The Joomlashack Blog
Take the 3rd Annual Joomlashack Joomla Survey
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 30 October 2009 30 October 2009
Over the last couple of years, we have been conducting a survey about the scope and features of the Joomla community. Over 7,000 people have completed the our survey over the last few years, and this year we want to make it the biggest ever.
Complete our survey and you'll be entered to win prizes!
- Grand prize winner: Our new lifetime Developer club - $399 value
- First Prize: Three $100 gift certificates to Amazon.com
- Second Prize: Three Joomlashack University spots
- Third Prize: Five template giveaways
- Bonus prize: 3,000 person to take the survey, also a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate
Head to our survey now and tell us about how you use Joomla!
Joomlashack University matriculates full charter class
- Written by Tom Elliott Tom Elliott
- Published: 27 October 2009 27 October 2009
The much anticipated launch of our interactive learning environment for Beginner Joomla, Joomlashack University, did not disappoint last week. In less than 24 hours we sold out all 100 seats in the inaugural Shack U class of October 2009- and then some!
Joomlashack University is our attempt to make learning Joomla online a fun, interactive, affordable, and "at your own pace" experience. Instructors Forest Linden and Barrie North are guiding the first class through the very basics of getting a Joomla website installed, set up, and built with compelling content.
Read more: Joomlashack University matriculates full charter class
Joomlashack Loves NY Joomla Day
- Written by Tom Elliott Tom Elliott
- Published: 05 October 2009 05 October 2009
Start spreading the news... Joomlashack is coming to New York for the 3rd annual New York Joomla Day on Monday, October 12!
Joomlashack's Barrie North will present two workshops this year, "Black Belt Joomla" and "Search Engine Marketing Smackdown" along with our friend Steve Burge from Joomlashack.
Vote for Joomlashack's Inspirion Template
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 24 September 2009 24 September 2009
We are excited that the Packt Publishing Best Joomla! Theme award includes our own Joomla template Inspirion.
This Award features five finalist Joomla! themes and extensions that have been selected by the Joomla! project representatives.
Help us out and please head on over to Packt and vote!
Get A Free Copy of Our New Template
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 24 September 2009 24 September 2009
Its been awhile since we have had some X / Twitter Fun. A couple of months ago we had the The Great Joomlashack Tweetaway using X / Twitter.
This time, we have made it super simple..
Follow Joomlashack on X / Twitter and you'll get entered into a drawing for a free copy of our new template!
Joomla Templates, Frameworks and the 960 Grid
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 18 September 2009 18 September 2009
Last week I blogged about the Fastest Joomla Template in the World. In a related topic, today I wanted to talk about how frameworks and grids are being used in our Joomla templates, and why we have come to adopt the 960 grid system for our future template releases.
At Joomlashack, we focus on clean, deceptively simple templates that are easy to customize, and look great. We've been using our own "framework" in use for a couple of years now, and included such Joomla template innovations such as dynamic width switchers and source ordering.
Save $150 on Joomla Training in Hartford CT
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 01 September 2009 01 September 2009
Today and tomorrow are the last chances to get the early bird pricing for the beginner/intermediate Joomla training class in Hartford, CT on September 17th.
If you book now, you'll get $150 off the regular price and reserve a spot for only $249.
As well as a full day of expert Joomla instruction, all students will leave with goodies worth over $400!
Tell us our next template and get a free copy
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 19 August 2009 19 August 2009
A few weeks ago we blogged about our adoption of Uservoice to get feedback from you to help us better meet your needs.
We have been working hard on some new Joomla templates, both free and commercial, but we also want you to tell us what kind of templates you want.
Simply head over to our template feedback and share your ideas for themes, site types, colors, extension, whatever you'd like to see.
joomlashack.uservoice.com/pages/20904-joomlashack-templates
We'll be be selecting 3 people at random for a free copy of our upcoming release!
Tell us what you want
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 05 August 2009 05 August 2009
What you really... really want!
Last week we launched our new promise of our 100% satisfaction guarantee.
This week we take another step in improving ourselves to better meet our customers needs.
We have launched our Uservoice feedback forum for the Joomlashack community. We want you to tell us what you'd like to see from Joomlashack, and we'll do our best to make it happen.
For general feedback, please post in our core forum: joomlashack.uservoice.com
Join the Joomlashack Email Test
- Written by Barrie North Barrie North
- Published: 04 August 2009 04 August 2009
There are lots of email marketing services: iContact, Mailchimp, Aweber etc etc.
But I don't think there has been a scientific test and review of how well they deliver, all of them give their deliverability rates, but how can we compare them?
I need your help to do this very test and compare these services, here's how...