Now that might seem like a strange thing to say but if you don't fail at some things then it means that "you are not trying hard enough".
If we always take the "safe" option that has guaranteed success then we will never truly move on and progress.
When I started this blog, and it took a lot of convincing to do it, I took a decision that this blog would not be the usual Joomla blog.
My intention is to write articles that are of interest to a wide audience and to not only provide "tips and tricks" and republished "product news" but also to write articles that are "challenging and make you really think".
I had intended on writing a long blog post with screenshots and everything explaining some of the new features, and changes, in the upcoming Joomla 1.6.
But I'm lazy and I don't see any point in re-inventing the wheel so just take a few moments to read this excellent presentation from Andrew Eddie.
I'm still not convinced that the core of Joomla needs the bloat of tags and comments but only time will tell on that one. (I originaly came to mambo because I was looking for an open source application to build dynamic web sites that did NOT have comments)
Is there an extension that you regularly use and regularly modify (hack)? If you're anything like me then I'm confident that you have found a joomla extension that is just perfect for a site but just needed a little tweaking.
When I mentioned this to several people during Joomla!Day many people came back with the same answer, "Oh yes I always use XXXX but each time they release an update I have to re-apply my fixes".
That's a pain in the proverbial butt, of course, and yet not one of the people I spoke to had actually passed on their "fixes" to the extension developer.
Read more: Automatic Joomla updates
When a new (security) release of joomla is released how do you do the update?
Do you actually look at the changes or do you blindly do an update either via ftp or using an automated "update extension"
Blindly updating your site is not good security!!!
What? Is Brian saying that we shouldn't keep our joomla sites up to date. Absolutely not.
Read more: Joomla Suppporters Club
Are you a "supporter/fan" of Joomla?
Would you like a simple and easy way to show your support?
How about joining a "Joomla Supporters Club".
Michael J Jackson danced his last mambo
Joomla registration - the missing step
I've taken a bite of the apple
Joomla Hidden Secrets - presentation at joomladays.nl
