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Gazzetta KicKs Off
I'm not really here today as I am teaching a Joomla class in Central London but I couldn't resist the temptation to blog in advance about an amazing site that hopefuly has been relaunched by the time you can see this blog post.
(That's assuming of course that I make the correct adjustments for time zones, so if the site doesn't look like the image here then come back in a few hours and oopsie.)
As you've probably gathered I'm a big fan of K2
from joomlaworks.gr. Some people even call it "Joomla 1.6 without the wait", and if you've tried it for yourself you will know how incredibly powerful it is.
Joomla Administrator
I've blogged before about the the forgotten interface and joomla usability improvements and recommended two extensions to improve the joomla admin experience, CQI for the control panel and Advanced Administrator Menu to reorganise the menus.
Today I'd like to introduce two other "improvements" to the Joomla Administrator interface.
Together they will help you improve accessibility, usability, performance and generally make your life easier.
Add a commentThe Best Joomla Template
One of the strengths of Joomla is it's template system but this is also one of it's weaknesess. More and more the tendency for designers is to showcase as many different cool things as possible that they can achieve in a Joomla template rather than concentrate on presenting the site owner's content.
Personally I always consider the SCOPE of the template before selecting it
- Suitability
- Creativity
- Originality
- Performance
- Expandibility
Depending on your needs, requirements and skills the amount of weighting you apply to each of these criteria may vary considerably.
I apply a much higher value on a templates performance and expandability than I do to the creativity. Perhaps this is because when I am looking at templates for a prospective site I always find I am more attracted to those templates that are crisp and clean than those that are busy with a thousand modules on the front page.
The Telegraph selects the best Culture web sites
Two Joomla powered sites right there at the top of the tree.
The Daily Telegraph newspaper is one of the more traditional and conservative (small c and big c) newspapers in the UK and is almost the only daily newspaper that still uses the broadsheet format it also has the highest circulation of any "quality" newspaper.
Joomla!™ Users All Together Saying Thank You
As we approach the end of another year it is traditional in many cultures to look back and see what has been achieved in that time and to give thanks.
For many of us it is a time to take stock and to acknowledge that we may be more fortunate than others. One way to do this is to donate money to a charity.
Why don't you join me and other users of Joomla!™ to raise funds "all together" for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).
I have chosen Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Doctors Without Borders, as they are an international, non-denominational, non-political humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries.
IT Blog Awards 2009: Open Source
It doesn't happen often, in fact I think it has only happened once before, but right now I am absolutely speechless and still scraping my jaw off the floor as I simultaneously scrape my head off the ceiling.
In fact it's such a rare event for me to be speechless that it's probably worth making a note in your diaries.
This blog has been shortlisted by ComputerWeekly.com for the award for the Open Source in Business category in the IT Blog Awards.
Add a commentJoomla 1.5.15 released
A new version of the Joomla 1.5 series was released today, which is possibly the last release before 1.6.
This release contains a huge number of fixes specificaly in the TinyMCE editor and various fixes to provide php 5.3 compatibility.
Of course I'm particularly pleased to see a new line in the htaccess.txt file as this addresses what I believe has long been a security issue in exposing extension version numbers, this will have to be applied manually. See my Joomla Hidden Secrets presentation to see why I belive that exposing version numbers is a bad idea. Note the fix provided in the new htaccess.txt is far more advanced, and better, than the one I inititaly proposed - but heh I'm not a programmer.
There are two security fixes in this release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately.
NOTE please check the FAQ of known issues with 1.5.15 before upgrading
Please do NOT rely on an automatic updater
Add a commentCan you trust your joomla extensions?
Sadly in the last 6 months there have been two published circumstances where an extension provider has been hacked and malicious code inserted into the extensions that they offer.
This meant that as soon as you installed the extension your site was vulnerable to defacement etc.
If there have been two published cases perhaps there have been more that we don't know about.
So is there anything we can do to prevent this?
Add a commentToday at last I have the answer
Today after a very long time of waiting I've finally reached the age where I have the answer and I'm happy to say that Douglas Adams was correct it really is 42.
So for those of you that are still waiting I'd like to tell you that it really is true and life really is that simple.
Add a commentNot closing the blog
After sleeping on it for a few days and reading your many kind comments, tweets and emails I've decide that I will continue writing the blog after all.
Normal service will be resumed on friday.
Add a commentMore Articles...
- 25 Oct Closing the blog?
- 23 Oct Help my Wordpress site has been hacked!
- 22 Oct When will Joomla 1.6 be released?
- 21 Oct Help my Joomla web site has been hacked!!
- 16 Oct How to make a Joomla template
- 13 Oct Joomla Hidden Secrets - the movie
- 12 Oct A lot happens in a week, or does it?
- 01 Oct Almost finished
- 01 Oct Solar powered web site development
- 01 Oct Working hard this week trying to finish
