

It's at www.worldbeatcanada.com.

Cheers,
Patricia

[Barrie North]

Welcome Patricia!

That's an adaptation of this template:
http://demo.rockettheme.com/aug08/

Definately worth making sure you go through that demo for various customization guides they have there.

[kgawlowicz]

Hi, I'm Kim Gawlowicz from Birmingham AL (yea, a Polish name in the deep South...fits in real well down here)  Anyway, I've been learning from Barrie for almost a year.  I have his books....versions 1 and 2...and DVD tutorials... and watch his blogs, twitter etc...I guess I'm a bit of an addict, but I really like his style and as a result was able to take on a MAJOR project and my kids school (www.popcatholic.org, click the school link) which I was completely NOT qualified to do.  But hey, it's fun jumping in head first...the concussion should be gone soon.  Seriously though, I worry every day about the site getting hacked because I haven't actually had time to read all the stuff I've bought from Barrie.     Time flies by way too fast and I'm hoping this class will get me more comfortable that I am doing things the right way.  I think I barely got in...probably the 100th person, but I'm very excited to be a part of the group!  BTW, glad to hear about the upcoming church template.  I'll be redoing the church's site soon.

[Barrie North]

Hi Kim,

You should check out the boards we have down further about schools as well...

[raz1108]

Hi all,
My name is Romuald. I'm from Warsaw, Poland. For last 9 years I run small computer company. For last 5 years we also do some webdevelopment mainly in html, php, css. I've given joomla a try few times before, but always had not enough time to learn it as well as I should. I hope that JoomlaShack University will give me solid knowledge base to start my joomla expirience for good.

[raz1108]

My name is Romuald. I'm from Warsaw, Poland.

One more word. As  I'm not native engish speaking person,  I would like to ask you to forgive me any further mistakes or miss spelled words and phrases. 

[MartaGuerra]

Hi all!

I am Marta...almost didn't get these first 100 spots. I am so glad to be here 
I love joomla and almost got crazy developing mu lovemunki.com website...I really hope to become a Joomla expert and I am sure the Joomla University can be a great start for me!

[Barrie North]

One more word. As  I'm not native engish speaking person,  I would like to ask you to forgive me any further mistakes or miss spelled words and phrases. 

I am sure your English is MUCH better than our Polish

[PatrickByrne]

Hi All,
My name is Patrick and I am from Ireland. I am what ye would call a total n00bie when it comes to web design, give me a broken computer and I can fix it no problem, but ask me to create a website and I am lost but I am hoping to rectify this shortly with the help of Barrie, Joomla  and ye guys ;-).

Rgds
Patrick