09 Mar 2009

Camping with Joomla in Greece

Written by Brian Teeman
camping in greece

I was definitely having a bad day yesterday.

I received notification of a new joomla event, JoomlaCamp, taking place in Athens this Sunday, March 15th, and somehow I thought it was for a very short camping holiday.

Reading further I saw that it was taking place at the "Microsoft Innovation Center" so perhaps it was some sort of anti-closed source protest event.

How wrong I was!!

JoomlaCamp part of MediaCamp Athens, is a non-conference event based on the principles of BarCamp. This is a great opportunity for all Greek Joomla users to meet expert Joomla developers and other attendees.

Presentation Schedule

The JoomlaCamp presentations will be held on Sunday, March 15th, between 15.00 and 21.00. They are divided into 2 levels

Basic

  • What is Joomla? Short intro, history, community, stats, advantages of using a CMS, why choose Joomla, popular websites built with Joomla
  • What can I do with Joomla; The inner workings of the CMS, requirements, features, MVC architecture, extensibility and extensions
  • Setup a dynamic website using Joomla: Installation and parameter adjustment in just a few minutes
  • Convert a HTML/CSS template to a Joomla template
  • Case study: gazzetta.gr
  • Differences, similarities, pros and cons in comparison with the popular CMSs Drupal and Wordpress. Is Joomla right for a community or blog website;
  • Joomla as a community platform with Community Builder
  • Exclusive presentation: JoomTube (video platform component) and Κ2 (com_content replacement component)
  • The future: features of the next big version (1.6) of Joomla!

Advanced

  • Advanced MVC templating & optimization tips
  • Developing a module
  • Developing a plugin
  • Deploying a high-traffic Joomla website

Great Joomla Speakers List

  • Fotis Evangelou (JoomlaWorks), Pro Joomla developer
  • Chris Marinou (Komrade), Pro Joomla designer/frontend developer
  • Lefteris Kavvadas (JoomlaWorks), Pro Joomla developer/programmer
  • Nick Antimisiaris (Community Builder), Community Builder/JoomlaPolis team member

Where and when?

Microsoft Innovation Center (Athens)
103, Vassilisis Sofias, Athens (Greece)
(about 400 m. from the metro station at "Megaro Mousikis")

JoomlaCamp will be held on:

  • Sunday, March 15th 2009, from 09:00 to 21:00

 

joomla camp athens

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About Brian Teeman

  • As a co-founder of Joomla! and OpenSourceMatters Inc I've never been known to be lacking an opinion or being too afraid to express it.

    Despite what some people might think I'm a shy and modest man who doesnt like to blow his own trumpet or boast about achievements.

    But it seems that no blog exists without an "About" page so rather than talk about what an amazingly great guy I am and list all the things I've achieved (and failed at) in life from my Cycling Proficiency Test in 1976 to winning an award for the "UK Individual Contribution to Open / Source" in 2005 here are some links.

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