The Joomlashack Blog
New Online Joomla Training Course
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 07 October 2009 07 October 2009
Since 2005 Joomlashack has been a leader in Joomla education. Hundreds of thousands have read our original free joomla tutorials, and many have taken our live classes, or attended our sessions at Joomla events. But one question we keep getting asked is:
"So when can I take an online Joomla training class?"
We are excited to start lifting the wraps off a project that has been in development for a while, an online Joomla training course we are calling Joomlashack University.
10 Hours of Joomla Video Training Released
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 22 June 2009 22 June 2009
We are very excited that some great new resources to learn how to Joomla are now available, Joomla! 1.5: A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website (2nd Edition) and Fundamentals of Joomla! (Video Training)! The author is Joomlashack's own Barrie North.
The second edition of the book is an update of the best selling book on Joomla, bringing it up to date with the latest version of Joomla 1.5. It also has a completely new chapter on marketing your site and SEO, two topics that change continuously.
The Joomla Video Training is a completely new release. Its a packed 9 hour training video on Joomla 1.5. You can listen as I explain some of the most difficult Joomla concepts, like sections and categories and creating your site navigation.
If you'd like to get some insight into the background behind these new releases, you can head over to cmswire and Dee-Ann LeBlanc's interview about them.
Announcing Joomla Trainings in the US and UK Summer 2009
- Written by Tom Elliott Tom Elliott
- Published: 22 April 2009 22 April 2009
Need Joomla training in 2009? Live in the U.S. or U.K.? You're in business!
Announcing the most complete tour of Joomla trainings ever- 25 sessions in 21 cities all spring and summer.
There are six sessions in New England with Joomlashack's own Barrie North (ok, five in New England and one in New York state), and a whopping 19 sessions all over the rest of the U.S. with our friends at JoomlaTraining.com
Most of the sessions are for beginners and intermediates, but there are some more advanced classes as well, in Joomla Template design and Joomla coding.
We're stoked for Joomlashack's master handyman and Joomla evangelist TJ Baker to teach two of the trainings in California, one in Los Angeles and one in San Francisco.
Need Joomla Training? Get going this spring and summer! More dates will be added, to keep coming back. It's a great time to invest in yourself and your Joomla skills.
2009 Joomla Training Survey
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 17 February 2009 17 February 2009
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
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 15 January 2009 15 January 2009
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:
https://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
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 31 July 2008 31 July 2008
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
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 20 March 2008 20 March 2008
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!
Joomla! Jargon
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 18 May 2007 18 May 2007
Dictionary.com defines jargon like this:
1. jargon: -noun, the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
It also defines jargon like this:
2. jargon: -noun, unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish.
Joomla!'s roots go back a few years, and it definitely has a language all its own. Seasoned veterans are fluent in Joomla! jargon, but for "newbies", that second definition is probably the most appropriate definition for what Joomla! jargon really is. For that reason, I have decided to attempt to compile a list of the most commonly used words and/or phrases in Joomla!, and give them a definition that actually means something to a non-veteran Joomla! user.
How can I link to a content item without first creating a menu link?
- Written by TJ Baker TJ Baker
- Published: 18 May 2007 18 May 2007
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.
Read more: How can I link to a content item without first creating a menu link?
How to use Google Adwords on a Joomla website
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 18 May 2007 18 May 2007
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.