Saturday, 08 November 2008

Get a kick out of Joomla

Sun 09 Nov 08 00:00 Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | Email Across the globe Brian Teeman

Karate kickYou can never know enough so get yourself down to London on December 11th for the first visit to these shores of the JoomlatoolsJoomlatools crew, avoid a good kicking and learn from the black belts.

This is purpose designed to be a snappy day of interactivity and fun, with a hint of Bond mystery, the venue was used in a James Bond movie. (This apparently impresses johnny foreigner - but we all know that most of London has been in some sort of movie or other)

Sadly I won't be able to make it as I will still be jetlagged from CMS ExpoCMS Expo in Denver, I'm staying a few extra days to visit my skype buddy Victor Drover of JCal ProJCal Pro.

The speakers will be covering the following topics:

  • Building, expanding on Joomla 1.5 -- Exploring the Joomla Framework.
  • Developing and deploying secure Joomla sites -- Best pratices and tips.
  • SEO for Joomla 1.5 — Building SEO into your Joomla site from the beginning
  • Making sense of the Joomla extension universe -- Over 4000 and counting!
  • Designing accessible and beautiful templates -- Using the new override system.
  • Hot issues and questions from the crowd -- A Q&A panel session with the experts!

Don't delay seats are limited and they are selling fast. Book NowBook Now!




Too much email

Sat 08 Nov 08 00:00 Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | Email Tips and Tricks Brian Teeman
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There are many different approaches to keeping your email inbox under control. Personaly I always try to answer emails as they arrive as I fear that if I let them stack up I will never answer them.

Today I was pointed to a slightly different approach, although perhaps recipients of my email replies might feel that I have always used it.

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"Treat all email responses like SMS text messages, using a set number of letters per response. Since it’s too hard to count letters, we count sentences instead."

Yes, I know I said that creative domain names were a bad idea but in this case I am prepared to eat my words.